Indian Army

Preamble This article has been motivated by “Imbalance of Power. India’s Military Choices in an Era of Strategic Competition with China” (https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/imbalance-of-power) and “Do Generals Matter” (https://warontherocks.com/2019/06/do-generals-matter/) and War is Changing. Are We? (https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/10/war-is-changing-are-we-by-lt-gen-p-r.html) amongst...

  New Delhi: Budgetary constraints and speeding up of deliveries appear to have made the Indian Army plan to buy just 1,800 state-of-the-art sniper rifles and 2.7 million rounds of ammunition -- less than a...

  New Delhi: Concerned over the increased hacking of accounts on social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, Indian Army wants its officers holding critical posts to deactivate their Facebook accounts and not to use...

Leh. Undeterred by the extreme cold conditions and a treacherous terrain, men and machines of the Border Roads Organisation's (BRO) on "Project Himank" are working hard to construct an "all-weather road" to connect forward...

  Bengaluru. Outdoor gear and trek-travel apparel firm Wildcraft India, based here having investors like Sequoia Capital and Flipkart Group has bagged an order from the defence ministry to make rucksacks for the Indian Army. The...

  New Delhi: There are indications that Russia may raise the discussions on Self Propelled Air Defence Gun Missile System (SPAD-GMS) project for India during the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Moscow next...

  Taking note of the persistent underfunding of defence, the union cabinet decided to tread a new path in a bid to resolve the problem. In July this year, it asked the Fifteenth Finance Commission...

New Delhi. The Army Aviation Corps celebrated its 34th Raising Day on November 1. To mark this occasion, a Wreath Laying Ceremony was held at National War Memorial, India Gate, New Delhi. Wreaths were...

New Delhi: A fortnight long bilateral exercise by Indian and French armies with focus on counter-terror operations will be held in Rajasthan from October 31 an Indian Army spokesperson said. The drill christened 'Exercise Shakti',...

  New Delhi. With the situation along the Indo-Pakistan border continuing to remain tense and Pakistan refusing permission to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft overfly that country enroute to Saudi Arabia, Army Chief General Bipin...

  New Delhi. In a move to provide better equipment to the Indian Army, exercise is on to get the infantry one of the world's best rifles, manufactured by firearm major Sig Sauer, by the...

  New Delhi. In a move aimed at boosting defence exports and enhance ease of doing business, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved issuance of two Open General Export Licenses (OGELs) for export of certain parts...

  New Delhi. In a major strike against terrorist launch pads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), Indian Army destroyed three such pads and caused significant damage to a fourth one, said Army Chief General Bipin...