INS Tamal, India’s last foreign-built stealth frigate commissioned in Russia, enhances naval capabilities against potential threats from China and Pakistan. Featuring 26% indigenous systems like BrahMos missiles, it signifies Indo-Russian collaboration. Joining India’s Western Fleet, it embodies a move towards self-reliance in naval defense and advanced maritime operations.
By N. C. Bipindra In the wake of India’s Operation Sindoor against terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in May 2025, what stood out was the indigenous military systems that defended civilians and military infrastructures against Pakistani missiles, drones, and artillery fire. The effectiveness of Indian military […]
By John Spencer India’s transformation into a modern defence power began in 2014, when Prime Minister Modi launched the “Make in India” initiative. The goal was clear: reduce dependence on foreign arms imports and build a world-class domestic defence industry. The policy incentivised joint ventures, opened the defence […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, 2025, warned Pakistan of a nuclear catastrophe, referencing the 1974 and 1998 Indian nuclear weapons tests, albeit in a veiled threat, by talking of Gautama Buddha‘s birth anniversary today and Shakti (Power) in the same […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India, on May 10, 2025, accepted Pakistan‘s request for a ceasefire under Operation Sindoor following a United States backchannel diplomacy to stop military operations of the last four days. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in a statement, said the Director General of […]
By N. C. Bipindra (ADDS: Media briefing by India at 10:30 a.m. on May 7, 2025, and additional background.) New Delhi: India punishes Pakistan again. This time, India’s army and air force carried out coordinated precision strikes on nine terror camp locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, targeting […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has signed an INR 64,000-crore (~US$7.5 billion) government-to-government contract with France to buy 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets for the Indian Navy aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya. Under the deal, French plane-maker Dassault Aviation shall build a fuselage production […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Mar. 28, 2025, signed two contracts with state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the supply of 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), also called Prachand, along with training and other associated equipment worth INR 62,700 crore (US$7.3 […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): The United Kingdom on Feb. 10, 2025, announced that it has signed a Statement of Intent with India to design and develop an Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) system for the Indian next-generation Landing Platform Dock (LPD) fleet. In a statement during AeroIndia […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence on Feb. 8, 2025, signed a contract with state-run Bharat Electronics Limited to buy 28 target detection systems for its naval ships. The EON-51 systems for 11 New Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels and three Cadet Training Ships are worth […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India has signed a contract with Russia to buy Kalibr-PL anti-ship cruise missiles to provide firepower to its Kilo-class submarine fleet. The contract was signed in the presence of India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Ministry of Defence announced on the X […]
By A Correspondent Kochi (Kerala): India’s state-run Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on Jan. 20, 2025, laid the keel for the Indian Navy‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC). This is the seventh vessel under an eight-vessel contract awarded to CSL by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on […]
By A Correspondent Kolkata (January 29, 2025):Â India’s state-run defence shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad-based Indian private defence firm Apollo Micro Systems Limited (AMS) to establish a strategic collaboration for the joint development and supply of advanced […]
By N. C. Bipindra As a rookie in journalism three decades ago, the first lesson given to us by our seniors and editors was that ‘Dog bites man is not news, but man bites dog is, and that is a goldmine.’ Many of us, who have transitioned from […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: In the regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY) 2024-25 presented by India’s Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx. US$75 billion), the highest allocation among Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
