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Tuesday, 23 February 2021

My interview today with Karan Thapar on the disengagement talks with China

My interview today with Karan Thapar on the disengagement talks with China and how India has conceded more than China. If you'd like t...

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Monday, 22 February 2021

shipbuilding

Prime Minister Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh push for “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” in defence

Higher defence capital budget, i mport embargo on 101 defence items will encourage self-reliance, says Defence Minister Rajnath By Ajai Sh...

Broadsword February 22, 2021 1

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Morale

Joint Sino-Indian statement on Saturday's border talks is silent on specifics of next steps

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the Northern Army Commander, Lieutenant General YK Joshi had earlier stated that the 10th corps commande...

Broadsword February 21, 2021 2

Friday, 19 February 2021

region

China admits four PLA soldiers, including a battalion commander, were killed in the June 15th clash in Galwan

PLA regimental commander was badly injured, decorated for bravery along with the four soldiers killed By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 20...

Broadsword February 19, 2021 2

strategy

Indian Navy missile vessel, INS Pralaya, arrives in Abu Dhabi, UAE to boost naval cooperation, participate in NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Pralaya arrived at Abu Dhabi, UAE on Friday, 19 Feb 2021 to participate in the NAVDEX 21 (Naval Defence Exhibi...

Broadsword February 19, 2021 0

Ordnance factories

Indigenous Helina, Dhruvastra anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) pass trials

Helina and Dhruvastra are launched from the Rudra – the armed variant of HAL's Dhruv helicopter. They can strike enemy tanks up to seven...

Broadsword February 19, 2021 0

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Private Sector

Military’s financial powers enhanced to speed up weapons procurement

Theatre commanders can now sanction capital purchases worth Rs 100 crore each, Deputy Chiefs can sanction Rs 200 crore By Ajai Shukla Bus...

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Sunday, 14 February 2021

Indian Navy

My talk with Deutsche Welle TV on the troop pull back in the Pangong Lake sector

Chinese tanks withdrew from the Pangong Lake sector soon after the announcement of disengagement The link to my 5-minute chat with Biresh Ba...

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Friday, 12 February 2021

strategy

After Pangong disengagement, will "take up" with China the pull back from other sectors, says MoD

MoD rebuts Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of "ceding" territory to China, issues a statement making five points By Ajai Shukla 13th ...

Broadsword February 12, 2021 1

strategy

India's Ministry of Defence statement explains modalities of disengagement plan with PLA

Ministry of Defence statement, Friday, 12 Feb 2021 Ministry of Defence has taken note of some misinformed and misleading comments being a...

Broadsword February 12, 2021 2

Thursday, 11 February 2021

strategy

Indian, Chinese troops start disengaging in Ladakh's Pangong sector

Buffer zone set up at Pangong but no disengagement in other sectors; senior military officers to resume talks soon By Ajai Shukla 12th Feb...

Broadsword February 11, 2021 2

Wednesday, 10 February 2021

West Asia

Pak Navy to conduct Exercise Aman, 45 countries will attend

The Pakistan Army has traditionally treated the navy as inconsequential, but the latter has begun gaining strength with Chinese warship purc...

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Friday, 5 February 2021

Private Sector

HAL’s HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft comes in from the cold, IAF places initial order for up to 108 trainers

It is possible that the 38 trainers option could be a weaponised version, offered to the IAF as a light attack aircraft. It could also be ex...

Broadsword February 05, 2021 1

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Ordnance factories

HAL puts on show lethal new manned-unmanned warfighting system

The new concept envisions manned aircraft controlling unmanned kill vehicles that swarm in numbers into enemy air space and overwhelm defenc...

Broadsword February 04, 2021 2

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Tuesday, 23 February 2021

My interview today with Karan Thapar on the disengagement talks with China

Monday, 22 February 2021

Prime Minister Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh push for “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” in defence

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Joint Sino-Indian statement on Saturday's border talks is silent on specifics of next steps

Friday, 19 February 2021

China admits four PLA soldiers, including a battalion commander, were killed in the June 15th clash in Galwan

Indian Navy missile vessel, INS Pralaya, arrives in Abu Dhabi, UAE to boost naval cooperation, participate in NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21

Indigenous Helina, Dhruvastra anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) pass trials

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Military’s financial powers enhanced to speed up weapons procurement

Sunday, 14 February 2021

My talk with Deutsche Welle TV on the troop pull back in the Pangong Lake sector

Friday, 12 February 2021

After Pangong disengagement, will "take up" with China the pull back from other sectors, says MoD

India's Ministry of Defence statement explains modalities of disengagement plan with PLA

Thursday, 11 February 2021

Indian, Chinese troops start disengaging in Ladakh's Pangong sector

Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Pak Navy to conduct Exercise Aman, 45 countries will attend

Friday, 5 February 2021

HAL’s HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft comes in from the cold, IAF places initial order for up to 108 trainers

Thursday, 4 February 2021

HAL puts on show lethal new manned-unmanned warfighting system

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