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Ajey Lele

Group Captain (Dr) Ajey Lele (Retd.) is the Deputy Director General, MP-IDSA. Earlier, he was a Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and headed its Centre on Strategic Technologies. He started his professional career as an officer in the Indian Air Force in 1987 and took early retirement from the service to pursue his academic interests. He has a Masters degree in Physics from Pune University, and Masters and MPhil degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University. He has done his doctorate from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His specific areas of research include issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Space Security and Strategic Technologies. He has contributed articles to various national and international journals, websites and newspapers. He has authored ten books and has also been an editor for seven books. He is a recipient of the K. Subrahmanyam Award (2013) which is conferred for outstanding contribution in the area of strategic and security studies.

Deputy Director General

Publication

Space-related incidents during Taiwan’s elections

Ajey Lele
January 29, 2024

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s opinion piece ‘Space-related incidents during Taiwan’s elections’ has been published in ‘The Space Review’ on 29 January 2024.

There is a possibility that Taiwan could have used the opportunity of the flyover of the satellite launch vehicle to raise the China bogeyman during election time, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 29 January, 2024

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The Moon is a Tough Customer

Ajey Lele
January 25, 2024

Consultant Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s opinion piece ‘The Moon is a Tough Customer’ has been published in ‘The Wire’ on 25 January 2024.

Even with technologically developed states like Israel and Japan, the private industry is not experiencing success with missions such as Moon landings, says Gp capt Lele.

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  • Published: 25 January, 2024

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PSLV-C58 Mission: ISRO Launches a Science Satellite

Ajey Lele
January 03, 2024

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘PSLV-C58 mission: ISRO launches a science satellite’ has been published in Financial Express on 3 January 2024. This satellite would be looking for all around 50 potential cosmic sources to collect information and the mission life would be around five years, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 3 January, 2024

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A Look at China’s Ambitious Spaceplane Missions

Ajey Lele
January 01, 2024

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘A Look at China’s Ambitious Spaceplane Missions’ has been published in The Wire on 1 January 2024. In December, China launched its third spaceplane mission, deploying six 'mysterious wingmen' into the Earth's orbit which are being tracked by the US Space Force, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 1 January, 2024

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Hypersonic Weapons

Hypersonic weapons are weapons that move at speeds of Mach 5 or more. Presently, hypersonic weapon technology is a work in progress and these weapons are yet to become fully operational for military deployment.

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India’s Nuclear Triad: A Net Assessment

This paper discusses such delivery mechanisms commonly known together as nuclear triad in the Indian context. The paper has four major parts. The first part attempts to set the context for the overall discussion. The second, third and fourth parts deals with the evaluation about missile forces, aerial platforms and submarine based platforms for nuclear weapon delivery on the targets.

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