DEFENCE AND GEOPOLITICAL NEWS

Below are pictures of the latest remotely operated weapons as featured in Blueprint July 2026

An in-depth report on the industry in India that has evolved from amateur designs to export items

Their economic partnership is increasingly facing the strategic challenge of avoiding a trade war

The Amca programme could deliver the defence sector's own Maruti moment

Here are the news in brief from defence sector as featured in Blueprint's July 2026 edition

The system targets submarines from long range, though questions remain on its efficacy

Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict for India's space security

Here are the news in brief from defence sector as featured in Blueprint's July 2026 edition

A contest of arsenals

Beneath the defence budget's headline numbers lie cuts, windfalls and diverging fortunes

The US has acted in a unilateral manner in the Hormuz and its transgression of humanitarian law and convention is at variance with the principles underpinning the Quad

The nature of warfare in modern times has gone far beyond the boundaries of the battlefield

With reunification ambitions intensifying, the Taiwan Strait remains Asia's most volatile flashpoint

A partnership forged in opportunity now confronts the realities of great-power politics

It is an air-to-ground and air-to-air munition, which can carry three different types of warheads

If the country's energy vulnerability is structural, so must be the response to it

The missile is equipped with an active radar seeker in its terminal phase, allowing it to independently track and destroy airborne targets

It marks the first time PLA hinted at its next-generation fighter programme, which until now was only seen through unverified photographs and videos

Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the missile climbs sharply after the launch and then plunges directly onto the top of the tank