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Preparing for the Coming Quantum Revolution and Its Nuclear Implications

Sanaa Alvira - October 9, 2026 0

Author: Ms Sanaa Alvira, Research Associate, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies Keywords: Quantum, Computers, Sensors, Communications, Nuclear Security Quantum technologies (QT) are set to...

Does India’s Standing in BRICS Dilute its Long-Term Objectives in the Indo-Pacific?

October 5, 2026

Pakistan’s Acquisition of the Hangor-Class Submarine and its Impact on India

September 18, 2026

An Analysis of BrahMos Export Proposal to the UAE

September 11, 2026

Agentic AI and Cyber Espionage: Incidents, Implications & Recommendations

September 4, 2026

August 2026

India’s Helicopter-led Counter-UAS Strategy

South Korea’s Submarine Law to Buttress Its Non-Proliferation Credentials

Beyond Runways: Bharat Forge and Flying Whales Sign MoU for Heavy-Lift...

The Limits of Potential US-Iran Strategic Ceasefire

July 2026

Island Diplomacy of India in Action: What Lies Ahead?

Understanding SIPRI’s Assessment of India’s Nuclear Forces

SUPARCO Gearing up Strategic Role Against India

Securing N-Fuel Amid the India-Australia Annual Summit

From Tiger Hill to Muridke: The Evolution of Precision Bombing...

Securing the Cosmic Coastline: Tactically Responsive Space and the IAF in...

Research, not Rage: Path to Journalistic Integrity

Reading Between Washington’s Lines in the Indo-Pacific

India’s Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor in the Three-stage Nuclear Power Programme

June 2026

Indian Airpower in the Age of Denial Lessons from Operation Sindoor,...

The Missing Midstream: The Quad’s Critical Minerals Blind Spot

Future of the NPT: Challenges and Debates at the Review Conference...

Jointness in India’s Special Forces: Assessing Structural and Doctrinal Readiness

First F-35 Hit by Iran Due to Passive Detection

May 2026

Artificial Intelligence in Warfare: Evolution, Challenges, and Military Leadership

Beyond Deadlock: Understanding the 11th NPT Review Conference

Defining Roles and Missions in the Indian Military Towards True Optimisation...

The Role of the NPT in Preserving Nuclear Dynamics During a...

Ensuring Fuel Security for India’s Nuclear Energy Expansion

Operation Sindoor Revisited

Continuity in War and Strategy in West Asia: Enduring Lessons from...

Growing Threats to Dual-use Critical Information Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure in...

April 2026

LUCAS: Shahed-136 v/s Shahed-136

From Air Superiority to Multi-Domain Mastery: IAF’s Role in Future Joint...

Beyond the Kill Zone: Why Fighter Jets Still Matter for India

When the Army and Navy Wanted to Abolish an Air Force:...

Appraising Cognitive Warfare for Vision 2047

Third Gulf War: what lessons for Switzerland?

India’s Air Power Calculus after the Union Budget 2026

Democracy and the Collapse of Strategic Credibility

Rethinking Air Power: Precision, Persistence and the Future of Force Application

Iran’s Attacks on the Data Centres: Lessons for India’s Emerging Critical...

Slowly but Steadily India Marches Towards Nuclear Triad

A Year into the MAHASAGAR

March 2026

West Asia’s War Reaches America’s Allies in East Asia

Iran Crisis and Challenges for Pakistan

The Hedging Hegemon: India’s Victory in America’s Hormuz Oil Gambit

Precision, Power, and Preparedness: Vayushakti 2026

The Return of Nuclear Testing: US Allegations and China’s Perspectives

The West Asia Imbroglio: A CAPSS and CHPM Joint Venture

Bharat Aero 2026 Held in Bengaluru

Air Power Musings One Nation, One Theatre, and One Plan

Drones as a Force Multiplier in Pakistani Taliban Operations

When India Carried out the World’s First Successful Air Strike on...

Air Power Musings: The Storm After the Lull!!

For the Sake of Military Effectiveness, Details of Indian Military Operations...

India-Seychelles at 50: Evolving Dimensions

February 2026

From Cloud Seeding to Weather Warfare: Building Civil-Military Synergy and a...

Op Sindoor – What the Western Narrative Did Not Highlight

India’s Nuclear Recalibration: Unpacking the SHANTI Act

Shaping the Wartime Interplay Between Politics and Military

Air Power Musings When Structure Lags Strategy: The Theatre Command Fallacy

Strategic Dilemma of Contemporary Cyber Warfare: Evidence-based Analysis and Imperatives...

Bangladesh in Transition, Not Crisis: Power, Leverage, and the Post-July Political...

January 2026

Why Pakistan’s Terror Networks Survive: An Examination of Global Governance and...

India’s Quest for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)

Practical Diplomacy in Practice: Assessing Lee Jae-Myung’s Recent Visits to China...

Examining Islamabad’s Growing Influence Network in Washington

Calipso Venezolano Vertical Coercion: Democracy, Drugs, and Air Power

A Tale of Two Documents: Takeaways for India

December 2025

PLAAF: Soon to be the largest and the first Air Force...

November 2025

India’s Higher Defence Reforms: Tactical Brilliance or Strategic Coherence

Burden of Proof: Latest Dynamic in Air Power Employment Calculus

America’s Multi- Domain Operations at 250: A Strategy, Concept or Mirage?

Exercise Garuda: From Tactical Interoperability to Strategic Convergence

Air Power Musings: A Fighter Pilot’s Monologue

Indian Presence in the Chagos Island, India-US Military Cooperation: A Dimension...

Nyoma-A Tool for Strategic Communication

Understanding the Significance of Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile

Utilisation of Drones in the Russia-Ukraine War: Shift from Manned...

October 2025

From History to Myths — A Naval Officer’s Dialogue Part II:...

From History to Myths — A Naval Officer’s Dialogue Part I:...

President’s Rafale Sortie: Symbolism in the Skies

Control of Air Littoral by Land Forces A Doctrinal Misstep...

08 Myths in Indian Debates on the Theatre Command- A Ready...

Air Power Musings: Navigating a VUCA World

Revisiting the Eight Decade History of Indian Jointness: Drawing the Right...

Roadmap to a Nuclear-Powered 2047

September 2025

Air Power Musings: Theatre Commands – Redux

The Trump-Lee Summit: Mixed Signals for the Indo-Pacific

Islamist Extremism in Bangladesh Resurges Amid Renewed Ties with Pakistan

Digging Deep, Rising Higher: India’s New Critical Mineral Alliances in Africa

Low-Cost Gerbera Drones: The Key Player in Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Operation “Summit 0f Fire” Another Feather in Airpower’s Cap

War and the Politico-Military Dynamic

August 2025

Cyber Frontier: India’s Strategic Leap in Cyberspace

Flight Safety Through Airworthiness

Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy: Negotiations Under Deadlines

July 2025

As India Dives in the MAHASAGAR

Air Power Musings: Bombing Damascus

From Intervention to Recognition: Russia’s Taliban Policy

Lessons from ‘India Out’ to ‘India In’

Mission Axiom-4: A Long Wait Ends

Air Power Musings: Silence of the SAMs

June 2025

Military Solutions to Nuclear Problems: What the Strikes on Iran...

Operation Midnight Hammer 3 Questions from an Air Power Perspective

Air Power Musings: US Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities

Mission Axiom 4: A Nation Waits with Baited Breath

Nuclear Energy’s Ascent: Reshaping Central Asia’s Energy Landscape

Op Sindoor: IAF Achieved its Aim and Validated Weapon Systems

CUAS and Air Defence Triumph in Operation Sindoor

May 2025

Precision, Perfection and Accuracy have been Hallmarks of IAF Golden Strikes...

Op Sindoor’s Enduring Takeaway (The Ten Commandments)

IACCS: Proves Mettle of IAF’s Network Centric Operations

Cyber Warfare: Dual Operational Fronts in Contemporary India-Pakistan Conflicts

The Difficulty of Being Good – Air Power Version

Artificial Intelligence as Force Enhancer in Air Force Logistics

Air Power Musings: Maverick is Supersonic, will be there in Thirty...

Op Sindoor Victory (Atmanirbharta Success Story – The Crowning Glory)

Pahalgam and Beyond – Operation Sindoor and India’s Options

Another Setback for the US Hypersonic Efforts: Goodbye to HALO

April 2025

Procuring US F-35 Fighter Jets: A Possibility for India to Bridge...

The Pahalgam Terror Attack and Pakistan’s Growing Anxiety

The Pahalgam Terror Attack and Pakistan’s Growing Anxiety

KOSMOS 2581 Event: Is it a Potential Step Towards Space War?

Fighter Aircraft Production in India: Privatisation is the Need of Hour

March 2025

Pakistan-Bangladesh Relations- Friends in Need?

Drones in Civil and Air Force Logistics

North Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Programme: An Overview of the Recent Developments

CAPS’s New Book Released by the Chief of the Air Staff

Rajasthan Atomic Power Station

India’s Nuclear Energy Mission: Ambitions, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

February 2025

Is TAPI Becoming a Sophie’s Choice* for India?

Sixth Moscow Format: Russia’s Growing Ties with the Taliban

LCA

Indigenous Jet-Engine Development – India at Crossroads

Aero India 2025: Runway for Indian Strategic Technological Take-off

Time to Address the Grim State of Nuclear Affairs

Aero India 2025

Aero India 2025: The Runway to a Billion Opportunities

January 2025

An Endless Night

NASCENT TO NEOTERIC

Anatomy of the Space Docking Experiment

Anatomy of the Space Docking Experiment

Pentagon’s Annual China Report from Nuclear Prism

Vignettes of the Indian Air Force – 2024

Vignettes of the Indian Air Force– 2024

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