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How a Soviet-Era Helicopter Gunship Became a South Asian Must-Have
India and Sri Lanka have them. Pakistan is buying them. Afghanistan is getting some more.This September, South Block was riled by news of Russia’s first sale of military hardware to Pakistan. After...
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Pakistan's Universities are the New Breeding Ground for Terrorists
by Farheen RizviThe student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami has been serving as an incubator for militancy in the country.Karachi University (KU) is among the top universities of Pakistan. Recently, some...
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Egyptian Cleric Unmasked as Plane Bombing Mastermind
London: Abu Osama al-Masri, an Egyptian cleric and the frontman of an ISIS-offshoot group, has been unmasked as the suspected mastermind behind the alleged downing of a Russian jet, according to a...
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India May Soon Nave Chief of Defence Staff
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry is deliberating on creation of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) post, a fourstar General position. If implemented, it would be the first major military reform by the BJP...
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Canadian Minister Harjit Sajjan Racially Abused by Soldier on Social Media
Canada’s newly-appointed Sikh Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has allegedly faced racist remarks by a soldier on social media, prompting the Canadian Armed Forces to launch a probe.The military declined...
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‘Indian Machiavelli’ Urges Confronting China
Indian and US Army OfficersWASHINGTON: Forget Gandhi and satyagraha. India needs to be more strategically assertive and take China on, a longtime national security advisor to New Delhi said today. And...
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America says China’s Fifth-Generation Jet Fighter J-31 Stolen from its F-35
NEW DELHI: American experts have accused China of stealing the US design in its first indigenously developed fifth-generation fighter jet, which was displayed at Dubai Airshow on Sunday, raising doubts...
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Chinese Scientists Unveil New Stealth Material Breakthrough
by Patrick TuckerPlanes and warships just got a lot harder to see with microwave radarA group of scientists from China may have created a stealth material that could make future fighter jets very...
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IDN TAKE: Privatizing Combat Jet Production
The government is all set to increase orders for indigenous fighter jet Tejas, but Air Force officials had questioned the plane's capabilities. The Indian Air Force said the move to increase reliance...
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'British' Islamic State Leader Jihadi John Killed in US Air Strikes in Syria:...
BEIRUT: A "British" leader of Islamic State and three other foreign militants have been killed in US-led air strikes in northern Syrian town of Raqqa, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human...
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Pakistan to Avoid Talks on Nukes During Army Chief General Raheel Sharif's US...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not discuss the issue of its nuclear weapons in talks with American officials during army chief General Raheel Sharif's US visit next week and will instead point to India's...
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Isolate those who Harbour Terrorists: PM Modi in Speech to British MPs
Prime Minister Modi addressing MPs in British Parliament's Royal GalleryLONDON: In a veiled reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there should be a global resolve to "isolate"...
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Indian Navy's Boeing P-8Is Dedicated to the Nation: 7 Facts about...
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday dedicated the Boeing P8I (Poseidon Eight India) Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft to the nation at INS Rajali, Arakkonam, a naval air station....
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PAKISTANI VIEW: The Nuclear Dead End in South Asia
The Pakistani nuclear program is lately getting a lot of buzz in Washington. The revelation that Pakistan has reportedly acquired tactical nuclear weapons has set the alarm bells ringing. The Obama...
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Manohar Parrikar Dedicates Indian Navy's Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I to the...
NEW DELHI: Giving a boost to the firepower and arsenal of the Indian Armed Forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar dedicated the Boeing P8I (Poseidon Eight India) Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft...
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OROP Stir: Veterans Returning Medals Insulting Nation, Says Manohar Parrikar
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said the government had kept its promise on One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme and veterans burning or returning their medals were insulting the...
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Hawk Jets Deal ‘Procedural’, Announcement Unlikely on PM’s Visit
Britain PM David Cameron walks in the garden at Chequers in Buckinghamshire with PM Narendra Modi, in England. Officials said expected purchase of 20 Hawk jets was a “procedural iissue” and is unlikely...
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Top Chinese Military Delegation Headed for India to Discuss Measures for...
NEW DELHI: A top Chinese military delegation will arrive in India on Sunday to discuss ways to bolster confidence building measures along the 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC), because not much...
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India and the 21st Century’s Great Game
by Francis P. SempaThe U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute recently published a monograph by Roman Muzalevsky on India’s strategic role in the 21st century’s “Great Game” in Central...
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Posturing Doesn’t Really Make Sense
Rodong-1 Ballistic Missile of North Korea Renamed as Ghauri by Pakistan. . . because if at all deterrence stability exists between India and Pakistan, why would the latter want to disturb it?A cursory...
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