China on their Radar, India, Japan, US, Australia to hold Quad Meet on Oct 6
Foreign ministers of the Quad, the informal security forum comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia, are expected to hold a much-awaited meeting in Tokyo on October 6 with the objective... Read more
Mythical Dragon,Real Dragon,Real China (All Parts) By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Part -1 MYTHS, REALITY AND CHOKERS Myths and Reality Xi’s Call. China is real. The dragon is mythical. However, we will stick to the real China in this analysis. In May, Xi Jinping called... Read more
China’s military might, aggressive policies spur talks of creating ‘Asian NATO’
China’s growing military prowess and increasingly aggressive foreign policy have revived talk among U.S. and European officials of creating an “Asian NATO” of regional powers to contain comm... Read more
Attempt to smuggle arms into India: BSF seizes 28 rifles, 7894 ammunition meant for northeast insurgent groups
AIZAWL: In one of the biggest seizures of arms and ammunition in northeast in recent years, the Border Security Forces (BSF) arrested three arms smugglers in West Phaileng, Mizoram. The forc... Read more
Taiwan says 46 incidents involving Chinese planes in last 9 days
China has threatened or entered into Taiwan’s airspace 46 times in the past nine days, the island’s defence ministry said, as Beijing ratchets up pressure on the island it considers part of... Read more
As tension brews, China holds simultaneous drills in 4 seas
Beijing, September 28 China began five military exercises simultaneously along different parts of its coast on Monday, the second time in two months it will have such concurrent drills again... Read more
New DAP To Boost Domestic Defence Industry and Make in India
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a new Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) on 28 September that endeavours through its initiatives to turn India into a global manufacturing hub of mil... Read more
Researchers at the University of Southampton are investigating how to coordinate swarms of up to 100 autonomous vehicles that can work with a limited number of human operators. Electronics a... Read more
Amid an ongoing border standoff with China, The Hindu had reported that India has served Chinese soldiers a clear message that “pushing back Indian soldiers physically” will not... Read more
‘Rohtang tunnel will bring T-90 tanks, Army infantry combat vehicles closer to LAC’
Manali (Himachal Pradesh): One of the world’s most challenging and a marvel of engineering motorways — the Rohtang Pass highway tunnel — in the Himalayas is strategic as it... Read more