Arjun To Star At Exercise Ashwamedh!
A piece by Sandeep Dikshit in The Hindu today: The Army is fielding the indigenous Arjun tanks for the first time in simulated war games […]
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The Slow Death Of American Air Power
Saw this piece on the Lexington Institute site. It’s by Loren B. Thompson, one of the institute’s most prolific researchers. This is an excerpt from
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The DRDO Debate Deserves Further Debate
Hopefully it’s not too late to post this here. Following the Delayed Research Derailed Organisation series in The Indian Express last year, I received this
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Admiral Arun Prakash on the future of NAVAIR
And, our final installment from Admiral Arun Prakash. My final question to him was: As a Naval aviator, your tenure has finally seen a big
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A3 and Credible N-Deterrence
A nice piece by Wilson John in The Pioneer today. Credible N-DeterrenceWilson John Wilson JohnThe Agni III success will pave the way for a submarine-launched
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Sagarika, the Secret New Missile
India Today assistant editor Sandeep Unnithan has written an excellent box item on the hush-hush Sagarika missile programme (part of a very readable larger piece
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Admiral Arun Prakash on the Need For Nuclear Submarines
Here’s Part IV of our ongoing interaction with Admiral Arun Prakash. In this, he tells us about his perceptions of deterrence and the need for
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Admiral Arun Prakash on DRDO, Obsolesence and Self-Reliance
I reproduce here excerpts from Adm Arun Prakash’s article Planning For Tomorrow’s Navy: The Challenges in Retrospect, written for the December 2006 issue of FORCE
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LiveFist EXCLUSIVE: Admiral Arun Prakash on What Platforms The Future Indian Navy Needs
Admiral Arun Prakash: Navies have, for centuries, been accepted and used as instruments of diplomacy and state policy. Therefore, unlike the other Services, they derive
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LiveFist EXCLUSIVE (Part 2): Admiral Arun Prakash On The New Indo-US Strategic Partnership
LiveFist: The Navy was at the forefront of the new strategic Indo-US complexion with exercises and exchanges at the topmost levels. How did you personally