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Post ASAT: Should Indian Space Force be the next step?

On January 11, 2007, China conducted its first anti-satellite missile test (ASAT) by destroying a satellite with a mass of 750 kg at an altitude of 865 km. There was…

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Cyber Menace and Elections in the Philippines

A controversial political leader, Rodrigo Duterte, has won the recently held presidential elections in The Philippines. He had undertaken an extremely inflammatory campaign, propagating draconian measures for handling issues related…

India’s Space Security Policy: A Proposal

Several advancements made in the field of space technology over the last few decades have significantly benefitted mankind. Today, space technology is considered critical to human survival and progress. Since…

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Satellite for SAARC: Pakistan’s Missed Opportunity

Recently, Pakistan’s high commissioner in Delhi Abdul Basit announced that the peace process between India and Pakistan stands suspended. Over the years the India-Pakistan bilateral talk process has been more…

Unmanned Vehicles and Modern Day Combat

  It is difficult to identify the exact nature of modern day warfare. The notion of modern day warfare is evolving with changing times. However, the purpose of fighting wars…

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Militarization of Space

  Use of ‘outer space’ (also referred as ‘space’) to fight wars is not a new idea. Rockets reaching high into the atmosphere was talked about since World War II.…

Technologies and National Security

  The world has witnessed two significant events during last three decades which has changed the contours of global strategic thought. The first being the end of the Cold War…

Trends in Space Weaponisation

  The first orbital flight of X-37B (called as USA-212) the United State’s (US) space plane was launched on an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…

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