India’s sea-based nuclear deterrent depends on concealment, while its expanding maritime partnerships increasingly rely on surveillance and real-time information sharing. It examines the strategic tension between these parallel developments...
China’s growing maritime presence in the Indian Ocean is raising new questions about the evolution of regional maritime competition and India’s security strategy. Drawing parallels with Beijing’s assertive approach in the South China Sea, t...
India’s security environment is shaped by the simultaneous pressures of continental threats and maritime competition, requiring a strategic balance between territorial defence, regional diplomacy, and power projection. Historical conflicts ...
The Indo-Pacific region has emerged as a focal point of global strategic interest in an era characterised by shifting geopolitical landscapes and emerging power relations. This storyline revolves around China's rapid rise as a maritime powe...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) recently announced the purchase of 26 more Rafale-M i.e., the marine variant of the Rafale fighters from France in addition to 3 Scorpene class conventional submarines [1]. The MoD had been presented with the d...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dominating the battlefields in combat in the twenty-first century. The current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which involved the deployment of drones, has caused both nations to recon...
The suspicions of Hambantota port as a site of a potential threat from China were tested when a Chinese survey vessel was supposed to dock at the port. Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel with missile and satellite tracking capabilities, was due...
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has 50 diesel submarines and 6 nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) 4 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Modernizing the PLAN’s submarines remains a high priority for the PRC. ...
The AUKUS cooperation between the US, the UK, and Australia is already showering us with statecraft, strategy, and political lessons. The most difficult lessons learned by France, that strategic alliances are established on shared interests...
After both countries tested ballistic missiles hours apart, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed South Korean President Moon Jae-in and warned about the "total destruction" of bilateral relations. Kim Yo Jong, Kim's sis...
According to Cambridge Dictionary, the word stealth means, “a movement that is quiet and careful in order not to be seen or heard”. In simple words, stealth signifies secrecy. In the military, stealth is technologically used in aircraft, sh...
The relations between China and Pakistan have been long-standing, strong and are based on mutual cooperation. China has emerged as an all-weather friend of Pakistan. The common ambitions, perceptions and policies have helped the two countri...
