In 2025, India stands at a critical juncture in its defence transformation. With evolving threats on its land, sea and space fronts—ranging from a resurgent China and complex Pakistan border dynamics to emerging domains such as cyber, space and unmanned systems—India’s armed forces are seeking to reposition themselves for the next decade and beyond. The year has been officially declared the “Year of Reforms” by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, underscoring an urgency not only to purchase new equipment, but to overhaul structure, doctrine, procurement and technological orientation. A cornerstone of the 2025 agenda is the drive toward greater tri-service integration—combining the capabilities of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force into geographically-oriented theatre commands. In...
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Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles Air superiority is an essential military mission, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Control of the air is not an end of its own, but rather it provides the flexibility and freedom of action central to a full range of military capabilities. From its earliest days in […]
Changing equations between Iran and West A new world order is being created that may significantly change the old equations and alliances between West and Iran on one side and relations between Shia-Sunni regimes of the Middle East on the other hand. These may also address the concerns of Israel with regard to Gaza controlled […]
