Defence & Strategic Glossary
Standardised definitions of Indian defence procurement categories (DAP 2020), command architectures, border demarcations (LoC, LAC, AGPL), and emerging warfare concepts.
India's policy of self-reliance, which in defence means indigenous design, development and manufacture and reduced import dependence.
Armed police forces under the Ministry of Home Affairs, such as the BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF, SSB and Assam Rifles.
The senior-most military officer in India, a post created in December 2019, who heads the Department of Military Affairs and is the principal military adviser to the Defence Minister.
Systems and tactics for detecting, tracking and defeating hostile unmanned aircraft.
The Ministry of Defence's framework governing capital acquisitions for the Armed Forces.
A department of the Ministry of Defence created in January 2020, headed by the CDS, responsible for promoting jointness and integration among the Services.
A government-owned company engaged in defence production, such as HAL, BEL or BDL.
The research and development organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
A maritime zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from a coastal state's baseline, in which the state has sovereign rights over natural resources.
Military action that uses the electromagnetic spectrum to sense, deny or exploit an adversary's use of it.
A Ministry of Defence initiative to engage start-ups, MSMEs and innovators in defence innovation.
The strategic region spanning the Indian and Pacific Oceans, central to contemporary maritime and strategic policy.
The integrated planning, training and operational use of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
The de facto line separating Indian-controlled and Chinese-controlled territory along the India–China boundary.
The de facto military control line between the Indian- and Pakistan-administered parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Smaller firms that supply components, sub-systems and services into the defence supply chain.
The body responsible for command, control and operational decisions regarding India's nuclear forces.
A youth organisation that gives school and college students basic military training.
A unified command that brings elements of the Army, Navy and Air Force under a single commander for a geographic theatre.
Involving the Army, Navy and Air Force together.
An aircraft operated without a human pilot on board, commonly called a drone.
An armed unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying out strike missions.
A term of honour for the widow of a soldier who died in service of the nation.