NEW DELHI (BNS): Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh released the 14th edition of global military yearbook ‘Brahmand World Defence Update 2025’ on 11th May during the inauguration of BrahMos Integration & Testing facility in Lucknow which was inaugurated virtually. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with other senior ministers, officials and scientists, including Dr. Jaiteerth R. Joshi, DG (BrahMos), DRDO and CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace, attended the inaugural event of the new BrahMos production facility in Lucknow.

‘Brahmand World Defence Update 2025’ comprehensively and incisively covers important defence-related data, facts & figures of 101 countries worldwide, including 33 strategic countries selected from each continent/ region. The up-to-date coverage includes each country’s overall military capability with a focus on existing weapons inventory, ongoing/ future arms procurement plans, annual defence spending and core conflict areas in addition to important political & defence personnel, thus providing an assessment of present-day global military order.

In its latest edition, the yearbook has covered a special chapter on ‘Rising Defence Economies & Shift in Global Power Dynamics’. It has highlighted how emerging countries like India have taken transformative shift from being reliant on imports to becoming a self-sufficient manufacturing hub, meeting the majority of their needs through domestic production.

Dr. Samir V Kamat, Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO, has penned the ‘Foreword’ for the yearbook.

Like all its previous editions, ‘Brahmand World Defence Update 2025’ promises to be a vital source of reference for the armed forces and defence establishments and also for the global arms manufacturers, research institutions, academia, think-tanks, Captains of industries and even for the general readers keen to know about latest global military developments and trends.

The yearbook is published by Pentagon Press.