Defence Update
Su 57 “Frazor” is a complex platform to invest. India already withdrawn from the FGFA joint-development program in 2018 due to many reasons. The FGFA that was planned to be co-developed by HAL and...
Soon after the Pulwama terror attack, India pulled out its Navy from an exercise and deployed a major part of its fleet, including nuclear and conventional submarines, close to Pakistani territorial waters.During the aggressive...
A Navy warship being built at Mumbai’s Mazagon dock caught fire Friday —the same day when the remains of 13 Indian Air Force personnel killed in the AN-32 crash were being transported for the...
After recent Aerial clash with Pakistan, there is a mad rush to procure next-generation air to air missiles from various countries to arm them on front line fighter jets like Su-30MKI, Mig-29 and Mirage-2000...
Narendra Modi’s rise as the dominant force in Indian politics cannot obscure the daunting foreign policy challenges he faces, including on transnational water issues. For example, communist-ruled Nepal’s tilt towards China is apparent not...
At present, there are five permanent members of the Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the US — which all have veto powers to cast aside any resolution which could...
After a long struggle it appears that India’s Hypersonic Missile programme is taking some shape. On 12 Jun 2019, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) launched a Hypersonic Technology Development Vehicle (HSTDV). There...
More than 50 years ago, the then Soviet Union gave the latest MiG-21 fighter to a beleaguered Indian Air Force. Two decades later, in the early 1980s, the United States gave a “state-of-the-art” latest...
The Indian Navy (IN) has postponed by several months the commissioning of the second of six Kalvari (Scorpène)-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs) following the discovery of what appear to be manufacturing defects. A senior...
The Indian soldier’s wait for a modern Infantry Combat Vehicle that will carry him into battle protected from enemy fire, continues without an end in sight. A `60,000 crore project, one of the largest...