The Helicopter Gap: Why Theatre Commands Need Rotary Power
As India edges closer to theatre commands, one capability gap looms larger than most: rotary power. In the high-tempo land battles of t...
The commissioning of INS Nirdeshak, the second of India’s indigenously built Survey Vessel Large (SVL) ships, on 18 December 2024, is a strategic development that highlights a less-discussed but increasingly critical aspect of naval power: the undersea battlespace.
As India continues to strengthen its naval footprint in the region, any effort by Bangladesh to challenge this balance of power risks pushing the smaller nation into vulnerability and irrelevance.