Vijainder K Thakur
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Vijainder K Thakur is a retired IAF Jaguar pilot. He is also an author, software architect, entrepreneur, and military analyst. Reach out to the author at vkthakur (at) gmail.com
Expert Reviews
From Crash Selfie to Stark Reality: Why Indian Army’s Chetak & Cheetah Replacement is Still Hovering After 20+ Years: OPED
On May 20, 2026, an Indian Army (IA) Cheetah helicopter crashed in the Tangste (Tangtse) region near Leh in Ladakh during a routine high-altitude...
EurAsian Region
Age of Single-Pilot Stealth Fighters May Be Ending: China’s J-20S, Korea’s KF-21 & Russia’s Su-57D Prove India Was Right With FGFA
The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), which India and Russia once planned to co-develop, was envisioned as a two-seat variant of the Sukhoi Su-57. The...
Expert Reviews
India’s DRDO Hails Successful Trials of ULPGM-V3 Counter-Drone System Ignoring Key Lessons From Ukraine War: OPED
The Indian MoD on May 19 announced the completion of development trials of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 (ULPGM-V3) in air-to-ground...
EurAsian Region
India “Pauses” BrahMos-2 Missile Program? 3 Reasons Why Delhi May Be Holding Its Hypersonic Dream: OPED
India's quest for the BrahMos-2 hypersonic cruise missile has come face-to-face with some grim reality checks, and BrahMos Aerospace, which was to develop the...
South Asia
From Tata WhAP to Vikram VT21: DRDO’s AAP Marks Generational Leap Through Public-Private Collaboration
On April 25, VRDE and Bharat Forge initiated field trials of Advanced Armored Platforms (AAP) — Tracked and Wheeled (Tr & Wh) advanced Infantry...
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Vijainder K Thakur is a retired IAF Jaguar pilot. He is also an author, software architect, entrepreneur, and military analyst. Reach out to the author at vkthakur (at) gmail.com
