Cmde Ranjit B Rai (Retd.)

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Cmde Ranjit B Rai Retd MBIM(UK) was Director of Naval Operations and Intelligence and is an author and writes on naval and strategic affairs. * Views and analysis are personal.

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How NAVAC direct entry engineers made India’s Nuclear Submarine dreams come true

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This bunch of engineers above belonged to the 1978-1980 batches of Technical Direct Entry topper graduates who joined a 'make shift' Naval Academy (NAVAC)...

CNS Admiral Karambir Singh discussed the philosophy of the Maritime challenges India faces in the Indo-Pacific

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On 28th August, the United Service Institution (USI) hosted the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, the last in the series of...

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Russia’s New 6×6 Monster Trucks Hit Dealers in 2026 — Meet the BAZ S32A50

Vehicles and Transport
The new generation of serial production all-wheel-drive BAZ vehicles...

Ragging, Rifles, Dignitaries and a Tiger Hunt: Life at Dehradun’s Military Academy in the 1950s

Military
My joining the army was not a planned career...

Russia’s MC-21-310 Logs 26 Flights in One Month—Arctic Tests Signal Certification Push  

Aviation
As part of its ongoing flight test program, the...

Arc of Fire: Proxies, Air Power, and India’s Strategic Exposure Amid a Widening Middle East War

World
The confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran...