Tag: Missiles

India Clears ₹1 Lakh Crore Defence Deals for Indigenous Systems to Boost Combat Readiness

By defence.capital on July 3, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

In response to strategic shifts post-Operation Sindoor, India’s Defence Acquisition Council approved over INR 1 lakh crore in procurements for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Key initiatives include the induction of Surface-to-Air Missiles, Electronic Warfare Systems, Armoured Recovery Vehicles, and undersea warfare enhancements such as Mine Counter Measure Vessels, aiming to strengthen national defence capabilities.

Operation Sindoor: India PM Modi refers to Buddha and Shakti (Power) to warn Pakistan on terror

By defence.capital on May 12, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

India signs deal to arm Pinaka rockets with key munitions to boost army fire power

By defence.capital on February 6, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed contracts with its state-run companies and a private sector firm to boost the firepower of its army’s Pinaka air defence rockets. An MoD statement on Feb. 6, 2025, said the deal, worth Rs 10,147 crore (~US$1.2 billion), will […]

Russia to arm India Navy submarine fleet with anti-ship Kalibr cruise missiles

By defence.capital on February 6, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Armchair military enthusiasts can only cause a nuclear cacophony

By defence.capital on August 24, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

India joins ‘Super Elite Club’ with warship-launched ballistic missile interceptor capable of thwarting China, Pakistan nuke threats

By defence.capital on April 22, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times New Delhi: India entered an elite club of nations that possess the capability to fire a Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor from a naval platform when it successfully carried out the maiden test of the weapon system yesterday. The announcement of the […]

India Navy buys dual-role BrahMos missiles for $210 million

By defence.capital on September 22, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

By A Correspondent New Delhi: India today decided to buy dual-role BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles for the navy, providing an impetus to the indigenous defence manufacturing mission set by the government. The deal was signed between the Ministry of Defence and BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) here for […]

India plays catch up with China on S-400, thanks to Russia. Next critical US move awaited

By defence.capital on November 15, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s missile muscle got a boost with its all-weather friend Russia helping the nuclear-armed South Asian giant to catch up in air defence capabilities with its arch rival China. India and China are currently in a military faceoff in the Ladakh region […]

India opens new defence manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh industrial corridor

By defence.capital on November 13, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India‘s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today operationalised a private sector defence manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) in Lucknow. The facility, run by Aerolloy Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PTC Industries Limited, will manufacture parts for aircraft engines, helicopter engines, […]

India said to ease ban on Italian firm Leonardo, but with strict riders

By defence.capital on November 7, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India has removed restrictions to do defence business on Italian arms major Leonardo S. p. A., but with riders including the company not making any financial claims over past deals. India had barred Leonardo in its earlier avatar as Finmeccanica in early 2014, even before Narendra […]

Hypersonic challenge: India should look at BrahMos missile for collaboration model

By defence.capital on October 6, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

(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 Lt Gen Prakash Katoch. The United States identifies Russia as its top adversary. On Jul. 19, 2021, the Russian frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’, sailing […]

Godrej Aerospace delivers 200 sets of BrahMos airframe assemblies

By defence.capital on September 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, announced today that its business Godrej Aerospace handed over the 200th set of the stealth universal supersonic cruise missile airframe assemblies to BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) for use in its missile systems. “The delivery will […]

India successfully tests new variant Akash Prime missile

By defence.capital on September 27, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India today said it has successfully tested a new variant of the indigenous air defence missile, Akash Prime, which uses a locally-made Radio Frequency (RF) Seeker to intercept enemy missiles, drones and aircraft. “A new version of the Akash missile — ‘Akash Prime’ — has been […]

Godrej & Boyce partners with DRDO to manufacture Oxygen generators

By defence.capital on September 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Mumbai: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, today announced that one of its businesses, Godrej Precision Engineering, has received an order from the state-run Defence Bio-engineering and Electromechanical Laboratory, (DEBEL) to manufacture oxygen generators to support India’s oxygen buffer plan. DEBEL is a Bengaluru-based […]

India gets delivery of medium range air defence system, boosts capability to counter enemy aerial threats

By defence.capital on September 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Jaisalmer (Rajasthan): In a significant boost to India’s defence capabilities, the first deliverable firing unit of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) System was handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) in the presence of Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh at Air Force Station here today. The […]

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