Turkey is in discussions with Iraq to provide technical assistance to Baghdad for securing its borders to prevent movements of outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants around the region, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited Baghdad and Erbil this week as Ankara ramped up cross-border operations against PKK…
Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research and training with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)on 23 April 2024. The MoU was signed by Secretary, Department of Health Research & Director General, ICMR Dr Rajiv Bahl, and Director General Armed Forces Medical Services Lt Gen Daljit Singh. The…
DRDO’s Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur has successfully developed the lightest Bullet Proof Jacket in the country for protection against 7.62 x 54 R API (Level 6 of BIS 17051) ammunition. Recently, this bullet proof jacket was successfully tested at TBRL, Chandigarh as per BIS 17051-2018. This jacket is based upon…
The United States has preliminarily discussed sanctions on some Chinese banks but does not yet have a plan to implement such measures, a U.S. official told Reuters, as Washington seeks ways to curb Beijing’s support for Russia. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was no plan to roll out sanctions on China’s…
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said that she was happy the U.S. Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms sales support for the island, as China urged Washington to stop selling weapons to Taipei. The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier even in the absence of formal…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully carried out a test firing of a new version of an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile that is capable of hitting targets at a distance exceeding 250 km. The missile, also referred to as ‘ROCKS or Crystal Maze 2’, originated from Israel and underwent a test launch from a…
A USD 8 billion military aid package approved by the US House of Representatives over the weekend will “strengthen the deterrence against authoritarianism in the West Pacific ally chain,” Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te said Tuesday, in a reference to key rival China. The funding will also “help ensure peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait…
India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, on April 22, 2024, visited Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, to carry out a first-hand assessment of the security situation. He also interacted with the soldiers deployed in the extreme weather & tough terrain conditions. Notably, te Defence Minister was accompanied by Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj…
India is set to receive the remaining two regiments of S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems from Russia by next year under a new timeline that was firmed up following some delays in the supplies in view of the war in Ukraine. Russia has already supplied three units of the long-range missile systems to India under…
South Korean and Romanian leaders pledged to boost defence industry cooperation as Seoul pushes to establish itself as the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter amid reports of huge additional contracts in the works. President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted his Romanian counterpart, Klaus Iohannis, for a summit and pledged to increase cooperation in the defence industry, including…
