The strategic importance of Asia in the 21st century has the world watching. While China has expanded its economic and military might it has growing rivalry with India, Japan and South Korea. Even USA in the Asia Pacific. India and Japan can cooperate proactively in order to tap the vast energy, mineral and livelihood resources in this region as well as in the adjoining South China Sea by checkmating China that has been eyeing the [...]

Source: http://www.brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=166 “It is a wonderful Achievement & Proud moment for India“ – A. K. Antony, Defence Minister, India VISAKHAPATNAM: The submarine-launched version of BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired at 1410 hrs on Wednesday (20th March 2013)  from a submerged platform in Bay of Bengal off the coast of Visakhapatnam. Creating history, the missile took off vertically from the submerged platform for its full range of 290 kms. Following a   pre-defined trajectory, the [...]

A National Security Strategy generally outlines a normative future towards which we wish to progress. It defines the end states we wish to achieve and the road map to actualise that normative future. That is the primary problem with this strategy paper. It’s flawed baseline assumptions seem to be as under: We are heading not for a multipolar world order but a new phase of bipolarity with the USA and China as the two new [...]

The Arms Acquisition Process in India has been slowed to a crawl due to a series of scams. The basic fact is that by 1990, the entire Indian arms inventory obtained from the former Soviet Union had become due for turnover. That is the time that the USSR collapsed and the Indian economy itself came close to collapse. As such, the armed forces were clearly told to wait till the Indian economy revived.The recapitalisation of [...]

Celebrating 80th Anniversary of Indian Air Force and 3rd Anniversary of DSA! “This month, the Indian Air Force celebrates its 80th anniversary of a glorious and eventful existence as a corporate entity. No nation today, can aspire to be a regional or global power unless it acquires the prime instrumentality of aero-space power. That is the critical military essence of national power in the 21st century. Aero-space power today is the key to any aspirations [...]

“The November issue of DSA is focused on analysis of what ails our Police Force and CPOs today. The threat of terrorism and the ongoing Maoist insurgency pose formidable challenges to the police and the paramilitary forces. A comprehensive set of measures would be required to deal with these problems. Modernisation of forces will be the key. The threat of terrorism would become far more serious and menacing after 2014 when the US forces start [...]

Only two weeks to go before the Non-Conventional Threat: Counter IED India 2012!   Counter IED India 2012 is Asia’s largest C-IED conference and exhibition. C-IED India on 3-5 October in Mumbai will bring together experts, policymakers, industry and military staff as well as top decision makers from the C-IED-community and presents an outstanding opportunity to network with  international delegates from India, ASEAN and the rest of the world. The event is being organised in [...]

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Defence Minister A K Antony has announced in the Parliament that 15 Russian MiG-29K fighters have been inducted in the Indian Navy. These MiG-29K fighters have been inducted for carrier-borne operations and will operate from INS Vikramaditya once it is inducted in December 2012. The MiG-29K series of fighters will also operate from the other aircraft carrier INS Viraat. In 2004, India had placed an order to the tune of US$ 650 million for 16 [...]

The Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju has stated in the Parliament that since 2009-2010, the  (DPSUs) have exported products worth nearly US$ 4.03 billion (Rs 1,815 crore) to over 50 countries including the US, UK, China and Israel amongst others. The Minister has stated that the state-run Defence units are continually progressing in terms of exports. Minister of State (Defence) M M Pallam Raju has tabled a report in the Parliament [...]