New Delhi: India is all set to commission a new aircraft carrier, the most potent platform of the navy to counter recent Chinese forays in its maritime backyard, in the first half of 2022. India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today visited the Cochin Shipyard Limited’s facility to […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its fourth anti-submarine warfare warship in six years, shoring up navy’s fighting capabilities against underwater threats, primarily from China‘s submarines that have sneaked too close to its territorial waters in the recent years. Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane commissioned INS Kavaratti, […]
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 […]
(Editor’s Note: The opinions are that of the writer’s.) By Siddhartha Sharma For over three decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spread propaganda and pumped corporate earnings, through channel stuffing, to portray China as an economic powerhouse in the region. The CCP’s mendacious propaganda has now tied […]
New Delhi: India and Australia today signed a slew of agreements and declared their intent to work together to face the post-COVID new world order in which an aggressive China may play a dominant role. The two nations also enhanced their strategic ties to a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership‘ […]
By Atul Kumar A strong navy packed with aircraft carriers, surface combatants and underwater submarines is indispensable for safeguarding the vital strategic, economic and maritime interests of a country. A strengthened maritime force, moreover, enables a significant advantage to negotiate regional disputes. After Independence, India invested substantially in […]
Bangkok: India‘s vision for the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly converging with that of the United States to ensure a rules-based order and respect for territorial integrity of nations, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said today. In his bilateral meeting with USA Secretary of Defence Dr Mark T. Esper […]
