New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.
Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein, who claims Indian nationality, is a PoW in Ukraine after surrendering on frontlines. His fate may rely on Moscow requesting his return.
This is his 1st Moscow visit since Op Sindoor. However, he did attend SCO's NSA meeting in Beijing in June & met Russia’s Security Council Deputy Secretary Aleksandr Venediktov.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said use of the new missile amounted to “a clear and severe escalation” in the war and called for strong worldwide condemnation.
Kyiv attacked Moscow Sunday with at least 34 drones & Russian air defences destroyed another 36 drones over other regions of Western Russia in 3 hrs, defence ministry says.
1st batch of India-assembled weapons consisted of 5,000 AK-203 rifles with only 5% indigenous components. This will increase to 70% when initial lot of 70,000 is completed in 32 months.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to pick Russia for his first official visit overseas since assuming a third term is strategically important...
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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