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The Agni-V and India's ICBM Strategy ( Source- The Diplomat, Author- Jhinuk Chowdhury)

Agni-5 during the 2013 Republic day Parade ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Robbyrules0510) Source- The Diplomat Author- Jhinuk Chowdhury India’s defense arsenal received a significant boost with the successful test of the Agni-V – considered India’s first true intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM). The Agni-V’s effective range covers all of China and part of Europe. With this addition to its arsenal, India has now joined the elite ICBM club with just five other countries across the world: the United States, Russia, France, China, and Britain. While the country conducted two tests earlier in 2012 and 2013, the current version of Agni-V is said to be significantly cutting-edge in its navigation and guidance capabilities. The Agni-V can be launched from effectively anywhere in India, giving the country the ability to hit back and maintain a second-strike capability even after facing a nuclear strike. The missile, likely to be inducted soon in

General Elections-2014, A audit of strategic, defence and foreign affairs for the last 10 years

It is general elections again and it is time to take stock of how much we achieved in the last 10 years and what more ought to be done. Have the government achieved or have they done their job correctly or have they been an utter failure? Let us analyse- India is situated in a dangerous and volatile region of the globe. In the west, we have a neighbour who is sinking to civil war and anarchy but which also posses nuclear fangs which really makes that country unpredictable. On the east we are confronted with a larger neighbour who with decades of stable economic growth has now engaged in rapid development of defence but who is anything but aggressive to their neighbours. India has long running territorial dispute with both the countries and had also fought many wars with these countries. Further they both in their own right had been aiding and abetting non state players with the intention to destabilize us because it is in their special interest to see a weak India. Under the