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Topic: Combat

‘No Rafale shot down in combat, India lost one to technical malfunction, probe on’: Dassault CEO

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: India has lost one Rafale fighter jet, but the incident, currently under probe, was due to a high-altitude technical failure and involved no...

Night capabilities, see-through armour — how Army is upgrading its Russian combat vehicles

Snehesh Alex Philip -
BMP 2 forms the backbone of India’s Mechanised Infantry & plays a crucial role in combat including in Eastern Ladakh where it's deployed in large numbers. User trials for upgrade on.

India plays into China’s hands if we lament 1962 or criticise Modi govt and military

Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy -
To pressure Modi government and military from our drawing rooms, without knowing what is happening at LAC at 15,000-feet, is an irresponsible act.

Women in combat roles: India can romanticise it but here’s why we are not ready yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
One gives the example of US and Israel armies. But even their forces don’t deploy women in direct infantry combat.

Women in combat can fight on equal terms, they don’t need token representation in Army

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The right of a woman to serve in any role in the armed forces must be equal to a man’s as long as the standards are not compromised.

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Opinion

How India lost its geopolitical sweet spot in the world

Sidharth Raimedhi -
India appears to have gone from occupying a near-perfect geopolitical sweet spot to now inhabiting a geopolitical no-good-option deadlock.

India’s influence in Indian Ocean will be shaped more by undersea surveys than warships

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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