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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has fired off a strongly worded public clarification, lashing out at “so-called defence analysts,” “former pilots,” and even “arm-chair critics” for what…
Having flown HAL produced helicopters right from 1989 till I retired 2008, I have had first-hand experience of the quality of their products, and I wholeheartedly…
The heart-wrenching sight of the smoke billowing from the crashed Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter at Porbandar on January 5th, 2025 brought back to my mind…
US President Donald Trump’s offer to sell the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II to India has raised a few eyebrows in Indian defence circles, sparking intense debate…
When President Donald Trump declared yesterday that the U.S. was "paving the way to ultimately provide India the F-35 stealth fighters", he changed two decades of…
Did the Joe Biden Administration deliberately delay deliveries of six Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Army as a diplomatic pressure tactic against India…
"At the moment, I am just not confident of HAL." Words that should give Indian state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) sleepless nights. And many times…
The Indian Coast Guard faced arguably its lowest point in history when the service lost its second Advanced Light Helicopter Mark III Maritime Role (ALH Mk3MR)…
India's latest contract to import American-built Sig Sauer Inc. SIG716 rifles has triggered heat and a debate over whether this is representative of all that is…
Former Spokesperson, Indian Navy In the aftermath of COVID19, the government has offered fiscal tranches, financial stimuli, revolutionary monetary policies thereby doing the best to change…
