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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicIndia military

Topic: India military

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

India, US discussing co-production of Javelin anti-tank missiles

Indian partner for joint production of Javelin — developed and produced jointly by Raytheon & Lockheed Martin — will be identified later as discussions have just begun, it is learnt.

Attrition, annihilation, or exhaustion? India has to pick the right strategy to win a war

The terrain of our Northern borders favours a strategy of attrition while conducting a defensive campaign. But on the Western front, a strategy of annihilation might be a better option.

Modi, Muizzu discussed Indian troop withdrawal at COP28. India agreed, claims Maldives President

Statements issued earlier by Maldivian and Indian governments on the bilateral meeting, however, did not mention this issue.

US-India military tech share face significant challenges from Washington’s weapons export rules

The Biden administration says sweeping agreements on semiconductors, critical minerals, technology, space and defense cooperation and sales will ring in a new era in relations.

Hotstar’s Shoorveer has the best aerial dogfight scenes on Indian TV. Rest is half-baked

Samar Khan's Shoorveer could have been 'the' Air Force show. It lands the aerial dogfight scenes perfectly, but the rest is a parachute-less jump.

How anti-tank missiles & Russian ‘mistakes’ worked to Ukraine’s advantage, and lessons for India

Ukraine has effectively championed strategies any smaller military would incorporate against larger enemy — avoid big, open, battles and conflicts, and focus on targeting supply chains.

India begins theaterisation of military, unified commands will take 2-3 years to create

Services have been told to dual-task commander-in-chief rank officers to work on structures of 4 identified theatres — 2 led by Army, 1 each by Air Force & Navy.

With formal appointments in, this is how the Department of Military Affairs will function

With uniformed officers being given joint secretary ranks, all files will no longer need to be moved to the Secretary of Dept of Military Affairs for decisions.

Rawat push not enough. Military & bureaucracy must set aside rivalry for defence university

The idea of a national defence university, which India has been waiting to see for over 50 years now, was first mooted by the Chief of Staff Committee in 1967.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.