More Power to CDS
Article by Shantanu K. Bansal The post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was founded in the year 2020 with first CDS of India as Gen. Bipin Rawat, former Chief Continue Reading
Unified military commands could be a reality by Independence
The government is determined to push ahead with joint military commands to build an integrated war-fighting machinery in a more cost-effective manner, even as efforts are under way to allay Continue Reading
India Moves 50,000 Additional Troops to Chinese Border
India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in a historic shift toward an offensive military posture against the world’s second-biggest economy.Although the two countries Continue Reading
Integration: What More Needs To Be Done?
Article by Shantanu K. Bansal Experts for long have realised the need for integrated commands. In order to have tri-service synergy, it was largely understood that India must go for Continue Reading
Indian Army Issues RFI for 1750 FICVs
The Army now wants to acquire 1,750 futuristic infantry combat vehicles (FICVs), with state of the art weapons and capable of swiftly transporting soldiers, through a new Make in India’ Continue Reading
Army to Get Indigenous Light Helicopters by Dec. 2022
The Army, which is facing a huge shortage of light utility helicopters with the ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, will receive the first batch of six indigenous Light Continue Reading
China’s military recruiting jobless Tibetans on border to form ‘volunteer militia’: Intel reports
China’s military has actively started recruiting local, unemployed youth in Tibet to form a “volunteer militia” in areas across the border from Sikkim, intelligence reports have suggested. Military and intel Continue Reading
What Happened in Galwan: An Independent Perspective
On the fateful night of 15 June 2020, the infamous Galwan Valley reverberated with 16 Bihar regiment’s war cry ‘Bajrang Bali ki Jai’ & ‘Birsa Munda Ki Jai’. The war Continue Reading
The Story of Ranchordas Pagi: An Unknown Hero of India
Manekshaw In His Last Times Kept Remembering This Old Man Called ‘Pagi’. In 2008, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was admitted to Wellington Hospital, Tamil Nadu. He often kept taking a Continue Reading
Boost for ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’: DAC approves Air Defence guns, ammunition for Army worth Rs 6,000 crore
The DAC accorded approval of procurement of Air Defence Guns and Ammunition at an approx. cost of Rs 6,000 crore under the Buy & Make (Indian) category. The defence ministry Continue Reading