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The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.

Navys MiG-29K maritime fighter jets are being deployed at airbases in the northern sector to beef up the Air Forces strength. (PTI Photo)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Making Indian fighter jets: What is all the...

The most glaring case of recurring time and cost overruns, technical faults, mishaps are still occurring in the United...

30 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

$Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)$ Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can Russians be tried for war crimes' in...

The US and EU can take a call for the re-creation of wealth rather than push weapons into a war zone

17 March 2023 12:04 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | China's mystery balloons: Why was West...

The exponential growth in Sino-US trade gave the Dragon a spectacular opportunity to test the West and use its wealth to...

23 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indian Air Forces aerobatic team Suryakiran performs during the inauguration of the 13th edition of Aero India, at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru. (File photo: PTI)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | At Aero India, focus on safety & tech transfer

Flight safety reigns supreme in any aviation enterprise

8 Feb 2023 12:30 AM IST

There are reports of a minimum of 20 to 25 per cent price rise in domestic flights between most major Indian cities till Diwali season. (Photo: AFP)

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Flight safety is critical to aviation: Govt...

Major flight safety failures of the past must be remembered and analysed to ensure that they don't recur

13 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen MM Naravane, review the security situation and operational preparedness in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, in Tawang. (PTI file photo)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | 1962 to 2022: No lessons learnt on tackling...

One only hopes that 60 years from now, history won't repeat itself in 2082

16 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

The warship has been built at a cost of around Rs 23,000 crore and its construction propelled India into a select group of countries having capabilities to build state-of-the-art aircraft carriers. (Indian Navy photo)

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Hike Indian Navy funding to befit a rising sea...

A strong, effective Navy can't be built in a day, nor does it forgive a lackadaisical approach to maintenance or...

3 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

The appeal of erecting physical border barriers waned after the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trading with enemy: What drove Germans to...

Mighty Berlin's submission to Beijing durbar was also symbolic of the shifting reality of geopolitics

24 Nov 2022 12:08 AM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Partys Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. - The effect was achieved through varying the lens focal length. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | After 60 years: Beijing still focused on...

While China has started issuing visas to a few Indian students to return to their classes in that country, there are...

20 Oct 2022 1:24 AM IST

Indian Air Force choppers fly in a formation during the full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade 2022, at Rajpath, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | IAF's big challenge: Building world-class...

For India the stratospheric expenditure to buy fighters was a major financial challenge, forcing it to be a parsimonious...

8 Oct 2022 1:50 AM IST

Servicemen of a territorial defence unit train during an exercise in Kryvyj Rih on September 28, 2022, amid the Russia invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Opinion

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Moscow & West must remember history, and scale...

Several questions arise in the context of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Is Russia too big to sustain itself on its own...

29 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

The Army said that during the meeting, the discussions between the two sides focussed on the resolution of the remaining issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh. (Representational image: AFP)

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Tackling Chinese duplicity: Challenge for...

This week's so-called disengagement looks like a ploy to trap India into a point of no return; crafted by dragon...

15 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST