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The tragic accident on 20 May involving a Chital, a re‑engined Cheetah helicopter, has once again highlighted the urgent need to replace India’s ageing Chetak and Cheetah fleet, analysed Air Marshal AS Butola is former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of IAF Training Command in The Print .These light helicopters, derived from the French Aérospatiale Allouette‑III and Lama designs and manufactured
India’s mine countermeasures capability has long been recognised as a critical gap in its naval preparedness, yet progress towards closing this shortfall has been slow and fraught with delays.The issue has gained renewed global attention following Iran’s closure of the Hormuz Strait, which underscored the vulnerability of maritime trade routes to naval mines.Despite this, the Indian Navy remains
India and Bangladesh are set to hold their bi-annual Director General-level border talks in New Delhi next week, marking the first such engagement since the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumed power in Dhaka earlier this year.The meeting is scheduled between 8 and 11 June at a Border Security Force (BSF) base in the capital, with BSF Director General Praveen Kumar leading the Indian
India’s expanding export of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles is steadily transforming the strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific, with the system poised to encircle the entire South China Sea.This development signals a decisive shift in regional deterrence strategies, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly adopt land-based missile systems to counterbalance China’s growing naval power
Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (in pic) has proposed convening a Quad defence ministers’ meeting in India, signalling Tokyo’s intent to elevate the grouping’s security agenda beyond the foreign ministers’ level, reported New Indian Express.Speaking at the 23rd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Koizumi emphasised that defence cooperation could be an area of deeper collaboration and
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah chaired a high-level security review meeting in Bhuj, Gujarat, on Saturday, focusing on border and coastal districts situated along the India-Pakistan Border.The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, the Chief Secretary, the Director General of Police, and other senior state officials, along with
India has cleared the creation of a new tri-service missile force, marking a significant step in its military modernisation. The Conventional Missile Force, or CMF, will integrate the capabilities of the Army, Navy, and Air Force under a single command structure.This unified force will be tasked with operating ballistic, quasi-ballistic, and hypersonic missile systems, thereby enhancing India’s
General N. S. Raja Subramani has formally assumed charge as India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), succeeding General Anil Chauhan.His appointment marks a decisive moment in India’s defence transformation, with a clear mandate to advance theatreisation, strengthen tri-service jointness, and accelerate indigenisation under the vision of Atmanirbharta.Commissioned into the 8th Battalion of the
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has formally assumed charge as India’s new Chief of Naval Staff on 31 May 2026, succeeding Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi. His tenure begins at a critical juncture marked by regional maritime turbulence, with a strong emphasis on operational readiness, technological modernisation, and safeguarding India’s national and economic interests.Admiral Swaminathan took over the
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has underlined that India’s security environment is increasingly shaped by developments far beyond its borders, with maritime security now inseparable from economic and energy resilience.He noted that geographical distance no longer provides insulation from the consequences of conflicts, citing the crises in West Asia and Ukraine as examples of how