Friends now since operation is over let point out some goof-up made by Indian Army and Garuds. why NSG was called and why it could not be handled independently by IAF.
Let us put some light on the failure of Garud performance. Are they not trained for these kind of anti - terror operation, is...
5) Battle of Adrianople (378 AD) –
Often regarded as the worst Roman defeat since the Battle of Cannae, the Battle of Adrianople pretty much epitomized the 4th century nadir of the declining Roman Empire. Fought between the Romans led by Emperor Valens and the Gothic rebels (also consisted of...
1) Battle of Plataea (479 BC) –
Fought between the ancient Greek city-states and the Persian Achaemenid Empire near the small town of Plataea (in Boeotia, central Greece), the numbers involved in the Battle of Plataea primarily come from Herodotus. According to him, the gargantuan scale of the...
5 Epic Battles That Changed History Forever
Battles can make or break states and change the destiny of nations forever. As such, they represent some of humanity’s most important events. While there have been dozens of important, interesting battles over the past five thousand years of...
Analysis: How thermobaric bombs work
The term "thermobaric" is derived from the effects of temperature (the Greek word "therme" means "heat") and pressure (the Greek word "baros" means "pressure") on the target. Thermobarics first disperse a flammable mist of underoxidised fuel which ignites...
Indigenous
Arjun Tank (DRDO, Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi)
Tank EX (CVRDE, Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi)
Missiles:
Joint Ventures
Anti Tank Guided Missile -French SS11B1 :JV(Aerospatiale France, BDL)
Anti Tank Guided Missile - Konkurs M :JV (Tula Machinery Design Bureau Russia, BDL)...
There are many Indian companies which have world class facilities (both public and private)
Aeronautics:
Joint Ventures:
Sukhoi Series: JV ( Sukhoi Russia, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited)
MIG Series: JV (MIG Russia, HAL)
Dhruv:JV (MBB Germany, HAL)
Indigenous:
Light Combat Aircraft...
The Launch Modular Enclosure enables Aegis Ashore's vertical launch system to operate as if it were on a ship, as the original system is. Source: US Missile Defense Agency
A US Navy (USN) official told IHS Jane's on 22 December that the first land-based Aegis capability is expected to be ready...
An A-29 Super Tucano on a training sortie in the skies over Georgia in the United States.
The Afghan Air Force will begin fielding the aircraft operationally in early 2016.
Source: 438th Air Expeditionary Wing
The US Air Force (USAF) has graduated the first class of Afghan pilots to be...
Vietnam's new HS-6L UAV, which has 22 m wingspan and an endurance of 35 hours, will greatly improve Vietnam's surveillance capabilities. Source: Via Top81 web page
Vietnamese television and other media reports have revealed Vietnam's largest indigenous high-altitude long-endurance (HALE)...
An explosion at Istanbul's second-largest airport on Wednesday killed one cleaner on an airplane and injured another, Dogan news agency said, adding authorities were investigating whether the blast was caused by a bomb.
Budget carrier Pegasus said the explosion at Sabiha Gokcen airport on the...
India's plan to lease a cutting-edge nuclear attack submarine to help obtain technical knowhow for an indigenous project has run aground, with Russia seen to be backing out of the deal for as yet unknown reasons.
Senior officials in Delhi and Moscow told ET that the plan to lease the...
The defence ministry’s top acquisition council on Thursday cleared the purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems for an estimated Rs 40,000 crore days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by defence minister...
Nuclear capable Arihant submarine successfully test-fires unarmed missile
India's first indigenously-developed nuclear-powered nuclear attack submarine, Arihant, has successfully test fired a dummy or unarmed missile, reliable sources said.
The vital first test in ejecting a missile from its...
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Russia confident of Igla in VSHORAD contest
Russia’s Rosoboronexport is pitching the Igla-S system in the contest for the Indian Army tender for a Very Short Range Air Defense System (VSHORAD). And they’re confident of their chances against Saab’s RBS 70 NG and MBDA’s...
POKHRAN, RAJASTHAN: At 1000 hrs on 07th of November 2015, the Indian Army successfully conducted the test firing of BRAHMOS land-attack cruise missile against a designated target at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, demonstrating the weapon’s supreme operational capability.
The missile was test...