The Indian Army is acutely short of bread and butter weapons- Rifles and Carbines. Accordingly, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently Read more
The Medium Term Expenditure Framework Statement, laid before the Parliament by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley last August, envisages a 10.41 per cent increase in the overall defence outlay (excluding pensions) for the next fiscal (2018-19) over the Budget Estimates (BE) of the current fiscal (2017-18). Read more
The need is to build confidence across the board and invest in and safeguard our core interests. It calls for discreet negotiations especially with Israel on sharing of strategic intelligence and co-operation on counter terrorism including cyber and nuclear terrorism. India also needs to cement its defence co-operation with Israel as it is the only country that can help us to make up our inventory, expeditiously. Read more
Despite the slow progress of the Russian Helicopters Ka-226T India-Russia deal, it is set to be signed at last in the first quarter of this year. Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE There was much hope in the strategic and defence communities when the current dispensation in Delhi moved at a fast pace on aspects concerning modernization of the armed... Read more
Nestled in a hostile neighbourhood, India has to maintain a credible and potent defence force for which it has developed a series of tactical, medium and long-range missiles to deal with the... Read more
This summer, Indian and Chinese troops were mired in a long-standing face off at Doklam – a once obscure patch of disputed territory between China and Bhutan. In late August, both New Delhi... Read more
Editor’s Note The issue of inducting adequate tanks in certain sectors in high altitude areas to counter the Chinese threat has been debated for long. A few such areas already have tanks ava... Read more
Editor’s Note The inexplicably vexed issue of our serious dependence on imported armaments right from a soldier’s veritable limb—his rifle–to tanks and fighter aircraft, has been alway... Read more