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4Jun 202622 Jun 2026

Countering Hypersonic Weapons- Threat Analysis, Defence Challenges, and Strategic Countermeasures

Countering Hypersonic Weapons- Threat Analysis, Defence Challenges, and Strategic Countermeasures Published 04 Jun 2026 , Council for Strategic Affairs, USA…

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…

Green Energy Initiatives by Defence Forces

9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018

(Abridged version published in SP’s Military Year Book 2017) “Unleashing war fighters from the tether of fuel and reducing our military installations’ dependence on a costly and potentially fragile power…

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The Challenge of Military Artificial Intelligence

9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018

(Abridged version published in SP’s Military Year Book 2017) Intelligent machines were the focus of research work at many institutes after the WWII. In 1950, Alan Turing argued that if…

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Weaponised Unmanned Vehicles in the Indian Navy: Technology Outlook

13 Jun 201711 Sep 2018

(Published IndraStra Global May 22, 2016 ) In the Navy unmanned vehicles constitute four types of vehicles which operate in aerial, surface-land, surface-sea and underwater environments. Even though more glamorous…

Book Review Adam Kahane, Collaborating with the Enemy; How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust. Pages 130. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Oakland, CA. ISBN: 978-1-62656-822-8

6 Jun 201711 Sep 2018

(Published at IndrastraGlobal and Amazon) Book Review Adam Kahane, Collaborating with the Enemy; How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust. Pages 130. Berrett-Koehler Publishers,…

Military Domain of Cyber warfare

30 Mar 201717 Jun 2017

(Published in CLAWS Scholar Warrior, Spring 2017, ISSN 2319-7331) “it would require sustained action for an adversary to take down a network for a period of time which would…

Cyber warfare…

Hybrid warfare-The Naval Dimension

1 Jan 201725 Jan 2017

(Published IndraStra Global 01 Jan 2017, http://www.indrastra.com/2017/01/FEATURED-Hybrid-Warfare-Naval-Dimension-003-01-2017-0002.html) It is so damn complex. If you ever think you have the solution to this, you’re wrong, and you’re dangerous. You have to keep…

Jade Necklace: Naval Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Coastal Nations Across the Oceans

17 Dec 201625 Jan 2017

(Published IndraStra Global, 17 Dec 2017; for complete interactive experience visit http://www.indrastra.com/2016/12/FEATURED-Jade-Necklace-Naval-Dimension-of-Chinese-Engagement-with-Coastal-Nations-Across-the-Oceans-002-12-2016-0032.html ) “Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of…

Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)- Navy’s Armed Patrol

15 Dec 201625 Jan 2017

(Published SP’s Naval Forces, Dec 2016-Jan 2017. Vol 11 No. 6 ) “It is not surprising that some OPVs are multirole and heavily armed, lighter scantling and faster, whereas others…

Military Applications of Blockchain Technology

23 Nov 201625 Nov 2016

(Published 23 Nov 2016, CLAWS) “Blockchain protocols are a new class of protocols that are extremely resilient to attack ‒ they gain that resiliency by virtue of being decentralized,” Professor…

Cyber warfare…

Cyber Warfare – a Perspective

15 Oct 20165 Nov 2016

(Published 15 Oct 2016, CLAWS) The US Defense Science Board report of 2013 states that “in a perfect world, DOD operational systems would be able to tell a commander when…