It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.
Analysis of IAF proposal shows that the true Make in India component is much lesser than expected, therefore negotiations will focus on increasing that component.
Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.
The JD(U) may still have 12 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the state Assembly, but without Nitish Kumar as its face, the party is confronted with a big leadership vacuum.
EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.
US CENTCOM confirms use of Lockheed’s 500 km+ ballistic missile against Iranian missile sites in the high-intensity phase of joint US-Israel operation.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
This article’s claims about Ultra Sets and Alpine Quest are partially plausible but largely unverified due to insufficient evidence and reliance on unnamed sources.
Ultra Sets are credible as encrypted devices, given LeT’s history, but their 2023 recovery, uncracked status, and specificity lack corroboration.
The Alpine Quest app’s tampered version is confirmed in the Russian context, but its use by Pakistani terrorists in J&K is speculative, with no direct evidence.
The Pahalgam attack involved body cameras, supporting LeT’s technological capability, but tying it to Ultra Sets or Alpine Quest is inferential.
This article’s claims about Ultra Sets and Alpine Quest are partially plausible but largely unverified due to insufficient evidence and reliance on unnamed sources.
Ultra Sets are credible as encrypted devices, given LeT’s history, but their 2023 recovery, uncracked status, and specificity lack corroboration.
The Alpine Quest app’s tampered version is confirmed in the Russian context, but its use by Pakistani terrorists in J&K is speculative, with no direct evidence.
The Pahalgam attack involved body cameras, supporting LeT’s technological capability, but tying it to Ultra Sets or Alpine Quest is inferential.