2015-12-12 By Gulshan Luthra The Indian Navy’s Design Bureau is considering nuclear propulsion for future Indian aircraft carriers. Although the final decision is yet to be taken, reliable sources told India Strategic that the Navy and the country’s nuclear scientists have drawn sufficient experience from their success in installing nuclear propulsion…
2015-12-06 By Robbin Laird The Russian intervention in Syria started the process of a strategic reset in Syria and the fight against ISIS. Next up was the power projection attack of ISIS into Paris. Next were the French strikes coordinated with Russia into Syria against ISIS. Next was the Turkish…
2015-12-11 According to an article on the Norwegian Ministry of Defense website: Norway's naval exercise Flotex might be the most beautiful of all military exercises, at least when it comes to surroundings. The annual naval exercise is held every autumn, and this year in Northern Norway's breath-taking landscape of fjords, mountains and, of course,…
2015-12-03 The British Ministry of Defense announced today was that Britain joined into the aid of France and other allies to go after the ISIS safe haven in Syria. Parliament provided voted last nite to support the action. As Minister of Defence Michael Fallon commented this morning: "Daesch has never…
2015-11-24 By Robbin Laird, Harald Malmgren and Ed Timperlake When analysts and intelligence experts were highlighting the warming sun of the Arab Spring, there was much hope: democracy was in the air and the gap between Islam and the West might be closing. Rather than a warming sun, close observers…
2015-12-01 By Harald Malmgren ISIS-Supported terrorism in Paris and ballooning refugee flight from violence in and around Syria has combined to generate heightened apprehensions and political discord among Europeans. Political discord has increased not only between EU governments but also within individual EU nations on how to deal with these…
2015-06-02 By Robbin Laird The Royal Navy (RN) is returning the large deck carrier business after many years absence. This means that the RN while shaping the concepts of operations for it new carrier and the RAF for the new carrier air wing, the two services are not constrained by…
2015-11-24 Our strategic partner, defenceWeb, which is based in South Africa, recently, published three very good articles on the evolution of electronic warfare. We are reprinting them here with their permission to provide an overview of the dynamics of change associated with electronic or tron warfare. Electronic Warfare Offers Advantages…
