In a revelation that highlights the critical dangers of relying on foreign nations for military maintenance, a retired Indian Navy officer has disclosed a significant handicap faced by India during the 1999 Kargil conflict.
Vice Admiral Kishore O. Thakare (Retd.), speaking on The Sandeep...
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The UK government has announced sanctions against a British Sikh businessman and a group associated with him in the first use of the country’s ‘Domestic Counter-Terrorism Regime’ to disrupt funding for the pro-Khalistan militant group Babbar Khalsa. Gurpreet Singh Rehal, linked with the Panjab...
Pakistan’s defence ministry on Friday officially notified the appointment of Field Marshal Asim Munir as the first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), a move aimed at the major restructuring of the military command since the 1970s.
The development came a day after President Asif Ali Zardari approved...
A diplomatic misunderstanding regarding a major defence acquisition briefly took centre stage earlier this week, highlighting the sensitivities surrounding India’s military procurement processes.
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces was compelled to withdraw a public statement that...
GE Aerospace, a global engine manufacturing firm, has announced the delivery of the fifth F404-IN20 jet engine to the Indian public sector company, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This engine is designated for the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark 1A fighter jet program.
A GE...
The second Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) series production aircraft, TH-4002, successfully completed its maiden flight today at the Aircraft Manufacturing Division in Nashik. This marks the first HTT-40 built at the HAL Nashik facility.
In Octomber, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)...
From a long-life seawater battery system for sustained underwater sensing and surveillance applications to a waterjet propulsion system for fast interceptor craft, the DRDO has handed over seven technologies to the armed forces, the government said on Friday.
These technologies have been...
Terming it as a pillar of the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between the both countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday acknowledged that India and Russia are reorienting military and military-technical cooperation to joint research and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to preventing and countering terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, jointly calling for concerted actions against UN-listed terrorist groups and entities, including Al Qaeda...
India emerges as one of the central pillars of the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy in President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS). The document, released by the White House on Friday, lays out the administration’s strategic vision for global engagement and identifies India...
In a significant development for infantry modernisation, India is currently in advanced discussions to manufacture a revolutionary Israeli small arms technology domestically.
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), a premier private defence manufacturer, has developed a system known as 'ARBEL', which...
The Pentagon issued a federal notification of a proposed foreign military sale worth $52.8 million to India for a new tranche of anti-submarine sonobuoys, a move it said will deepen operational cooperation and reinforce the strategic partnership between the two countries.
The Defence Security...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in resolving the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, stating that he has had “very informative and useful conversation” with the Indian leader since arriving in New Delhi on Thursday evening.
“Thank you...
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