The Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Indian Navy, recently tested the ability of launching a ballistic missile from underwater using a pontoon. The launch was said to be successful in that the scientists were able to calculate and experiment with the amount of thrust that would need to be generated to push the heavy missile out of the water given the drag exerted by the water on a body moving through its ambiance.… Read More »Springing surprise: India’s SLBM capability and setting up triad

Maritime cooperation is the buzzword among modern day strategic planners and analysts and countries with major navies are establishing architecture for bilateral and multilateral cooperation, though some of the navies do intend to have a monopoly over the sea. To avoid a situation of rivalry and competition India has been engaging in dialogue and bilateral exercises and as an extension of this policy India and China would be conducting first ever bilateral maritime dialogue, most… Read More »Fresh approach: India-China maritime dialogue

Gwadar, which used to host the American P-3C Orion maritime reconnaissance aircraft during the Cold War days for keeping a watch over the Russian naval movements in the Indian Ocean, will now formally host the Chinese. Situated 200 kms away from Karachi, the Gwadar base offers tremendous strategic advantages to the country which has a naval presence on the port. The Chinese had eyed the Gwadar after the American Navy withdrew its presence from the… Read More »Enemy in courtyard: Gwadar port and its strategic importance

High Power Electromagnetic Pulse generation techniques and High Power Microwave technology have matured to the point where practical E-bombs (Electromagnetic bombs) are becoming technically feasible, with new applications in both Strategic and Tactical Information Warfare. The development of conventional E-bomb devices allows their use in non-nuclear confrontations. The prosecution of a successful Information Warfare (IW) campaign against an industrialized or post industrial opponent will require a suitable set of tools. As demonstrated in the Desert… Read More »Device to decimate: A weapon of electronic mass destruction

There are signs and signals galore that China wants to accelerate its passage across the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. The increasing frequency of intrusions across the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh sector of north-eastern Jammu and Kashmir and the arrival of about 9000 Chinese troops disguised as laborers in the contiguous Gilgit sector of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir drive a point in the direction. Further, the trenchant insistence that all developmental work on the… Read More »Collusive intent: Defending Ladakh