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5Jan 202625 Feb 2026

Strings Attached: How Military Aid Shapes Alliances

Published Taaza Khabar News 05 Jan 2026 https://taazakhabarnews.com/strings-attached-how-military-aid-shapes-alliances/ The global arms trade has transcended mere commercial transactions and emerged as…

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…

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Maritime Dimensions of COVID 19 (Synthesised terror?)

8 Dec 202017 Feb 2021

Published at GCTCworld.org on 07 Dec 2020 One of the main objectives of terrorism is the instilling of 'terror' or 'an extreme form of anxiety' not only in the hearts…

Armament…

Of Ports and Arms – China’s Strategic Reach

12 Jul 202016 Jul 2020

Published Indrastra Global- 12 Jul 2020 https://www.indrastra.com/2020/07/Of-Ports-Arms-China-s-Strategic-Reach-006-07-2020-0013.html The first and most obvious light in which the sea presents itself from the political and social point of view is that of…

Big Data…

Latest Engineering Trends in Surface Combatants’ Design and Construction

6 May 202026 May 2020

(Published IndRastra Global 06 May 2020.) https://www.indrastra.com/2020/05/Latest-Engineering-Trends-in-Surface-Combatants-Design-006-05-2020-0002.html Next-generation Propeller Design The development of warships has been guided by the need for speed, range, firepower, and survivability at sea. However, to…

AI…

5. Indian perspective on massive damage potential of advanced military technologies

21 Apr 202026 May 2020

Sanatan Kulshrestha (Book Chapter published in The impact of artificial intelligence on strategic stability and nuclear risk volume iii South Asian perspectives edited by Petr Topychkanov. SIPRI. April 2020. https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/other-publications/impact-artificial-intelligence-strategic-stability-and-nuclear-risk-volume-iii-south-asian…

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Artificial Intelligence- An India Specific Scan

26 Feb 20203 May 2026

Published SP’s Military Year Book 2019- Section- Technology-Pg 121 http://www.spsmilitaryyearbook.com/ Contrary to the more fantastic predictions for AI in the popular press, the Study Panel found no cause for concern…

Ammunition…

Sensitive Evolution of Insensitive Munitions

25 Dec 2019

Published Indrastra Global 24 Dec 2019 Everyone was stunned by the explosion and the shrapnel that hit all about the island…. Both twin agent units [full of flame-retardant foam] were…

AI…

The Interweaving of Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

23 Jun 201923 Jun 2019

(Published IndRastra Global 22nd Jun 2019) On September 28, 2018, the Facebook security team disclosed that hackers/criminals had exploited three vulnerabilities in the Facebook site and have managed to steal…

Aircraft…

The Development of the Carrier Based Aircraft

1 Mar 201925 Apr 2019

Published ET-Aviation & Defence Review Feb 2019, http://etadfr.timesgroup.com/February19/ The Development of the Carrier Based Aircraft "1,000 bombardment airplanes can be built and operated for about the price of one battleship"…

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…