Agni 5 Tested: What Next?
On 18 January, 2018, the long-range Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile, Agni-5, was successfully flight tested to its full range from Dr Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. This was the fifth test of the Missile and the...
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Agni-V Missile Test : Chinese missile expert says China must increase presence in Indian Ocean
China should enhance its maritime presence in the Indian Ocean to counter the missile tests by India, claimed a report in a Chinese newspaper. The increased concern shown by China comes after India successfully...
F-35 Lightning II:- Why IAF Should Not Go For It .
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is considering the possibility of an order for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, according to sources in the Ministry of Defence. With deliberations at an early stage,...
Laser Weaponization and India’s Efforts: A Moderate Overview
It’s been more than 30 years now from when India truly started perusing its DEW dreams especially in Laser technology. It was Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC), the key institution on whose shoulder...
DRDO SFDR Missiile:- India’s Next Gen Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Air to Air Missile
In a major breakthrough in missile technology, India on Wednesday successfully carried out the first test of a new surface-to-air missile with nozzle less booster making its mark as a military superpower in...
Why Para SF is Deadly and How They can Become More Lethal
Legend has it that a peculiar case of a maverick British army officer was brought to the notice of Field Marshall Montgomery, during the Second World War. Monty, as he was known, saw the...
Why India can’t afford to ignore its air force in 2018
Defence contracts inevitably involve long-drawn-out processes and no government can really be judged by what has been achieved in a couple of years. However, the process of defence modernisation was given a huge boost...
Story of how SEPECAT Jaguar made its way into Indian Air Force
The IAF watched the early development of the Jaguar with keen interest but with no real inclination to acquire it. The keenness was to see how its own HF-24 would do the job so...
India 2018:- India Plans To Deploy Advanced Ballistic Missile Shield
After the recent successful trial of the homegrown interceptor missile at high altitude, India is now planning to deploy by late 2018 the anti-ballistic missile system to protect its metros from hostile aerial attacks....
Barak 8 :: Indo-Israel Developed Air Defense System? Able to Intercept Brahmos?
Barak 8 also known as LR-SAM or as MR-SAM is an Indian-Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM), designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as...
