Editor’s Note Recent conflicts, from Ukraine to West Asia, have underscored the decisive role of precision firepower and drones in modern warfare. For artillery, the shift is no longer merely about guns and rockets but about integrating sensors, drones and loitering munitions into a seamless kill chain. The Indian Army’s move to raise Shaktibaan Regiments and Divyastra Batteries reflects this transformation. These formations aim to compress the sensor-to-shooter cycle while e

Editor’s Note Tensions between Iran and the United States have once again entered a volatile phase. At the heart of the confrontation lies Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, its ballistic missile programme, and Washington’s long-standing objective of curbing both. The author examines the aims and objectives on both sides, evaluates the military and diplomatic indicators, and assesses the likely end state of the confrontation – whether negotiated containment, calibrated escalation, o

The US forces executed an excellent operation in Venezuela that led to its President being abducted to the US.

Editor’s Note This article examines how modern insurgent and extremist organisations are rapidly leveraging commercially available technologies to enhance recruitment, communication, logistics and operational effectiveness. As communication networks expand and social cohesion weakens across societies, these developments have direct implications for counter-insurgency strategies worldwide. The analysis highlights why governments and security planners must reassess information-

The huge rhetoric that the Chinese let loose before Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, possibly led to a fairly large Chinese populace believing that China might even opt for a hard military option. However, the Chinese leadership was more circumspect leading to the man on the street wondering is that all their country could do. The entire episode has a lot of takeaways for India. Should China decide it cannot possibly annex Taiwan by force, the next big option that it has is turn

A comprehensive visit to one of the best military academies, worldwide: The School of Artillery, Indian Army

There is the Armoured Corps and there is a younger cousin: The Mechanised Infantry, a lethal combination of man and the beast on the battlefield. So what exactly is mechanised infantry? It’s an arm of the Army that uses armoured vehicles or infantry fighting vehicles to transport and empower infantry units as opposed to classical light infantry which can operate on its own, independent of any transport. As warfare evolved, the Indian Army felt the need to have mechanised infa