In Our Defence

In Our Defence

In Our Defence is a weekly podcast that breaks down wars, weapons, and the world of military power with clarity, curiosity, and zero jargon. Hosted by journalist Dev Goswami, each episode features sharp, story-rich conversations with leading defence experts, offering distinct perspectives and nuances on how nations prepare, fight, and defend. From battlefield strategy and military tech to geopolitics, intelligence, and national security -- In Our Defence focuses on conversations that are grounded, engaging, and made for curious minds. No fluff. No noise. Just a clear line of sight into the world of conflict.

Episodes

Why India Wants To Buy 114 Rafale Jets & What That Means for Tejas, AMCA |S3| 41

February 20, 2026 • 62 mins
With the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) clearing the monumental Rs 3.25 lakh crore deal for 114 Rafale jets just as French President Emmanuel Macron lands in India, the Indian Air Force is closer to getting the muscle it desperately needs. But what does this "Mother of All Deals" mean for India's indigenous fighter programs?

In this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan unpack ...
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Kaveri to Tejas Delays: Crisis of India's Missing Jet Engine |S3| 40

February 6, 2026 • 54 mins
How is that India, a country capable of sending probes to the dark side of the Moon, still struggles to build a fighter jet engine?

With the deliveries of the Tejas Mk1A delayed due to supply chain issues with the GE F404 engines, the spotlight is back on India's critical vulnerability: we don't have a heart for our fighter jets.

In this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and defence and national security expert Sandeep Un...
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Decoded: How Indian Air Force Established Air Superiority During Operation Sindoor | S3 | Ep 39

January 30, 2026 • 65 mins
A new report by a Swiss research centre has brought the 2025 four-day mini-war between India and Pakistan back in limelight. The report especially focuses on the aerial battles that took place between the Indian and Pakistani air forces to analyse and conclude while the IAF suffered tactical setbacks initially, it was able to establish air superiority by the end of the conflict. 

On this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev...
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Rafale 2.0 Loading: Is IAF’s 19-Year Fighter Jet Hunt Finally Ending? |S3| Ep 38

January 23, 2026 • 57 mins
It has been 19 years in the making. From the original MMRCA tender in 2007 to the emergency purchase in 2016, and now, finally MRFA, the "Mother of All Defence Deals" seems ready for ink.

Reports suggest the Indian Air Force is in the final stages of acquiring 114 Rafale jets in a deal estimated at a staggering Rs 3.25 Lakh Crore (~$40 Billion).

In this episode of In Our Defence, Dev Goswami sits down with national security expert ...
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Indian Army 2.0: Inside the Integrated Battle Groups & Drone Revolution |S3| Ep 37

January 15, 2026 • 55 mins
Is the era of the massive Indian Army over? In this episode of In Our Defence, Dev Goswami and Sandeep Unnithan decode the Indian Army's roadmap for force restructuring, a project that has been in the works for several years.

The two answer the big questions:

-Why is the Army desperate to "cut the flab"?

-What exactly are Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs), and how do they change the way India fights wars?

The episode also features a ...
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The US Raid to Capture Maduro and the Indian 'Snatch Op' That Never Was | S3 | Ep 36

January 9, 2026 • 58 mins
On January 3, 2026, the United States military changed the rules of engagement. In a lightning-fast raid involving 150 aircraft and Delta Force operators, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured from his palace in Caracas. The US calls it Operation Absolute Resolve. The world calls it the boldest special operation in history.

But beyond the headlines, how does a raid like this actually work? It’s not just bearded men kicki...
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Is Bangladesh Becoming East Pakistan 2.0? |S3| Ep 35

December 26, 2025 • 48 mins
The killing of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi has set Bangladesh on fire again. But this time, the anger isn't just anti-government, it's dangerously anti-India.

In this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and defence expert Sandeep Unnithan decode the chaos next door. From the smashing of Sheikh Mujib's statues to the chilling return of the Pakistan Army in Bangladeshi politics, the two answer the hard question: Is India...
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Dhurandhar, Sleeper Agents & The Evolution of RAW in Pakistan | S3 | Ep 34

December 19, 2025 • 56 mins
The new spy thriller Dhurandhar has sparked a massive controversy. The Adtiya Dhar film explores the concept of 'sleeper spies' -- spies who are deeply embedded in a target country's society. On this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan look at what the film gets right and wrong about this aspect of espionage. 

The two talk about the intersection of ISI and Pakistani und...
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Why is Field Marshal Asim Munir Scared of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan? | S3 | Ep 33

December 12, 2025 • 55 mins
On paper, Field Marshal Asim Munir is the most powerful man in Pakistan. He has the Army, the intelligence agencies, and a constitutional amendment that effectively grants him unlimited power. So why is he seemingly terrified of a 73-year-old man locked in a 6x8 cell in Adiala Jail?

In this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and defence expert Sandeep Unnithan peel back the layers of Islamabad's power struggle.

Is the conf...
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INS Aridhaman coming soon: Inside India's Secret Nuclear Submarine Project | S3 | Ep 32

December 5, 2025 • 57 mins
India is set to commission its third -- and most powerful -- nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the INS Aridhaman (codename: S4). But this isn't just another ship joining the fleet, it marks a critical tipping point in India's national security architecture.

INS Aridhaman is the most complex and devastating weapon to exist in India's weapons arsenal.

In this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and defence expert S...
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Recalling 26/11 Mumbai Attack, the Kargil of India’s Internal Security | S3 | Ep 31

November 28, 2025 • 72 mins
Seventeen years ago, India was shaken when Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists launched 12 coordinated attacks across Mumbai, striking the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Chabad (Nariman) House, and other locations in the country’s financial capital. The assault killed 166 people and injured over 300. Nine of the ten terrorists were killed, while the lone surviving attacker, Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive.

In this episode of In Our Defence, host D...
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Tejas Crash: What It Means for India’s Indigenous Fighter Programme

November 26, 2025 • 16 mins
On November 21, an Indian Air Force Tejas fighter jet performing aerial manoeuvres at the Dubai Airshow crashed, killing its pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal. This is the second crash involving the indigenous aircraft in its 24-year history but the first to result in a fatality. The previous Tejas crash took place in Jaisalmer in March 2024 when the pilots ejected safely.

With the IAF ordering a court of inquiry, this bonus segme...
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Beyond 120 Bahadur: Inside Battle of Rezang La and the 1962 India-China War | S3 | Ep 30

November 21, 2025 • 62 mins
With the release of the Farhan Akhtar-starrer 120 Bahadur, the spotlight returns to the Battle of Rezang La -- one of the bravest last stands in military history. But the 1962 India-China war was much more than just one battle. It was a geopolitical storm involving a "Forward Policy," a distracted America, and a political leadership caught off guard.

In this deep-dive episode, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep U...
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Red Fort blast and Asim Munir's Death By Thousand Cuts Strategy | S3 | Ep 29

November 14, 2025 • 57 mins
A car explodes near Delhi's Red Fort and the trail runs through Srinagar posters, Faridabad storehouses, and an alleged "white-collar" module featuring multiple doctors.

In this episode, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan take their first impressions of the deadly terror attack that has revived scary memories of blasts in India's urban centre.

The two examine what we know (and don't) about the Red Fort a...
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Unpacking Donald Trump's Nuke Testing Bomb & India's Nuclear Doctrine Dilemma | S3 | Ep 28

November 7, 2025 • 55 mins
Donald Trump says China, Russia and Pakistan are "testing nuclear weapons". And that is why he's told the Pentagon to immediately prepare to test the US's nuclear weapons. In this episode, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan unpack what counts as a nuclear test in 2025, who's actually doing what at their test sites, and what a US return to explosive testing would mean for India, the CTBT, and global stabi...
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Two Seas, Two Stories: India's Navy Between Pakistan and China | S3 | Ep 27

October 31, 2025 • 55 mins
India's Navy faces two very different fronts at sea. To the west, it has history and geography on its side against Pakistan -- think Karachi aflame in 1971 and quiet coercion in Kargil. To the east, a bigger, busier chessboard: the Chinese PLAN surging into the Indian Ocean and sniffing around the Bay of Bengal.

On this episode, national security expert Sandeep Unnithan joins host Dev Goswami to separate swagger from substance: Pak...
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Ally to Adversary: Why Taliban is Fighting Pakistan | S3 | Ep 27

October 24, 2025 • 52 mins
Once Islamabad's (or Rawalpindi's) protégés, the Taliban are now exchanging gunfire with Pakistan. The recent clashes mark the deadliest fighting between the two since Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021. What changed?

In this episode, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan unpack the clash along the Durand Line -- a fight tangled in Pashtun identity, militant kinships, and Pakistan's own Frankenst...
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Decoding Trump's Israel-Gaza Peace Plan and India's Tightrope Act | S3 | Ep 26

October 17, 2025 • 50 mins
Two years after Oct 7, a US-brokered ceasefire takes hold in Gaza: living Israeli hostages are freed, the IDF pulls back to a predefined "yellow line," leaders fly into Sharm el-Sheikh to toast Donald Trump, and we hear talk of a "new Middle East." But how durable is this peace and what do we make of India's tightrope act?

In this episode, Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan break down:

- What the Gaza deal ac...
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Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Security Pact: Nukes, Money, and India's Dilemma | S3 | Ep 25

October 10, 2025 • 48 mins
A fresh jolt in West Asia: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement. Is it just a formalisation of a decades-old security relationship or the birth of an 'Islamic NATO'?

On the latest episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan unpack what's real, what's posturing and why the announcement landed just as Israel struck targets in Qatar, a US ally, trying ...
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MiG-21 Retires: How the Iconic Jet Shaped the Indian Air Force | S3 | Ep 24

September 26, 2025 • 63 mins
The Indian Air Force has retired the MiG-21 – the iconic Soviet-era fighter aircraft—that became the most produced supersonic jet in history and the backbone of the IAF. The Mig-21 trained generations of Indian Air Force pilots and defended India’s skies for six decades.

Recorded around Mig-21’s farewell at Air Force Station, Chandigarh, this special episode of In Our Defence with national security expert Sandeep Unnithan ...
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