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Edging Out Israeli Contender, Indian Firm To Upgrade Army’s AK-47 Rifles
Indian firearms firm SSS Defence has won a tiny but enormously significant deal with the Indian Army to upgrade a limited number of AK-47 frontline assault…
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FIRST LOOK: Indian Private Sector Answer To Kalashnikov Rifle Out Soon
An Indian private sector firearms technology firm is all set to unveil and offer for test an assault rifle that it claims is an answer, and…
Army
An Indian Special Forces Hero’s Final Selfie
That's Colonel Navjot Singh Bal. And that's the last picture he took of himself on his phone yesterday. As you can see, he's missing an arm.…
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After Conventional & Nuclear, India Seeks Russian 20-Seater Submarines For Tourists
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. | A proposal to take tourists up to 50 metres below the surface of the Arabian Sea to enjoy coral reefs and marine…
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Fighting For Son’s Honour, Army Major’s Mother Puts Government On Notice
This week, on March 25, Meghna Girish wrote to India's Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The letter was the latest of several she has written since her…
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FIRST IN DECADES: Biggest New Assault Rifle Deal For Indian Army Finally In Sight
The Indian Army's largest infusion of basic assault rifles in recent years is finally on the horizon. Livefist can confirm that the Ministry of Defence last…
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Mega Made-In-India Kalashnikov Assault Rifle Deal Around The Corner
A cure appears to finally be in sight for the Indian government's disturbing, decades long inability to procure even basic firearms for the Indian Army in…
Aircraft And Helicopters
WATCH: How The Indian Navy Saved The Sunderbans From An Exploding Ship
https://youtu.be/fzkFs5oWbNs The Sunderbans, India's vast heritage mangrove forest in the Gangetic delta were saved from perhaps their unfriendliest visitor this week, courtesy a daring operating by…
Indigenous Equipment
WAR OF WORDS: New Report Lays Bare Indian Army’s Ruined Quest For Basic Assault Rifles
Thirty days ago, the Indian government kickstarted the latest of its serially failed attempts to procure thousands of new assault rifles for the Indian Army's infantry…
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New Super Hercs Arrive, IAF’s 2nd C-130J Squadron Soon
Four new LockheedMartin C-130J Super Hercules special mission transports arrived earlier this month at the Arjan Singh Air base (earlier named Panagarh AFS) in Panagarh, West…
