Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh was on an important four-day visit to France to advance the mega ₹3.25 lakh crore ($39 billion) deal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets. This visit came immediately after the Indian Defence Ministry issued a formal Letter of Request (LoR) to the French government.Continue reading “IAF Chief in France – Likely Contours of the Rafale Deal”
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Future of Air Dominance – Lessons From Recent Conflict
The India-Pakistan air conflict during Operation Sindoor and the long ongoing conflict in Ukraine, reinforced the crucial role of air power and air dominance in modern warfare. Air superiority allows freedom of maneuver in all domains and coordinated attacks. It also gives freedom for logistical support for ground and naval forces. The ability to denyContinue reading “Future of Air Dominance – Lessons From Recent Conflict”
India Signs Critical Minerals Deals with Canada and Brazil to Reduce Dependence on China – A Rare Earth Push
India’s Strategic Pivot: Securing the Rare Earth Supply Chain India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canada counterpart Mark Carney inked a critical mineral and Uranium deal, as India and Canada prepared to soon finalise the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a free trade pact, and targeted $50bn trade by 2030. The two countries sought toContinue reading “India Signs Critical Minerals Deals with Canada and Brazil to Reduce Dependence on China – A Rare Earth Push “
F15 Eagle the Great Combat Platform But Couldn’t Match the Sales of the Smaller Brother F-16 Fighting Falcons
Nearly 50 years after being introduced, and having seen many upgrades, the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Falcon continue to compete for sales. Latest variants of both have been vying for the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) (MRFA) (Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft). Both have very creditably served the home country’s US Air Force (USAF) and have been inContinue reading “F15 Eagle the Great Combat Platform But Couldn’t Match the Sales of the Smaller Brother F-16 Fighting Falcons”
Strategic Resilience: The New Imperative for Indian Defence Industry
By 2047, India aims to command a ₹8.8 trillion defense economy — six times its current size — and emerge as a true global military power capable of designing, developing, and exporting advanced weapons systems at scale. Strategic resilience has emerged as the defining imperative for the Indian defence industry in 2026, transitioning from aContinue reading “Strategic Resilience: The New Imperative for Indian Defence Industry “
Fifth Generation Aircraft – Way Ahead India
China unveiled two sixth-generation fighter jets on December 26, 2024 in Chengdu, representing their next evolutionary leap based on two decades of R&D. The first, Chengdu J-36 was a large tri-jet tailless double-delta winged aircraft. The second, Shenyang J-50 featured a cranked arrow configuration with sharply swept lambda wings, two ventral intakes with diverterless supersonicContinue reading “Fifth Generation Aircraft – Way Ahead India”
Continuous Air Strikes – Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Only Partially Dented – Is Special Operations the Way Forward
The US and Israeli militaries are hammering Iran for over two weeks. There are two reported aims of the campaign, one to replace the hardliners and install a moderate regime, and second to neutralise the Iranian nuclear weapons program. While a large part of the Khomeini regime and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders haveContinue reading “Continuous Air Strikes – Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Only Partially Dented – Is Special Operations the Way Forward”