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Understanding the forces, decisions and technologies shaping India's security and the world's strategic future. We do not merely report defence; we explain the strategic India behind it.
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Research to understand it, a knowledge base to look it up, and news to follow it as it happens.
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ResearchStrategic Research Centre
Peer-verified monographs, the annual India Defence & Strategic Outlook and the Border to Boardroom™ framework, produced by 12 research desks.
- monographs
- 6
- desks
- 12
- verification levels
- 5
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KnowledgeDefence Knowledge Centre
A public reference on India's wars, the structure of its forces, ranks, gallantry awards and the language of defence.
- campaign dossiers
- 6
- glossary terms
- 23
- directory entities
- 60
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NewsGlobal Defence News
Defence news from India and the world, each dispatch tied to its official source so readers can check it.
- verified dispatches
- 15
- news sections
- 12
- linked sources
- PIB
Across the hub
What is new in research, reference and reporting.
New research
- Tri-Service Integration, CDS/DMA Reforms, and the Road to Integrated Theatre Commands
Military Modernisation · 18 Oct 2026
- The ‘RAKSHA’ Defence Diplomacy Framework: Strategic Partnerships, Joint Exercises & Export Statecraft
Defence Diplomacy · 15 Oct 2026
- Next War & Emerging Technologies: AI, Autonomous UAV/UCAVs, Counter-Drone, Electronic Warfare, Cyber & Space
Defence Technology · 12 Oct 2026
From the Knowledge Centre
- 1999 Kargil War
Operations Vijay, Safed Sagar and Talwar
- Ranks & equivalence
Army, Navy and Air Force side by side
- Glossary A–Z
From Atmanirbhar Bharat to Veer Nari
From the news desk
- Raksha Mantri meets South Korean, Australian and New Zealand counterparts at the 11th ADMM-Plus
Geopolitics & Defence Diplomacy · 21 Nov 2024
- Raksha Mantri meets the US Secretary of Defense on the sidelines of the 11th ADMM-Plus
Geopolitics & Defence Diplomacy · 21 Nov 2024
- Two-day nationwide coastal defence exercise Sea Vigil begins
National Security & Intelligence · 20 Nov 2024
सीमाएँ · Borders & frontiers
India's borders: guarding a heritage, building a future
Each frontier, the forces that hold it, the challenges it faces and the villages that are India's first line of presence.
- Land border
- 15,106.7 km
- Coastline, revised 2025
- 11,098.81 km
- Land neighbours
- 7
- Border States and UTs
- 18
India's defence in figures
Ministry of Defence allocation and industrial output, from Union Budget and PIB disclosures.
- Ministry of Defence allocation
- ₹7.85 lakh crore
- FY 2026–27
- Capital allocation
- ₹2.19 lakh crore+
- About 75% of capital acquisition earmarked for domestic industry
- Defence production
- ₹1.78 lakh crore
- FY 2025–26; private sector about 24%
- Defence exports
- ₹38,424 crore
- FY 2025–26, to 80+ countries
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