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…
How Ashni platoons, Shaurya squadrons and a widening electronic-warfare contest with Pakistan are rewriting Indian Army doctrine India drone warfare is undergoing a major transformation as unmanned systems are increasingly integrated into military formations for surveillance, precision strikes, electronic warfare and battlefield awareness. By October 2025, the Indian Army’s Director General of Infantry was ready…
An artillery gun that can hit a target 80 kilometres away without calling in a missile sounds almost like a contradiction. For as long as tube artillery has existed, more range has meant a longer barrel, a bigger propellant charge, or simply accepting that the shell is on its own from the moment it clears…
India’s 40-km drone wall represents a possible new approach to battlefield warfare, combining drones, sensors, electronic warfare, counter-UAS systems and precision fires across battlefield depth. Operation Sindoor demonstrated how rapidly drone warfare is changing the modern battlefield, while the war in Ukraine has shown the growing importance of unmanned systems in high-intensity conflict. Operation Sindoor…
Operation Amistad wrapped up on a Monday afternoon in Caracas — no send-off, no ceremony, just an Army field hospital coming down tent by tent after a week that Venezuelan officials keep describing, almost word for word, as a show of brotherhood between the two countries. The mission had been India’s answer to the twin…
India Mobile Air Defence System has become one of the Indian Army’s highest modernisation priorities as drone warfare, loitering munitions and precision-guided attacks reshape the future battlefield. From ADGM-SP to indigenous development, this article examines India’s evolving mobile air defence capability, key procurement challenges and the road ahead. India’s Mobile Air Defence System has become one…
Zorawar Light Tank: 10 Powerful Roles Driving India’s Himalayan War Machine Somewhere above 14,000 feet near Nyoma in eastern Ladakh, a 25-tonne tracked vehicle has spent the early months of 2026 doing something India’s heavier T-72 and T-90 fleets were never quite built for — moving fast across broken, oxygen-starved ground without the engine choking…
Feel the chill of the wind slicing through the thin air at 10,000 feet, where every breath is a battle and every step echoes the heartbeat of a nation. That’s the raw, pulse-pounding world of Prachand Prahar, where India’s soldiers don’t just train—they etch legends into the frozen earth of Arunachal Pradesh. As the sun dips…
