Anushka Saxena
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Opinion | China's PLA Is Entering A Dangerous New Phase, And India Can't Afford To Look Away
As the final year in the run-up to the PLA's 100-year goals commences, three problems stand out as unresolved.
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Opinion | Not Just Jets, China Is Developing A '5-Piece' Carrier Set, And India Should Worry
China is now the only state serially producing two distinct stealth fighter families simultaneously, with some estimates projecting that advanced-fighter output across all jet programmes could reach 300-400 aircraft annually by 2027.
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Opinion | PNS Hangor: Inside The $5 Billion Submarine Fleet Pakistan Is Buying From China
With the commissioning of PNS Hangor, what is no longer open to debate is the proposition that any future India-Pakistan conflict, in terms of force composition, will be a proxy engagement involving Chinese military technology.
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Opinion | 'Hellish Difficulty': Why India Should Be Keeping An Eye On China's New 'Shipborne' Drone
The GJ-21, which has a reported combat attack radius of up to 1,500 kilometres, when combined with a land-attack long-range precision-strike system, can have the ability to strike deep within a territory's mainland.
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China's Quiet Military Aid To Iran - And Why Beijing Won't Admit It
China officially refrains from highlighting any military partnership with Iran, referring to itself as a "responsible major power". Even so, joint drills, its alleged support to Houthis, and a growing defence footprint tell a more complex story.
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Opinion | The JF-17 'Hype': How Pak Is Pushing A Jet That's More Noise Than Substance
Even if the JF-17 may seem like a popular choice for many nations, interoperability is not exportable, nor is effective warfighting capability.
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Opinion | How Venezuela's China-Made Weapons Failed To Keep The US Away
Unlike post-Operation Sindoor, when Beijing hailed Pakistan's air-defence operations against India as a success of Islamabad's "Made in China" military force, there is an eerie silence within Beijing this time.
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Opinion | 3 Reasons Trump Is Growing Soft Towards China - While He Attacks India
Curiously, Trump's stance on China, the US's primary rival in all terms - economic, military, or ideological -now seems to be oriented towards achieving a deal rather than punishing it.
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Opinion | Inside China's 'Low-Cost' Arms Exports, Serving Everyone From Pak To West Africa
China's arms exports to Pakistan are just one part of a complex military production, export, and diplomacy ecosystem that Beijing has built over the years.
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Opinion | 'Indian Threat', '1962 War': How Chinese 'Experts' Are Batting For Pak Over India
Even as Beijing's official rhetoric has been relatively mild and vague, the societal and analytical support for the strategic convergence between China and Pakistan is clearly evident.
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Opinion | A Shaky World Order: Can India Navigate A Russia-China-Iran Axis?
India may find it hard to balance its deepening ties with the West and the emerging partnership between China, Russia and Iran. A Cold War-style confrontation can be detrimental to India's approach of multi-alignment and strategic autonomy.
