The first 20,000 AK 203 rifles will be imported from Russia at a cost of about Rs 80,000 a piece. The rest are to be manufactured in India as part of a joint venture.
Sophie & Vida received Chief of Army Staff Commendations on Independence Day for their bravery. PM Modi urged people to opt for desi dogs if they plan to have one as a pet.
India has been left two decades behind China with respect to military capability in general and information warfare in particular. Ladakh is a wake-up call.
An Army spokesperson said that additional civil witnesses are being asked to depose before the Court of Inquiry and DNA samples have been collected from Rajouri.
Every scene in 'Gunjan Saxena — The Kargil Girl' that was laced with gender bias evoked sympathy from my daughters, writes retired Army officer Captain Shikha Saxena.
There is an infrastructure shortage in Eastern Ladakh, stemming from the fact that such large-scale movement of troops was unheard of in the region, and due to the challenging terrain.
Talks were held Sunday over Depsang Plains tensions. Next round of meeting under Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination is being scheduled now.
The corps, which takes care of the northern part of the LoC with Pakistan besides the LAC, has also sought for Israeli Spike Anti-Tank Guided Missiles & long-range surveillance cameras.
India has avoided using the so-called Tibet card in the past but even this issue isn't off the table now as New Delhi works with the US to address the China factor.
According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.
Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
Why India needs Russian Technology to make rifles. Indian companies can easily develop better rifles with in-house capabilities. Tata, Mahindra, L&T all are making good weapons so why now depend on Russian Technology and pay for technology transfer. For every rifle made will have to pay royalty to Russia.
Our inability to take decisions in defence matters is mainly due to lack of professionalism in our armed forces,where sycophancy, not professional competence is the essential quality for moving ahead. Also, why cant we allow the OFB to fade into sunset, not recruiting anymore, just allowing them to produce basic goods where quality is not important ? For the oldest Asian body ( almost 220 years old) that produced modern military hardware, forget developing newer products, they have a very pitiable record of producing quality equipment of even old technologies. Instead,we should encourage our reputed Pvt.sector Cos. to develop,with foreign collaboration if necessary, advanced military hardware. Punj Lloyd is producing rifles for theIsraeli army, professionally one of the most reputed armies in the world, but its not good enough for us ? Another Co. SSS Defence also has produced assault rifles in India, why cant we encourage these Cos. too ?
As usual, the local production agencies ( OFB) acted as a spoilsport and delayed things by some 2 years. The same thing happened to the Rafale deal when in 2013 HAL gave a very high costing and scuppered the deal HAL also betrayed lack of confidence in their own capabilities by insisting on a performance guarantee for all 126 Rafales , even those built by them. MOD needs to come down heavily on such laggards and penalise them for delays in the projects.
The Ak203 must be compared with Ak -19 and upgraded to suit indian conditions . Instead of rivets the gun must be built with latest German CNC and milling machines. With Chinese in Ladakh an immediate requirement to requip 3 divisions in Ladakh must be placed on the Russians to supply 60000 rifles with 45 to 60 days.
Bloody idiot we r buying with money, those assault rifles will be produced in India only u paki’s are professional beggars in front of china.
Why India needs Russian Technology to make rifles. Indian companies can easily develop better rifles with in-house capabilities. Tata, Mahindra, L&T all are making good weapons so why now depend on Russian Technology and pay for technology transfer. For every rifle made will have to pay royalty to Russia.
Our inability to take decisions in defence matters is mainly due to lack of professionalism in our armed forces,where sycophancy, not professional competence is the essential quality for moving ahead. Also, why cant we allow the OFB to fade into sunset, not recruiting anymore, just allowing them to produce basic goods where quality is not important ? For the oldest Asian body ( almost 220 years old) that produced modern military hardware, forget developing newer products, they have a very pitiable record of producing quality equipment of even old technologies. Instead,we should encourage our reputed Pvt.sector Cos. to develop,with foreign collaboration if necessary, advanced military hardware. Punj Lloyd is producing rifles for theIsraeli army, professionally one of the most reputed armies in the world, but its not good enough for us ? Another Co. SSS Defence also has produced assault rifles in India, why cant we encourage these Cos. too ?
As usual, the local production agencies ( OFB) acted as a spoilsport and delayed things by some 2 years. The same thing happened to the Rafale deal when in 2013 HAL gave a very high costing and scuppered the deal HAL also betrayed lack of confidence in their own capabilities by insisting on a performance guarantee for all 126 Rafales , even those built by them. MOD needs to come down heavily on such laggards and penalise them for delays in the projects.
The Ak203 must be compared with Ak -19 and upgraded to suit indian conditions . Instead of rivets the gun must be built with latest German CNC and milling machines. With Chinese in Ladakh an immediate requirement to requip 3 divisions in Ladakh must be placed on the Russians to supply 60000 rifles with 45 to 60 days.
India should buy Israeli guns. they are the best.
Aaaand freakin expensive too.
Always begging slumdogs
Who is begging ,??? us or u guys. What a joker
what’s so burning for you ? Lol
@chilman we slumdogs have become millionaires, so you need burnol????