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…
AI… Artificial Intelligence- An India Specific Scan 26 Feb 202026 May 2020 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… 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,…
Afghanistan… Three Ports Under China’s Gaze 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 {Published in Indian Military Review Aug 2017 (https://goo.gl/2A1PGt) & IndraStraglobal (http://www.indrastra.com/2017/08/Three-Ports-Under-China-s-Gaze-003-08-2017-0050.html)} The Baluch and their lands hold the key to prosperity of the land locked Central Asian Region and Afghanistan.…
China… 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…
Indian Ocean… Tonga and the Third Island Chain 5 Mar 2016 ( Published in IndraStra Global on 25 Feb 2016, ISSN 2381-3652 ) “The ongoing disputes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea mean that Japan’s top foreign policy priority…
China… 49. A Tale of Two Ports; Gwadar versus Chahbahar 14 May 2015 (Published in World news report and Tazakhabarnews on 14 May 2015) Two important declarations in the past few days have brought in to focus the importance of the Makaran Coast to Middle…
Armament… 25.China’s Road to Reforms in the Defence Sector 15 Sep 2013 (Published in Defence ProAc Biz News Sep-Oct 2013) China’s Road to Reforms in the Defence Sector // http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js The Chinese modernisation plan for its armed forces has made significant progress…
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