By Rohit SrivastavaRepublished - June-July issue of GeoStrategy (IDI's online magazine, now discontinued)Indo-Russian strategic relation is a unique relationship among the comity of nations. The concerted efforts of the west, since February, to convince, cajole, and coax India to take a firm stand …

By Rohit SrivastavaSince the Aero India 2025, at Bengaluru, where Russia offered its Su-57 stealth fighter with full technical cooperation, the buzz in the Indo-Russian military partnership is back. The proposal was followed up with last month’s MoU between HAL and UAC on manufacturing partnership …

By Rohit SrivastavaOn June 1, Russia witnessed the destruction of its strategic air assets by Ukrainian First-Person Drones (FPV) launched from truck from the close vicinity of its strategic airbases."Today, the Kiev regime staged a terror attack with the use of FPV drones on airfields in the …

By Rohit SrivastavaOn May 15, US president Donald Trump announced developing a super fighter jet F-55, a super upgrade to F-35, while addressing a business meeting in Doha. He also spoke on an upgrade to F-22, the best 5th generation fighter aircraft in US fleet.“We’re going to do an F-55 and – I …

By Rohit SrivastavaOn May 7, India avenged the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22, where 26 Indians and one Nepali citizen lost their lives, by launching precision strike on nine targets across Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. This began four days long aerial battle between the two sides, …

By Rohit SrivastavaThe five decades of the Assad family rule on Syria has come to an abrupt end. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who ruled Syria from July 2000, has reportedly fled the country as Turkey and Qatar backed Islamist forces entered capital city Damascus on Sunday.The sudden …

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, on Monday, arrived in Moscow for 22nd Indo-Russian Summit meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is first meeting of the two leaders since they met in September 2022 in Samarkand during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in …

During the last defence expo at Gandhi Nagar, while discussing the possibility of India developing an indigenous aero-engine, head of India’s leading defence technology firm, suggested that it is very difficult as India lacks any knowhow and technical expertise to develop them. Private sector on …