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16Dec 20251 Jan 2026

Deconstructing and Countering the Triple Trap of Defence Dependency

Published 17 Dec 2025-Taaza Khabar News https://taazakhabarnews.com/deconstructing-and-countering-the-triple-trap-of-defence-dependency/ The “Triple Trap” is a significant issue encountered by nations that are heavily…

12Dec 20251 Jan 2026

China’s Strategic Penetration in the Pacific Islands: Geopolitical Dynamics

Published 12 Dec 2025 Council for Strategic Affairs, USA https://www.councilforstrategicaffairs.org/csa-journal/dr-s-kulshrestha#h.tl4nicrtpcvv The vast Pacific Ocean would always remain the islanders’ great…

25Oct 20251 Jan 2026

New Security Architecture for the Pacific- an Imperative in View of Chinese Inroads in to the Island Nations

Published Taaza Khabar News 25th Oct 2025 https://taazakhabarnews.com/new-security-architecture-for-the-pacific-in-view-of-chinese-inroads-in-the-island-nations/ China’s strategic approach in the Pacific has transcended mere military aggression and…

Big Data…

Big Data: Need for Exploiting Potential for Indian Navy

20 Feb 2019

Published SP's Military Year Book 2018, Pg-97 "Data really powers everything that we do." Jeff Weiner, CEO, LinkedIn The oceans are complex mediums whose nature provides ample opportunity for an…

Armament…

Nanotechnology Massive Potential to Disrupt Military Applications

20 Feb 2019

15 Sep 2017-SP -1-MYB 2018 Published SP's Military Year Book 2018-Pg 73 “You only have to look at how IT made a huge difference to both the US economy and…

Indo-Pacific…

Unmanned Systems – Evolution and their Emerging Role in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

20 Feb 2019

Book Chapter: Unmanned systems – evolution and emerging role in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief EARTH OBSERVATION & NAVIGATION. AW AND TECHNOLOGY, 2018/3 (eds.) M. JANKOWSKA, M. PAWEŁCZYK, S. AUGUSTYN…

Ammunition…

Rockets Carried by Naval Aircraft –A Perspective

25 Dec 201825 Apr 2019

Rockets Carried by Naval Aircraft –A Perspective Published ET-Aviation & Defence Review Dec 2018 http://etadfr.timesgroup.com/December18/ Rear Admiral Dr S Kulshrestha, retd Introduction Naval Aviation entrenched itself in May 1912 when…

Ammunition…

Cupping the Pacific — China’s Rising Influence

27 Mar 201811 Sep 2018

(Published March 27, 2018 IndraStra Global) Cupping the Pacific — China's Rising Influence China's Rising Influence in the Pacific through Sale of Arms There is one aspect of the recent…

Ammunition…

Civilian Micro Drones, IEDs, and Extremists

21 Jan 201811 Sep 2018

Citation: Kulshrestha, S. "Civilian Microdrones, IEDs, and Extremists", IndraStra Global Vol. 04, Issue No: 01 (2018), 0035, | ISSN 2381-3652 “I look to the skies and expect artificial passenger pigeons, blackening…

China…

Cyber Warfare: Protecting the Soldier

7 Jan 201811 Sep 2018

(Published in CLAWS Scholar Warrior, 06 Jan 2018) The machine has presented us with a central nervous system, protected with no spinal vertebrae, lying almost naked for the cutting. If,…

Defence Technology…

Evolution and Role of Naval UAVs

4 Dec 201711 Sep 2018

(Published in special edition of Economic Times, India on 04 Dec 2017) Earliest mention of a drone/unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Naval context is found in 1917, when the…

Ammunition…

Russia Deploys the Father of all Bombs?

14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018

(Published IndraStra Global 12 Sep 2017) “These are fuel-air explosives, designed to generate intense blast pressure over a large area. It is reported that the Russian bomb is a…

defence…

Book Review-Strategic Vision 2030: Security and Development of Andaman & Nicobar Islands

14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018

(Published IndraStra Global 24 Aug 2017) Air Marshal P K Roy and Commodore Aspi Cawasji, Strategic Vision 2030: Security and Development of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Pages 177. Vij Books…