Apache Firepower for IAF ahead of Independence Day
New Delhi. Indian Air Force will induct the first four AH-64E (I) Apache helicopters ahead of Independence day next month with the US based aerospace giant Boeing having delivered four […]
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Navy Places Order for Satellite to ISRO worth Rs 1,589 crore
New Delhi. In a move to boost communications between its warships, aircraft and shore-based units, the Indian Navy has placed an order worth Rs 1,589 crore with the Indian Space […]
India Russia Closer to Inking Defence Logistics Pact
New Delhi.In what could boost Indo-Russian defence ties and strengthen strategic partnership giving this country a unique place for India in the comity of nations, India is close to inking […]
Turkey Gets First Russian S-400 Missiles: New Twist to NATO
Istanbul: In what could lead to a NATO ally of US breaking off from the military grouping, Turkey received the first batch of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system Friday despite […]
S-400 Missile System Delivery from Russia by April 2023
New Delhi: The deliveries of S-400 system from Russia will be made by April 2023, Parliament was told on July 17 by junior Defence Minister Shripad Naik. “A contract had […]
Indian Armed Forces or Oliver Twists of India?
May I Have Some More? That was Oliver Twist’s classic question for which he got caned at the orphanage for asking for some extra gruel. 1.5 % of the GDP allocated […]
Sikorsky Formally Responds To Call For Competition For Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter
BERLIN. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, formally responded to the German Air Force “Schwerer Transporthubschrauber” (STH) Program call for competition. Sikorsky expects to offer the most modern heavy lift helicopter […]
ASAT Operationalisation A Simplistic View By Lt Gen P R Shankar
This article may kindly be read with my earlier articles at links indicated below for a better understanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-quick-supplement-for-understanding html://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-simplistic-understanding-of-low-earth.html Long back I had a course-mate to whom I was […]
India Needs to Modernise its Military in the Decade-long Window
INDIA’s national interests are essentially enshrined in our constitution. Those which the Indian Armed Forces safeguard are: 1) Protection of land borders, coastline, island territories and sea lanes from external […]
A Rebuttal to Spice Miss Theories at Balakot
The articles ‘New High Res Satellite Imagery Suggests Balakot Airstrike a ‘Precise Miss’’[1]and ‘Were India’s airstrikes in Pakistan a strategy for public approval’? by a set of researchers from […]
Strategic restraint Vs Surgical Strikes – A Pakistani viewpoint
Debate is raging in the political, military, diplomatic and journalistic circles regarding the Surgical Strike strategy of the current government vs the Strategic Restraint exhibited by previous governments. These strategies […]
