Defence Update
Time and again International defence experts, especially the Chinese, have claimed that India has been understating the range of its intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-5. India initially did not divulge the exact range that the...
CNS Shandong China launched its first indigenously built aircraft carrier, the Type 001A. The carrier will be the second overall to join the People’s Liberation Army-Navy, following the Liaoning, a refurbished Soviet Kuznetsov-class carrier that was...
The news of China’s new Aircraft Carrier, which is likely to be named the “Shandong” created a buzz in the Indian media. The smell of propaganda can be felt from miles away in this...
There’s a reason why rocket scientist Sivathanu Pillai likes to describe the BrahMos cruise missile as the “Brahmastra for the Indian armed forces.” Although the supersonic BrahMos is not quite in the same league...
India and Russia agreed on a landmark deal on 15/10/16 that will see the Russians supply the Indian armed forces with five S400 Strategic Surface to Air missile units. This deal will be the...
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi’s visit to the US to meet President Donald J Trump is now on the front burner, with an emphasis on ‘deliverables’. If Delhi is keen on easing the H1B visa...
Defence / Indian Airforce / News
by defenceupdate · Published March 26, 2017 · Last modified May 4, 2019
In what would break new ground, India has started work on developing an unmanned combat version of the home-grown light combat aircraft (LCA), with a task group being constituted to study how to convert...
THE sustainability and durability of sovereign defence necessitates perpetual contemplation of the making of modern strategy, invntion of the new weapons, and investment in the defence industry. Pakistan’s mastery in the multiple independently targetable...
When India first tested its three stage Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Agni V on April 20, 2012, China’s reaction was remarkably restrained. “China and India are both emerging powers. We are not rivals, but cooperative...
BHUBANESWAR: The surface-to-surface nuke capable Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Agni-IV test fired off Odisha coast on Monday is the most advanced ballistic missile in its class that India has developed so far. Here...