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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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The Perils of Personalised Diplomacy and Strategic Delusion

Opinion
India’s reliance on personalism in diplomacy risks eroding the...

 The Cost of the Future: Europe-Asia’s Sixth-Gen Fighter GCAP Budget Has Already Tripled  

Military
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)—a comprehensive aerospace initiative...

An-148 Returns: Russia Revives a Forgotten Regional Aircraft

Vehicles and Transport
Russia has quietly initiated a program to refurbish and...

Russia’s Zelenograd Launches Advanced Chip Packaging for High-Performance Processors

Finance & Markets
In January 2026, the Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center (ZNTC)—known for...