India’s Boeing F/a-18E/F Super Hornet Deal Close To Becoming A Reality

SOURCE: THE INQUISITR. The notion of India buying and even producing American-designed jet fighters for its Air Force has been floating around for a few years already. Recent developments in the borders with China and Pakistan and the dwindling numbers of available combat aircraft have made this matter even more crucial. At the same time, New […]

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Not more Rafales, Air Force may choose Gripens or F-16s

SOURCE: ENS The Indian Air Force (IAF) has shortlisted American F-16 and Swedish Gripen fighter aircraft for induction into its fleet to make up the shortfall of fighter squadrons. The selection between these two single-engine fighter jets will be done using the Strategic Partnership (SP) model while there are no immediate plans to induct more […]

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Indian Navy to buy underwater systems for its submarines

SOURCE: Defensenews.com The Indian Navy on Wednesday floated a global request for information to buy 12 anti-torpedo defense systems and associated equipment for its submarines.“The ATDS is an important program, and it will acquired on a fast-track basis,“ a senior Indian Navy official said.Global defense companies from Germany, Russia and the U.S. are likely to […]

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Indian Army believes up to 450 ‘low-cost’ jihadis trained by Pakistan army’s elite unit are looking to cross Kashmir

SOURCE:  DailyMail India is concerned that the Pakistan army is attempting a large infiltration after having struggled to move troops into position so far this year. Army sources told Mail Today that close to 450 trained militants are ready to move across the Line of Control (LoC) to revive their activities and launch attacks against […]

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French Nuclear giant EDF eyes faster India nuclear deal as other projects stall

SOURCE: Reuters French energy giant EDF (EDF.PA) is making progress in talks to sell India six nuclear reactors, said its chief executive on Thursday, with the stalled projects of rivals making him more confident a contract could be agreed sooner than first expected. CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy declined to commit to a timeline for when a contract […]

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How Chinese spare sneaked into Indian Bofors via Germany

SOURCE: TNN The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had last month filed a case into the fraudulent supply of a Chinese spare — dubbed as made-in-Germany parts — for Dhanush, the indigenous 155mm artillery gun developed on the lines of the Swedish Bofors. However, sources said even the original manufacturer, Germany’s M/s CRB Antiebstechnick, had […]

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Zakir Musa: Will liberate India from cow-worshipping PM

SOURCE: TNN On the eve of Bakr-Eid, chief of Ansar Gazawat-ul-Hind, al-Qaida’s Kashmir cell, Zakir Musa issued a 10-minute audio message, threatening to “liberate” India from the rule of “cow-worshipping” PM Modi and Hindus. Musa, former Hizbul Mujahideen terroriost, also warned the government against deporting Rohingya Muslims in Jammu. Last week, the Centre had said that it intended to deport all […]

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Departments of Defense and State Issue Joint Update on US-India Defense Relationship

SOURCE: Huffingtonpost.com On July 6, the US Department of Defense and US Department of State issued their annual joint report updating Congress on the progress of the US-India defense partnership. As authorized by the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, the report details the initiatives taken by the Pentagon and Department of State over the past […]

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‘Manufacturing push in aerospace, defence will boost electronics industry’

SOURCE: THE HINDU The Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) on Thursday said the domestic manufacturing push for the aerospace and defence sectors will provide a major boost for the growth of the country’s electronics industry. The electronics segment in the aerospace and defence sectors, which is estimated to be about $20 billion, is projected […]

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‘Indian elephant getting bigger’

SOURCE: THE HINDU In 20 years, India will be one of the major geopolitical players in Asia, providing some balance to the existing power equations in the region, an Australian envoy has said.Barry O’Farrell, the special envoy of New South Wales, the southeastern Australian state, to India, said that India’s rise is good news for […]

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IAF’s first generation jet bomber Canberra turns 60 tomorrow

SOURCE: TNN Come tomorrow, and the first English Electric Canberra jet inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) will turn 60. The first generation Jet Bomber was manufactured in a large number through the 1950s. “The prototype of Canberra first flew in May 1949 and in January 1957, and the aircraft was selected by the Indian Air Force to […]

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The Eyeball War: Soon it will be back to sugar and salt at Nathu La

SOURCE: ENS Nobody here is asking the question everyone else is asking: who blinked first in the Doka La eyeball match? Here on the Sikkim front, trade through the Nathu La pass counts for more than bragging rights. Through the 72-day standoff at Doklam, Nathu La traders reckon they become the collateral damage in a […]

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IS module wanted to kill in India after failing to reach Syria: NIA

SOURCE: PTI Members of a self-professed Islamic State module collected arms and ammunition to carry out terrorist activities in India and to target non-Muslims when they failed to go to Iraq and Syria, a NIA chargesheet said on Thursday. This emerged during investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing a module unearthed […]

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Indian Ocean Conference: Sushma Swaraj calls for peaceful maritime trade between littoral nations

SOURCE: IANS India on Thursday called for a peaceful, stable and secure Indian Ocean with its waters free of any traditional and non-traditional threats. Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day Second Indian Ocean Conference in Colombo, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s concept of SAGAR (Security and Growth for All […]

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Government Sacks High Ranking Ordnance Factories Service Officers For ‘Unsatisfactory Performance’

SOURCE:  Swarajya The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence has sacked 13 high ranking Group ‘A’ officials in the Indian Ordnance Factory Services (IOFS) for ‘unsatisfactory performance’ as as part of a major effort to improve the performance of the organisation. Officers of the IOFS are responsible for the management of the Indian Ordnance […]

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Ahead of Modi’s BRICS visit, Chinese media praise Hinduism for preventing spread of radical Islam

SOURCE: ibtimes.co.in Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China for BRICS summit from September 3-5, Chinese state-run media Global Times, in an article, has appreciated Hinduism for preventing the spread of radical Islam. The article talks about how radical Islam has been looming over many Asian countries whereas Indian Muslims have largely kept themselves away from […]

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Overhaul of Indian Army is good, now also integrate the three services

SOURCE: Hindustan Times The recently-concluded Doklam standoff is a stern warning of the importance of a credible military capacity. One of the continuing problems in the Indian military is the excessive number of civilian personnel in its ranks. This means that despite the impressive statistic of having a million plus military, less than half are actually […]

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ISRO says IRNSS-1H launch unsuccessful, heat shields failed to separate

SOURCE: ENS The Indian Space Research Organisation today received a setback, when the launch of the much-anticipated IRNSS-1H failed. According to ISRO Chief AS Kiran Kumar, the mission was unsuccessful as the heat shields did not separate and therefore the satellite could not launch. “There was no problem in any of the stages. The heat shield did […]

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Saab, Adani to partner to build single-engine fighter jets in India-consultant

SOURCE: Reuters Sweden’s Saab will tie up with India’s Adani Group to bid for a contract to make fighter aircrafts in India, an aerospace consultant aware of the proposed partnership told Reuters on Thursday. The partnership will compete with U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin in a two horse-race to equip the Indian military with single-engine jets […]

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Indian Air Force postpones trial series of Astra missile due to bad weather

SOURCE: Zee Media The Indian Air Force (IAF) has postponed the trial series of visual range air-to-air Astra missile due to bad weather on Thursday.The missile was initially scheduled to be fired from Abdul Kalam island test range, an island off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday. The trial series will decide if the missile can […]

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Dawood Ibrahim may be in Pakistan, but why should we assist India in finding him, says Musharraf

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf while almost admitting that fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was in his country has said that Islamabad would never assist New Delhi in its search for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind. In an interview to Pakistani TV channel, Musharraf slyly backed Dawood and said,”India has […]

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Army to close down its dairies, give 25,000 cows to states, central body

SOURCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES The Indian army will give away 25,000 cows to state governments and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research as it shuts down 39 military dairies across the country.The government decided to shut these farms down to free up resources — mostly prime real estate and the revenue spent on them — as […]

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China rules out discussion on Pakistan’s counter-terror record at BRICS

SOURCE: Hindustan Times China on Thursday ruled out any discussions on its ally Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen next week, saying it would not be a “appropriate” topic to be taken up by the grouping despite concerns expressed by India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be in Xiamen during September 3-5, […]

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Son of Mumbai terror victims granted visa to India

SOURCE: Israelnationalnews.com Moshe Holtzberg, the son of Chabad emissaries to India Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, received on Wednesday an entry visa to India. India’s Ambassador to Israel granted Holtzberg the visa after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the visa six weeks ago. Holtzberg’s maternal grandparents, who are raising him, also received an entry visa. During his […]

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China Hints At Modi-xi Bilateral Meet

SOURCE:  IANS China on Thursday hinted that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit next week. Asked if the two leaders will meet, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said: “During multilateral meetings, arranging bilateral meetings is practice. If time allows, China will […]

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Will beef up patrols along Indian border: China

SOURCE: TNN China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that it would beef up patrols along a disputed stretch of its border with India but would also “adjust” deployments, after the two countries ended a more than two-month standoff. Indian and Chinese troops had been confronting each other at the Doklam plateau near the borders of India, its […]

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Huge gap between India’s cyber warfare capability, capacity

SOURCE: IANS There is a huge gap in India’s capability and capacity when it comes to cyber warfare and it is imperative to narrow down this difference to discourage cyber attackers, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. Speaking at the inauguration of a Summit on Cyber and Network Security organised by […]

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Security forces in Manipur arrest five persons including four militants

SOURCE: PTI Security forces arrested five persons including four militants from various parts of the state, police said today. Two militants belonging to the proscribed outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and a former militant were apprehended yesterday from Imphal valley, Superintendent of Police of Imphal East, Kabib said, A double barrel gun, demand notes […]

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US must declare Pakistan state sponsor of terrorism: Pressler

SOURCE: PTI The US must declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, a former top senator who was instrumental in imposing tough sanctions on Pakistan in 1990s has said as he welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to elevate ties with India. Trump criticised Pakistan for providing safe havens to terror groups that kill Americans in […]

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India thanks Switzerland for MTCR support

SOURCE: THE HINDU India on Thursday thanked Switzerland for its support in global multilateral organisations. Welcoming the visiting Swiss president Doris Leuthard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought greater cooperation to ensure bilateral financial transparency and thanked the Swiss government for its support to India’s membership bid for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). “Globalisation and […]

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Defence Minister Arun Jaitley hints at not serving the post ‘for long’

SOURCE: ANI Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has hinted that he would not be serving the post for long.Responding to a poser, during a press briefing, on his tenure as the defence minister, the union minister said, “At least I hope not very long. That’s anyway not me to decide.” Re-iterating his stand on the cash squeeze […]

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WhatsApp group unites Indian, Pakistani families divided by?LoC

SOURCE: Hindustan Times Ghulam Husain, a 43-year-old living in far-flung Turtuk village in the desolate northern fringes of Ladakh, received a message on WhatsApp from his cousin, Nargis, on Saturday. They greeted each other, she told him her new-born daughter was fine and sent a picture of the baby, and he blessed her. But what made […]

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Chinese telecom products vulnerable, says Mehrishi

SOURCE: THE HINDU Outgoing Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said on Wednesday that the government has raised red flags regarding the use of Chinese equipment in telecom and other sectors but this was not going to impact investments. Speaking to The Hindu on his last day in office, Mr. Mehrishi said, “We have raised red flags without doubt. […]

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Rafale M and F-18 E/F to battle to serve on INS Vikramaditya

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK US defence major Boeing along with French defence major Dassault Aviation both are claiming that their Rafale M and F-18 E/F Carrier fighter aircraft which have been offered to Indian Navy to meet its MRCBF Tender issued few weeks backs for 57 Carrier borne fighter aircraft can operate from INS Vikramaditya […]

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Indian Air Force likely to start trials of Astra missile from today

SOURCE:  ENS The Indian Air Force (IAF) is preparing to conduct a series of trials of the Astra air-to-air missile in the next few days. The tests were to begin on Wednesday but were put off to Thursday due to the inclement weather. The tests will determine whether the missile can be inducted into the […]

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Mahindra Defence starts Lockheed Martin C-130J training centre at IAF’s Hindon station

SOURCE: LIVE MINT Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd has started a C-130J Super Hercules simulator training centre at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Hindon outside Delhi, the company said on Wednesday.With a full motion simulator, the facility offers training to the crew that operate the C-130J special operations aircraft acquired from Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

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No plans to make Mi-17 copters in India: Russia

SOURCE: THE HINDU Russia has no plans to produce the Mi-17 military helicopters in India under the government’s ‘Make in India’ programme as of now, even as it is hoping to grab additional orders for this multipurpose choppers for the Indian armed forces. In February, Russia shipped its last batch of Mi-17V-5 helicopters to India […]

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Navy to add Special Ops helicopters to its fleet

SOURCE: THE HINDU With expanding profile in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), Indian Navy is looking to add dedicated helicopters for Special Operations in its fleet. Some of the Naval Multi-Role Helicopters (NMRH) for which the tender was issued last week will be in this configuration. “Of the 123 NMRH to be procured, 33 will […]

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Beyond Doka La: India finally breaks free of China’s 1962 prison; this may change Asia’s power matrix

SOURCE:  FIRST POST There is a always a degree of risk involved in interpreting media commentaries as official narrative but the disclaimer comes with its own disclaimer, especially when it involves China’s state-controlled media. Erring on the side of caution could be a mistake because Beijing uses the press as an essential part of coercive […]

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India-Japan Trade: The Way Ahead

SOURCE:  The Pioneer. The message from Japan is clear that it desires a strategic partner to maintain the existing geo-strategic order. It’s time for Modi to shake-up the all-pervasive bureaucratic lethargy in the defence Ministry Japan’s open support to India during the Doklamchallenge which ended recently was a major take-away of the crisis. While China was quick […]

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Indian Army scraps LMG tender

SOURCE:  IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has terminated its three-year-old tender to procure 9,462 7.62 mm light machine guns (LMGs) for the Indian Army (IA) for about INR3 billion (USD46.8 million). Official sources told Jane’s that the contract was scrapped on 9 August 2017 after Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) emerged as the sole vendor […]

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ISRO opens up satellite making to industry

SOURCE: THE HINDU Space agency invites applications from single, combined domestic entities. The Indian Space Research Organisation has opened the door to domestic entities that can give it up to 18 spacecraft a year starting mid to late 2018. The Bengaluru-based ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), which has so far produced about 90 Indian spacecraft, on […]

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Growing Commerce With India Gives Vietnam New Defense Against China

SOURCE: VOA A flood of Indian business in fast-growing Vietnam has solidified commercial ties to help Hanoi upgrade an alliance with a powerful Asian neighbor and offset dependence on its historic rival, the more massive China. Indian investment in Vietnam has reached $2 billion and bilateral trade hit $10 billion over the year ending in […]

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Pak House condemns US for seeking India role in Afghanistan

SOURCE: TNN The Pakistan National Assembly passed a unanimous resolution on Wednesday rejecting the “hostile and threatening” statements made by US President Donald Trump and Gen John Nicholson, a top commander of American and Nato forces in Afghanistan. It condemned Washing ton’s call for increased Indian involvement in Afghanistan due to “(India’s) known support to terrorists and destabilising policies in the region”. The […]

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Varanasi inventor designs exoskeleton to help Indian Army fight terrorism

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY A man from Varanasi inspired by the famous superhero movie Iron Man has a practical super-suit design to offer. Shyam Chaurasia has created a metal gun suit to help Indian soldiers. It’s not an ordinary suit with metal and guns. The metal gun suit can be operated and controlled through internet from […]

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Bhutan plays big role in ending Sino-Indian military standoff in Doklam

SOURCE: ET Bhutan contributed in a quiet but major way in ending Sino-Indian military standoff by remaining firm on its position on territorial sovereignty, undertaking delicate balancing between India and China and withstanding diplomatic, political and military pressure from Beijing. While India and Bhutan were engaged in hectic diplomatic parleys since the standoff began mid-June, Thimphu came […]

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Kashmir Stone Throwing Reduced After Terror Funding Probe: Home Secretary

SOURCE: NDTV Hours after Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar said he was satisfied with his management of the violence by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s followers on Friday, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi too gave the state government a clean chit. “It was a very live situation. Officers on the ground took a […]

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Dawood Ibrahim being sheltered by Pakistan: Home Secretary

SOURCE: PTI Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, is in Pakistan and that country is creating hurdles in getting him back to India to face the law here, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said today. Mehrishi said the government is taking all required action so that Ibrahim could […]

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Malabar Naval Exercise: A Show Of Strength In The Bay Of Bengal

SOURCE: Swarajya The Malabar naval exercise was started initially as a bilateral naval drill between the Indian and the United States navies. However, as relations between India and Japan strengthened, Japan became a permanent member of the Malabar exercise in 2015. The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force participates in this now trilateral exercise along with the […]

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Move to Transfer Military Ammunition Technology to Private Vendors Stirs Controversy

SOURCE: Newsclick.in The All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) has written to the Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, condemning the move to transfer the technology to manufacture the Bi-Modular Charge System (BMCS) to private vendors. The BMCS is the ammunition system used in artillery weapons to ignite the shell and push it out of the gun. […]

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For first air force exercise with Israel, IAF to send C 130 special operations aircraft

SOURCE: THE PRINT India is likely to send its special operations C 130J aircraft for its first ever air force exercise in Israel this November. Exercise Blue Flag will see at least eight nations in attendance, including the US, France and Germany. The Blue Flag exercise – to take place at the Ovda Airbase in […]

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India-Vietnam point potent projectile at China

SOURCE: ATIMES When news broke this month that India had finally sold its sophisticated BrahMos missile system to Vietnam, the sensitive procurement promised to shift the power balance in the South China Sea, where Vietnam is now jousting with China over contested maritime areas and rights to mineral resources. The apparent weapons deal came soon […]

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Lockheed Martin, Saab in race to build single-engine fighters for IAF in India

SOURCE: Hindustan Times The Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to release a request for information in the next two months to build single-engine fighter planes that would help scale up its combat capabilities, sources tracking the programme said. The warplanes will be built by an Indian firm in collaboration with a foreign defence contractor under […]

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Indian Army Chief had ensured Government that No Chinese Solider could have walked out alive from Doklam if attacked

SOURCE: NDTV A day after China and India ended their worst military confrontation in decades, sources said the government negotiated the settlement from a position of strength because the army had enveloped the entire area and “had made enough provisions to neutralize the Chinese forces”. The location of the hotspot was advantageous for India because it can move […]

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Larsen & Toubro sees $28 billion golden goose in India’s defense orders

SOURCE: Bloomberg Fresh from winning its biggest defense contract in May, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. is planning to bid for $28 billion of orders including warships and submarines in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks with tradition to embrace private, local suppliers. India’s new defense purchase policy that allows non-state local firms to compete for orders from […]

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Major reform for army; 57,000 personnel to be redeployed for Combat

SOURCE: IANS In a major reform for the Indian Army, the government has accepted the first batch of 65 recommendations of the Lt Gen D.B. Shekatkar (retd.) headed committee which will result in redeployment of 57,000 personnel for roles to increase the “tooth to tail” ratio. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who also holds the Defence […]

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Armed forces reforms not influenced by Doklam stand-off: Jaitley

SOURCE: IANS The reforms vis-a-vis the armed forces approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday have not been influenced by the stand-off with China at Doklam, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said.”A committee led by Lt Gen D.B. Shekatkar (retd) was formed much before this (Doklam stand-off) and its recommendations were under consideration for long,” Jaitley said here. The government […]

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IAF-owned Hindon base to act as back-up for Delhi Airport under UDAN scheme

SOURCE: PTI The Indian Air Force will allow its Hindon base to be used for flights operating to tier-2 and tier-3 cities under the government’s regional connectivity scheme, civil aviation secretary RN Choubey said on Wednesday. “This is being done to overcome slot constraints at the Indira Gandhi International Airport,” Choubey said at an ASSOCHAM […]

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India’s refusal to budge on Dokalam will resonate well, says ex-envoy

SOURCE: PTI India’s refusal to back off from the Dokalam standoff despite heavy pressure mounted by China will have a wider resonance in the region against Beijing’s assertive behaviour, former Indian Ambassador to China Ashok Kantha said. India and China on Monday ended their standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the area. Troops […]

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God Help Any Army Officer Who is Picked up by Police: Lt Col Purohit

SOURCE: News18.com Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, for the first time spoke about the torture he was subjected to while he was in jail for nine long years. In a video, accessed by CNN-News18, Colonel Purohit could be seen interacting with […]

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Kashmir: Intel inputs warn of fidayeen attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Following the fidayeen attack on Police Lines in Pulwama district last week in which 8 security personnel were martyred, intelligence agencies have warned of more attempts by the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group. Three militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad were also killed in last week’s encounter. According to sources, the group of Jaish terrorists which attacked […]

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Who blinked in China-India military standoff?

SOURCE: Washingtonpost. For weeks, China’s Foreign Ministry had been vehement in its denunciations of India and insistence that New Delhi unconditionally withdraw troops that had trespassed into Chinese territory. Don’t underestimate us, China repeatedly insisted, we are prepared for military conflict if need be. Yet on Monday, it appeared as though Beijing, not New Delhi, […]

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Govt clears first batch of reforms in Indian Army

SOURCE: THE HINDU   In a first, the government on Wednesday approved reforms within the Indian Army to enhance the combat capability of the forces thereby rebalancing defence expenditure in a phased manner by December 2019 based on the Lt Gen Shekatkar committee. The first phase of the reforms involves redeployment and restructuring of approximately […]

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Doklam standoff ends: Indian Neighbours should be wary of playing China Card against India anymore: Kanwal Sibal

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG Retired Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal hailed India’s Diplomatic Victory which forced China to go back to previous Status-quo allowing it a facing saving measure to back out of the standoff. Sibal also said that Doklam standoff should send a message to all Indian Neighbours (Nepal, Srilanka, Myanmar […]

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Ex-president flags presence of Chinese warships in Male

SOURCE: THE HINDU Nasheed cautions India on Beijing’s growing role in Indian Ocean island including in strategic infrastructure projects. The presence of three Chinese Naval warships in the Maldives is unprecedented and could indicate Beijing’s larger military presence in the Indian Ocean island nation in the future, says former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed. Speaking to The […]

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India Gets Its Own Sniper Rifle From West Bengal’s Ishapore

SOURCE: NDTV Remember American Sniper, a 2014 film on the deadliest marksman in US military history? Or the 1973 film, The Day of the Jackal, about an assassination attempt on French president Charles de Gaulle? In both, the key is the sniper rifle, deadly accurate and long range. The Kolkata Police has now decided, in […]

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Eastern seaboard Navy’s biggest strength: expert

SOURCE: THE HINDU Indian Navy is the best stabilising force for the good and the Bay of Bengal its strategic defence backyard fostering relations with several countries, Commodore Srikant B Kesnur, Director of Maritime Warfare Centre, Mumbai, has said. The Navy is the best response and crisis force and its big strength is on the […]

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Pak diplomatic divide over India policy out in the open

SOURCE: TNN The internal squabbles within the Pakistani diplomatic establishment over India got exposed on Tuesday when an official letter sent by Islamabad’s former high commissioner in New Delhi, Abdul Basit, surfaced online, describing Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, as “the worst foreign secretary ever”. Basit wrote that he believes Chaudhry, who as foreign secretary […]

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Only Indian phones for defence officials?

SOURCE: THE HINDU The Centre is considering the creation of a secure communications ecosystem for its officials, especially those working in the defence sector.One of the proposals is mandating the use of mobile phones manufactured by Indian companies for official communication. The government will also be providing a secure email service to its officials. “The […]

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India to use Tu-22M3 Supersonic Bombers to Hunt down PLAN Warships

SOURCE:  CHINATOPIX India seems likely to acquire four Tupolev Tu-22M3 “Backfire” twin-engine strategic bombers from Russia and will probably use these long-range jets on maritime strike missions to attack warships with volleys of modern anti-ship missiles (ASMs), including India’s own BrahMos-A. When they arrive in India, the Backfires will become the country’s first long-range strategic bombers. […]

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Doklams will recur, warn Army officials

SOURCE: THE HINDU The Doklam imbroglio may have been resolved peacefully after 73 days, but sources in the military warn that India and China will witness such standoffs more frequently now, unless a more robust border management mechanism is put in place. The sources on Monday indicated that they had minimal role in securing the […]

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Army seeks ?20,000 crore for new orders

SOURCE: THE HINDU It plans to make up for the deficiencies in ammunition; nothing to do with standoff with China: officialAs part of the efforts to build up emergency reserves of spares and ammunition, the Army has sought ?20,000 crore from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This comes at the same time the MoD has […]

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Doklam: India has won the diplomatic battle but the war is far from over

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Just like it started, the Doklam stand-off has ended abruptly ending a 71-day impasse when Indian and Chinese soldiers stood eyeball-to-eyeball in Doklam at the Sikkim tri-junction. On Monday, the MEA said ‘expeditious disengagement of border personnel at the face-off site’ has been ensured. The Chinese kept their statement rather open-ended and […]

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Meet Prime Minister Modi’s key men who cracked Doklam for him

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Despite the relentless pressure from China to move out of Doklam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a firm stand that India would not compromise its interests and allow the Chinese to build a road there.However, he also wanted to find a peaceful solution and gave a free hand to his security team headed by […]

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India, China faceoff over but Bhutan’s talks run into a wall

SOURCE: ENS Talks between Bhutan and China on their border dispute — the root cause of the military standoff on the Doklam plateau which ended Monday with the disengagement of Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army troops — are unlikely to take place as scheduled this year despite diplomats having defused the weeks-long crisis, sources […]

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Act East policy: India seeks deepening ties with Myanmar as Narendra Modi embarks on first State visit in September

SOURCE: FIRST POST Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited all of India’s neighbours, barring Maldives in the past three years. His visit to Myanmar on 5-7 September will be his first bilateral State visit to the country. He had earlier visited Nay Pyi Daw in 2014 for the East Asia Summit. He will reach Myanmar […]

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Modi – Xi Jinping India, China may reset safeguards to avoid Doklam-like situation

SOURCE: DNA INDIA When Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS summit, the two countries will be looking to reset safeguards to avoid a military conflict at trijunctions — boundaries involving a third country — to avoid a Doklam-like situation, officials have said. The summit will […]

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In the absence of monument for IPKF in India

SOURCE: ISLAND LK Lt. Gen. P.M. Hariz, General Officer Commanding (GoC) Southern Command, Indian Army, on the afternoon of Aug. 19, 2017, paid homage at a memorial built for five fallen Indian military personnel, 30 years ago. They were were members of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF). The Tamils at that time called IPKF […]

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Countdown for launch of Indian replacement navigation satellite from Wednesday

SOURCE: IANS The 29-hour countdown for Thursday evening launch of India’s navigation satellite IRNSS-1H using the rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will begin on Wednesday, said Indian space agency on Tuesday. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the 29-hour countdown […]

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DGCA mulls remote pilot licence for operating drones in India

SOURCE: PTI Aviation watchdog DGCA plans to introduce remote pilot licence for operating drones and could come out with draft norms next week for the use of such unmanned aerial vehicles, a senior official said today.While commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles is not permitted in the country, there have been instances of drone-like objects being […]

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Lockheed offers to export F-16 jets from proposed India facility

SOURCE:  Reuters Lockheed Martin is closing in on an international deal for F-16 fighter planes, and has offered to eventually build all the jets at a proposed plant in India if it wins a bigger order to supply the Indian Air Force, a top executive said. The U.S. defence giant and Sweden’s Saab are in […]

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China’s Another face saver Says Can’t Build Road Now Due to Bad Weather

SOURCE: NDTV A day after India and China ended a more than two-month face-off, Beijing said that its plans to build a road in the flashpoint area – the remote Doklam Plateau in the Eastern Himalayas – depend on the weather. The approaching and bitter winter is not conducive to either stationing soldiers there, or […]

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‘World ignoring India’s nuclear expansion at its own peril’ : Pakistani Media

SOURCE: PAKISTAN TODAY PK India’s nuclear expansion needed greater international attention as it was an emerging threat for world peace and security and not just for Pakistan, said a scholar specialising in strategic stability dynamics in South Asia on Monday. Dr Mansoor Ahmed, a post-doctoral fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at […]

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Indian media silence on Doklam has worked, says Navy chief

SOURCE: THE HINDU Admiral Sunil Lanba was speaking at a seminar on “social media and the armed forces”India’s media campaign of maintaining silence during the Doklam standoff with China has worked for us, said Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday. “They [Chinese] have used a media campaign where they have been shrill in their […]

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Training – bright spot in Vietnam-India defence ties : Vietnamese Media

SOURCE: VNA Lieutenant General Huong made the remark at a reception in Hanoi on August 28 for Lieutenant General Jasjit Singh Kler, Commandant of India’s National Defence Academy. He added that the bilateral ties have also been tightened in the fields of delegation exchanges, naval cooperation and defence industry. The Vietnamese army always treasures and […]

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Pakistan should end apologetic stance over Kashmir says Abdul?Basit, former envoy to India

SOURCE: IANS Pakistan should abandon its apologetic stance and move towards active diplomacy to revive the Kashmir issue at international forums, Islamabad’s former ambassador to India Abdul Basit said. The former ambassador made the remarks while addressing journalists at a seminar on Monday titled “Indian Designs to Change Demography of Kashmir – Violation of UN […]

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Russian Helicopters Waiting for 1st Payment From India Under Ka-226 Deal

SOURCE: SPUTNIK Moscow-based helicopters manufacturer is waiting for the first payment to be effected under the large-scale deal between Russia and India on Ka-226 deliveries. India will be able to obtain first ten Russian Ka-226 utility helicopters after it makes the first tranche under its contract, Andrey Boginsky, the CEO of Moscow-based Russian Helicopters, told the Hindu Business Line newspaper. An agreement on the […]

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India Harming Pakistan’s Hydel, Agriculture Projects: Khawaja Asif

SOURCE: SUCHTV PK Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday criticised India for incessantly violating the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, saying the country has stopped abiding by the treaty. Addressing a ceremony at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Asif said India constructed various projects in violation of the treaty and did not provide their designs to […]

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Doklam: How India’s determination reduced China to the level of a Twitter troll

SOURCE: OPINDIA When talking about the dragon, there is always the obvious danger of speaking too soon. But it has to be remarked that while India has held its line with quiet determination, China’s response has become more and more comical. What is that old saying about barking dragons seldom … ? Anyways… When the […]

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One Kudankulam n-power unit restarts generation

SOURCE: IANS The first 1,000 MW atomic power unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) restarted generation after completion of refuelling on Tuesday, said an official. “The first 1,000 MW atomic power unit was synchronised with the grid between 6.30 a.m and 7 a.m. today (Tuesday). The power generation is around 300 MW,” the […]

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To India’s troop pullback, China likely to suspend road construction, former Chinese diplomat

SOURCE: THE HINDU In a deal that is likely to be delicately balanced, China may suspend the construction of the road, while India is likely to initiate the pullback of troops, to end the three-month old standoff in the Doklam plateau, says a former Chinese diplomat. “Given the high level of sensitivity accorded to this […]

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Bhutan welcomes end of Doklam standoff

SOURCE: PTI Bhutan on Tuesday welcomed the end of the 73-day standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam and hoped it would help in ensuring peace and tranquility at the tri-junction. “Bhutan welcomes the disengagement by the two sides at the face-off site in the Doklam area,” the Bhutanese foreign ministry said.In a major diplomatic breakthrough to end […]

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Doklam resolution: A message to China’s other small neighbours

SOURCE: TNN India’s success in holding out in Doklam against Chinese threats is likely to be seen as proof that China’s attempts to bully smaller neighbours into submission can be countered by determined diplomacy and alliances backed by military resolve. The Army’s swift response to China’s road-building on Doklam near the Sikkim-Tibet-Bhutan trijunction took China by surprise […]

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Modi to attend BRICS summit in China from September 3-5

SOURCE: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Xiamen in China to attend the BRICS summit which will be held from September 3-5, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. The announcement of Modi’s visit comes a day after India and China ended their 73-day standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the […]

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Doka La standoff ends: Four good economic reasons China had to not mess with India

SOURCE: THE HINDU What really caused a sudden end to the Doka La standoff between India and China is as yet unclear. Until recently, the situation wasn’t getting any better with the war of words escalating on both sides, reminders of the 1962 war and highly provocative, sometimes misleading reportage in the media. But everything […]

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Need for legally-bound ban against nuclear testing: UN chief

SOURCE: PTI UN chief Antonio Guterres today called on countries, including India, to ensure that the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) comes into force soon, saying North Korea’s continued nuclear tests demonstrate the need for a legally-binding prohibition. In his message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests, the UN Secretary General said for […]

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Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi intends to work with India for peace

SOURCE: LIVE MINT Pakistan’s new prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has set himself a possibly insurmountable challenge. He intends to work with arch-rival India to achieve peace across South Asia. It’s likely to be a tall order for Abbasi considering the two nuclear-armed nations haven’t had high-level dialogue for almost two years and given the […]

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Bangladesh offers Myanmar army aid against Rohingya rebels

SOURCE: AFP Bangladesh has proposed joint military operations with Myanmar against Rohingya militants fighting in Rakhine state, as the UN raised fears over reports of civilians killed during fresh violence in recent days.An upsurge in fighting in Rakhine, an impoverished state neighbouring Bangladesh, has been raging since Friday when Rohingya militants staged coordinated ambushes against […]

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Astra BVRAAM enters Small Scale Prodctuion Quiety : Report

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK In an earlier report (Click here), idrw.org had confirmed that Indian Air Force has cleared limited series production (LSP) of ingeniously developed Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM). Recently Raksha Mantri Arun Jaitley inaugurated Astra manufacturing facility at BDL Bhanur Unit near Sangareddy quietly thus achieving a Major Milestone moment […]

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India to announce road map for single-engine fighter program

SOURCE: Defensenews.com  To accelerate the Make in India initiative under the strategic partnership model, the ruling National Democratic Alliance will formally issue a request for information next month to Lockheed Martin of the U.S. and Saab of Sweden to manufacture single-engine fighters in collaboration with a private company in the India. The Ministry of Defence […]

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Indian Defence Employees Question procurement of Sub-Standard Korean K-9 Howitzers from Korea

SOURCE: Newsclick The All India Defence Employees’ Federation (AIDEF) has written to the Defence Minister requesting the government to review its decision to buy substandard South Korean howitzer guns instead of indigenously manufactured howitzer guns. The Ministry of Defence had decided to order ‘K-9 Thunder’ Howitzers from South Korea through L&T.According to the AIDEF, the K-9 […]

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India to get 10 military copters from Russia in first tranche

SOURCE: THE HINDU   Russia plans to deliver 10 Kamov Ka-226T military helicopters to India in a first tranche as part of a $1-billion deal, under which India will procure 200 such copters from that country. It expects the Indian Defence Ministry to make the first tranche of payment by the year-end. “We plan to […]

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Boeing to deliver made-in-India Apache helicopters next year

SOURCE: LIVE MINT Boeing Co. will start manufacturing and handing over made in India Apache AH-64E multi-role attack helicopter fuselages from next year, the company said on Monday.India bought 22 Apaches and 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters worth $3 billion for the Indian Air Force (IAF) under a government-to-government deal with the US in 2015. This […]

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Digha weekend target debris : Suspect found

SOURCE: TNN Fishermen from Shankarpur near Digha fished out remains of a missile-like item from the sea nearly 120 km from shore on Monday morning, lending credence to the TOI report that Saturday’s double “explosions” at the seaside town and surroundings were actually sonic booms during user trials of the air-to-air Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Astra missiles by the Indian […]

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Indian troops will intervene if China attempts to build road at Doklam again

SOURCE: TNN Indian troops are now once again sitting pretty in a militarily advantageous position at their Doka La outpost on the Sikkim border, having almost completed their withdrawal from the Doklam face-off site by Monday evening. From the Doka La post, the Indian soldiers will continue to keep a hawk-eye on the Doklam bowl – which is Bhutanese […]

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Chinese troops have left from Dokalam with bulldozers: Official

SOURCE: PTI As part of the disengagement, the Chinese troops have left the disputed area of Dokalam along with bulldozers and removed the tents which they had pitched, according to a top Indian government official. The official, on the condition of anonymity, said there were about 1700-1800 Chinese troops in the area where they proposed […]

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ISRO readies replacement satellite after clock failure

SOURCE: ENS The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch a new navigation satellite on August 31 following the failure of IRNSS-1A in a seven-satellite constellation due to deficiencies in three atomic clocks that are crucial to providing positional information to users on earth. IRNSS-1H, which will replace IRNSS-1A, will be launched on board ISRO’s workhorse […]

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Doklam settlement in line with interests of both: China

SOURCE: ENS Setting aside their differences exactly a week before the BRICS summit, China and India Monday signalled the end of the border row in Doklam. China said it had confirmed that India had withdrawn personnel and equipment from Doklam and that the Chinese side would make “necessary adjustments” to the deployment of its own […]

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Sigh of relief in Bhutan but for its troops, fears remain, fingers crossed

SOURCE: ENS Even as the world’s eyes watched China and India face off on the Doklam plateau, Royal Bhutan Army patrols were heading out, unnoticed, into the wall of mountains that mark the kingdom’s borders with Tibet. The two powers announced Monday that their troops were disengaging — but patrols were still being prepared to […]

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MP CM rewards brave cop Abhishek Patel with Rs.50000 for saving 400 children

SOURCE: ANI Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhanrewarded head constable Abhishek Patel with Rs.50, 000 for saving life of 400 children.Patel ran for almost a kilometer with a 10 kilogram-bomb on his shoulder to save the lives of school children. Head constable Patel told ANI that saving 400 lives was more important than a single life.”I thought that […]

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Ensuring peace with China at Indian Territory’s cost is not acceptable: Salman Khurshid

SOURCE: ANI Former minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid, in regard to India and China’s agreement to end their over two-month-long stand-off in the Doklam Plateau, said that ensuring peace with China at the cost of Indian Territory is not acceptable. “Ensuring peace with China is something that we support, but not at the cost of […]

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Inside story of how India achieved breakthrough in Doklam border standoff with China

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY A crisis of unprecedented scale, the Doklam standoff which ran for about two-and-a-half months, ended on time today before it could embarrass the leadership of both India and China at the BRICS summit which Prime Minister Narendra Modiis expected to attend. The 9th annual BRICS summit will take place in China’s Xiamen on […]

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Farooq Abdullah ups ante, says Article 35-A non-negotiable article of faith for J-K people

SOURCE: ENS Upping the ante on the state’s special status, opposition National Conference (NC) president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah Monday said Article 35-A, which grants special privileges to residents of Jammu and Kashmir, was a non-negotiable article of faith for the people of the state. “Article 35-A was a non-negotiable article of faith […]

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‘China’s statement means return to status quo in Doklam’

SOURCE: IANS China’s statement that its troops will continue to patrol in the Doklam area and exercise “sovereignty in the region” effectively means that Chinese troops will return to status quo position before the standoff began with India, sources said. On Monday, India announced that it has reached an agreement with China over disengagement in Doklam area. The Chinese […]

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It was a war of eyeballs at Doklam but cigarettes were shared too

SOURCE: ENS With India and China agreeing on ‘expeditious disengagement’ along Doka La, the eyeballs of both Indian and Chinese soldiers posted at the India-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction will finally get some rest. According to local sources, Indian soldiers posted along the Doka La pass had to stand continuously for 10 hours staring down their Chinese counterparts. […]

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F18s compatible with Indian naval carrier fleet: Boeing

SOURCE: IANS Global defence equipment major Boeing on Monday said that its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft is compatible with India’s current naval carrier platforms and that they can be produced in the country under the government’s “Make in India” initiative. “Analytical and (computer) simulations have shown that the F/A-18 is compatible with the current […]

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After Mystery explosions, Missile parts found near West Bengal’s Digha coast

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY On Saturday morning, around noon, loud explosions in sea off the Digha coast in West Bengal jolted the seaside towns of Digha and Tajpur. The explosions were so powerful that sonic booms shattered window panes and cracked the walls of hotels in Old Digha. The explosion was also heard from Tajpur, a […]

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Bharat Dynamics to spend Rs300-400 crore for missile production

SOURCE: LIVE MINT State-owned defence manufacturing firm Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) will invest an additional Rs300-400 crore in modernization and ramping up its missile production facility in Hyderabad. The missile-system manufacturer has already invested about Rs500 crore for various missile systems as well as ramping up the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) from 6,000 units to 10,000 units, […]

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Hyderabad gets a unit to test 1,000 kg rocket bomb

SOURCE: DECCAN CHRONICLE. Defence minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday dedicated a 50 tonne Rocket Motor Test Facility at BDL’s Ibrahimpatnam Complex and dedicated it to the nation.The Rs 48 crore state-of-the-art unit is the first of its kind for a defence production unit. The facility for surface-to-air missiles will support design and vendor development activities. The […]

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‘The clock is ticking.’ In Kashmir, parents try to find their militant sons before Indian forces get to them

SOURCE: LATIMES On the eighth day after his son disappeared, Mohammad Munawar Dar’s phone rang. It was an Indian army officer with news that Dar couldn’t bring himself to believe.The officer said he had information that Dar’s son Shakoor, 21, had joined the anti-Indian insurgency in Kashmir, the long-disputed Himalayan territory enduring its worst outbreak […]

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Doklam standoff ends: What made China agree to restore pre-June 16 position of troops

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Finally the Himalayan ice has melt at Doklam with India and China agreeing to disengage at the disputed site after staying in “no war, no peace” mode for 70 days. The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar released a statement – titled, “Doklam Disengagement Understanding” saying, “In recent weeks, India and […]

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Doka La border standoff: China gets a face-saver, Claims Victory but remains mum on Road Construction

SOURCE: FIRST POST A statement released by India’s Ministry of External Affairs has triggered feverish speculation that the two-month long faceoff between India and China is nearing an end in the tri-junction area in Doka La, a barren patch of land more than 14,000 feet above sea-level. Since 16 June, when Indian troops with bulldozers […]

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Policeman shot dead by militants in Anantnag district of J&K

SOURCE: ENS An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was on Monday killed in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, after militants fired at  him, according to news agency PTI. A police official said ASI Abdul Rashid, who was on duty without a weapon, at Mehandi Kadal was fired at and injured by the militants this afternoon. Rashid […]

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Battle-hardened defence personnel enter brave new world of startups

SOURCE: ET Like entrepreneurs, exservicemen also apparently know how to take risks and survive, says retired Major Niranth Bymana. The 33-year-old short commission service officer quit the Indian army four years ago to become an entrepreneur. Bymana, along with another ex-army man, cofounded Olive Planet a year ago. It is an online and offline platform for high-end military […]

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After Doklam crisis, Vivo, Oppo plan to move cloud to India, pack off Chinese expats

SOURCE: MONEY CONTROL Chinese smartphone giants Oppo ad Vivo have planned to move their cloud service locations to India, according to a report in The Economic Times. A senior executive, who wished not to be  named, told the newspaper, “Oppo and Vivo have their cloud outside India, which is usually outsourced to enterprise cloud service and data server […]

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Defence experts label India, China agreement as ‘huge victory’

SOURCE: ANI After India and China agreed to end their over two-month-long stand-off in the Doklam Plateau, the defence experts on Monday stated that this was a huge victory for India, adding that both countries showed political maturity. Speaking to ANI, defence expert P.K. Sehgal said, “It’s a huge victory for India. Right from day […]

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Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed Chief of Naval Staff Bangladesh Navy on visit to India

SOURCE: India Blooms News Service Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff of the Bangladesh Navy, is on an official visit to India, from August 28-30, 2017. The visit is aimed at consolidating bilateral naval relations between India and Bangladesh and to explore new avenues for naval cooperation, th Minsitry of Defence said in a […]

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Nari shakti takes backseat in Army

SOURCE: ENS A 27-year-old Army captain, who led the first-ever women’s marching contingent at the Republic Day parade in which then US President Barack Obama was the chief guest in 2015, is being harassed for raising her voice against sexual advances by her commanding officer. Justice has not been delivered to her even after two […]

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Security forces surround 6 Kashmir villages after info on militant presence

SOURCE: IANS Security forces surrounded six villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday following information about the presence of militants, police said. “Searches have begun to locate the militants…So far, there has been no exchange of fire”, the police said. As part of an all-out operation against militants in south Kashmir, the security […]

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US Army general blames Pakistan for backing Afghan Taliban; Islamabad hits back

SOURCE: IANS Pakistan’s leadership has slammed the top US commander in Afghanistan, General John W Nicholson, a day after he claimed that Washington “knows the Afghan Taliban leadership is in Quetta and Peshawar”. Turning the tables, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal told Dawn newspaper that the “Taliban were using Afghanistan as the launch pad for their operations, both […]

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Has India just beaten China in the Doklam conflict?

SOURCE: ET The decision by India and China to disengage in the Doklam conflict, which has been lingering on for more than two months, is certainly India’s win over a bullying neighbour. Yet, it could be a ploy for another Chinese move in future. Why? China’s erosion of authority China had been telling India to withdraw its troops from Doklam before […]

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India, China agree to ‘disengage’ in Doklam: Ministry of External Affairs

SOURCE: IANS India and China have agreed to “disengage” in Doklam area in Sikkim sector where the armies of both countries have been on a standoff since the middle of June, sharply escalating tensions. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said that during bilateral communications, “we were able to express our views and […]

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Jaitley hands over long-range surface-to-air missile to Navy

SOURCE: THE HINDU Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday handed over the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) jointly developed by India and Israel, to the Indian Navy, at Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) here. LRSAM is an advanced combat suit for missile defence against air targets and missiles, and has full capabilities of air and surface surveillance, […]

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DRDO’s ATAGS 155mm Gun Trials at Pokhran begins

SOURCE: TNN Artillery of Indian Army will soon get indigenous gun to deal with new challenges that it faces time and again from countries like China and Pakistan. India’s first high capacity, indigenous, long range 155-mm gun and Dhanush’s supplement gun ATAGS (Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System). Trials for it have started at Pokhran field firing range […]

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Army should focus on attack choppers’ privatisation

SOURCE: ET With the Apaches being sanctioned for the Indian Army, other attack helicopter programmes for the force are also on track. These are ventures of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), a defence PSU. However, the army should also focus on privatisation of such projects to ensure there are broader choices of such helicopters, reduction in import dependence of major […]

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India plans to upgrade security of unused airstrips

SOURCE: TIMES OF OMAN Security of 43 unused airports and 355 airstrips in the country is all set to be enhanced with the Home Ministry planning to review their vulnerability in view of constant threat from terror groups.The move comes after security agencies carried out a nation-wide security audit of unused airports and airstrips considering […]

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India’s Afghan Role Focused On Economy, Not Security: US Official

SOURCE: PTI Asserting that nobody has talked about asking India to send troops to Afghanistan, a senior Trump administration official has said New Delhi’s role in the war-torn country is focused around economic and democratic development and not on security issues. President Donald Trump reached out to India in his Afghan and South Asia policy […]

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