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Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

There are drones in the sky, in R(D centers and more varieties are making their debut as the advantages of pilotless aircraft are becoming more obvious by the day. India is involved in a plethora of experiments to create drones for different uses within the country but given the manner

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IAF fighter requirement

The Indian Air Force has projected a requirement of an additional 200 aircraft to be able to put up a credible defence of Indian airspace in the event of a two-front war. However, there is an acknowledged acceptance that the Chinese can overwhelm Indian air defences by sheer force of

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Defence start-ups in India

Today, start-ups depict the growing entrepreneurial culture encouraging youth to become the leaders of tomorrow. Start-ups are increasingly achieving success in every sector-be it technology, healthcare, e-Commerce, services, etc. However, defence sector is yet to witness the entry of budding entrepreneurs as well as investors. Lack of funding, lack of

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Evolving night vision

The one instrument that revolutionized warfare is the night vision device. Offensive and defensive operations no longer depended on natural light which meant that warfare became a 24X7 business giving rise to the concept of “surgical strikes”, a phrase that has caught the imagination of the Indian public. That, in

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Anti submarine warfare

The anti submarine warfare operations are gaining a strong foothold as nations are facing acute threat from advancement of new technologies and more stealthy submarines which can defeat enemy defences easily. Recently, India and United States enhanced their naval cooperation as these types of basic engagements will be the building

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Role of Special Forces

The Indian Army’s surgical strikes along the Line of Control (LoC) recently has once again highlighted the significance of having specialised forces in the military to handle critical combat missions. After the terrorists attacked Uri army base of India, a team of special commandos of Indian Army carried out surgical

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New generation assault rifles

In the age of satellite warfare, guns and assault rifles are still the main chorus of the war fighting despite the advent of new technologies that can decimate the targets within minutes to pulverize the battlefield hurdles for faster movement of ground formations. Everything is going modular. Even though there

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Nuclear warfare

Going by the recent trend, in another 15 years from now the terrorists will be able to acquire the capability for new types of mass attacks as the potential availability of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials are going to be easier to obtain. The potential future use of

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Modernizing platforms

India is in the process of replacing its military heavy lift capability to be able to manage, with some credibility, the emerging two-front war situation all along its Himalayan borders from Jammu and Kashmir in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The Indian Air Force has already acquired

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Chinese economic corridor

Political turmoil is rampant on both sides of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. China and Pakistan have held joint military exercises in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with absolutely ineffectual posturing by the Government of India. Expecting the Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP to assert its sovereignty over the whole of Jammu

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