Pakistan Army is not seeing the writings on the wall and this IDF’s primer cum analysis through Pakistan Navy’s (PN) acquisition of 6/8 double hulled 6,000 ton Chinese Qing Diesel…
An IDF Report as Navy plans and moves ahead silently, knowing little is being planned by MOD. Bimlipatam - Bheemunipatanam now, was a prominent Dutch port from 1780, protected by…
This is IDF’s OUT OF THE BOX POT POURI snap analysis on the possible repercussions on India of the 12th Jul award by five Judges at the PCA Hague negating…
IDF Report on what makes a Navy great. “It would not be an overstatement to declare that the 'sea power' to a large extent dictated the outcome of wars up…
IDF feels more maritime Arbitrations may follow, but this post is more on China’s LONG TERM STRATEGY on South China Sea involving Taiwan’s Taipingdoa island’s EEZ which has failed for…
This is PART 11 analysis of the The ‘Made in India’ heavy weight torpedo Varunastra by NSTL. Destroyer was the fast ship fitted with torpedoes or small torpedo boats, which…
This is a Part 1 IDF Analysis of a seminal and less publicized achievement of the Navy with the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory Vishakhapatnam (NSTL) supported by the DRDO…
This is an IDF Analysis of Navy’s contribution to the ‘Make In India Thrust’. Currently ‘off sets’ have failed, and FDI upped to 100% has not made headway. The finalization…
This IDF Analysis is to highlight the rise of the PLA(Navy) riding in to the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) on its anti piracy forays with submarines in tow to exercise…
Ranjit Rai