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Thursday, 29 September 2022

Crunching the numbers: "Make in India" fortifies defence spending

In 2011-12, India imported $5.7 billion worth of defence equipment. In 2022-23, it intends to import $.6.5 billion, which is a CAGR of just ...

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Wednesday, 28 September 2022

US military

France's Naval Group and IIT Goa to work on underwater sensors data

During Sea Tech Week 2022, the two entities signed an agreement to collaborate in improving the analysis of data collected by underwater sen...

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Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Private Sector

Sweden to build new Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket launcher in India

Saab says the legacy supply chain that has built the M3 rocket launcher in India can conveniently switch to building the new M4 version By...

Ajai Shukla September 27, 2022 0

Sunday, 25 September 2022

shipbuilding

Cost of the extended-range BrahMos cruise missile remains under $5 million each

Navy buys most advanced, longest-range version of BrahMos for the first two Project 15B destroyers By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 26th...

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Friday, 23 September 2022

Missiles

Navy buys “enhanced range” BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles for Rs 1,700 crore

Latest BrahMos lethal against warships and shore targets at 400 km (Above: being fired from INS Ranvir By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 2...

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Wednesday, 21 September 2022

strategy

Military reviewing long-running traditions: Calls them “colonial practices”

The RSS agenda of renaming units, places and monuments is pushing generals into making clear their political choices By Ajai Shukla 21st S...

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Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Private Sector

Navy’s “Make in India” approach puts 90% of its capex back into Indian economy: Navy chief

By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 20 Sept 2022 The navy chief, Admiral R Hari Kumar, said the Indian Navy’s emphasis on “Make in India” a...

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Monday, 19 September 2022

region

Centre to meet Nagaland underground leaders today, kick-start peace talks

For 25 years, the Naga underground has had a ceasefire with the government, but little peace as Naga factions fight one another (Above: PM ...

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Thursday, 15 September 2022

strategy

Strenthening defence ties with Paris provide hope for French submarine deal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna, in New Delhi By Ajai Shukla Busine...

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strategy

Video interview: In successive "disengagements" in Ladakh, India has ceded ground to the Chinese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNbB277GITw Karan Thapar interviews me on The Wire . We discuss Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “extrem...

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Friday, 9 September 2022

Missiles

Army clears Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM)

IAF not to rely on Israeli Spyder QRSAMs (Quick reaction surface-to-air-missile). The Indian Army today successfully conducted six flight-te...

Ajai Shukla September 09, 2022 0

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Thursday, 29 September 2022

Crunching the numbers: "Make in India" fortifies defence spending

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

France's Naval Group and IIT Goa to work on underwater sensors data

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Sweden to build new Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket launcher in India

Sunday, 25 September 2022

Cost of the extended-range BrahMos cruise missile remains under $5 million each

Friday, 23 September 2022

Navy buys “enhanced range” BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles for Rs 1,700 crore

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Military reviewing long-running traditions: Calls them “colonial practices”

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Navy’s “Make in India” approach puts 90% of its capex back into Indian economy: Navy chief

Monday, 19 September 2022

Centre to meet Nagaland underground leaders today, kick-start peace talks

Thursday, 15 September 2022

Strenthening defence ties with Paris provide hope for French submarine deal

Video interview: In successive "disengagements" in Ladakh, India has ceded ground to the Chinese

Friday, 9 September 2022

Army clears Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM)

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