The Mazagon Dock Urgency: How the Hormuz Crisis is Rewriting Indian Naval Procurement

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Mazagon Dock Naval Procurement। May 11, 2026 The targeted firing on the Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald in the Strait of Hormuz last month was more…

INS Jatayu: How Minicoy Island is Countering the Maldives Pivot

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INS Jatayu Geopolitics In late 2023, the political climate in Malé shifted. The incoming Maldivian administration campaigned heavily on an ‘India Out’ platform, culminating in…

Thailand’s Kra Isthmus Land Bridge Could Redraw the Strait of Malacca Trade Corridor and Shift Indo-Pacific Logistics Strategy

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Bangkok / New Delhi — Thailand’s revived Land Bridge proposal across the Kra Isthmus is, at first glance, a familiar kind of Southeast Asian infrastructure…

The Fog of War Comes to the Boardroom:Why Indian Corporations Must Learn the Logic of Mission Command

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Colonel Rahul Tyagi (Retd.), PMP® is an Indian Army veteran and corporate operations leader specializing in strategic governance, operational resilience, and enterprise execution. Currently serving…

Countering the PLAAF’s J-20s at the LAC: Inside India’s Puttaparthi AMCA Production Hub

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The defining characteristic of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is not its radar‑absorbent material, but its transition to a quadruplex distributed digital architecture. By…

38 Days Over Iran: What Operation Epic Fury Won — and Left Unsettled

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38 Days Over Iran: Operation Epic Fury and the War After the War | The Eastern Strategist Geopolitics & Strategic Affairs War & Security ·…

Why CENTCOM is Pushing for Hypersonic Missiles to Break the Iran Blockade

Why CENTCOM is Pushing for Hypersonic Missiles to Break the Iran Blockade

U.S. Central Command has asked the Pentagon to deploy the Army’s experimental “Dark Eagle” hypersonic missiles to the Middle East. If approved, the deployment will…

Waterline Lethality: The Strategic Logic Behind India’s NASM-SR Salvo Tests

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On April 29, 2026, the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) executed the maiden “salvo launch” of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Short…

India Border Technology: How AI, Drones And Sensors Are Rewriting Frontier Security

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Strategic Analysis | India Defence | Border Technology India’s Ministry of Defence has placed artificial intelligence, drones, cyber, space and faster military reform inside its…

India Gulf Relations Are Changing Fast: Oil, IMEC And Maritime Power Reshape Strategy

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India Gulf relations are moving beyond oil. Energy disruptions, the Delhi Declaration, IMEC, the UAE partnership and India’s 9 million-strong Gulf diaspora show how the…

The Return of Human Deep-Space Flight

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On April 10, 2026, NASA’s Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, closing the first crewed lunar…

DRDO’s New Armoured Platforms Signal India’s Next Mechanised Infantry Push

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DRDO has unveiled tracked and wheeled Advanced Armoured Platforms with a 30 mm crewless turret, anti-tank missile capability, amphibious mobility and higher indigenous content goals….