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A Russian-built aircraft carrier due to be delivered to the Indian Navy following a much-delayed refit has successfully passed engine tests during the first stage of final sea trials in the White Sea, shipbuilder Sevmash said Tuesday. The current trials focused on the ship’s propulsion system...

Uncertainty stares in the face of India’s sequel to Chandrayaan, the moon mission. With the Isro focussing all its energy and resources on the Mars mission, the second edition of Chandrayaan is likely to be delayed by more than two years. This, sources told TOI, would damage the country’s...

Two news reports in Business Standard, on Monday and Tuesday, have elicited a “clarification” from the Indian Air Force (IAF). The two articles (July 29, Indian Air Force at war with Hindustan Aeronautics; wants to import, not build, a trainer; and July 30, IAF diluted at least 12 benchmarks...

India and Pakistan fears that any instability in the war-torn Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops could result in “surplus terrorism” in both the countries, a top US official has said. At the same time he added that the US believes both India and Pakistan will play significant...

A day after he made a pitched plea in New Delhi for supply of more military hardware by India, Myanmar’s Navy chief Vice-Admiral Thura Thet Swe made a visit to Indian Navy’s Southern Naval Command (SNC) in the city. Vice-Admiral Swe called on Vice-Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding...

A prototype Prahaar tactical-range surface-to-surface missile was sent for flight testing at Site III at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Orissa, on 19 July, according to local press reports. Developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, the 150 km range Prahaar...

The U.S. Foreign Affairs Sub-committee on Asia and the Pacific has termed the Asian region “the cyber security battleground,” beset by some of the world’s most aggressive cyber state and non-actors, and has pitched for strong partnership between the two countries on cyber security issues...

The aerial version of BrahMos cruise missile with reduced weight would be fitted with deep fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI to undergo the first flight trial before this year end, said CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace A. Sivathanu Pillai here on Tuesday. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of...

NEW DELHI: Soon, women commandoes of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) may be seen fighting Naxals in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh. CRPF, the largest force engaged in anti-Maoist operations, is preparing its women battalions for combat operations and may deploy them soon, say force...

AMRITSAR: Ahead of the Eid festival, India repatriated 28 prisoners, including 22 Pakistani and six Bangladeshi nationals, on Tuesday. The Pakistani nationals, brought here from different jails, were handed over to Pakistan Rangers at Attari border while the Bangladeshis were released from...

NEW DELHI: India's quest to indigenize its military aviation sector has taken a sharp nosedive, with a bitter battle raging between the country's only aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and its primary customer IAF on projects ranging from trainer aircraft to the futuristic...

Washington: After the visit of the Indian Air Force Chief Marshal NAK Browne to the US, one of the country's top Air Commander has said that the American military's relationship with the Indian Air Force "is great". "The relationship is great with Indian air force," General Herbert Carlisle...

New Delhi: With the aim of reducing its power bill, railways is actively considering setting up captive nuclear power plants to meet the rising demand of energy for train operation. "Talks are going on with Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) for setting up captive nuclear plants to cater to the...

New Delhi: Army is learnt to be locked in a tussle with Air Force and Navy over the post of the Strategic Forces Commander as it has staked sole right over the position which manages the nuclear arsenal of the country. The Strategic Forces Commander (SFC), a part of the Nuclear Command...

The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to comply with the Supreme Court order and withdraw criminal cases against anti-Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant protestors. The first bench comprising Acting Chief Justice R K Agrawal and Justice M Satyanarayana also dismissed two...

Two influential U.S. senators have lamented that even after eight years of the announcement of the landmark civil nuclear agreement, which lifted the U.S. moratorium on nuclear trade with India, New Delhi is yet to provide a workable nuclear liability agreement that will companies to move...

In a sign of growing proximity in military sphere, Myanmar on Monday sought naval arms assistance from India.The request came from Myanmar Navy’s Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Thura Thet Swe, who began a four-day visit to New Delhi by meeting with Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi and Defence...

India is buying howitzers again. This had not happened in 27 years since the Bofors gun deal in which then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and other political leaders were accused of taking kickbacks from Bofors AB to help the firm secure a howitzer supply contract. Now that India has restarted its...

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Instead of pouring money into raising a force that can hardly address the Indian Army’s drawbacks at the border, our decision makers should have focussed on addressing China’s weaknesses in the Indian Ocean In the history of Indian strategic thought, the decision to create a mountain strike...