Geopolitics - March 2024

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The March issue of Geopolitics is full of news and analysis. We have an exclusive in-depth feature on the fencing of the border with Myanmar and how it will impact the North Eastern states and the reaction in that region. The successful completion of Mission Divyastra, the country's maiden flight test of the Agni-V ICBM) technology finds pride of place as the cover story. We also have a thought-provoking piece on the militarisation of space and the new airbase that is coming up in the Lakshadweep Islands. Plus all our regular features.

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT TESTS VSHORADS

DRDO conducted two successful flight tests of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile on Feb 28th and 29th from a ground-based portable launcher off the coast of Odisha from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.

1 min

MISSION DIVYASTRA AND AGNI-VI

The successor to Agni-V Mark-2 Agni-VI) is expected to have a range between 9,000 km and 12,000 km with a 3-tonne nuclear payload, and a strike range between 14,000 km and 16,000 km with a lighter 1.5-tonne package, writes AMARTYA SINHA.

10+ mins

INDIA'S NEW NAVAL AIRBASE IN MINICOY ISLANDS

India lost its foothold in Maldives, the smallest country in Asia, to Chinese overtures. But, not losing its hold in the Indian Ocean Region, the Indian Navy is building a naval air base in the Lakshadweep Islands group. The Indian Isles, located in the Arabian Sea, is just 507 kilometres from the Maldives and is seen as an alternative to the Maldives. RITU SHARMA reports

3 mins

MINGLING-LIKE POMEGRANATE SEEDS

The tremendous development on the Tibetan side of the Sino-Indian border, particularly the String of model villages’, and also the incredible infrastructure development needs to be closely watched in Delhi, with suitable measures taken to improve the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control, argues CLAUDE ARPI

10+ mins

Future Of Space Militarization

GIRISH LINGANNA explains how the peaceful 'Space Race' has now been turned into Man's 'War-Fighting Domain'

10+ mins

HOME MINISTRY TOM TOM'S DRUG SEIZURE RECORD

The Union Home Ministry highlighted the Modi government’s efforts in combating the drug menace.

1 min

BEYOND BORDER-FENCING

The central government’s decisions to scrap the Free Movement Regime in the border areas of India and Myanmar and to fence the entire Indo-Myanmar border may do more harm than good, argues VAISHALI BASU SHARMA

10+ mins

Chasing ambitious Martian dreams

India's space programme is poised for another giant leap with the planned Mars lander mission, tentatively scheduled for launch between 2028 and 2030.

2 mins

HIRE TO FIGHT IF YOU CAN'T

Fearing interests among the young for a career in the military is increasingly becoming a global phenomenon.

4 mins

Earth observation takes centre stage with NASA-ISRO collaboration

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made clear the purpose of its upcoming joint mission with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – the Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite.

2 mins

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