March 2017 – Life of Soldiers

Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) to procure 32 Dhruv Helicopters at around INR 8,000 Crore. HAL Opens New Chapter in Defence Equipment Maintenance through PBL for ALH.

March 30, 2017admin 1

In a major boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative, the government has cleared an Rs 8,000 crore proposal to acquire 32 ALH [...]

Indian Army, the third largest standing army, being plagued by severe shortage of critical ammunition. Lacks capability to sustain intense fighting for even 25 days.

March 29, 2017admin 2

The Standing Committee on Defence in a recent report tabled before the parliament has noted that the Indian Army, the third largest in [...]

Standing Committee Raises Concern about Missing Bullet Proof Vest. Asks Ministry of Defence to Summit a Separate Report Charting Procurement Road Map Urgently.

March 19, 2017admin Comment

One major concern haunting military planners and the Indian government for years is the failed policies to induct Bullet Proof Jackets (BPJs) which [...]

Report by Standing Committee on Defence Raises Serious Concerns about Delays Plaguing Phase-II Construction of Strategic INS Kadamba Naval Base.

March 16, 2017admin Comment

The Indian Navy which is the fifth largest naval force in the world is on a modernisation spree. The navy is acquiring some [...]

Extremely Difficult for Indian Navy’s Submarine Force to Counter Any Hostilities in Current State : Standing Committee on Defence.

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017admin Comment

In a recent report tabled before the parliament, the ‘standing committee on defence’ has raised serious concerns about the Indian Navy’s underwater force. [...]

Standing Committee on Defence notes several glaring short falling in Indian Navy’s capabilities to counter increasing hostilities in Indian Ocean Region.

March 15, 2017admin Comment

Indian Navy, the fifth largest naval fleet in the world, is emerging as one of the most formidable naval forces in the Asia-Pacific [...]

Arjun Series : Were the Arjun MBT’s growl silenced by Army? And will the haunting ghosts ever make way for Arjun Mk-II MBTs?

March 11, 2017March 11, 2017admin Comment

India which is an emerging regional power in the Asia-Pacific region at its disposal has the fourth largest military to guard its broad [...]

India successfully test fires a new variant of BrahMos Missile dubbed the BrahMos ER with a strike range of 450 Kilometres.

March 11, 2017March 11, 2017admin 2

In a maiden yet successful effort, DRDO today test fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile for an extended range from Integrated Test Range [...]

WikiLeaks publishes trove of classified data covering CIA’s hacking capabilities with 97% Smartphones at risk of being hacked.

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017admin Comment

In a major blow to USA’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), WikiLeaks yesterday released 8,761 classified and top-secret documents which cover the agency’s global [...]

Arjun Series : The Making of Arjun Mk-II – A Potent Slayer of the Enemies

March 8, 2017March 11, 2017admin Comment

DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), India’s premier defence technology provider has been at the helm of India’s mission to attain self reliance [...]