India has started the process of procuring counter-drone systems for tanks it already owns, according to reports. The announcement is thin on numbers, which is why the reasoning behind it deserves a closer look. Figure 1. An illustrative concept of a tank fitted with counter-UAS sensors and effectors. The Army has not published its configuration….
South Korea’s arms-procurement agency issued a short statement on Tuesday after defence-industry talks in New Delhi. Most of it was routine: industrial cooperation, support for the K9 howitzers already serving with the Indian Army, a 2020 roadmap that needs reviving. One line reopened the K30 Biho India question. The Biho Hybrid air-defence system, Seoul said,…
1. Introduction Tactical readiness in a compressed escalation environment was tested sharply during Operation Sindoor, when India had only a limited mobilisation-to-preparation window between the Pahalgam attack and the opening of hostilities. At 1.05 in the morning on 7 May 2025, missiles and loitering munitions began hitting nine sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Fifteen…
The India China Myanmar triangle is becoming an increasingly important strategic consideration for India’s eastern frontier. In the first week of September, Lieutenant General Girish Kalia, commander of the Indian Army’s Rangapahar-based 3 Corps, travelled to a border-personnel-meeting point called Wacha, in the Kibithu sector of Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district, to sit across from his…
