Amid blockade of Iran’s ports, US strike on 3 commercial tankers this week that killed 3 Indians has triggered scrutiny of its compliance with international law.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
The 2025 Bongosagar exercise, which has been held annually since 2019, involved the participation of Indian Navy’s INS Ranvir and Bangladesh Navy’s BNS Abu Ubaidah.
India can't deter China from using Himalayan skirmishes unless it goes on the offensive elsewhere. New Delhi's message must be: 'Do not poke us here and we won't poke you there'.
The spectacular failure of liberal internationalism is often diagnosed as a simple inability to account for the brute realities of nationalism. But this critique doesn’t go far enough.
While refiners in Europe, the US and parts of Asia are boosting jet fuel output to cash in on rising jet fuel margins, India and China are taking a cautious approach.
The primary task of the over 100 AN-32s with the IAF is to deliver all that is needed for sustenance of soldiers across the country, from high altitude and mountainous terrain to the island chains.
It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.
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