National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen peace and tranquillity in the border areas and bilateral cooperation across various sectors.
NSA Doval, India's Special Representative (SR) on the India-China Boundary...
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Recent coverage by Turkish media is actively attempting to draw India into the escalating geopolitical conflict between Turkey and Israel, despite New Delhi having no direct involvement in the dispute.
A notable example involved a Turkish broadcast that displayed images of Indian Prime Minister...
Analysis Nearly Three Decades On, Why Su-30MKI Remains the Heavy Backbone of India’s Combat Aviation Strategy
Almost 30 years after India first introduced the Sukhoi fighter family, the Su-30MKI continues to be a central aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
What started in the late 1990s as a plan to acquire a powerful, long-range air-superiority jet has grown into a highly integrated Indian...
Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, and Richard Schmidt, Deputy Secretary at New Zealand's Ministry of Defence, co-chaired the 2nd India-New Zealand Defence Strategic Dialogue in Wellington, where they discussed advancing maritime security and joint training.
“Joint...
Pakistan’s recent offer of dialogue with Baloch insurgents is a desperate attempt at containing the uprising, reflecting the limits of military repression to cover its failure to address the restive province's political, economic, and cultural grievances.
The country’s largest province...
Analysis Bridging the Stealth Gap After FGFA Exit: How India Plans to Counter China’s J-20 Fleet Before AMCA Arrives by 2035
The dynamics of air superiority in Asia are shifting significantly as China aggressively expands its fleet of fifth-generation fighter jets.
The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is ramping up the production of its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters. If this momentum continues, experts...
Recent reports indicate that Pakistan’s procurement of the Shenyang J-35—a twin-engine, fifth-generation stealth fighter from China—might face significant delays.
This development has triggered intense discussions among Pakistani defence experts.
The debate is largely shaped by analyses from...
The Indian Air Force has successfully concluded its participation in two major international air exercises, Exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia and Exercise Udara Shakti 2026 in Malaysia, in a dual-nation deployment that highlighted its operational reach, tactical capabilities and growing...
The Indian Army is currently looking for a specialized vehicle designed to quickly move and set up field artillery guns. This new requirement indicates a shift towards advanced, remote-controlled vehicles to support artillery operations.
Based on the initial details, the proposed vehicle will...
Analysis How Industrial Preparation and Tech Transfer Could Extend India’s 114 Rafale Production Into 2041 Despite Contract Signing This Year
Even if India officially seals the highly anticipated ₹3.25 lakh crore ($39 billion) agreement for 114 Rafale fighter jets by the close of this year, the project will span well over a decade.
Based on standard aerospace manufacturing cycles and defence procurement norms, the final domestically...
A few weeks following his retirement in June 2026 as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff for the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor shared a sharp review of India's homegrown Tejas Mk2 fighter jet programme. His comments have sparked major debates among defence experts.
During an...
India is actively pursuing the creation of a domestic 120-kilonewton (kN) turbofan engine to power its ambitious fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
This project has become one of the most critical technology initiatives in the nation's defence sector...
