Defence News

Robots will now help Indian Army fight terror in Kashmir

From helping in cordon-and-search ops, negotiating obstacles to lobbing grenades at terrorists holed up in buildings, the Ministry of Defence has started procuring around 550 robotics surveillance units.

Nov 14, 2019

Despite 'wonderful' meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts

Both leaders fell short of explaining how they would overcome the differences in issues including Erdogan's incursion in Syria and Turkey's purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system.

Nov 14, 2019

India-US to hold second round of 2+2 talks in December, eye major defence signing

New Delhi hosted the first round of the talks last year where the two countries signed the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA).

Nov 14, 2019

Gaza retaliates after Israel airstrike kills 16 including top Islamic Jihad commander

Retaliatory attacks from the Gaza Strip against Israel were launched, which triggered sirens in Tel Aviv to as far as about 20 km to the port city Ashdod.

Nov 12, 2019

How monetising defence land bank could help Indian defence forces?

Indian defence forces, which are heavily dependent on the imports, never get the amount requested from the establishment.

Nov 5, 2019

Turkey captures sister of slain ISIS chief al-Baghdadi in north Syria

Rasmiya Awad was detained along with her five children in a raid near Azaz, a Turkish-controlled Syrian town near the border.

Nov 5, 2019

'Bahadur' to retire: IAF's MiG-27 to fly last sortie on December 31

Inducted in IAF in 1984, MiG-27 is a dedicated ground-attack aircraft and became the main strike aircraft of IAF.

Nov 3, 2019

Islamic State announces successor to al-Baghdadi, vows revenge against US

The group confirmed his death in an audio tape posted online and said a successor, identified as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, had been appointed.

Nov 1, 2019

Pentagon releases Baghdadi raid video, warns of likely retribution attack

The declassified, grainy, black-and-white aerial videos from Saturday's raid showed US special operations forces closing in on the compound and US aircraft firing on militants nearby.

Oct 31, 2019

Did Israeli spy agency target WhatsApp users in India? Message app admits breach

Messaging platform WhatsApp admits users in 20 countries were targeted by Israeli surveillance group NSO on behalf of national governments.

Oct 30, 2019

Missile fell near military base hosting US forces in Iraq says Defence Minister Najah al-Shammari

Shammari stressed the need for caution to preserve the safety of all those in the camp.

Oct 29, 2019

Why was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi more feared than 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden?

Al Baghdadi whom the US claims to have eliminated in his hideout in Syria's Idlib had declared himself the first caliph of Daesh (Islamic State) and was unmatched in atrocities to captives including the use of children for committing bloodbaths.

Oct 28, 2019

Battle of airwaves: Why is India cranking up mobile network in deserted hills?

India feels it is strategically important to strengthen the mobile singals along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in even sparsely populated hills of Arunachal Pradesh to counter the high-power Chinese network incursion.

Oct 26, 2019

Push for local manufacturing: Centre mulls hiking defence FDI through automatic route to 74%

The government believes that local manufacturing would lead to lesser imports which would mean greater transparency with a diminishing role for middlemen.

Oct 25, 2019

Explained: Why Army is opposing Assam Rifles merger with ITBP

Assam Rifles has the responsibility of carrying out counter-insurgency operations in conjunction with the army in the northeast and guards the 1,643 km long India-Myanmar border.

Oct 24, 2019

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