Ministry of Defence (MoD)

India – Thailand to Discuss Defence Cooperation, Explore New Initiatives During 8th Defence Dialogue in Bangkok

New Delhi: At the invitation of Government of Thailand, Special Secretary, Ministry of Defence Nivedita Shukla Verma will pay an official two-day visit to Bangkok from April 20. During the visit, the Special Secretary...

Defence Diplomacy Must Find Its Rightful Place in India’s Global Trajectory

  The 21st Century poses multiple, complex, and dynamic global security challenges that nation-states face today. The world is seeing a transition to a multi-alignment world order shaped by intensified competition for resources and markets...

Chasing a Daunting Target

  India has emerged yet again as the largest importer of arms, concurrently sliding back in exports. It exposes the vacuity of the official hype over rising levels of local manufacturing and the spurt in...

Ex-Servicemen’s Leadership: A Paragon For Governance and Development

“We will form an army of poor, where every poor will be a soldier and we will win the war against poverty on behalf of their strength” —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India The term...

GRSE Launches the ‘Most Silent’ Ship – INS Androth, Second in a Series of Eight ASW SWCs

Kolkata: Highlighting the strategic importance of the chain of 36 islands in the Arabian Sea that are part of Indian territory, INS Androth felt water under her keel for the first time on March...

India’s Dependence on Russia Must End

The Ukraine-Russia war may well be a watershed in international relations signalling the emergence of new paradigms and alignments in the world. Putin’s cold-blooded pursuit of aggression as a means of achieving political ends...

Indian Army to Procure Protected High-Mobility Vehicles for Difficult Terrains

New Delhi: Within a week, the Ministry of Defence has sent out two request for information (RfI) – one for procuring small size surveillance drones to be deployed in the Himalayas and the second...

Indian Navy to Launch Two Frontline Warships – Surat and Udaygiri Next Week

  New Delhi: Indian Navy will launch two frontline warships – Surat and Udaygiri in a landmark event in the history of indigenous warship building at Mazgaon Docks Limited, Mumbai on May 17, 2022. Defence...

Extended-range BRAHMOS Missile Successfully Test Fired from Su-30 Fighter

NEW DELHI: In a first, Indian Air Force tested the extended range variant of BRAHMOS missile on May 12.  The Indian Air Force (IAF) in a statement said that the capability, coupled with the...

Positive Indigenisation Lists: Does Formal Ban on Imports Help?

  With the notification of the third ‘positive indigenisation list’ of 101 items on April 07, 2022, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) has so far banned import of 310 defence items in the last...

Rifles and Air Defence Guns to be Made in India

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry’s decision to not go ahead with more Sig Sauer rifles adds to the list of weapons and equipment that will now be made in India and not imported. The...

Indian Navy to Acquire Spy Satellite GISAT-2 to Boost Capability in IOR

Bengaluru: In a move to boost modernization and  network-centric warfare and communications programme, the Indian Navy is looking to acquire a dedicated earth imaging satellite — Geo Imaging Satellite-2 (GISAT-2) — this fiscal. Once...

Indian Navy to Test Boeing’s Super Hornet Fighters

New Delhi: Boeing’s Super Hornet fighter aircraft which completed ski-jump tests successfully in 2020  and there have been extensive simulated studies will be tested by the Indian Navy when the aircraft reaches India to...
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