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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.
- Monday May 11, 2026
- Opinion
- Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Saturday March 7, 2026
- Opinion
- Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Thursday February 12, 2026
- Opinion
- Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Monday January 5, 2026
- Opinion
- Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Monday August 11, 2025
- Opinion
- Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Tuesday June 17, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Kewalramani, Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Friday May 2, 2025
- Opinion
- Anushka Saxena
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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.
- Monday April 22, 2024
- Opinion
- Manoj Kewalramani, Anushka Saxena