New Delhi: India‘s army will soon be carrying out its internal communication on a modern, secure network, ensuring seamless connectivity with troopers posted at the borders with rivals China and Pakistan. The project, approved by the country’s highest decision-making body on national security matters led by Prime Minister […]
New Delhi: India today approved the procurement of 72,000 American-origin assault rifles at a cost of $100 million for arming its infantry soldiers, amidst a raging military conflict in northern border with China. This SIG SAUER‘s SIG716 7.62-mm assault rifles purchase is the second tranche of acquisition of […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Swedish Saab AB is unsure of Indian major Adani Group as its strategic partner for the world’s largest combat aircraft programme in India, two years after they joined hands to work on the project. The Swedish defence major now wants to work […]
New Delhi: India today said it has successfully test fired an anti-tank missile with laser guidance from the indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank, a technological achievement that could enable the Indian Army to induct the indigenous weapon soon. The development comes at a time India is faced with […]
New Delhi: The India-China military impasse in Ladakh will take more time than expected to settle to each others’ satisfaction after they pressed for each other to withdraw from their respective position of strength along the de facto border. But the positive after the sixth round of military […]
New Delhi: China is posing a challenge to India in Ladakh and the Indian armed forces are determined to fight back, India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today said. In a suo moto statement in Parliament of India, Rajnath Singh said the Indian armed forces have a vast […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated on Sep. 11 with additional background information throughout the report, filed originally on Sep. 10.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Already interoperable through the annual joint Malabar maritime exercise with Japan, India has expanded its strategic reach in the Indo-Pacific by signing a logistic […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a strong message to China and Pakistan, India plans to operationalise five more of the French-origin Rafale jets in a squadron in Ambala within the next two months, to boost the air force’s deep strike, strategic capabilities. The five new Rafale […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s plans to export its highly successful BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to friendly foreign countries such as Vietnam and Philippines have got a boost, with Russia, the other partner in the joint venture, for the first time saying it is readying its […]
New Delhi: India will operationalise its new acquisition, the French Rafale fighter jets, at the Ambala air base tomorrow in an induction ceremony. With this induction into the Indian Air Force, the South Asian giant is announcing to the world, particularly its adversarial neighbours China and Pakistan, that […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Gearing up for future threat from China and Pakistan, two belligerent adversaries in the neighbourhood, India seeks expression of interest from local industry to develop armament upgrade packages for 811 Russian-origin infantry combat vehicles in service with the army. The move comes […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to push India’s strategic-economic interests in the Indo-Pacific Region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched an ambitious project that will connect the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the mainland through an undersea Optic Fibre Cable (OFC). The Indian Ocean Region […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today called China‘s bluff on border peace between the two nations, saying the mutually agreed disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh was not yet complete. “There is some progress but the process of disengagement is not yet […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Bhartendu Kumar Singh India‘s national security discourse has traditionally been a consensual project. Alternative voices and perspectives from the opposition leaders and scholars […]
