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…
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…
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.…
Green Energy… Initiatives for Clean and Green Indian Navy 14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in IndraStra Global 07 Aug 2017) On 12 February 2017, INS Sarvekshak, a survey ship of the Indian Navy had completed installation of a 5KW solar power system on…
Afghanistan… Massive Ordnance Air Blast, MOAB – A Perspective 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in CASS Journal, Vol4, No.3. Jul-Sep 2017. ISSN 2347-9191) On 13th April 2017 at 7:32 p.m. local time[1], U.S. Forces Afghanistan conducted a strike using a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air…
Ammunition… 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…
AI… 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…
AI… 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…
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