India has freed up thousands of soldiers to strengthen its disputed border with China, adding a potential irritant to its already sour relations with Beijing. A 10,000-strong unit of soldiers previously assigned to the country’s western border has now been set aside to guard a stretch of its frontier with China, said senior Indian officials…
On 4th March, 2024, Saab performed the groundbreaking for the manufacturing facility for the shoulder-launched weapon system Carl-Gustaf in India. The facility, run by the new company, Saab FFVO India, will be located in Jhajjhar, Haryana. This will be the first Carl-Gustaf manufacturing facility outside Sweden. Here are the three things to know about Saab’s…
The Indian Navy on Wednesday successfully rescued 21 crew members, including an Indian national, from a merchant vessel that caught fire following a missile strike in the Gulf of Aden. The Navy said in a statement on Thursday that its naval warship, INS Kolkata, swiftly responded to the distress call and all the crew members…
Boeing received a $439.6 million contract to build the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for US Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The WGS constellation delivers vital high-capacity, secure, and resilient communications capabilities to the US military and its allies. The WGS’s responsive, steerable, high-capacity beams provide assured connectivity via the Protected Tactical Enterprise…
Extending its military presence and reach in the vast Indian Ocean region, India on Wednesday commissioned a new naval base, INS Jatayu, at Minicoy in Lakshadweep islands. The navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar hailed the new outpost as a significant boost for the navy’s operational capability in a strategic maritime expanse that presents a…
The Maldives will get free non-lethal weapons / military equipment and training from China’s military under a newly inked agreement with Beijing, President Mohamed Muizzu has said, underlining that it would further strengthen the Indian Ocean Island nation’s independence and autonomy. Muizzu also met Major General Zhang Baoqun, Deputy Director of the Office for International…
High oil prices, sanctions evasion and state investment are providing Russia with enough resources to fight on in Ukraine at the current intensity for at least two more years, Lithuanian intelligence agencies said in a report on Thursday. Russia reformed and strengthened its battle-torn army in Ukraine in 2023 and is on track to expand…
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $3.4 billion contract to begin manufacturing 14 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force and three additional P-8s for the German Navy. “We are proud to add Canada to the list of international P-8 partners as well as to Germany’s fleet of maritime patrol aircraft,” said Philip…
“India’s defence apparatus is today stronger than ever as the Government, led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, is focusing on bolstering it with the sentiment of Indianness,” said Defence minister Shri Rajnath Singh at a Defence Summit organised by a private media organisation in New Delhi on March 07, 2024. He termed ‘perspective’ as…
Moldova and France will sign defence and economic cooperation accords during a visit by Moldovan President Maia Sandu to Paris on Thursday, the French presidency said in a statement. Western powers are seeking to increase support for Moldova amid what they fear are increasing efforts by Russia to destabilise Moldova. In parallel to Sandu’s visit,…
