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Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) was established in 2001 as an autonomous defence research and analysis body for research and focused analyses on issues related to national security, defence, and aerospace issues in the evolving strategic and international security environment. Its objective is to facilitate greater understanding of these issues amongst the Armed Forces, the strategic community and the public besides contributing to policy generation and decision-making.


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

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Author: Dr Ngangom Dhruba Tara Singh, Associate Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies Keywords: Nuclear Energy, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Introduction The first quarter of 2025 saw Central...
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Artificial Intelligence as Force Enhancer in Air Force Logistics

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Click to View the PDF Author: Group Captain (Dr) Rajneesh Kumar, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies Keywords: Generative Artificial Intelligence, logistics, last-mile delivery, enhancer,...

Another Setback for the US Hypersonic Efforts:...

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Procuring US F-35 Fighter Jets: A Possibility...

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Fighter Aircraft Production in India: Privatisation is...

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Drones in Civil and Air Force Logistics

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Energy Cooperation between India and the Caspian Region

Edited by Ngangom Dhruba Tara Singh ISBN 9788198403742

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IRAN: A Misjudged, Misunderstood, Misconstrued Nation?

Edited by:Dhiraj Kukreja ISBN 9788198211156

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Deterrence from Depth: SSBNs in India’s Nuclear Strategy

Author: Anubhav Shankar Goswami, ISBN 9788198083111

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Op Sindoor: IAF Achieved its Aim and Validated Weapon Systems

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Author: Colonel Vinayak Bhat (Retd) Keywords: Operation Sindoor, Air Defence (AD), IAF, PAF, IACCS, Attacks Introduction Operation Sindoor has proven to be another feather in India's cap after...
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Air Power Journal of Air Power & Space Studies

Vol. 20 No.1 Spring (January-March 2025)

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Blue Yonder A Journal for Aerospace Studies

Vol. 1 Issue. 1 (January-June 2024)

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Defence and Diplomacy In Pursuit of National Security

Vol. 13 No. 4 (July-September 2024)

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CAPS EXPERTS IN MEDIA

No second to spare: an urgent agenda for future generations, Blog Post by Dr Manpreet Sethi at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research on 02 June 2025

Government Decision Will Speed Up AMCA Rollout, Says AVM Golani (Retd), DG, CAPS at the discussion with Mr Nitin A. Gokhale Editor-in-Chief, Bharat Shakti on 27 May, 2025

IAF Brought Pakistan To Its Knees | Operation Sindoor, at the discussion with Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd), DG,  CAPS, told Mr Brig S K Chatterji (Retd), Editor of BharatShakti on 28 May 2025

 
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CAPS Nuclear Tracker Issue Issue 14 | October- December 2024

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Title: "Understanding Pathways to Nuclear Escalation in Southern Asia", Edited by Dr Manpreet Sethi, Year: 2024, ISBN978-81-980963-2-6

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