Al-Shabaab Attacks US-Kenya Military Base, Claims Destroyed 7 Aircraft
Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group attacked a military base used by US and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya early Sunday, destroying US aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said. K... Read more
Challakere to be ISRO’s Astronaut Training Hub
India’s world-class facility for training astronauts will come up not in the space headquarters in Bengaluru, nor in any glitzy metropolis. It will be established in three years at Challaker... Read more
Army to Sign MoU for AK-203 Assault Rifles in a Month
The Army is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a month for the procurement of over 7.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles, which are to be manufactured locally by an India-Russia... Read more
Air Force Set to Get Two More Warning Systems
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) last month cleared a Rs 9,000 crore joint proposal of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force to purchase two... Read more
UK Nuclear Sub ‘in Position to Strike Iran Amid Tensions Over Soleimani’s Killing – Report
Earlier on Sunday, about 50 members of the UK’s Special Air Service (SAS) were sent to Iraq to help with the potential evacuation of Britons following Friday’s US drone strike which killed Q... Read more
The US crackdown on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, as well as the assassination of Iran’s most powerful battlefield commander, have brought the confrontation between Washington and Tehran... Read more
Peace Along China Border Can Lead to Eventual (Boundary) Solution: Army chief
A day after he said India reserves the right to pre-emptively strike at sources of terror in Pakistan, new Army Chief General M M Naravane expressed confidence that maintaining peace and tra... Read more
NEW DELHI : The US killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds through a drone strike on Friday has fuelled worries of tensions spiraling out of control. India sees the regio... Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s tactical and strategic defence capabilities are poised to get a boost with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) establishing five laboratories, each... Read more
In one of his first decisions, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat has issued directions to prepare a roadmap by June 30 to create an Air Defence Command to enhance security of India... Read more