By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a significant business opportunity for local companies in the beginning of a new year, India today approved the $6.5-billion locally-made combat jets procurement for the air force, boosting the aerospace and defence industry that has been fighting hard against COVID-induced negative […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has bought a “small quantity” of the Israeli SPICE 2000 stand-off missiles and the Spike anti-tank guided missiles earlier this month to meet its immediate requirement, amidst a military face-off with China in the Ladakh border. The quantity purchased of the […]
New Delhi: India‘s leading engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate Larsen & Toubro‘s (L&T’s) defence arm was today awarded the coveted ‘Green Channel‘ status for major naval weapon delivery systems. The Ministry of Defence‘s (MoD’s) Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA) accorded the status to […]
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 […]
(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 Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch Tunnels have been recently in Indian news on two counts. An article mentioned Indian Army had dug into Chinese […]
(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 Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan At the time of Independence in 1947, there were 10 Gorkha Regiments in the Indian Army. Although Pakistan also […]
(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 Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan The 1950–1951 invasion of Tibet by the People’s Liberation Army resulted in significant changes in the Chinese relationship with […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-based think-tank) By Colonel (Dr) N. K. Chhibber The Great Game conceptualised a policy of “buffer zones between the expansionist forces”, in the instant case Russia and British India. Russian southward expansion was intended to be halted somewhere […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its fourth anti-submarine warfare warship in six years, shoring up navy’s fighting capabilities against underwater threats, primarily from China‘s submarines that have sneaked too close to its territorial waters in the recent years. Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane commissioned INS Kavaratti, […]
By Atul Kumar The Indian Air Force (IAF), the fourth largest in the world, presently operates an air fleet that integrates over 95 per cent of foreign-designed aircraft and weapon systems. Besides, it has been suffering from a massive aircraft shortage, including fixed-wing combat jets, trainers (both intermediate […]
New Delhi: The air force’s role would the key to India‘s victory in any future conflict with its immediate adversaries, Indian Air Force‘s Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria today said. He was clearly referring to India’s nuclear-armed rivals in the region, China and Pakistan. Here are […]
In addition to its Constitution and founding principles, a country’s executive leadership primarily sets its larger institutions’ tone. A country’s armed forces, diplomatic corps, legislature, large public sector companies, and the press slowly imbue themselves with the operant thought paradigm working at the core of its governmental apparatus […]
New Delhi/Washington: The Donald Trump administration has approved a key follow-up support by American defence major Lockheed Martin Corp to India’s C-130J Super Hercules special operations aircraft fleet, in a boost to their bilateral military trade and diplomatic ties, against the backdrop of the flare up with China […]
New Delhi: India‘s army will soon be carrying out its internal communication on a modern, secure network, ensuring seamless connectivity with troopers posted at the borders with rivals China and Pakistan. The project, approved by the country’s highest decision-making body on national security matters led by Prime Minister […]
New Delhi: India today approved the procurement of 72,000 American-origin assault rifles at a cost of $100 million for arming its infantry soldiers, amidst a raging military conflict in northern border with China. This SIG SAUER‘s SIG716 7.62-mm assault rifles purchase is the second tranche of acquisition of […]
