IAF MODERNISATION: Arming to be Ready
Both India and China have significantly reinforced their deployments with fighter jets, helicopters, tanks, heavy artillery and missiles in the region that has garnered...
ARMY MODERNISATION: Army to Buy Smart Munitions, UAVs, Riot Gear Under Fast Track
Clash in Ladakh Galvanises Procurement
Loitering Munition
After the Indian army brought Spike Mark III anti-tank guided missiles from Israel as part of emergency purchases due...
The Battle Tank In Future Warfare
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
― Mark Twain,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The military tank was born to counter the stagnation of trench warfare during the Great Wars. Defences based on trenches, protected by anti-personnel measures like wire obstacles, minefields, booby-traps, et al, brought warfare to a grinding halt. Soldiers died more of disease and boredom than from gunshots. Emergence of the tank infused fresh impetus to the battlefield, rendering trenches and anti-personnel obstacle systems as redundant as a man’s nipples. The consequent return of “manoeuvre” to the battlefield resulted in new tactics, doctrines and weapon-systems from the 1920s to 1980s.
Rethink Over Third Aircraft Carrier
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat, who has been tasked to prioritise military procurement, said, on 17 February, that the cost could...
IAF Inducts Second Tejas Squadron
The Indian Air Force (IAF) inducted its second ‘Tejas‘ Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) squadron - No 18 Squadron Flying Bullets - at Sulur air...
A Model Integrated AD Command For India
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) initiated an integration process within the three Services on 1 January 2020. Ostensibly meant to optimise resources, training...
SIPRI ‘Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019’
Global military expenditure saw its biggest uptick in a decade in 2019 rising to $1.9 trillion, according to the latest survey by the Swedish...
L&T Wins Army’s IT-Network Contract
Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro said, on 7 April, that Smart World and Communication Business of L&T Construction had won a 'large'...
The Small Arms Market Scenario in India
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed an Rs 880 crore ($117.8 million) contract with Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) on 19 March for 16,749 Negev...
Third Attempt at Adding Flight Refueling Aircrafts
Flight Refuelling Aircraft (FRA) are viewed as combat enablers and/or force multipliers for any air force, and particularly the Indian Air Force (IAF) in...
