Defence Update
The last one decade has seen some major inductions in the Indian military, which has given it a huge strategic heft — be it in its capability to transport heavy equipment and troops from...
Earlier this year, the head of the IAF announced the abandonment of a joint project with Russia to produce India’ own fifth generation fighter aircraft. India is spending less on research; a paltry 1/12...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the first time on Friday revealed the details of the XRSAM-IAF (eXtra Long Range Surface to Air Missile) to be developed by the Hyderabad-based Defence Research...
For 35 years, a curiously designed fighter-bomber has been at the forefront of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) attack fleet. The MiG-27, known to NATO as the ‘Flogger’ and to the IAF as ‘Bahadur’...
The Narendra Modi government may be facing a plethora of problems over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but the move has its ripple effect on the three neighbouring countries whose nationals are living in...
If Miguel de Cervantes were alive in the modern age he would have seen his fictional character Don Quixote come alive in the form of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who like the noble...
Pakistan has been illegally involved in procuring technology used in biological, nuclear and chemical weapons. Pakistan’s indulgence on such illegal activities was revealed in a response by the German government earlier this month to...
In the mid-1970s, India began development on a totally new, advanced main battle tank that would satisfy the needs of the country’s Armoured Corps. An impressive combination of firepower, armour protection and mobility, the...
Last week, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out two successful tests of the latest variant of the BrahMos missile, one from the land platform and the other from air. BrahMos, developed...
The development provides a big relief to the army, as most of its air defence inventory is “obsolete” and the army chief had to push an emergency button to acquire more such guns after...