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Starlink Rival? India Clears AS-HAPS Airship, Russia Tests Barrage-1: Is Stratospheric Race Heating Up?

Days after India's DAC accorded AoN (Acceptance of Necessity) to IAF (Indian Air Force) requirement for an Airship-based High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (AS-HAPS), Russia...

Will Iran’s Reza Pahlavi Join Mandela, Charles de Gaulle & Tarique Rahman as Exiled Leaders Who Triumphed?

From an exiled politician living in London for the last 17 years, to suddenly the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman's fortunes have changed...

Post-World War-2 Free Trade To Realpolitik: U.S.-India Interim Deal Signals New Transactional Reality

OPED by Wing Commander (R) JP Joshi After World War II, the United States shaped the global economic order in ways that benefited not just...

As Costly As Rafale, Far Less Survivable: Why U.S. Apache Helos Found No Place in India’s $40B Deal?

In the list of military hardware that the Indian Ministry of Defence cleared for purchase on February 12,  as many as 114 French Rafale...

After Ditching BrahMos Retrofit, Indian Navy Hunts For 500+ KM Torpedo-Tube Land-Attack Cruise Missiles

The Indian MoD has reportedly released a Request for Information (RFI) for procuring an undersea-launched missile capable of engaging land targets at ranges from...