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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicIndia defence

Topic: India defence

India’s strategic pillars are crumbling. Complacency is not an option

Within the modern-day Samudra Manthan lies the opportunity for India to redefine its role on the world stage by building a robust, adaptive security architecture.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

China outspends India on defence in 2024, shows SIPRI report. Pakistan far behind

SIPRI’s latest data on Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2024, shows China spent $314 bn on its military in 2024, India spent $86.1 bn, while Pakistan spent $10.2 bn.

IAF chief drops truth bombs, says his force in dire need of 35-40 aircraft/year, far behind in tech

Speaking at an event, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh also made a strong pitch for collaborative project between a foreign firm & Indian pvt player to produce fighter aircraft in India.

Trump’s F-35 offer tests Modi’s Atmanirbhar pitch. We can’t buy our way out of tech race

We are throwing money at imports while slipping behind competitors—China, certainly, but also Iran, South Korea, and Turkey—in technologies like stealth fighters, drones, and hypersonic missiles.

India-Russia defence ties are waning. Crude oil supply is the centerpiece of relationship

The once-dominant India-Russia defence relationship is waning. In its place, crude oil supplies have become the centrepiece of bilateral ties, signalling a fundamental shift.

Yes, India’s defence exports are booming, but guess who’s the biggest importer

India's defence industry now supplies to over 90 countries, with exports growing by more than 30 times in 10 years. Equipment exported is wide-ranging, from small arms to armoured vehicles.

‘Day not far when China coerces India with use of missiles,’ says Lt General PR Shankar (Retd)

Delivering a lecture for Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), Lt General P.R. Shankar (Retd) says while India did not require a rocket force, it certainly needed ‘integrated thinking and jointness’.

US set to issue letter of acceptance ‘soon’ for predator drone deal with India

US Congress yet to be formally notified of proposed deal under which Navy will get 15 MQ9B drones in maritime & anti-submarine warfare kits, Army & IAF will get 8 each of its land version.

India, Japan, US, Australia to hold first Malabar naval exercise off Sydney coast

apanese and Indian navy vessels stopped in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea on the way to Sydney, to highlight its strategic importance amid US-China tiff.

On Camera

Operation Sindoor model will not work in future wars. India must not delay theaterisation

War is not a staff college exercise. Battles are messy, losses mount, and the fog of war thickens. The safeguard is not temperament at the top but resilient institutions rooted in unity of command.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.