Opinion

  INTRODUCTION India created history when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3) PSLV on October 23, 2022, carrying 36 satellites and launching them into space successfully. This...

  "Gujarat has the potential to develop as a major defence manufacturing hub in the days to come,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while inaugurating the 12th DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar. Gujarat has the right ingredients to...

  The 12th DefExpo at Gandhinagar, Gujarat finally came to an end on October 20, 2022, with 451 Memorandum of Understanding, Transfer of Technology agreements and product launches being signed. These included 345 MoUs, 42 Major...

  The DefExpo 2022 (October 18-22) held in Gandhinagar (Gujarat), with the theme ‘Path to Pride’, boosted India’s ‘Make in India, Make for the World’ initiative with more than 300 partnerships,  memorandums of understanding (MoUs),...

  While India celebrated its annual festivals associated with Diwali, China concluded its twice-a-decade, seven-day festival, known as the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on Sunday, October 23, in Beijing. The CCP...

  "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”, said Napoleon Bonaparte, the French political and military leader. The Russo-Ukraine war is in its eighth month. When the invasion of Ukraine was launched...

  There is a saying – better late than never. This seems to be perfectly crafted for the Indian defence and aerospace sector. In 1990 the Kalam Committees on Self Reliance Self Reliance Review Committee...

  Paradoxically India which once released pigeons, is now releasing cheetahs. Literally so, India’s defence exports have skyrocketed nearly 800 % in the last six years. There was a time when India exported defence equipment...

An army – anywhere in the world -- needs three things -- firepower, mobility, and a human will to fight and win against all odds. A professional, trained and motivated soldier can fight any...

  Every year the 28th of September is celebrated as Gunners Day.  Almost 200 years back on September 28, 1827 the foundation of the 8th Company of the Golandaz Battalion, also called Bombay Foot Artillery...

  With the nation continuing to face the possibility of a two-front war - Western and Northern - with no let-up in the tension along these two fronts, it does become imperative to strengthen the...

  Speculation have been rife in the media, particularly social media, as to whether Xi Jinping the Chinese President has been placed under house arrest by the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA).  Rumors of a coup...

  For the past 75 years the Indian Air Force has displayed complete disinterest in acquiring a strategic arm, remaining content with operating at the theatre level within the geographical confines of the subcontinent. Despite...