News reports indicate that India has test fired a missile from its SSBN, Arihant. With such a news as backdrop, MH Rajesh ruminates how an SSBN came into being as a combination of some core technologies at the end of the World War.
Japan’s Foray into Fifth Generation Combat Aircraft
Grp Capt Sharad Tiwari (Retd) writes: While the technological prowess of Japan remains undisputed, it is the cost which remains prohibitively high.
Small / Nano Satellites Ushering New Era
Sanjay Kumar writes: The advancement in technology and development of mini/ nano components for high resolution imagery, has opened a new frontier in Space ; with smaller satellites able to serve the same purpose as larger satellite and given the redundancy factor clubbed with low cost, nano satellites are garnering greater support.
Beyond The Sleaze in The Panama Leak- Geopolitics And Policy
Rajesh Writes: A brilliant journalistic coup by a well-known German newspaper, the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) with an impressive trove of financial data have exposed billions stashed away through shell companies facilitated by a firm in the isthmus.
China’s Support to Pakistan Over Terrorism: Should India take a Hard-Line Stance
Sandeep Jain Writes:This is not the first time China has thwarted Indian attempts to bring to fore, Pakistan complicity in spread of international terrorism. China in a bid to further strengthen its strategic linkages with Pakistan, has been shielding it in international forums.
Strength in Weakness: The Syrian Army’s Accidental Resilience
A report by Carnegie Middle East Centre says that Syrian Army is weak but resilient and that it has sustained itself by corruption. Maj Gen RPS Bhadauria writes that there are many other underlying and stronger reasons which too have contributed to the survival of the regime.