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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…

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…

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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…

AI…

Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Defence

14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018

( Published IndraStra Global 23 Aug 2017) The current year has seen unprecedented amount of hacker/ransomware attacks on government as well as private enterprises spread all across the world.…

Big Data…

Big Data Analytics in Indian Navy

14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018

(Published IndraStra Global 16 Aug 2017) “The single most effective thing you can do right now to improve the security of your computer is unplug it from the Internet.…