India Noted the 2016 South China Sea Ruling. In 2026 It Backed It While Selling BrahMos to Two Claimants

Illustration of a cruise missile over the sea and a warship, with the words NOTED 2016 and BACKED 2026 showing India’s South China Sea position

India claims no feature in the South China Sea. It has nonetheless delivered BrahMos missiles to the Philippines, signed a similar deal with Vietnam, and…

Rajnath Singh: From 2019’s Rafale Storm to a ₹38,000 Crore Export Record

Rajnath Singh strategic autonomy

In May 2019, Rajnath Singh walked into South Block with the Rafale deal controversy still trailing the Defence Ministry’s name and India’s arms bazaar dominated…

Pakistan J-35 Stealth Fighter: What Are India’s Real Options?

Pakistan J-35 Stealth Fighter

On 27 March 1999, a Yugoslav air-defence battery shot down an American F-117 Nighthawk over Serbia. The aircraft was, on paper, invisible. A radar operator…