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Brahmos Displays Its 450-Km Reach

The revelation that the BrahMos supersonic missile can and does reach targets far beyond the 400-km range has finally established the long unspoken truth about its capability. This can become a game-changer in the South Asian security context. A report.

Indian Pinaka Ready For Export

A truly ‘Made in India’ product, the Pinaka weapon system has made rapid strides. Today, the ‘guided’ version has a range of over 70 km. That means India can now use it to carry out surgical strikes across the Line of Control. It is no wonder that a few nations have shown their interest to acquire the weapon system from India. A detailed report.

Hal Poised For Huge Growth As It Prepares For Ipo

Disinvestment approved, the country’s only state-owned aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is ready to go public and in the process become a global giant aerospace manufacturer. While the move will make the organization nimble and competitive, it will be more efficient and professional in its approach to operations.

Indian Defence Needs Lean Mean Fighting Machine

Some time ago, the Prime Minister expressed the view that our armed forces should be driven by technology and not by an increase in numbers. LT GEN VINOD BHATIA points out where and how the numbers could be reduced to make our forces lean and mean.

Time To Redraw Strategic Frontiers

There can be no ethics or morals in the unjust ‘war’ that Pakistan and China are waging against India, since both adversaries have chosen to violate the basic principles of a just war.

Ashok Leyland Revs Up With Lockheed Martin Tie-up

Ashok Leyland, India's third largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, aims to expand its presence in defense transportation far beyond the ubiquitous Stallion and Super Stallion vehicles. The Hinduja group company recently won an order for supply an undisclosed number of Mine Protected Vehicles (MPV) competing against Tata Motors, and has bid to supply Light Specialist Vehicle (LSV) and Light Armoured Multi-purpose Vehicle (LAMV), the former developed in cooperation with Lockheed Martin. AMANDEEP SINGH, Head Defence, Ashok Leyland shares future plans with Geopolitics readers.

India's Continuing Search for Special Vehicles for Forces

Indian armed forces are checking out several options available, both from the domestic and foreign industry, to provide a means of quick transport to small teams for specialist operations by its troopers. The search is on for different types of special vehicles, reports GEOPOLITICS Bureau.

Revisiting the Option of Common Army-navy Weapons

Now that the government has given its nod to start tri-service combat operations, VICE ADMIRAL PRADEEP CHAUHAN argues the need to pursue weaponcommonality between the Armed Forces in general and the Army and the Navy in particular.

L&T-Hanwha Guns to Change the Way Armoured Battle Is Fought

The Modi government picked up the ropes from where the previous government left off on the artillery modernisation programme that is now already over a decade-and-a-half-old and has pushed ahead with guns' contracts with the best in the industry. These procurements are likely to change the way Indian artillery formations fight their wars in the future, reports GEOPOLITICS Bureau.

India In The Changing Global Order

With the world becoming increasingly multipolar along with the ascendance of China, India, too, can shape the emergent trends for its own benefits as a rising power by using its strategic location in Indian Ocean and working on its rich civilisational legacies, argues

Revisiting India's Nuclear Doctrine

In its manifesto for 2014 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to review India’s nuclear doctrine. But does India really have a proper nuclear doctrine in strict sense of the term? Not really. Therefore, it is time to have one

Lessons In The Defence Indigenisation Maze

The recent statement by a minister of the Central Government that ‘Make in India’ of defence projects was literally a non-starter, comes as no surprise to people engaged in such business. ‘Self-Reliance’ and ‘Indigenisation’ are now better associated with seminars and conferences across the country than with actual military hardware. For some of us associated with this sector for the last six decades, this has remained a well known harsh reality, highlights G RAJ NARAYAN, MD, Radel Group

Realistic Choices For Modernising India's Military Capabilities

As India faces a two-front threat, business cannot go on as usual and the Modi government needs to take serious steps to increase India’s military capabilities so as to maintain deterrence.

Carriers In Combat How Critical Is The Floating Airfield?

Chinese expansion plans and India’s great power requirements mean that the Indian Navy will have to splurge on aircraft carriers. But at the same time, India must not neglect the smaller ships, sub-surface vessels and other critical components that make a balanced fleet.

Sharpshooter Effect

The Indian Army is proceeding with the acquisition of new assault rifles and carbines to meet a long overdue requirement. However, the problem is that the Army is changing its requirement-parameters too often and too soon, causing delays in procurement and embarrassment to the manufacturers. A report by Geopolitics Bureau.

The Rafale Saga

The Indian government’s decision to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets continues to be shrouded in controversy. There are now allegations that the deal is marked by overpricing and crony capitalism. But is the controversy more political than economic? Is it a storm in a teacup?

The Rafale Deal And After

Whichever way one may look at it, the Rafale case between India and France could be a win-win situation for both the countries.

Space-Based Surveillance

It is time for India to realise that satellites are vital for a fully network-centric force. A report.

Reforms in DRDO Should Continue for Better Results

DRDO needs to be attentive to the criticism and take up the good suggestions that come its way in the interest of the nation. But that criticism can not be a sweeping statement. DRDO has delivered to the armed forces. The government need to think truly innovatively in enabling DRDO to achieve its stated mission

India Set to Revive Kaveri Engine Project

With the new-found enthusiasm and confidence among the Indian defence scientists and engineers, it seems the country is poised to make a success out of a project that was almost declared as a failure. The future of Kaveri now seems bright.

Indian Industry Must Take Advantage of Various Schemes and Flood the Market With ‘make in India' Products

COL. H.S. SHANKAR, CMD, Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd, talks about new initiatives promoting MSMEs, taking risks and capacity building.

india's dream for an aeroengine may come true soon

the opportunities in the manufacture of helicopter engines are likely to increase multifold providing lucrative openings to domestic companies to venture into this segment.

Countering Stealth

When introduced in 1988 with the unveiling of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk fighter, stealth proved to be a game changing technology that turned the clock back for the erstwhile Soviet Union, which had nearly caught up with the West in military aviation technology. Stealth succeeded decisively because it proved expensive to emulate and difficult to counter for US adversaries. What does the future portend for stealth?

India's Military Cyber Command To Get Nod Soon

With the Indian Armed Forces rapidly embracing network centric warfare, there is a need to brace for cyber attacks during peace and war. Our adversaries will relentlessly probe defence networks during peacetime for security lapses, with the twin aims of developing cyber attack strategies to use during war and gaining access to operational data such as weapon system capabilities and location of tactical and strategic assets during peace

Indian Navy Building Its Amphibious Warfare Capabilities

The commissioning into the Indian Navy of the first of the eight LCU Mk.4 ships on order from GRSE, Kolkata on March 28, 2017 at Port Blair, marked the start of the augmentation of the Navy’s amphibious assault capability. Future acquisitions include four LPDs to be built indigenously, two each in the private and the public sector

Brahmos Missile Enhances Indian Army's Artillery Strike Capability

The latest test-firing of the BrahMos Block III missile should be sending chills down the Indian enemy's spine, as it enhances the artillery range of the Indian Army

Safran Offers Tot For Combat Aircraft Engine Development

Safran has offered full scope ToT for development of combat aircraft engines in India. The ToT will not come cheap and its projection as Kaveri improvement would be pure marketing hype. Safran is offering M88 technology. How much would India gain from the offer?

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

In another case of a procurement roadblock, the Army’s Anti-Tank Guided Missile procurement has misfired.

Prepared Response

CBRN response teams require modern equipment and training.

India-US Ties Soar To New Heights Through Lemoa

With the signing of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum Of Agreement (LEMOA) in Washington on August 29, 2016 between India and the US, the relationship between these two countries will soar to new heights.