India as the second-largest single market is among top buyers of Israel’s 40 percent of annual weapon exports to Asia, while the Jewish state is considered among the top 10 military exporter... Read more
China is determined to block American that might obstruct the Chinese navigation of trade vessels to Middle East and Central Asia in the South China Sea (SCS). The South China Sea is an open... Read more
Scams were rampant during the 10-year United Progressive Alliance government. The latest one in the news is the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter scam. I will not go into the well-publicised de... Read more
Defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Boeing compete with Bell Helicopters to come up with the next-generation replacement to the US Army’s helicopter fleet. Read More… Read more
Future Armored vehicles will be able to deflect incoming threats by moving their armor plates up, down or sideways, be light, agile and have greater situational awareness than the steel behe... Read more
The face of the Indian defence sector is changing rapidly with a strong focus on indigenisation. The man leading that change is Manohar Parrikar, India’s defence minister. Parrikar has... Read more
So , finally after a long time , the Tejas are ultimately being inducted into the Air Force with a sizeable order of 100+ jets on the Mk1 airframe [ 20 Mk1 + 80 Mk1A (may vary)] . Let’s take... Read more
By far the largest importer of arms in the world, India is poised to spend an estimated $310 billion by 2022 on upgrading its arsenal. Vying for these sweepstakes are global arms vendors and... Read more
South of the Pamirs, there is a knot of mountains formed by the Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Kuen Lun ranges. Emanating from the mighty Karakoram range, which forms the northern crown of India... Read more
US-India defence ties have taken another small step towards consolidation with the visit of US secretary of defence Ashton Carter to India this week. The two countries finally managed to agr... Read more