COVER STORY
Russia’s Great Outreach
Between words, pauses and meaningful silences
The Room with a View
Food and some thoughts on the future of India-Russia relations
Looking Back to Look Ahead
Russia is keen to continue its defence industrial cooperation with India
The Age of Ideas
Russia hard-sells light amphibious tank Sprut and MiG-35 at Army 2018
Promises to be Kept
Ka-226T programme is the biggest export projects of the Russian aviation industry
Lofty Goals
Era Technopolis is the Russian Army’s most ambitious R&D project coming up in a small resort town near the Black Sea
Local Flavours
BrahMos missile programme is going strong, with a large part of missile components sourced locally in India
FEATURE/REPORT
Hawk Eyes in Space
With the launch of the state-of-the-art GF-11 to be followed by GF-7, China is all set to be the new leader in the satellite domain
Bulletproof Mobility
Many Indian companies are now producing the much-needed APCs and AFVs in India
Seek, Track and Destroy
Missiles makers can now choose from a host of desi and foreign missile seeker technologies available in the market
Connecting Regions and Hearts
The success of UDAN RCS I and II has given a boost to small operators to be a part of the growing passenger air traffic
Blip on the Radar
India’s coastline is being secured with a chain of 46 static radar sensors
Army 2018 Briefs
Rosoboronexport Signs Weapon Export Contract Worth Over 20.3 billion Rubles at Army 2018
Salute to the Saviours
The largest ever HADR flood rescue mission was launched in flood-hit Kerala
Kashmir on the Edge
In the absence of a political process, the ground situation becomes murkier
India-Pakistan Slug it Out in a Friendly Match
As the name suggests multilateral anti-terror military exercise Peace Mission 2018 brought the best out of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisations’ member countries
BOOKS
Leap of Technology
In India, there is a pressing need to spend more on R&D, particularly in areas that are vital to national security
A History of Bitterness
How Governor Jagmohan’s inaccurate judgment led to the exodus of Pandits from Kashmir
COLUMNS
Good News
Lt Gen. B.S. Pawar (retd)
Empower the Infantry
Lt Gen. Rameshwar Yadav (retd)
Long-term Planning
Abhinav Pandya
All That is Not a Crime
Dilip D’Souza
First Person
Ghazala Wahab