Hamlet
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India's To Be or Not to Be Aircraft Carrier
The BJP, doesn't buy FTB for the Kaveri. It is the job of the Project Director to make a nuisance of himself at Raisina durbar. The Tejas never lacked for funds- on that score you could not fault them . My take on TEDBF is that without the carrier it is a chicken and egg problem
India has never had a true carrier program. Despite pre-1947 "plans" to have upto four. If you have no strategic and doctrinal clarity and commitment to build 3 more carriers in the next 50 years, carrier-aviation will naturally suffer. Funding is downstream of clarity.
Good story @ajaynewsman. Slow progress on critical nat sec infrastructure the bane of our system. The INS Baaz expansion needs to be expedited. Heartening to note the second “dual use” airfield coming up on Chingen, GNI, with a full length runway. Which means GNI will have *two* full length 10,000 feet runways capable of basing fighters and P-8Is.
BREAKING: Vietnam will use India's $500 million defence credit line to buy 12 fast patrol vessels, submarine batteries and upgrade its naval shps
Breaking INDIA CONFIRMS TALKS WITH VIETNAM ON BRAHMOS 'Watch this space', says MEA's Secretary East P Kumaran on Vietnam procuring Brahmos from India. Confirms that talks on Brahmos have taken place.
🇺🇸🇮🇷The U.S. expects Iranian responses on several key points in the next 48 hours. Nothing has been agreed yet, but the sources said this was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began 🇺🇸🇮🇷Yes, but: U.S. officials have expressed optimism about a deal at several points during previous rounds of negotiations and during the current war, but have yet to reach one
The second Joint Commanders’ Conference #JCC2026 themed as ‘Military Capability in New Domains’ will be held at @SWComd_IA , Jaipur on 07–08 May 2026, bringing together the top leadership of the #IndianArmedForces and #MoD. Coinciding with the first anniversary of #OpSindoor, the conference will focus on future warfare, emerging domains like cyber, space & cognitive warfare, while advancing #Atmanirbharta through innovation, indigenisation and civil-military fusion. Hon’ble Raksha Mantri will attend this landmark conference. @DefenceMinIndia @SethSanjayMP @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh
BREAKING: End of the DMK-Congress alliance is official, Congress extends formal support to Vijay’s TVK.
Trump may have 'paused' Project Freedom but the blockade remains in force. Amid US strikes on Iranian boats and IRGC attacks on cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, it is worth asking if the era of assured access in the maritime commons is at an end.
Any attempt to close the Malacca Strait as is being suggested by some commentators (a pipe dream) will invite swift and sure retaliation from Mainland China (not the restaurant). They will not need an expeditionary force.
