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Thursday, 1 June 2023

Coordinating on the battlefield: No time for weaponising in dribs and drabs

India’s military can no longer afford to create a patchwork of small and relatively inconsequential systems, purchased from here and there B...

Ajai Shukla June 01, 2023 0

Friday, 19 May 2023

strategy

For the first time, defence production crosses Rs one lakh crore this year

Mazagon Dock delivers INS Vagsheer, the 6th and last Scorpene submarine. It has sailed out for sea trials, after which it will be commission...

Ajai Shukla May 19, 2023 0

Thursday, 18 May 2023

strategy

Indian navy flies to the rescue of Chinese fishermen who have sunk in the Indian Ocean

The Navy operates its 12 P-8I aircraft from Arakkonam, near Chennai. From here, the P-8Is are flying 900 nautical miles (Nm) to the scene of...

Ajai Shukla May 18, 2023 0

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Missiles

Import bans on weaponry: Unsigned editorial comment

By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, May 17, 2023 For almost three years now, the ministry of defence (MoD) has been promoting aatmanirbhart...

Ajai Shukla May 17, 2023 0

Private Sector

164 defence items on MoD's fourth and latest "positive indigenisation list", worth Rs 814 crore

MoD says these 164 items will substitue imports worth Rs 814 crore MoD says these 164 items will substitue imports worth Rs 814 crore ...

Ajai Shukla May 17, 2023 0

Sunday, 14 May 2023

Software

India imposes import ban on 928 defence items, in self-reliance push

This “4 th Positive Indigenisation List” will include Rs 715 crore worth of high-end materials and spares, whose import will be permitted o...

Ajai Shukla May 14, 2023 1

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Private Sector

Grene Robotics enhances anti-drone capabilities; acquires deep-tech defence IP from Apogee C4I LLP

Grene Robotics believes that all low RCS threats should be grouped together and dealt with using a single system by Ajai Shukla Business S...

Ajai Shukla May 09, 2023 0

Monday, 8 May 2023

US military

IAF’s first C-295 transport aircraft takes to the skies

India has signed a Rs 21,935 crore contract with Airbus for 56 C-295 aircraft By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 8th May 23 The first of ...

Ajai Shukla May 08, 2023 0

Thursday, 4 May 2023

US military

Indo-Pacific naval strategy: Where does India stand?

India’s historical focus on its continental borders has overshadowed its maritime ambitions but that is changing quickly (Above: aircraft ca...

Ajai Shukla May 04, 2023 0

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

West Asia

“Neighbourhood First”: Maldives gets two Made in India warships

The fast patrol vessel (FPV) that India presented was commissioned into the Maldives National Defence Force as MNDF Coast Guard Ship Huravee...

Ajai Shukla May 02, 2023 0

Sunday, 30 April 2023

region

Chinese strategist, Hu Shisheng, explains reasons for border tensions with India

Hu Shisheng wrote on Weibo that there were four reasons for China's attack in Galwan that killed 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified n...

Ajai Shukla April 30, 2023 6

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Thursday, 1 June 2023

Coordinating on the battlefield: No time for weaponising in dribs and drabs

Friday, 19 May 2023

For the first time, defence production crosses Rs one lakh crore this year

Thursday, 18 May 2023

Indian navy flies to the rescue of Chinese fishermen who have sunk in the Indian Ocean

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Import bans on weaponry: Unsigned editorial comment

164 defence items on MoD's fourth and latest "positive indigenisation list", worth Rs 814 crore

Sunday, 14 May 2023

India imposes import ban on 928 defence items, in self-reliance push

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Grene Robotics enhances anti-drone capabilities; acquires deep-tech defence IP from Apogee C4I LLP

Monday, 8 May 2023

IAF’s first C-295 transport aircraft takes to the skies

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Indo-Pacific naval strategy: Where does India stand?

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

“Neighbourhood First”: Maldives gets two Made in India warships

Sunday, 30 April 2023

Chinese strategist, Hu Shisheng, explains reasons for border tensions with India

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