By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India and the United States can’t afford to take their “eyes off the ball” when it comes to Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), a senior US defence official posted at its embassy here said today, as he made […]
New Delhi: In an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation for over two years now, India and China today announced that they have begun troops disengagement at one of the key friction points in Gogra-Hot Springs in eastern Ladakh, following discussions between military commanders on Jul. 17. The troopers of the two […]
By Dr Nishakant Ojha Countries from the Middle East and North Africa have started to feel the heat from the war in Europe on their food security, energy prices, and job markets. They are torn between sympathising with Ukrainians fleeing their homes and cities destroyed by Russian weapons […]
General Manoj Mukund Naravane, in an exclusive interview, tells editor N. C. Bipindra that engagement on both fronts simultaneously would be a challenge, but the Indian Army is cognizant of the possibilities and is well-poised to handle more than the two fronts. Ques. What are the military technologies […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s missile muscle got a boost with its all-weather friend Russia helping the nuclear-armed South Asian giant to catch up in air defence capabilities with its arch rival China. India and China are currently in a military faceoff in the Ladakh region […]
New Delhi: India has cleared a $1.5-billion proposal to build airborne warning and control systems for the air force taking over six Airbus A321 passenger aircraft off the national carrier Air India, to act as the ‘eyes in the sky’ to keep a watch on military movement in […]
New Delhi: A research study has shown that China has lavishly spent huge sums of money to buy influence in India’s film world, universities, social institutions, research think-tanks, social media, and the tech industry, posing a serious threat to national security and democracy. The 76-page Study Report titled […]
New Delhi: Nearly nine months after it demonstrated the swarm drones concept during the Army Day parade here on Jan. 15, a Bengaluru-based startup has bagged a $15-million order to supply 100 units of the system earlier this week. This is the first such purchase for swarm drone […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army has earlier this week ordered over 100 tactical Kamikaze Israeli drones, reportedly used in the Azerbaijan–Armenia conflict in 2020, to beef up its operational capability along the borders with Pakistan and China. Bengaluru-based Alpha Design Technologies Private Limited, in a joint venture along […]
New Delhi: India‘s air force has placed a $21.2-million order on a domestic Small and Medium Enterprise for a counter-drone system that uses means other than a ‘hard kill’ to destroy hostile unmanned objects. The contract, worth Rs 155 crore, was signed earlier this week between Indian Air […]
By N. C. Bipindra This day a year ago, on June 15, 2020, Indians woke up to one of the worst military news that they have heard in recent years from the non-delineated borders with Communist China-occupied Tibet. That day, Information trickled in from Ladakh that 20 Indian […]
New Delhi: India has signed a $200-million contract to lease four Israeli-made drones for long-range surveillance mission in the borders with China, where the two Asian neighbours are already in a year-long conflict. The announcement came today from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) that manufactures the Heron Unmanned Aerial […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Abhishek Ranjan Israel and Palestine are in constant conflict since Israel was established to provide Jews with their own land after they suffered […]
New Delhi: Faced with the challenge from China, the Indian Army today began the search for light battle tanks for high altitude deployment in locations such as Ladakh, where it has been battling an aggressive People’s Liberation Army (PLA) since May last year. The army has now indicated […]
By N. C. Bipindra In the ‘blow hot-blow cold’ relations between India and Pakistan, unpredictability leaves one gasping for breath. Very often, when it seemed that the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours were finally getting all set to normalise their relations, something goes wrong and returns the ties […]
