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Sudhir PillaiThePrint |
India spends heavily on defence but does not finance it. That distinction separates mature defence-industrial economies from those trapped in yearly...

India has long spoken of self-reliance, yet delays have repeatedly necessitated stopgap imports, including Jaguars, Mirages, Su-30MKIs, MiG-29Ks, and...

On paper, the idea of theaterisation is elegant. In practice, it is paralysed by ambiguities of rank and command.

War is not a staff college exercise. Battles are messy, losses mount, and the fog of war thickens. The safeguard is not temperament at the top but...

India has paid a steep price for HAL’s unchecked dominance, evident in the MiG-era overhauls, the decades-long Tejas saga, and the troubled ALH...

Lofty goals cannot obscure a complex reality: when the need arises to unsheathe the sword, we must already have it sharpened, maintained, and ready...
