Israel’s war cabinet has been working round to clock to decide on how to retaliate against Iran for its drone and missile attack. Noteworthy, Iran fired nearly 300 missiles and drones at Israel on Sunday, the first strike on the Jewish state from Iranian soil which brought into the open a years-long shadow war. Prime…
The Indian Defence Ministry has issued a tender to the public sector firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for purchasing made-in-India 97 (Light Combat Aircraft) LCA Mark 1A fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF) expected to be worth over Rs 65,000 crore. This is set to be the largest order for indigenous military hardware…
The Commonwealth of Australia has signed the production contract with Rheinmetall for 123 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles with more than 100 of those vehicles to be exported from Australia for use by the German Army; making it Australia’s largest foreign military export to Germany. Nathan Poyner, Managing Director of Rheinmetall Defence Australia, confirmed that…
Australia will boost defence spending by A$50.3 billion ($32 billion) over the next decade and reshuffle its weapons programs to emphasise missiles, drones and warships as it looks to the possibility of a Pacific conflict between China and the U.S. The bulk of the new spending, part of a A$330 billion decade-long budget, will only…
The Ministry of Defense of Honduras has acquired two additional Airbus H145 helicopters, which will be operated by the Honduran Air Force to perform passenger and cargo transport, search and rescue, firefighting, medical evacuation, and other essential missions in the region. This new purchase follows an initial order signed in April 2023 for two H145s that will…
The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, has said that the war between Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas has been a learning experience for India, as it may face similar warfare practices from terror-hit regions on Pakistan’s borders. He said this at the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) investiture ceremony held at the…
China and India have made “positive progress” to resolve the border standoff, with both sides maintaining close communication through diplomatic and military channels, a senior foreign ministry official said last week. The foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning’s remarks were a further elaboration of China’s reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement in which he…
On April 15, 2024 the Missile Defense Agency selected Lockheed Martin to deliver the nation’s new homeland missile defense capability, the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). Lockheed Martin, as the MDA’s NGI prime contractor, will provide the most modern, reliable, and technically advanced interceptor in the history of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. The multiple-kill…
Ahead of the seven-phased Lok Sabha polls beginning on April 19, 2024 the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its long-awaited manifesto titled ‘Modi ki guarantee’ Sankalp Patra. The manifesto outlines a roadmap to transform India into a developed country by 2047, including a pledge to introduce a ‘one nation, one election’ system and a…
For decades, Israel and Iran have fought a shadow war across the Middle East, trading attacks by land, sea, air and in cyberspace. The barrage of drones and missiles Iran launched at Israel on Saturday — though nearly all were shot down or intercepted — represented a watershed in the conflict. It was the first…
