Defence News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa at Red Fort in Delhi.

Cabinet committee on Security gives green signal to creation of Chief of Defence Staff

India was the only large democracy which did not have a CDS. All the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has a single-point military advisor.

Dec 24, 2019

Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM)

Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile successfully flight-tested off Odisha coast

The missile was flight-tested with the full configuration in deployment mode intercepting the target mid-air, meeting the mission objectives.

Dec 23, 2019

North Korea threat looms as China, Japan, South Korea leaders meet

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping separately on Monday.

Dec 22, 2019

Indian Army to get first squadron of attack helicopters with six Apache AH-64E

The Indian Army is working on a 10-year modernization plan for its Aviation Corps to induct around 350 helicopters.

Dec 22, 2019

Rajnath Singh flies IAF Light Combat Aircraft Tejas

Lengthy negotiations bear fruit: Cost of Tejas LCA comes down by Rs 10,000 crore

Negotiations were halted in the past due to exorbitant price quoted by the HAL, which the IAF had argued was more than the price of a Su-30MKI.

Dec 18, 2019

More than Rs 1000 crore to go down the drain; Why is Defence Ministry shutting OTA Gaya?

Established in 2011, OTA Gaya is training 250 cadets presently against its sanctioned strength of 750.

Dec 15, 2019

Anti-CAB protests: Northeast boils as Citizenship Bill gets President's nod, turns Act

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and by the Lok Sabha in midnight sitting little past on Monday.

Dec 13, 2019

Meet India's new weapon for counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir: SiG 716 G2

In order to increase the lethality of its Army, India signed a contract of acquiring 72,400 new assault rifles at a cost of Rs 700 crore with the United States.

Dec 11, 2019

Trump says Kim Jong Un risks losing 'everything' after North Korea claims major test

North Korea's state media KCNA reported earlier on Sunday that it had carried out a "very important" test at its Sohae satellite launch site.

Dec 9, 2019

Will indigenously designed Arjun Mk-1A be a game-changer in armoured warfare?

The tank has been designed by the scientists of Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), a state-owned DRDO laboratory.

Dec 8, 2019

North Korea carries out 'very important' test at once-dismantled launch site: Report

The reported test comes as a year-end deadline North Korea has imposed nears, warning it could take a "new path" amid stalled denuclearisation talks with the US.

Dec 8, 2019

As US military completes pullback from Syria, Pentagon denies sending troops to Mideast

US President Donald Trump had earlier contradicted the US military's statement by stating that the troops deployed in the regions are "only kept for oil."

Dec 5, 2019

Does India need a third aircraft carrier amid China's breakneck naval expansion?

India has begun basin trial of its second aircraft carrier after firing up the engine at the Cochin Shipyard even as the navy pushes for a third one; China tightens 'String of Pearls' around the Indian Ocean Rim and begins building the fourth 'flat-top'

Dec 4, 2019

Here's why India celebrates Navy Day on 4th December

Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Karambir Singh & vice Chiefs of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force paid homage at the National War Memorial in Delhi on the occasion of Navy Day.

Dec 4, 2019

Indian intelligence warned of possible attacks

Infiltration attempts in J&K on rise post Article 370, terror incidents decline: Home Ministry

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said in Lok Sabha that there have been 88 incidents of terrorist violence after the abrogation of Article 370.

Dec 3, 2019

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