Russian Support for India Vis a Vis China is Rooted in history of Khrushchev and Mao
Russia’s position vis-a-vis Chinas belligerence in Eurasia particularly along in the Himalayan frontiers adjoining India dates back to 1950s when then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev h... Read more
India Accelerates AMCA Fighter Development
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is working feverishly with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the Aeronautical Development Agency to develop the indigenous Advanced Multirole Combat Aircraft... Read more
When China Met Iran
Leaked news this month that China and Iran had come to the verge of signing a 25-year trade and military partnership agreement struck like a geopolitical storm in Washington — a rising rival... Read more
South China Sea: Chinese Air Force ‘Sends Warning’ to US Navy With Live-Fire Drills
China’s air force held live-fire drills and sent more fighter jets to its base on disputed Woody Island in the South China Sea last week, as the US Navy steps up drills and freedom of naviga... Read more
Be Ready for any Eventuality, IAF Told
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today alluded to the ongoing efforts for military de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and asked the Indian Air Force (IAF) “to stand ready to... Read more
China is sending military planes near Taiwan with increasing frequency in what appears to be a stepping up of its threat to use force to take control of the island, Taiwan’s foreign mi... Read more
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo once again blasted at Beijing on Tuesday (local time) and urged nations to push back against the Asian giant, disgruntled on the fact that rather than helping... Read more
China’s Quest to Grab Land Undercut 3 Decades of Efforts to Build Mutual Trust: C Raja Mohan
China’s misadventure in eastern Ladakh has created conditions for a “fundamental reset” of India’s ties with that country as its “unacceptable assertion”... Read more
United States Needs to Learn to Work in Multipolar World: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday (July 22, 2020) suggested that the United States needs to learn to work with a more multipolar world with more plurilateral arrangements a... Read more
IAF Indicates It does not Want US Made NASAMS-II Missile System, Prefers Made In India BMD Set Up
The Indian Air Force has, according to LiveFist, indicated to the government that it would rather spend its budgets on the locally developed ballistic missile defense system (BMD) than buyin... Read more