One Rafale squadron is based at Ambala in Haryana while the other is coming up at Hasimara in West Bengal. Rawat said that India was looking at the possibility of raising a rocket force with different types of missiles in its arsenal.
On the Chinese threat in the Indian Ocean with a possible deployment of its aircraft carrier in the future, the official said China has other areas which need focus.
Source: CNN News 18 The six terrorists, including two Pakistan-trained terror operatives, arrested on Tuesday were trained in a farmhouse on the outskirts of Karachi by Pakistan army personnel and Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is soon expected to launch the National Intelligence Grid or NATGRID that aims to provide a “cutting-edge technology to enhance India’s counter-terror capabilities”, official sources said. Continue Reading
Source: PTI The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, ousting the previous elected government which was backed by the West. The new interim Cabinet consists of high-profile members of Continue Reading
IAF chief RKS Bhadauria spoke about the need to enhance India’s defence technology in the wake of the Chinese threat and said this would be a surprise for adversaries in the next conflict.
China’s increasing activities in the Indo-Pacific have motivated India to embrace military logistics agreements with a wide variety of partners.
Two decades have now passed since Al-Qaeda militants targeted the United States mainland on 11 September 2001. Since the attacks, the fight against transnational militant Islamism has dominated security agendas in the US, Europe, and beyond, costing the US alone over USD 5.4 trillion and claiming the lives of more than 7,000 US military personnel globally. Despite these costs, the threat from militant Islamism has persisted – and indeed proliferated – since September 2001. At this 20-year mark, Janes Terrorism & Insurgency Centre (JTIC) data offers insights on past trends and future forecasts for transnational militant Islamist activity.
With the induction of INS Dhruv, India joins a select group of countries like the US, the UK, Russia, China and France to have such specialized vessels. India is all Continue Reading
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received interest from the Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) for procurement of indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-DHRUV) and DO – 228 aircraft multi-purpose Continue Reading