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Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategy Studies (CAPSS) 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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Drones as a Force Multiplier in Pakistani Taliban Operations

Author: Ms Bantirani Patro, Research Associate, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies Keywords: Drones, TTP, Pakistan, ISKP Introduction The age of modern technology has eluded not even...
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India’s Nuclear Recalibration: Unpacking the SHANTI Act

Click to View the PDF Author: Ms Sanaa Alvira, Research Associate, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies Keywords: Nuclear energy, liberalisation, civil nuclear liability, SHANTI...

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New Books

India's Aerospace Power: The Central Asian Dynamics

Edited by Gp Capt (Dr) Rajneesh Kumar, ISBN 9788198885760

IRAN: A Misjudged, Misunderstood, Misconstrued Nation?

Edited by:Dhiraj Kukreja ISBN 9788198211156

Deterrence from Depth: SSBNs in India’s Nuclear Strategy

Author: Anubhav Shankar Goswami, ISBN 9788198083111

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

Author: Gp Capt VP Naik VM, Senior Fellow, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies  Keywords: One Nation-One Theatre, Strategic Coherence, Whole-of-Nation Approach, Modern Warfighting, Theatre...

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Journals

Air Power Journal of Air Power & Space Studies

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

Blue Yonder A Journal for Aerospace Studies

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

Defence and Diplomacy In Pursuit of National Security

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

CAPSS EXPERTS IN MEDIA

National Security: दुश्मनों का काल… राफेल विमान, दुश्मन देश कापे थर-थर | Rafale Fighter Jet,Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani conversation with Mr Manish K. Jha Source: X post_ Zee Bharat@ZeeBharatOFCL_on 23 Feb 26

India doesn’t need fifth-gen fighter imports; focus should be on range of weapons delivery: by Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd), Source: The Indian Express on 17 Feb 2026

Why the Rafale Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft is India’s fastest route to air power superiority: by Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd), Source: The Indian Express on 09 Feb 2026

nuclear tracker

CAPSS Nuclear Tracker
Issue 17 | July- September 2025

NEW DELHI PAPERS

New Delhi Paper 13

Title: Operation Sindoor: Rewriting the India Pakistan Rulebook Edited by : Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd) Year: 2025, ISBN-978-81-988857-2-2

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    CAPSS In NEWS

    Burden of Proof: Latest Dynamic in Air Power Employment Calculus

    Author: Wg Cdr Akash Godbole, Senior Fellow, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies Keywords: Air Power, Proof, Operation Sindoor, Narrative, Strategic Communication Introduction It is said in...

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

    CAPS’s New Book ' IRAN: A Misjudged, Misunderstood, Misconstrued Nation?' was released by the Chief of the Air Staff during the 16th Jumbo Majumdar International...

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    CAPS’s New Book 'Asian Defence Review 2024: Emerging Technologies and Changing Dimensions of Threats for India' was released by the Chief of Defence Staff during...

    No.3 Capstone Seminar on India’s Strategic Culture and Imperatives for Contemporary National Security on 25 June 2024

    Centre for Air Power Studies and College of Air Warfare jointly conducted Capstone Seminar’ on India’s Strategic Culture and Imperatives for Contemporary National Security on 25 June...

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