Defence Update
In the 1990s China decided to use Rare Earth Elements (REE) as the engine of its growth in the 21st century. In his January 1992 tour to Inner Mongolia province Deng Xiaoping famously said...
MBT Arjun – The tank that could have been the mainstay of Indian armoured corps is starving for the orders today. This multi-laboratory programme of DRDO with CVRDE as the lead Laboratory has been...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS The new official map describes J&K as Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & KashmirThe map will henceforth be used in curriculum across Pakistan, confirmed Imran Khan New Delhi: In yet another provocation towards...
The Chinese air force apparently has deployed bombers to an air base in the country’s far west, placing the warplanes within striking distance of Indian forces along the disputed Chinese-Indian border in the Himalayas....
Seeking to provide highly mobile armoured protection vehicles to its soldiers in high altitude terrains like Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army is looking to choose from three different vehicles including the indigenous Tata Wheeled...
India recently signed a contract with Russia to buy 21 Mig-29 fighter jets after the deadly border conflict with China. Many experts questioned the need for acquiring ‘outdated’ Russian Mig-29s instead of potent Rafales...
With India adding Rafale jets in its military arsenal and lethal S-400 missile defence system on its way, former Indian Air Force Chief stated that the purpose of the both of them is to...
As the Himalayan stand-off between India and China in eastern Ladakh entered its fourth month, the Indian armed forces remained on high alert. On July 28, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing seemed...
In early 2017 a new weapons manufacturer, PLR (Punj Lloyd Raksha), was created in India. A unique feature of PLR was that it was a joint venture with an Israeli firm that had long...
The Rafale aircraft will give India a strategic advantage in case of any aerial combat with China in the mountainous Tibet region as the fleet will be able to use the terrain to its...