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Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Smruti Deshpande - 7 May, 2024

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Complex network of India’s existing air defence capabilities & the way forward

IAF’s Balakot strike was codenamed Operation Bandar, Army’s operation was named Zafran

Snehesh Alex Philip - 21 June, 2019

Operation Bandar involved about 5,000 personnel, and culminated in 12 Mirage-2000 aircraft crossing the Line of Control and striking Balakot.

Two IAF officers likely to face court martial for 27 February J&K chopper crash

Snehesh Alex Philip - 21 June, 2019

The IAF chopper was shot down in Budgam in ‘friendly fire’, killing six personnel. The Court of Inquiry report could be submitted by early July.

Why Modi govt restored ‘ration in kind’ facility for military officers in peace areas

Amrita Nayak Dutta - 19 June, 2019

The provision of 'ration in kind' was withdrawn in 2017 by the previous Narendra Modi government and replaced with a daily cash allowance of Rs 96.

Govt restores provision of ‘ration in kind’ for military officers in peace areas

PTI - 18 June, 2019

The earlier decision to withdraw the provision had met with criticism from several quarters within the three services of the armed forces.

Army plan to move training HQ from Shimla to Meerut runs into retired officers, politicians

Ashwani Sharma - 18 June, 2019

Between raising it Parliament and lobbying with the CM, retired Army officers and politicians across party lines are doing all they can to stop the move.

China is using hi-tech balloons to spy on India from Tibet

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 18 June, 2019

China began to show interest in aerostats in the 1990s, but it was only in 2010-11 that it received three large-sized tethered aerostat systems from a Russian company.

Sniper rifles for Indian Army delayed as 20 firms offer weapon, but none make ammunition

Amrita Nayak Dutta - 17 June, 2019

Indian Army is now looking to scrap the RFI and start afresh its hunt for 5,700 high-precision sniper rifles, at an estimated cost of Rs 982 crore.

IAF gets to work, begins picking the Indians who will go to space on ISRO’s Gaganyaan

Snehesh Alex Philip - 17 June, 2019

The IAF will initially shortlist 10 potential candidates, of whom, three, including a woman, will make up the crew for the mission.

IAF plans to stop flying AN-32 over mountains and seas after Arunachal crash

Rahul Singh, HT - 15 June, 2019

IAF plans to replace AN-32 with Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft and price negotiations for buying 56 of them have been wrapped up.

Wiser after Balakot, India orders missiles worth $700 million from Russia

Snehesh Alex Philip - 13 June, 2019

Order includes close to 300 short-range air-to-air missiles, the R-73, and 400 medium-range air-to-air guided missiles, the RVV-AE.

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Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Complex network of India’s existing air defence capabilities & the way forward

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