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Naval officials in Kochi confirms that the undocking of indigenous carrier INS VIkrant has been postponed to next 2-4 days.

There's a lot to remember when you're a learner driver but a pretty good rule is: don't pull out in front of tanks. That's what happened to an 18-year-old driving this Toyota Yaris in the Lippe district of Germany on Monday. According to local police she pulled out in front of a column of...

Indian Mule Cart Train embarks at Alexandria for Gallipoli, April 1915

Addressing the Light Armored Recce (LOTR) requirement, the new vehicle will replace the BRDM-2 currently in Polish Army service. Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) is teaming with the Polish defence contractor Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) through its subsidiary Obrum sp. z o.o...

The Narendra Modi government has attempted the biggest ever purge in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), superseding the entire top rung of India's defence scientists. The appointments on Thursday of Dr S. Christopher to the helm of the defence research behemoth, and of Dr...

Air Marshal BS Dhanoa, who flew Air Chief AY Tipnis tandem in a MiG-21 in Kargil War, takes over as IAF's Vice-Chief

The Lexington Minuteman Statue (Author's Photo) Jon's note: I was aiming to finish this piece honoring the citizen-soldiers of colonial Massachusetts in time for Patriots' Day; I'll settle for the proper month of the year. 19 April was the 240thanniversary of the outbreak of the American...

LCS 1 and 2 (USNI) A 30 April Reuter’s article makes the claim that the U.S. Navy might better serve its operational and financial needs by purchasing more Patrol Coastal (PC) type warships at the expense of the Littoral Combatant Ship (LCS) currently in serial production and its projected...

Six USMC F-35Bs Land Aboard The Wasp For Critical Operational Trials A half-dozen F-35Bs just landed on the deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) to begin the first shipboard phase of their operational trials. For the next two weeks, the six jets will prove they can operate aboard a Gator Navy...

A Hungarian Jas-39 Gripen fighter, made by Saab AB, crash-landed during a military drill in the Czech Republic, the Defense Ministry in Budapest said. Both pilots ejected and were unhurt as the plane overran the runway for unknown reasons, the ministry said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday...

The warboys scream across the wastes in their crude-guzzling high octane rigs. They seek a glorious death, to enter the gates of Valhalla and be witnessed by the Immortan Joe. White dust coats their bodies, chrome gleams from their lips and excitement fills their eyes. These are the Immortan...

A scaled-down, unmanned version of India’s futuristic space shuttle is getting the final touches at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thumba. A scaled-down, unmanned version of India’s futuristic space shuttle is getting the final touches at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in...

India's Defence Goal by Nayeem Sheikh How it is different from our AKASH and Spyder SAM system. @SpArK @Windjammer @AUSTERLITZ @Zarvan @C130 @Abingdonboy @sancho @jaunty @Srinivas @gslv mk3 @Dash @MohitV @Skull and Bones @acetophenol @HariPrasad @he-man @Prechko @vostok @GURU DUTT @janon...

PPRU-1M-2 Battery Command Post / Acquisition Radar The most recent variant of the PPRU series is the PPRU-1M-2 which is digital, and includes the new design solid state VNIIRT 9S80M1-2 replacing the legacy Dog Ear variants (Said Aminov, Vestnik PVO). Miroslav Gyűrösi). Front antenna package...

9K35M3-K Kolchan/ SA-13 Gopher 9A34M3-KTELAR hosted on the relifed and re-engined legacy BTR-60PBM series amphibious personnel carrier. Note the new electro-optical fire control sensor package mounted above the RHS launchers, and the magazines for four reload rounds (images ©Miroslav Gyűrösi)...

9T244/245 Transporter/Transloader Neither Russian nor former Warpac references list a specialised transporter/transloader for the 9K35 / SA-13 Gopher system. Available types include the widely used 9T244 / 9T245 and other Ural 4320 derivatives (Kupol JSC). PPRU-1M Battery Mobile Command Post /...