A 44,000-Tonne Ship With No Missiles May Decide How Far the Indian Navy Sails
Defence Analysis · Indian Navy A 44,000-tonne ship built to carry fuel, not missiles, may do more for the Indian Navy’s reach than the destroyers…
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Chennai Vladivostok Corridor: India’s Coking Coal Gamble
India declared the Chennai Vladivostok corridor operational in November 2024. A year later Moscow was still “working on activating” it. Why coking coal and east-coast…
MQ-9B Sea Guardian Lease: Why India Rents Drones It Already Bought
A Rs 1,943 crore lease for two more Sea Guardians reveals the three-year wait behind India’s 31-drone MQ-9B fleet — and which Indian companies stand…
The Great Rebalancing: Why the World’s Centre of Gravity Is Moving East
On 16 December 1971, India recorded one of the most decisive military victories of the Cold War. The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dhaka created…
Why the Cape of Good Hope Shipping Route Is Gaining Strategic Importance Amid the Red Sea Crisis
The Cape of Good Hope shipping route is emerging as one of the world’s most critical maritime corridors as instability in the Red Sea forces…
Indian Ocean Subsea Cable Geopolitics: How India, China and the West Are Fighting for Control of Global Data Routes
The Indian Ocean is no longer just a maritime trade corridor. It is becoming one of the world’s most important digital battlegrounds, where undersea cables…