The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) hosted Dr (Commander) Arnab Das (Retd), Founder of the Maritime Research Centre, for a Professional Education Lecture on Underwater Domain Awareness. The session examined the distinctive challenges presented by India’s tropical littoral waters, where variations in the underwater acoustic environment can significantly affect sonar performance and maritime operations. Dr Das […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]
Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 22 dated 17 May 2026 This brief is an update on Pakistan’s Hangor Class submarine programme, an earlier report on which was published on 25 March 2025. Several notable events have happened since this was published. These are as listed in the subsequent […]
The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) hosted Vice Admiral Sanjay J Singh, PVSM, AVSM, NM (Retd), Director General of the United Services Institution of India, for a Professional Education Lecture on “West Asia — Situation and Prognosis”. The session offered a wide-ranging assessment of the evolving geopolitical and security environment in West Asia. Vice Admiral Singh […]
Mr Soham Agarwal, Senior Associate Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), participated in the Peer to Peer Seminar on Critical Maritime Infrastructure in Rome, where he shared perspectives on the protection and resilience of undersea cables, pipelines, and other critical underwater infrastructure. Highlighting the importance of these systems to the functioning of the global […]
The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) hosted a high-level delegation from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in New Delhi on 6 May 2026 for discussions on shared strategic interests and the evolving security environment in the Indian Ocean Region. The delegation comprised Mr Bruce Soar, Assistant Secretary, Indian Ocean and South Asia Maritime […]
The character of warfare is undergoing a profound transformation, driven not merely by the introduction of new platforms or weapons, but by the emergence of data as the central element of combat power. Modern battlefields are increasingly saturated with sensors, ranging from satellites and unmanned aerial systems, to electronic intelligence platforms and open-source […]
The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and the Sea Power Centre – Australia have formalised their institutional partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, marking a significant step forward in India–Australia maritime cooperation. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd), Chairman of the National Maritime Foundation, and […]
Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 21 dated 07 May 2026 China’s aircraft carrier programme is gathering steam. The commissioning of the Liaoning (25 Sep 2012) was followed by the Shandong (17 Dec 2019), which had large design similarities with its predecessor. After this, there was a hiatus of […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]
Backdrop The global semiconductor industry’s near-total dependence on maritime logistics for the movement of critical inputs imposes a set of structural vulnerabilities that remain curiously underexamined in contemporary discourse on supply chain resilience. While prevailing analyses emphasise on aspects such as diversification or redundancy, they frequently lay insufficient stress upon the actual […]
The economic and military growth of a nuclear-armed China and its implications for India’s security have caused India’s Prime Ministers from Vajpayee to Manmohan to Narendra Modi to invest substantially in strengthening the India-US relationship over the last three decades[1]. Their objectives have been to break out of technology isolation, modernise India’s military, […]