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From East to West, China has been expanding its advanced air surveillance radar net to counter India’s growing air combat capabilities. Experts have rejected the notion that the Chinese advanced surveillance radar system pose any threat to India’s airstrike capabilities. Experts have rejected the notion that the Chinese advanced surveillance radar system pose any threat to India’s airstrike
Washington: A leaked U.S. military assessment says the Chinese military may soon deploy a high-altitude spy drone that travels at least three times the speed of sound, the Washington Post reported late on Tuesday.The newspaper cited a secret document from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.The document, which Reuters could not confirm or verify independently, features satellite imagery
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said “war preparedness should be a continuous phenomenon and we should always be ready for unpredictable and uncertain events that may crop up at any time”NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday expressed confidence in the Indian Army to handle any contingency along the country’s border with China even as he said talks would continue for a peaceful
G7 and Quad will discuss the rising clout of China and its aggressive posture in the Indo-PacificAfter releasing the Mandarin names of 19 sea-bed features in the Indian Ocean, Chinese research and survey vessels are continuing to operate around the 90-degree ridge area in order to map the ocean for future submarine forays into the Indo-Pacific.On April 13, the Chinese research/survey vessel Hai
China has taken strong exception to India’s participation in the QUAD forumWashington: The White House on Wednesday said the US is committed to continuing working together with India in groups like Quad to advance economic growth for the two countries and "expand cooperation of our shared priorities.""We’re committed to continuing working together and in groups like the Quad to advance economic
Aizawl: Indian Army personnel will now learn Chinese language at the Tezpur University in Assam for which an MoU was signed on Wednesday, defence sources said.Defence spokesman Lt. Col. Mahendra Rawat said that a course in Chinese language will improve the in-house Mandarin expertise and empower the army personnel to engage with their Chinese counterparts as and when the situation demands.He
Mumbai: Joint Commander of the French Forces deployed in the Indian Ocean (ALINDIEN), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Slaars, accompanied by a two-member delegation, visited the headquarters of the Western Naval Command (HQWNC) in Mumbai on Tuesday.Importantly, ALINDIEN is an abbreviation for the admiral in charge of the French military stationed in the Indian Ocean’s maritime zone.During his visit,
Pralay is a cannisterised tactical, surface-to-surface, short-range ballistic battlefield missileIndian National Security planners have decided to secure the North East States with conventionally armed short-range ballistic missiles like Pralay with a max range of 500 kms and conventionally armed subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay with a max range of 1500 kms. India also has other conventionally
Karuizawa: Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday reiterated the importance of a "free and open Indo-Pacific" and cooperating with India as well as reaffirmed their commitment to promoting cooperation in line with the ASEAN outlook on the Indo-Pacific.The comments mark the culmination of a three-day long meeting that were held in Karuizawa, Nagano in central Japan and comes
New Delhi: China will be an ongoing challenge for the Indian foreign and security policy establishment. Its hegemonistic ambitions are clearly evident from the fact that its territorial ingress and disputes are with more countries than it shares a border with.After the perfidious war of 1962, India became wiser and focussed on creating stronger defences against Chinese designs which have become