Muscle Flexing In South China Sea: Why India-ASEAN War Games Send A Strong Signal To Beijing

The way Indian Navy succeeded in bringing all the ASEAN members to take part in the first ever India ASEAN joint maritime exercise can only be described as a masterstroke by Indian strategic plannersThe military might of India and ten ASEAN nations jointly displayed in South China Sea in the first week of May has rattled the Chinese security establishment. The Chinese are worried, not because of

May 14, 2023
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‘An Attempt To Disrupt G20 Meet’: Army Thwarts Infiltration Bid In J&K’s Uri

A quadcopter was flown by Pakistan Army to provide cover to some infiltrators; the drone was withdrawn by the Pakistanis after it was fired upon by the soldiers of the Indian Army, a defence spokesperson saidIndian Army on Saturday claimed to have foiled another attempt to disrupt the G20 meeting and create disturbance in the Valley by thwarting an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in

May 14, 2023
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HAL To Replace Aluminium Control Rods of Advanced Light Helicopters With Ones Made of Steel

A Naval Dhruv helicopter crashed recently close to the coast off MumbaiNew Delhi: An implement weighing a few kilograms (and also, not very expensive) in a 5 ton helicopter does not sound like much, but the control rod of the Advanced Light Helicopter or DHRUV has been causing problems in recent months reported TimesNow.A Navy DHRUV ditched into the sea in March this year and a Coast Guard

May 14, 2023
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INS Kavaratti Arrives In Batam To Participate In India-Indonesia Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’

Jakarta: The fourth edition of the India-Indonesia bilateral exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ is scheduled from May 14-19. Indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette INS Kavaratti arrived at Indonesia’s Batam to participate in the bilateral exercise.Exercise Samudra Shakti is aimed at enhancing interoperability, jointness and mutual cooperation between the two navies, the Eastern Naval Command

May 14, 2023
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Jaishankar Meets Sweden’s Defence, Foreign Ministers During His Stockholm Trip

Stockholm: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Sweden’s Defence Minister Pal Jonson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom during his three-day visit to Sweden.Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said, "Good to meet Defence Minister Pal Jonson of Sweden. Useful exchange of views on regional and global security."After meeting his Swedish counterpart, Jaishankar said that both countries are

May 14, 2023
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India Is Always Invited To G7; Why So Important?

New Delhi: In May 2023, the G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima, Japan. This year, Japan will invite India as the guest country. Indeed, this is not the first time for India to be invited by G7. India was invited when France was the G7 host in 2019.India was invited to the G7 which was to be hosted by the US, though it was cancelled because of COVID-19 in 2020. When the UK was the host in 2021,

May 14, 2023
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Parting Shot: TEJAS MK-2

India’s TEJAS MK-2 project is intended to provide the Indian Air Force (IAF) with a more advanced version of the TEJAS MK-1 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). The aircraft’s key role is to give the IAF the ability to wield a wide range of stand-off weapons.The IAF previously said that it requires about 180 aircraft. This is on the condition that the aircraft has better capabilities than the baseline

May 13, 2023
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