New Delhi: MH-60R (Romeo) helicopters will soon join the Indian naval fleet. India and the United States signed a deal worth USD 905 million for the supply of these helicopters. These helicopters, very effective in anti-submarine warfare, will immensely increase the capabilities of the Indian Navy. It had become mandatory for the Indian Navy to […]
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Washington: The Trump administration has approved the sale of Harpoon missiles and Torpedoes to India. Pentagon has said that induction of these weapons in the Indian naval fleet will augment Indian marine defence capabilities. The Trump administration informed the US Congress of this approval for sale, of Harpoon missiles and Torpedoes, to India, on Tuesday. […]
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Dhaka: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has proposed to provide indigenous defence systems to Bangladesh. There is apparently a Chinese background to the proposal made by the Indian Foreign Minister, during his Bangladesh visit. China had conspired to increase its influence over Bangladesh by proposing to supply weapons and submarines. Therefore, in view of this, […]
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New Delhi: Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat announced that the Air Defence Command, responsible for complete security of the Indian airspace, will be activated at the beginning of the next year. General Rawat also informed that moves have started to develop two to five Theatre Commands and there will be an independent Theatre Command for […]
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New Delhi: – Meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) was held in New Delhi, presided over by Defence Minister RajNath Singh. This is the first meeting held, after the appointment of General Bipin Rawat, as the Chief of Defence Staff of India. Purchase of Defence equipment worth nearly ₹ 51 billion was approved during […]
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New Delhi: The Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, Admiral Karambir Singh, expressed grave concern over the reducing share of the Navy in the defence expenditure. The Naval Chief warned that more funding provision is necessary for the Navy, in view of the increasing challenges faced by it. At the same time, […]
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Moscow: An important agreement for a continuous supply of spares, along with maintenance and repairs of the defence equipment, supplied by Russia to India. Independent work groups will be created by Russia to cooperate with India for the after-sales support to be provided to India, for the weapon systems purchased from Russia. This agreement was […]
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Paris: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh officially received the first Rafale fighter jet supplied by France to India. The Defence Minister even took a sortie in the fighter jet. The meaning of Rafale is a gust of wind. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he was confident that the fighter jet would live up to its name. […]
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Moscow: Considering the increasing military cooperation between India and the United States, Pakistan has initiated efforts to establish military cooperation with Russia. As part of the strategy, Pakistan demanded the supply of 50,000 Kalashnikov rifles from Russia. However, Russia has given the relations with India a preference and dismissed Pakistan’s demand. The Pakistan military widely […]
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New Delhi: There are reports of deployment of advanced Scorpene class submarine, INS Kalvari of the Indian navy. This deployment is vital from the country’s security point of view. It has not been revealed whether this decision is connected with the rising tension with Pakistan. But while addressing the joint press conference of the defence […]
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