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Topic: Missiles

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

Russia needs a nuclear shield update to due to ‘colossal threats’, nuclear chief says

Russia and United States are upgrading their nuclear arsenals—including systems used to detect and intercept incoming nuclear-armed missiles—just as China ramps up its own nuclear capability far beyond those of Britain & France.

US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine because Putin ‘bombs everybody’, says Trump

American president did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the EU.

From Kheibarshekan to Sejjil, a look at Iran’s missile arsenal as conflict with Israel escalates

New Delhi: Air raid sirens continued to sound over Jerusalem Monday amid an ongoing barrage of ballistic missiles from Iran. Sunday's salvo targeted Ben...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, 2 partners are frontrunners to develop Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield

Musk’s rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of the Golden Dome.

Japan, US to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency, news agency Kyodo reports

Under the plan, the U.S. would deploy missile units to the Nansei Islands of Japan's southwestern Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, and to the Philippines, the report says.

‘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’.

Man ‘honey trapped’ by ISI handler to share info on missiles, drones held in Gujarat

Accused Pravin Mishra gave out specifics of missile technologies he had gleaned while working with DRDO supplier, says CID.

SubscriberWrites: The cost-benefit analysis when countering cheap weapons

The offensive weapon always has an advantage as it comes first (otherwise where is the need to develop a counter) and destruction is always cheaper than construction.

India receives fresh batch of Igla-S air defence system from Russia, to be deployed at LAC

Order for Igla-S was placed last year to fulfil Army's current requirements. With improved interception range of up to 6 km, Igla-S provides advantage over older Igla-1M systems.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.