Indian Defence Review (IDR), quarterly journal, the brainchild of former captain of the Indian Army, was launched on January 1, 1986 as a logical continuum to Lancer established in 1979, the first Indian publishing house dedicated to put forward the military experience and point of view.

2025年1月26日 · Denmark has unveiled a multi-billion-dollar defense package for Greenland, just as President-elect Trump reignites talk of acquiring the Arctic territory.

2023年12月8日 · Economic liberalization in the defense production sector came in 2001 by allowing full private sector participation and FDI up to 26%. The GOM recommendation after the Kargil war suggested creation of NTRO (National Technical Research Organisation) for centralized intelligence gathering, positioning a CDS to give single point military advice to the RM (Raksha Mantri – Defence Minister).

2023年12月29日 · Lt Gen JS Bajwa – Editor Indian Defence Review (IDR) had the unique privilege to interview the Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC.

2023年12月18日 · Three years on, the reforms have mixed reviews. But it has given the military its legitimate voice in national security decision-making. Coupled with a massive delegation of powers to procure to the SHQs, which started with the Arun Singh Committee (1986), the asphyxiating control of the MoD and the concomitant delay in procurement of revenue items has been largely done away with.

2021年4月30日 · India’s “tensions” and “rivalry” with Pakistan and China are among the main reasons for its increased military expenditure. India’s military spending grew by 6.8 percent to $71.1 billion in 2019, according to the SIPRI report on “Trends in …

2024年2月12日 · From borders to boardrooms, your path is clear, Leading the world with courage, year after year. India’s foreign policy trajectory has undergone a transformative journey, marked by a departure from Cold War-era alignments and a …

2023年6月27日 · The 1971 war with Pakistan, when the Nixon Administration took a stridently anti-Indian position by sending the 7 th Fleet, took the Indo-Soviet cooperation to a crescendo, inking the Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship & Cooperation. No wonder close to 85% of defense inventory is of Russian origin.

2023年7月27日 · ‘High Tech is Foreign Policy’ (US Defense Secretary Harold Brown) In the longer run, it is ‘innovation power’ (Eric Schmidt), the ability to invent, adopt and adapt new technologies and do so faster and better, which, in the final analysis, will determine our power, influence, war making ability and deterrence.

2023年2月20日 · Source: Author’s own, using data from Standing Committe on Defence, 26th Report. While such a shortfall might give an impression that the defense services are generally deprived of funds which can impinge on their operational preparedness, the reality is that allocation has never been an issue in the event of operational need.