Jaisalmer (Rajasthan): In a significant boost to India’s defence capabilities, the first deliverable firing unit of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) System was handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) in the presence of Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh at Air Force Station here today. The […]
New Delhi: In a boost to armed forces‘ capability to fight the enemy better and to counter inimical forces, three key defence systems developed locally by India‘s defence research agency were inducted into the army, navy and the air force today. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh handed over […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a strong message to China and Pakistan, India plans to operationalise five more of the French-origin Rafale jets in a squadron in Ambala within the next two months, to boost the air force’s deep strike, strategic capabilities. The five new Rafale […]
New Delhi: India will operationalise its new acquisition, the French Rafale fighter jets, at the Ambala air base tomorrow in an induction ceremony. With this induction into the Indian Air Force, the South Asian giant is announcing to the world, particularly its adversarial neighbours China and Pakistan, that […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated at 7.30 pm today with Chinese Western Theatre Command spokesperson’s reaction at paragraph 15.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: China has opened a new battle front on the South banks of Pongong Tso, a boomerang-shaped lake in eastern Ladakh, leading to a military action […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with Indian Army statement at paragraph 16 and a Ministry of External Affairs add-on statement at paragraph 23.) New Delhi: India held a meeting of the China Study Group, a formal gathering of senior Indian government officials, last evening to consider the marathon 15-hour discussion […]
New Delhi: In a surprise move, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited Ladakh, where the Indian Army has been forced into a face-to-face confrontation by the aggressive actions of Chinese People’s Liberation Army troopers, and sent across the message to China that the time for expansionist tendencies […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated overnight with India’s official statement in paragraph 23 on China’s claim over entire Galwan valley in Ladakh, where the two armies’ soldiers clashed on Jun. 15.) New Delhi: A day after India lost 20 soldiers in a bloody clash with Chinese military personnel, Prime Minister […]
China too faces heavy casualties, war fears loom (Editor’s Note: The story was updated with ANI’s tweet on Chinese military casualties in paragraph 6.) New Delhi: As the world grapples with the battle against COVID-19, it is staring at the worst military conflict in 45 years between India […]
New Delhi: India’s defence procurement decision-makers are a confused lot. If one proposes, the other disposes, and the process of indecisiveness repeats itself for years, frustrating the acquisition plans. In a sign of things to come, the Indian air force chief has contradicted Chief of Defence Staff General […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India will next week take a decision on the domestic and foreign companies eligible to compete for the $3-billion Naval Utility Helicopters contest, for which the Indian Navy had issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) in February 2019. The Defence Acquisition Council […]
New Delhi: India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat‘s office is now prioritising procurement proposals of the armed forces based on immediate needs, and purging the approvals granted for acquisition of equipment that are now obsolete and don’t fit into the scheme of military plans. A […]
New Delhi: India’s state-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and private firm Larsen & Toubro have been chosen to battle it out for a Rs 45,000-crore ($6.3 billion) tender for building six next generation conventional submarines for the Indian Navy. Five Original Equipment Manufacturers — French Naval Group, […]
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu): India today opened a new air base here in Tamil Nadu and deployed the first Sukhoi combat jet squadron in South India at the new fighter aircraft station. The new base of the Indian Air Force will focus on defending the peninsular India and for […]
New Delhi: India is preparing a plan for creating an air defence military formation at the top level that will strengthen its capabilities against enemy aircraft, helicopters, drones and missiles. The plan, to be the first task to be taken up by the newly created office of Chief […]
