From legacy air defence guns to modern surface-to-air missile systems, the network of Soviet-era and contemporary Russian platforms blunted aerial threat between 7 and 10 May.
Provocations among Israel & Iran have prompted discussion on the need for India to broaden its air defence apparatus, given tensions with adversarial neighbours.
Apart from 23 August and 15 September attacks on S-400 air defence systems, Kyiv claims to have destroyed at least two battalions of these weapons systems in the past.
Russian Charge d’Affaires to India Roman Babushkin says India’s stand on Ukraine crisis is ‘independent and balanced’, and ‘reflects’ India’s status as a ‘global power’.
Recent defence deals have been successful only because they were made through unconventional means, circumventing the long and tedious procurement processes.
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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