Post #OperationSindoor, critical questions arise regarding #India's strategic future. These include defining response thresholds and assessing #Pakistan's deterrence, especially given its #military modernisation and #China's influence: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34547

#China provides not just military support but strategic resolve to Pakistan, making the threat to #India more coordinated and confident: Harsh V Pant & Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34305

#China's strategic use of #Pakistan to constrain #India's ambitions requires crucial insights from red teamers. This adversarial dynamic on the global stage necessitates managing #international pressures effectively: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34547

#China provides not just military support but strategic resolve to Pakistan, making the threat to #India more coordinated and confident: Harsh V Pant & Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34305

As usual, another brilliant work from Stephen Herzog !

#China provides not just military support but strategic resolve to Pakistan, making the threat to #India more coordinated and confident: Harsh V Pant & Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34305

#India’s existing #defence export success demands a more competitive, resilient, and adaptive industrial base, one that keeps pace with #geopolitical shifts, #technological innovation, and the changing character of warfare: @KartikBommakan & Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34691

The #Atmanirbharta mission’s renewed focus on domestic production and procurement has enabled both private firms and #DPSUs to expand capacity and fulfil export orders: @KartikBommakan & Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34691

The #Atmanirbharta mission’s renewed focus on domestic production and procurement has enabled both private firms and #DPSUs to expand capacity and fulfil export orders: @KartikBommakan & Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34691

DRDO and Indian Air Force conducted successful trials of Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air missile (BVRAAM) ‘ASTRA’ with indigenous RF seeker against high-speed unmanned aerial targets at different ranges, target aspects and launch platform conditions from Su-30 Mk-I platform off the coast

The role of #nuclear deterrence in future #India-#Pakistan crises demands a clear assessment of undeclared nuclear thresholds, particularly considering #China’s assistance in modernising #Pakistan's capabilities: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34547

Here we are! Un-demanded shut-down of both engines is not unknown in the Boeing 787. In 2019 an All Nippon Airlines Dreamliner experienced shut-down of both engines - during the landing roll.

Treaties are built on trust. Trust cannot flow when terror does. India keeping the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance is not vengeance, it is a consequence of Pakistan’s actions.

#Redteaming is crucial for refining #India's military doctrine. It helps assess enemy strengths & weaknesses, ensuring comprehensive plans align with real-time action and uncover new lines of inquiry for existing issues: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34547

My latest for ORF orfonline.org/expert-speak/i…

Post-#OpSindoor environment demands that #NewDelhi bring structural effects and thus pursue a ‘system of systems’ approach to #defence planning & readiness. This demands getting both the big picture & the emerging trends with fine details right: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34798

U.S. designates The Resistance Front (TRF), responsible for the Pahalgam attacks, as a foreign terrorist organization.

For an enhanced #defence strategy, #NewDelhi must reassess its strategic objectives and address the question, #military power to what end? How will it manage the #China-backed #Pakistan challenge in the next crisis?: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34798

Post-#OpSindoor environment demands that #NewDelhi bring structural effects and thus pursue a ‘system of systems’ approach to #defence planning & readiness. This demands getting both the big picture & the emerging trends with fine details right: Rahul Rawat or-f.org/34798

“Suppose the dam is built & they suddenly release water, our entire Siang belt would be destroyed. In particular, the Adi tribe & similar groups... would see all their property, land, & especially human life, suffer devastating effects,” Arunachal Pradesh chief minister warned.