In the past three decades or more the Indian Air Force has had the strategic advantage of better beyond visual range (BVR) missiles for its fighter jets. It has been using the Russian R-73 missiles fired from the MiG 29 and also the Sukhoi-30 MKI. In that era a missile like the R- 73, which
India now has specialised submarime rescue system Even as the nuclear submarine, INS Arihant has propelled India into an exclusive club, plans to build additional conventional submarines has slowed down with no follow orders to the Kalvari class, the six Scorpenes being built at the Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL). The strategic community, including the Indian
Future wars will surely have an important element — loitering drones – which can be sent up to loiter and then the same drone converted itself into a missile to attack specified target as and when desired by ground-based controllers. With technologies improving ‘loitering drones, ’ also called loitering ammunitions are now the coveted weapons
In the past decade or so, Indian Armed forces have been moving toward a network centric warfare ability. This includes dedicated satellites, special optic fibre network allowing real time communication – videos and images for troops on ground; for pilots of planes and copters in the air and for captains of ships, and submarines out
In what will sharpen Indian specialist teams in new domains of Space, Cyber and Special Forces, the Government has operationalised two separate division-level formations and the third one is under process. India’s elite unit of commandos drawn from all three armed forces has started functioning with the Ministry of Defence having appointed Major General Ak
Solar powered UAV’s coming. Four big changes are occurring in the military aerospace sector. An increasing numbers of armed drones and loitering missiles are coming in while in the space of surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles UAV’s, endurance of a few days is being showcased. The very latest is solar powered UAV’s that arre still being
The government will appoint a high- level committee comprising ministers to draw up a roadmap for turning government-controlled ordnance factories, which supply arms and ammunition and other equipment to the armed forces, into defence public sector units (DPSUs), government officials who did not want to be named said. “The defence ministry will approach the Union cabinet
The government will appoint a high- level committee comprising ministers to draw up a roadmap for turning government-controlled ordnance factories, which supply arms and ammunition and other equipment to the armed forces, into defence public sector units (DPSUs), government officials who did not want to be named said. “The defence ministry will approach the Union cabinet
Recent Comments