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Opinion: What Is AWACS And Why Does India Need More Flying Radars?

Opinion: What Is AWACS And Why Does India Need More Flying Radars?

An AWACS is a radar on an aircraft. Put it high up and it sees what ground radars cannot, over the horizon and past the mountains

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Opinion | A Decade Of Deterrence: How India's Military Response Evolved Under PM Modi

Rawalpindi now knows the price of a major attack is no longer a raid on launch pads but its own airbases, delivered fast and on India's terms

07.10.2026 30

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Opinion | India's Defence Diplomacy Has A New Roadmap: What RAKSHA Means For Next Decade

The defence ministry called defence diplomacy "a core pillar of India's foreign policy" and said the document gives a clear, actionable vision for the...

04.10.2026 40

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Opinion | Make In India’s Defence: Modi Turned India From An Import Dependent Nation To Arms Supplier

The government has set a target of Rs 50,000 crore in defence exports by 2029

25.09.2026 30

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Opinion | PM Modi Opens Up The Missile Business: How India's Private Sector Is A Force Multiplier

India's defence exports reached ₹38,424 crore in FY2025-26, up more than 62 percent over the previous year

01.09.2026 20

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Opinion | Territorial Army 2.0: Building India's Military Reserve For Next War

Doctrine, command integration and sustained investment will determine whether Territorial Army 2.0 becomes a genuine force multiplier or remains a...

30.08.2026 30

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Opinion: Why The Modi Government Wants A Stronger Military Space Architecture

Operation Sindoor demonstrated how dependent modern joint operations have become on persistent surveillance, secure communications and rapid...

23.08.2026 30

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Independence At 80: Building The Military For Viksit Bharat 2047

Indian defence planning has usually been reactive. Buy what the last war exposed as missing, patch the gap, move on.

15.08.2026 40

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Opinion | How PM Narendra Modi Transformed Kashmir's Security In 7 Years

India's security architecture evolved after that strategic reset, and it changed the operating environment for both terrorists and their handlers...

05.08.2026 40

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Opinion | The Battle For Perception: Why Information Is The New Frontline Of National Security

For years, India treated information operations as an afterthought, something to be cleaned up once the real fighting was done. That has changed

02.08.2026 40

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Opinion | Kargil To The Next War: How India Reinvented Its Military After 1999

Kargil's greatest victory was never the territory. It was forcing India to build the military that guards it now, and the one it will need for...

26.07.2026 50

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