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Indian Navy’s ‘Vishal’ Aircraft Carrier Officially Off The Table?
Could India's planned indigenous 'flat-top' aircraft carrier, designated the Vishal-class, be on hold -- or at the very least, the subject of a formal rethink? A…
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Indian Navy’s Ship-based Air Defence Missile Contest Begins Today
An Indian Navy procurement contest to choose a short-range surface to air missile (SRSAM) system for its Kamorta-class anti submarine ships begins today. The procurement to…
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First Photo Of ASRAAM-Armed IAF Jaguar, Debut Firing Soon
It's all systems go for the first test-firing of an MBDA ASRAAM close combat missile from an Indian Air Force Jaguar combat jet. The photograph you…
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SAAW SOON: HAL’s Souped-Up Hawk Trainer All Set To Fire Indian Anti-Airfield Weapon
In April over the Bay of Bengal, a stubby orange box-shaped weapon will separate from an aircraft flying at 20,000 feet, flip open a pair of…
Defence Procurements
Bofors Ghost Finally Dismissed, Indian Army Receives 1st New Howitzers Since Scandal
Welcoming its first guns since the paralysing Bofors kickbacks scandal of the eighties that put a hard stop to all gun inductions, the Indian Army today…
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First Since Bofors, Indian Army’s New Field Artillery Unit Around The Corner
In ten months, the Indian Army will be ready to raise its first new field artillery regiment since the infamous Bofors Scandal. After a three-decade freeze on…
Aircraft And Helicopters
The Indian Air Force’s Vintage Squadron Dreams May Be Dashed. Here’s Why.
https://youtu.be/C-WkRiDb0uo Over a warm lunch at the Akash Officers' Mess in the heart of India's capital city this week, the Indian Air Force joyfully welcomed the…
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India’s Tejas Set For Fresh Missile Fight
As India's LCA Tejas, which entered tentative service with the Indian Air Force last year, works to prove itself as the combat platform it was intended…
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What Explains Boeing’s ‘Super’ Optimism?
Why is Boeing Defense, which was among a handful of high-profile eliminees in India's erstwhile medium multirole combat aircraft (M-MRCA) contest, so buoyant about the country's…
Navy
Goodbye, INS Vikrant
Twenty seconds of heartbreak. A dozer yanks the ski jump head off of INS Vikrant as her scrapping begins in Mumbai (Vikrant was fitted with a…
