China Hikes Defence Budget To USD 209 Billion, Over Three Times That Of India
China on Friday hiked its defence budget for the first time to more than USD 200 billion, over three times higher than that of India, maintaining a single-digit growth for the sixth consecut... Read more
India has proposed the inclusion of the key Chabahar port in the mega International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) that connects Mumbai with Moscow. Speaking at “Chabahar day... Read more
Accidents Are Complex Phenomena: OFB On Two Recent Mishaps Involving Its 105mm Field Guns
Accidents are a complex phenomena that are attributable to a number of causes, including design, storage, maintenance and shelf-life of arms and ammunition, the Ordnance Factory Board said o... Read more
RedEcho Cyber Attack: Ports In TN, Mumbai, Scores Of Power Assets In India Came Under Attack
10 power assets came under the RedEcho cyber attack, the Recorded Future said. Further, the report also said that the ports in Mumbai and Tamil Nadu too came under attack by the actor group,... Read more
Modi, Swedish PM Discuss Defence Collaboration; India Says Aware of Gripen-Maker Saab’s Pitch
Amid interests shown by Swedish company Saab to manufacture its Gripen fighter aircraft in India, prime ministers of the two countries on Friday noted defence is an important area of a long-... Read more
Analysis: China Firms Up Plan For 2035 Road And Railway To Taiwan
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He is the 2014 recipie... Read more
US To Build Anti-China Missile Network Along First Island Chain
The U.S. will bolster its conventional deterrence against China, establishing a network of precision-strike missiles along the so-called first island chain as part of $27.4 billion in spendi... Read more
BrahMos Missiles’ Supply: India Signs Key Pact With Philippines For Sale Of ‘Defence Equipment’
India on Tuesday signed a key pact with the Philippines for the sale of “defence material and equipment”, which are likely to include BrahMos cruise missiles. Philippine Defence... Read more
IAF Chief Attends SLAF’s Anniversary Celebrations During Two-Day Visit To Sri Lanka
Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria arrived in Colombo on a two-day visit on Wednesday and attended the inaugural ceremony of an air show celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Sri Lankan Air... Read more
China Will Continue to assert itself, seeks to dominate Indian Ocean Region, says CDS Rawat
Warning that a “belligerent” China will continue to assert itself seeking to establish dominance in states surrounding India and in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), Chief of Defence Staff Gene... Read more