The Case of Indian Acquisition of Mig-29s: Why Buy a 40-Year Old Aircraft?
By Lt Gen VK Saxena (Retd) It was reported in the media in Apr 2019 that the Indian Air force (IAF) was in talks with Russia to purchase 21 MiG-29 combat jets which were...
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Russia to Begin Full-Scale Work on 2 Guided Missile Frigates for Indian Navy
Russia’s Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad is set to begin full-scale work on two modified Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 1135.6P/M) guided-missile frigates destined for service in the Indian Navy, as part of a $2.5 billion deal....
K9 Vajra v/s. T-90 MBT:-Can the K9 Vajra be compared to a tank like T-90 or any MBT?
It’s like comparing a Javelin thrower with a long distance runner . The K9 Vajra is an SPG or Self propelled gun which is mounted on an armoured Chassis nothing more, while T-90 S...
India Says Russia’s Missiles Don’t Work (And Wants to Buy Israeli Ones Instead)
India is now looking to Israel, from whom it has purchased numerous weapons, such as the Heron drone and the Derby, a radar-guided, beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile with a range of 50 kilometers (31 miles)....
Will Russia and India Build ‘Stealth’ Submarines Together?
In its latest bid to secure the Indian Defense Ministry’s (MoD) submarine procurement tender, Moscow has offered New Delhi a joint diesel-electric development project based on the Russian Amur-class submarine design. In a bid...
Why India left the US ‘hanging’ and bought powerful S-400 missiles from Russia
The United States has raised a global row over Russia’s sales of its S-400 long-range air defence missiles, first to India, and now to Turkey. Both countries — Turkey, a NATO ally and India,...
India must boost start-ups to catch up with China’s private space firms
Opportunities for space entrepreneurs were similarly limited in India and China until 2014 — they had to play a secondary role to government-led space programmes. But once Beijing announced that it would formally allow...
India’s Hypersonic Missiles Are a Major Threat to Pakistan
Sources said that while the missile on which the platform was mounted successfully took off from the range, the test could not be completed to demonstrate the vehicle at hypersonic speed as the Agni...
Chandrayaan-2 cheaper than Avengers Endgame: What foreign media is saying
India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, has evoked great interest in Western media and scientific journals, with many saying the mission that costs less than half of the budget of Hollywood blockbuster “Avengers Endgame” will...
First prototype of Brahmos-NG to be ready by 2024
The first prototype of the Brahmos-NG, a lighter sleeker variant of the Indo-Russian cruise missile, will be fielded in 2024. A top official of the Brahmos Aerospace, the Indo-Russian joint venture company which manufactures...
