Defence Update
Excalibur is an assault rifle developed in India by Ordnance Factory Board Of India and designed by ARDE of DRDO which has earlier designed INSAS also and is chambered for a 5.56x45mm round. Its...
MARCOS is short for Marine Commandos. It was previously named as MCF or Marine Commando Force. It is the Special Forces wing of Indian Navy started in 1987. They are trained to perform an...
French aerospace vendor Dassault says it will offer the Rafale in a global tender floated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on April 6, inviting vendor interest for supplying 110 fighter aircraft. Dassault’s representative...
The boundary agreement between China and Pakistan, 1963 is the paragon of a very popular phrase “Politics makes strange bedfellows” . To get the answers to these questions let’s go back to year 1953 when...
Anti-Submarine Warfare is the method when we employ different assets like warships, submarines and aircraft to detect, track and localize under-water threats which can be then destroyed off or either chased off. There are...
According to information provided by DRDO in it’s Anual Report for 2017, Five Kaveri engine prototypes K5, K6, K7, K8, and K9 were tested for about 145 hours in total in 2017 during which...
Indian defence forces will soon get a lighter, faster and more lethal version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. Named BrahMos NG (Next Generation), the missile is already on the drawing board and...
The strange headgear you are referring is Patka Headgear actually. These are indigenously developed combat helmets for Indian Army Soldiers operating in Kashmir which is lighter than Indian Army standard Model 1974 Helmet but...
Russia has offered to upgrade its existing Su-30 fleet in India to make it “very close to” the fifth generation fighter, but India has asked for time to evaluate its strategy, an official from...
The PAC-3( Later PAC-3 MSE) variant of the Patriot interceptor is a significant upgrade over the PAC-2, and has significant anti-ballistic missile capabilities. The advertised interception range against ballistic missiles is around 30kms. This...