What Now, Arjun?
The one thing I took away from my visit to the Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment (CVRDE) and the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is that there […]
Indigenous Equipment
Fearless Tomahawk-type missile on radar
I had mentioned Project Nirbhay a couple of times before, but didn’t get around to actually doing a post on it here, but Sujan Dutta,
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*FLASH* Army to Take All 14 MBT Arjun Tanks for Trial By September End
An official announcement from the Defence Ministry: The Indian Army today agreed to take all the 14 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) Arjun for trial by
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Delivery of BrahMos Land System to Army Begins
Here’s the Government press release received this afternoon on delivery of the BrahMos to the Army. PRESIDENT CALLS FOR FAST DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE HYPER-SONIC CRUISE
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IAF Throws Mid-Course Spanner At DRDO’s AWACS
The IAF has formalised its earlier view that the Embraer platform was inadequate for the payload requirements it was looking at for the indigenous AWACS
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The End in Sight for Akash
It is now confirmed that the Akash medium range surface-to-air missile programme will formally enter the user trial phase with the Indian Air Force (IAF)
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PSU/OFB: If they’re so good, why are they so scared?
On May 17, the Trade Union Forum for Self-Reliance in Defence (a formal group comprising trade union officials, DPSU and OFB employees) presented Defence Minister
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Update: Trishul
Here’s what Defence Minister AK Antony said in Parliament today about the Trishul SAM: Trishul missile system is not a failure. Technically it has met
Arjun’s Demons To Rest?
Contrary to what reports in the newspapers and television have reflected, the Arjun MBT programme has actually found a voice of unlikely support in the
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Next ABM Test in June
Wrote this for The Indian Express in January. Thought I’d re-post, ahead of the next ABM test next month: As part of the newly unveiled
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