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Asim Munir or Imran Khan? One must die! Munir controls the state, while Imran Khan remains unrelenting even in prison. But can Munir hold his grip as Pakistan reels under economic turmoil, terrorism, political polarisation, water stress and tensions on multiple fronts? Can one man manage so many crises and what happens when those crises begin to threaten his own hold on power? Sandeep speaks to Author & Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Tilak Devasher about the many crises shaping Pakistan’s future. Watch the full conversation here: #AsimMunir #ImranKhan #Pakistan #PakistanCrisis #PakistanArmy #TilakDevasher #SandeepUnnithan #Geopolitics #ChakraNewz Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz25,050 Aufrufe • vor 21 Tagen
What does China fear most about India? Has India been preparing for the wrong war? Are we overlooking our greatest strategic advantage? And could control of key sea lanes deter conflict before it begins? According to Rear Admiral Raja Menon, India’s ability to leverage its geography and dominate the Indian Ocean may well be its trump card. Watch the full conversation and decide: Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana #chakranewz #IndiaChina #IndianOcean #Geopolitics #IndianNavy
chakranewz57,208 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
India is buying submarines from Germany and Rafales from France. But what happens if war breaks out in Europe? Will Germany and France still be able to supply India or will their own militaries come first? The S-400 and Tejas engine delays have already shown that a signed contract does not guarantee uninterrupted supply. Deepak Bhadana deepak bhadana from Chakra explains what India is doing to reduce this vulnerability. #India #Defence #Rafale #Submarines #Germany #France #UkraineWar #AtmanirbharBharat Sandeep Anurag Awasthi #chakranewz
chakranewz13,958 Aufrufe • vor 18 Tagen
"The Kaveri engine wasn't abandoned because it failed. It was abandoned by a policy decision,” says Vice Admiral Raman Puri (R). "DRDO's stand was: let Kaveri continue. EJ200 could be the backup," he says, adding, "the committee decided GE F404 was the only option," a decision that led to "the Kaveri programme being closed." So, how did that decision turn out? And could India's indigenous jet engine programme have taken a different path? Watch the full conversation with Vice Admiral Raman Puri on The Sandeep Unnithan Show and decide for yourself: #Kaveri #Tejas #DRDO #IndianAirForce #SandeepUnnithanShow #chakranewz #AatmanirbharBharat Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz39,102 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
“Indian officers stay with their men..... One reason the Pakistan Army underperforms is because royalty has set into its officers. They think others are meant to work,” a Pakistani JCO from the Baluch Regiment once complained to Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni. "They had no officers, no supplies and no water," he recalls. This JCO had once fought in 1971 war and taken prisoner by the Indian Army. And that experience led him to trust the Indian Army “If only we had officers like the Indian Army… we would be a force to reckon with.” Two armies born from the same British Indian military tradition and yet the difference! So how did one build a culture of leadership from the front… while the other drifted into hierarchy, distance and decay? Catch the full conversation here: #India #Pakistan #IndianArmy #PakistanArmy #MilitaryHistory #Leadership #Geopolitics #ChakraNewz Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz67,745 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
“Why risk aircraft when missiles do the same job?” argues Lt Gen P R Shankar on the Lessons From War. If targets like Rahim Yar Khan or Sargodha were are the objective, why not use BrahMos missile or ground-launched systems from day one? Air-launched or ground-launched, the effect is identical. What matters is the hit, not the platform. So why expose pilots and platforms when modern warfare is shifting from platforms to precision strike systems. Catch the full breakdown here: #AirPower #BrahMos #S400 #MilitaryStrategy #IndiaPakistan #LessonsFromWar #chakranewz Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
chakranewz65,961 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
The Government of India has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth as the next Chief of the Army Staff, with effect from June 30, 2026. Commissioned into the 2nd Lancers in December 1986, Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth will become the Indian Army's 31st Chief of the Army Staff and the first Armoured Corps officer to be appointed Army Chief after almost 30 years. Currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Seth has commanded some of the Army's most important operational formations, including the Sudarshan Chakra Corps, South Western Command and Southern Command. He has also been closely associated with force modernisation and capability development initiatives at Army Headquarters. He will succeed General Upendra Dwivedi, who retires from service on June 30. [The featured clip is from Trishul 2025 - Watch the full video on Chakra News: #IndianArmy #Chakranewz Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz44,052 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
When United Nations inspectors took custody of Muammar Gaddafi’s surrendered nuclear material in 2003, they found something bizarre: Chinese nuclear blueprints!..... stored in suit bags that came from a shop in Islamabad, Pakistan. That shop - Good Looks Tailors, is just 8 km from the Serena Hotel in Islamabad...the venue for the US-Iran talks. This was the unravelling of an underground nuclear cartel run by Pakistan with Abdul Qadeer Khan at the helm. So when Pakistan speaks today of mediation and responsibility, this history is impossible to ignore, notes Sandeep Unnithan. Catch the full conversation here: #Geopolitics #Pakistan #Iran #Nuclear #MiddleEast #ChakraNewz #USIrantalks Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz54,875 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
India often looks to Japan as a potential defence partner. But the reality is a little complicated. Speaking at the Rising Sun Conclave, Ambassador Sanjay Kumar Verma explained that Japan’s pacifist framework and strict export rules limit its ability to sell defence equipment but co-development may be a solution. Most Japanese defence manufacturers are large conglomerates where defence accounts for less than 10% of revenue. They have strong technology, but not the production capacity to meet India’s scale. Co-development could be the path forward but only if India builds an ecosystem that benefits both sides. Watch the full conversation here: Anurag Awasthi Sandeep deepak bhadana #chakranewz #IndiaJapan #QUAD
chakranewz41,970 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
Once just about the jump, the freefall parachute is now being redefined as a fully integrated combat system. Created by an Indian Army Officer, the MCPS brings together ballistic protection, oxygen systems, NAVIC-linked navigation, and mission-ready gear into a single high-altitude capability. From bulletproof helmets to indigenous positioning systems, how is India building a complete combat ecosystem for its special forces? Find out in the latest episode of Anveshak: Pioneers in Uniform on Chakra News. ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY SpokespersonNavy Indian Air Force Rajnath Singh PMO India HQ IDS DRDO रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India alex Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana #Anveshak #PioneersInUniform #DefenceInnovation #IndianArmy #AtmanirbharBharat #MadeInIndia #ChakraNewz
chakranewz34,372 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
Think of IACCS as a real-time warfighting brain. At the Strategic Renaissance of Air Power Conference, Wg Cdr Survesh Dhir explains why: From underwater to 100 km up, across domains and even nations, creating one coherent picture isn’t plug-and-play. It’s complex, contested, and still evolving. The goal isn’t more data. It’s trusted situational awareness. With AI and command layers embedded, ICCS is designed to shorten the OODA loop for faster decisions, faster response. In modern warfare, whoever sees clearly and acts first, wins. #AirDefence #ICCS #MilitaryTech #OODAloop #FutureOfWar #AirDefence #DroneWarfare #MilitaryStrategy #IndiaSecurity #chakranewz Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz32,551 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
The Kaveri jet engine was a symbol of India's ambitions and yet it went nowhere. Was it a technological failure? Was it a failure of policy? Or did infrastructure gaps and institutional choices bring the programme to a halt? In this episode of The Sandeep Unnithan Show, Vice Admiral Raman Puri (R) shares an insider's perspective on what really happened, why India still depends on foreign engines, and the roadmap to building an indigenous fighter jet engine ecosystem. Watch the full podcast on Chakra News: #KaveriEngine #IndianAirForce #LCA #ChakraNewz Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz15,210 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
Speaking at the Rising Sun Conclave, Sushant Sareen delivered a blunt reality check on India’s defence industry. Stop expecting technology transfer. No country gives away cutting-edge tech. At best, they pass what’s already obsolete. If India wants real capability, it must build, co-develop, or strategically acquire it, while fixing inefficiencies in PSUs like Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and the old Ordnance Factory Board model. Watch the full conversation here: sushant sareen Anurag Awasthi Sandeep deepak bhadana #chakranewz
chakranewz26,411 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
“Six years. 1,300 devices tested. And then… India’s cutting-edge battlefield tech… abandoned for ‘off-the-shelf’ solutions.” Project Saathi, the Situational Awareness and Tactical Handling Interface, was built to seamlessly connect the battlefield to headquarters. So why was it killed in 2008? Was “commercially off-the-shelf” tech really better? Did India buy a replacement or just lose the lead? And how far ahead were we compared to programmes like the US post-Desert Storm battlefield networks? Catch the full conversation on Chakra Newz: Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana #chakranewz Colonel DPK PILLAY, PhD, Shaurya Chakra
chakranewz25,522 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir was willing to sell Gwadar to the Chinese. “Pakistan was willing to transfer Balochistan’s Gwadar port, very critical strategic port, to China,” says Sandeep Unnithan, “It would allow China to militarise it, which means that it would allow Chinese warships and submarines to be based there,” he notes. But Islamabad allegedly wanted something massive in return. Something that the Chinese were reluctant to part with: nuclear submarines. “They wanted second-strike capability,” he notes. So why was Pakistan so desperate for nuclear submarines that it was willing to compromise on its sovereignty? Catch the full conversation on on Chakra News: #Gwadar #Pakistan #China #IndianOcean #NuclearStrategy #Geopolitics #SouthAsia #PakistanChina #NuclearDeterrence #IndiaChina #StrategicAffairs #MaritimeSecurity Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana
chakranewz16,395 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
Why is the Great Nicobar transshipment port possibly India’s most important strategic project? “Leave economics and military aside for a moment. It is first and foremost a great strategic project,” says VAdm Sanjay Jasjit Singh (R). Dominating one of the world’s busiest maritime choke points, Great Nicobar could become India’s gateway to the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia over the next 20–30 years. “You look at the map. It’s right there. Galathea Bay is the centre point..... We should have commenced this project 20 years ago.” Catch the full conversation here: #India #GreatNicobar #IndianOcean #Geopolitics #BIMSTEC #Maritime #AndamanNicobar #Strategy #IndiaChina Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana Sanjay J Singh
chakranewz16,448 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
When air defence is discussed, the assumption is often total protection. But that assumption does not hold, especially in India’s context. At the Strategic Renaissance of Air Power Conference, Air Marshal Diptendu Chowdhary pointed to the core challenge: scale. The sheer size of India makes it impossible to build an air defence system that stops every drone or every incoming strike. Even heavily layered systems, like those seen in Israel, have not been impermeable. The lesson? Air defence is not about perfection. It is about resilience under saturation. In modern warfare, some threats will get through. The real question is not can you stop everything, but can you absorb, respond, and continue to fight? #AirDefence #DroneWarfare #MilitaryStrategy #IndiaSecurity #chakranewz Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana Diptendu Choudhury
chakranewz17,683 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
"During Op Sindoor, Pakistan used drones to map Indian position, trying to gather coordinates of critical installations that could be exploited in a future conflict," warns Dr Abhinav Pandya on the Sandeep Unnithan Show. He also flags a wider risk: China reportedly provided critical intelligence support to Pakistan, and in any future escalation, the Bangladesh front could be activated. With Chinese diplomats hinting at “harder options” if tensions spiral, is India prepared for a truly multi-front contingency? Catch the full conversation here: #ChakraNewz #operationsindoor #ChinaPakistan #BangladeshFront #NationalSecurity #SandeepUnnithanShow Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana Dr. Abhinav Pandya Usanas Foundation
chakranewz18,124 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten
One year after Op Sindoor, Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjeet Singh breaks his silence on the 88 hours that brought Pakistan to the brink. Was India truly ready to choke Pakistan’s sea lifelines? And why did Islamabad sue for peace just as the “green light” was given to the Indian Navy? From the role of the Navy in Op Sindoor to India's strategic Great Nicobar project and the balance of power in the Indian Ocean, all this and more only on Chakra News, watch it now: #OperationSindoor #IndianNavy #IndiaPakistan #IndoPacific #China #IndianOcean #Geopolitics #MaritimePower #SandeepUnnithan #Defence #GreatNicobar #BIMSTEC Sandeep Anurag Awasthi deepak bhadana Sanjay J Singh
chakranewz11,560 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
Three Indian soldiers officers spotted a frontline gap and turned it into an advantage, by building Wismaya, a deception drone that creates false electromagnetic targets, misleads enemy sensors, and pulls hostile EW and jammers off real assets. Indian soldiers now have the edge, seeing clearly, moving freely, and striking with surprise, while the enemy chases ghosts. Watch how Lt Col Piyush and his team built advanced EW-capable stealth drones in Anveshak: Pioneers in Uniform on Chakra News: PMO India Ministry of Defence, Government of India ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India Rajnath Singh HQ IDS SpokespersonNavy Indian Air Force DRDO Anurag Awasthi Sandeep deepak bhadana #Anveshak #PioneersInUniform #DefenceInnovation #IndianArmy #AtmanirbharBharat #MadeInIndia #ChakraNewz
chakranewz14,084 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten