314 Kilometres: Inside the IAF’s Longest Air-Defence Kill of Operation Sindoor

S-400 long range surface to air missile India

The S-400 314 km kill is now official. Four months after Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh first spoke publicly of an engagement “at about 300…

Bangladesh’s Rafale Claim Is About Hasina, Not the Sky

Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry has tied Tarique Rahman's India visit to Sheikh Hasina's extradition. With that track closed by domestic pressure, Dhaka's spokesperson reached for a disputed Rafale kill claim instead. TES traces the real cause behind the noise.

Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry has tied Tarique Rahman’s India visit to Sheikh Hasina’s extradition. With that track closed by domestic pressure, Dhaka’s spokesperson reached for a…

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…

India’s Military Power in 2026: The Global Scale That Can No Longer Be Ignored

India's Military Power in 2026- Outranking Beijing in the sky, holding the chokepoint China fears in the Indian Ocean, and exporting to 80+ nations — told through the sky, the land, the water, and the economy underneath all three.

India’s Military Power in 2026: The Global Scale That Can No Longer Be Ignored Defence & Geopolitics · Independence Day Special Outranking Beijing in the…

Why Altitude, Not the Enemy, Has Been India’s Toughest Adversary Since Kargil

Infographic showing India's defence modernisation arc from the 1999 Kargil to the Operation Sindoor, plotted as a rising trajectory across a Himalayan mountain silhouette with milestone markers at the 2016 surgical strikes, 2019 Balakot, and 2020 Galwan clash.

Kargil to Operation Sindoor: India’s Defence Leap Twenty-five years separate the Bofors gun from the BrahMos missile. Both fought the same mountain. TES Brief Kargil…

NIBE Limited Suryastra Rocket: India’s Private Defence Manufacturing Breakthrough

defence minister rajnath singh showing green flag to NIBE Limited Suryastra rocket system 

Shirdi, 24 May: NIBE Limited Suryastra rocket system marked India’s private defence manufacturing breakthrough on Friday as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the 300-km-range guided…

Hormuz Aftershock: Why India May Rethink Its Role in Gulf Security

Hormuz Aftershock: Why India May Rethink Its Role in Gulf Security

Two Indian-flagged vessels, Sanmar Herald and Jag Arnav, came under fire on April 18 while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, prompting India to…

7 Hard Truths Behind Pakistan’s Kolkata Threat — Why India Still Looks Stronger

Pakistan Kolkata Threat:Pakistan border post with flag, barbed fence, distant fighter jets and missile launcher in a tense dawn scene

TES ANALYSIS 7 Hard Truths Behind Pakistan’s Kolkata Threat — Why India Still Looks Stronger Pakistan’s latest threat to “take it to Kolkata” was meant…

The Power of Nari Shakti: How Two Indian Women Became the Face of Operation Sindoor

Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Colonel Sofiya Qureshi briefing media on Operation Sindoor in New Delhi

DEFENCE & STRATEGY Sometimes, a single moment captures the spirit of a nation. For India, one such moment came in the spring of 2025. On…

After Operation Sindoor, India Fast-Tracks Indigenous Production of HAMMER Precision Strike Weapons

HAMMER munition India production begins under BEL-Safran deal. BEL-Safran HAMMER Deal: India’s ₹3,200 Crore Bet on Indigenous Precision Weapons After Operation Sindoor Combat-proven HAMMER munitions…