Category Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

Faster, Longer-Range Air-to-Air Missiles require new propulsion technologies to enhance engagement ranges against manoeuvring targets

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Traditional missiles powered by rocket motors typically carry both fuel and oxidizer. An air-breathing ramjet missile can dispense with the separate oxidizer payload, reducing the size of a propulsion package.  Thanks to ramjets, smaller missiles use that space for other…...

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US still dominating the global arms exports, while China has replaced Russia to emerge as the world’s second-largest arms producer, as per a report by SIPRI

New data from SIPRI’s Arms Industry Database shows that arms sales by the world’s 25 largest arms-producing and military services companies (arms companies) totalled US$361 billion in 2019. This represents an 8.5 per cent increase in real terms over the…...

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The rise of Silicon Valley’s worldwide in many countries including UK, Japan, Israel, China and India

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Silicon Valley is the world’s top tech hub today. With a $128,308 per capita in the annual gross domestic product (GDP-PPP), if Silicon Valley were a country, it would be the second wealthiest in the world behind Qatar. Silicon Valley…...

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Militaries designing Next Generation Urban Assault Combat Vehicles effective in megacities for urban warfare

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Current Ground combat vehicles, especially main battle tanks (MBT) and infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), are the mainstay of technologically superior armies. The combination of firepower, mobility and survivability allows such vehicles to dominate ground military operations. Military planners expect GCVs…...

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India and Russian Defence cooperation advancing to joint research, development and production of advanced defence technologies and systems

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Indo-Russian relationship have stood the test of time established since Indian independence . Soviet Union had a cardinal role in setting the foundations of Indian industrial base. Eight of India’s 16 heavy industry in the period 1956-61 were built with…...

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Israel successfully tests Multilayered Air Defense system to defend against Barrage of short-, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles,

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Israel is a small country surrounded by many enemies, facing many security threats. Israel also faces a “high trajectory threat” that involves short-, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles, putting the country in jeopardy of facing an unprecedented barrage. This could…...

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US-Iran conflict will be threat to Middle East because of Iran’s growing military power and deterrent capability

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The threat of war between the US and Iran escalated in Jan 2020 when in retaliation for the U.S. assassination of military leader Qasem Soleimani, Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. This action…...

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Amid Rising naval threats from Russia and China enhanced collaboration of Royal Navy and US Navy

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Russia and china are asserting  their growing military might and reach through seas a threat to NATO nations. Russian naval activity is now at its highest levels since the Cold War. Head of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolev stated…...

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DARPA Mosaic Warfare Strategy employs complexity as weapon to dominate in multi domain conflicts, by employing dynamic and adaptive network of manned & unmanned systems and multidomain C2 nodes

The United States is increasingly engaged in a long-term competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation–a competition in which U.S. defense leaders and experts argue the U.S. military is falling behind technologically and operationally.  …...

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France thrust on counter terrorism initiatives after glaring security gaps exposed by brazen attacks

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France suffered a series of deadly terror attacks in November 2015. In 2015, the brazen murders of 17 innocent people, in three separate attacks in as many days, have revealed serious breaches and lapses in the French system of intelligence,…...

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