New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- At the DEFCON 2026 in New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India has moved from "deterrence by denial" to "deterrence by punishment" - in other words, from primarily preventing an adversary from achieving its objectives to imposing costs following aggression. He linked this shift to the changing security environment and to the need to combine diplomacy with military preparedness and technological capability.

A perspective on Indian Artillery

The importance of artillery, even in an era when the modern battlefield is increasingly dominated by drones, cannot be overstated, particularly in the kind of conflict environment that exists along India's land borders.

Of the nine terror targets neutralised ac...