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Understanding India’s Entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement

Introduction On December 07, the then 41-member Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) unanimously approved of India’s entry into the WA. Like the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which India joined in June 2016 as its 35th member, the WA is a multilateral body designed…

ISRO sees through successful remote sensing satellite launch

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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the remote-sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A into orbit…

India’s Rafale deal stalls again

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Bureaucratic friction once again grinds the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s Rafale purchase – $8.9 billion for 36 fighters and offsets – to a halt

How India’s S-400 Purchase can impact Pakistan

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The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is in the process of approving a multi-billion dollar purchase of five S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from Russia.

The Future of India’s Defence Industry

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It is no secret that India’s immense and once burgeoning public sector defence industry has its shortfalls, particularly in terms of its inefficiencies, which have consistently delayed and inflated key military programs, most notably the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)

India’s MMRCA Woes Continue

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By Bilal Khan It is not an understatement to state that India’s Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program has been a very long and arduous journey for the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Indian Government, and the many suppliers (particularly France’s Dassault) looking…

The Dangers of Ignoring the Navy

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By Bilal Khan Muhammad Ali Ehsan, a retired Pakistan Army lieutenant-colonel posted a thoughtful piece on the Express Tribune the other day that I found quite interesting. Essentially a response to the Sino-Pak submarine deal (reportedly valued at $4 to $5 billion US),…