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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicUS military

Topic: US military

Indian Army to buy American howitzer ammunition for use along LoC

The Excalibur artillery ammunition is being purchased under emergency procurement to be war-ready in post-Pulwama attack-like situations.

US military is a bigger polluter than 140 countries. The war machine has to be shrunk

US military consumes more liquid fuels and emits more climate-changing gases than most medium-sized countries.

Iran risks US military action after it breaches uranium limit under nuclear accord

The breach is likely to heighten tensions in the Persian Gulf that have spiked since the Trump administration exited the nuclear accord a year ago.

Are aliens visiting us? US military seems to think so

For the last several years, the US military has noted an increase in “unexplained aerial phenomena,” or UFOs as we call it in pop culture. But is this enough to believe in alien visitation?

After Tintin and Tom and Jerry, now it’s Indian Army’s turn to find a Yeti link

Indian Army tweets picture to claim ‘mysterious footprints’ of Yeti, invites social media mockery. But the legend has popular roots.

Sundar Pichai meets US General today amid military jitters over Google’s AI push in China

Google invited General Joseph Dunford for talks after he said the firm's AI work in China 'indirectly benefits the Chinese military'.

Donald Trump calls back half of US military forces from Afghanistan

US defence secretary James Mattis resigns and Brazil’s museum, destroyed in a fire, is now digitised.

Shift in US policy as Donald Trump orders withdrawal of troops from Syria

German magazine says one of its top journalists fabricated stories, and Latin America is turning unsafe, dangerous for women.

Hurricane Michael devastates major US Air Force base in Florida

Multiple fighter jets of the US Air Force suffered damage as Hurricane Michael made landfall last week.

Afghanistan says no privatisation of war ‘at any cost’, finds support

Rejecting Erik Prince's plan to privatise parts of US military operations in Afghanistan, the government says won't allow for-profit business.

On Camera

Here’s how Khilji, Akbar, and Hindu rulers dealt with Halal

In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.