Defence / Israel / News / Paksitan / World News
by defenceupdate · Published December 23, 2015 · Last modified May 4, 2019
Shaheen-III is a land-based surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile.Development began after developed India’s Agni-III missile. Shaheen-3 was successfully tested on 9 March 2015 with 2750 km (1700 mi) range– a range of up to 1700mi,...
The Chengdu J-20 is a Stealth, twin-engine, fifth-generation fighter aircraft being developed by China’s Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the Air Force (PLAAF).The J-20 made its first flight on 11 January 2011, and is expected to be operational in 2018. The J 20 program...
Indian Airforce / Indian Military / Indian Navy
by defenceupdate · Published December 22, 2015 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The SPYDER (Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby) is an Israeli short and medium range mobile air defence system. India has recently purchased Israel’s SPYDER air defense system following a recent trend of using advanced air-air...
Indian Airforce / News / Weapons
by defenceupdate · Published December 20, 2015 · Last modified April 15, 2019
Astra is an active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) developed by the De fence Research and Development Organization, India. Astra is designed to be capable of engaging targets at varying range and altitudes...
On December 20, the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA-1p) obtained Initial Operational Clearance (IOC), entering the Indian Air Force fleet where regular air force pilots will fly it. After 28 years of development, the...
The J 10 started off as a Chinese attempt at reverse engineering a Pakistan bought US F-16. However it ended up being a modification of Israel’s Lavi multi role fighter, Lavi program was cancelled...
The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and...
by defenceupdate · Published December 13, 2015 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The Arjun MBT Mark 2 is a advanced third generation Main battle tank developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organization, for the Indian Army. The Arjun Mk2 is an improved version of the original Arjun...
INS Arihant is the lead ship of India’s Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The 6,000 tonne vessel was built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in the...
Indian Airforce / Indian Military / Weapons
by defenceupdate · Published December 11, 2015 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The Akash (sky) is a mid-range indigenous supersonic short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. It is one of the five missile projects of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) of the DRDO. The objective of...
