In this episode of In Our Defence, we base our discussion on a big debate: Does the Indian navy really need a 3rd aircraft carrier?Has, over the years, the Navy been neglected in terms of provision of equipment? Is the Navy’s chunk of the budget very meagre? Listen in!

In this episode, Dev Goswami, the show's host, and "Def-Savvy" Abhishek Bhalla, the national bureau chief, discuss the reasons behind the clash, remarking how not just Ladakh, but there are clearly other trouble spots like Yangtze in Arunachal Pradesh. Bhalla, who has been to the Tawang sector twice, one last year, and once in 2019, brings forth insights from the ground. He had also attended the border personnel meeting between the two armies on the Chinese side. Listen in!

In this episode, we base our discussion on the political rhetoric on PoK that particularly erupts around elections. What does this signify? How pragmatism is the rhetoric? What it means to take over PoK? Does it mean war with China? Isn’t Chinese investment in PoK a strategic threat to India? Listen in!

The India-US's joint exercise provoked an objection from China. Was this expected? Was the location of the exercise picked keeping China in mind? What did the Indian and US soldiers do during the exercise? And, why were they even exercising together in the first place. Listen in!

“If she wanted to burn her hands with fire and talk about how the Indian army or the Indian establishment doesn't treat China and Pakistan the same way, there was a better way of doing it.” Can sensitivity in this matter be overlooked? Listen in!

How is someone in Pakistan able to throw a challenge to the almighty military? Can Khan come back to power without the army’s support? We discuss it in this episode. Listen in!

In context of the recent Tata and Airbus deal to manufacture C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force, in this episode, we discuss and analyse the significance of the deal, understanding the competency of the indigenous defence manufacturing in India. Listen in!

What does an embedded Diwali with Jawans look like? Should human emotions take precedence over political ideology in judging PM Modi’s visits to military stations at the borders? Abhishek Bhalla and Dev Goswami discuss in this episode. Listen in!

What are India’s nuclear capabilities and what is the secrecy behind the nuclear operations? Is India’s launch of a missile a milestone? We discuss this in In Our Defence. Tune in!

Abhishek Bhalla and Dev Goswami discuss where the Russia-Ukraine war is heading, spill some anecdotes of civilians caught in the middle, and much more, in the latest episode of In Our Defence.