Defence Update
Acting swiftly after the Galwan valley clash on June 15 in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Navy sailed out its frontline warship for deployment in the South China Sea much to the displeasure of the...
In mid-2020 India announced plans to send 20 of its 45 MiG-29K carrier-based fighters to bases near the Chinese border. The MiG-29K is needed there to increase fighter patrols and the overall ability to...
Like all children in his small southern Indian village, Arun was fascinated with aeroplanes cruising in the skies above Vallampadugai. Unlike most of his boyhood friends, however, he grew up to realise the dream...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently deployed its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas along the country’s western borders. While not heavily reported in the media, the deployment did mark a military milestone for India,...
With soaring tensions with China not coming to an end any time soon, India has started accelerating operations to set up the new Air Defence Command (ADC), which will be headquartered in the country’s...
The Narendra Modi government is all set to clear the acquisition of two PHALCON airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) next week.The matter is before the Cabinet Committee on Security. The last time, the...
The most audacious and perhaps a “badass” act of Indian Air Force, in its thorough history of over 8 decades, has been the plan to execute an operation against a US Navy Carrier Strike...
The second batch of Rafale fighter jets — likely to be four in number — is set to arrive at the Ambala Air Force Station in October as part of the Rs 59,000-crore deal...
Earlier this week, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)?General Bipin Rawat became the first senior military commander to state that, if dialogue does not persuade Beijing to withdraw its troops from Indian territory in Ladakh,...
Amid the ongoing conflict with China, the Department of Military Affairs has hastened the process of restructuring the armed forces as the new air defence command under the Indian Air Force (IAF) may come...