Monthly Archives: March, 2021
Middle East
Expanding Footprints, Indian Navy Holds Naval Drills With Bahrain In The Persian Gulf
The Indian Navy and the Royal Bahrain Naval Force carried out the Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Persian Gulf as part of 'Operation Sankalp'...
EurAsian Region
Russia To Test World’s 1st Ultra-Light Optics For Nanosatellites in Space
Russia’s Samara University has said that its pioneer ultra-light optics for nanosatellites will be sent to space for testing, reports Sputnik.
According to the university,...
Europe
Dassault ‘Rafale’ Aviation, Airbus Lock-Horns Over Europe’s Next-Gen Fighter Jet Program
Europe’s next-gen fighter jet program FCAS is facing some teething problems, with two prime contractors -- Airbus and Dassault Aviation -- locking horns over...
Health
Canada Urges Citizens to Get AstraZeneca Vaccine After Studying Blood Clot Reports
Health Canada, an agency of the Canadian government responsible for national health policy, said on Friday that it was still recommending citizens to use...
Americas
Apache (AH-64E) Helicopters Get Even More Lethal With The Integration Of Israeli Spike-NLOS Missile
The US Army has recently conducted a test in which its AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fired an Israeli Spike-NLOS missile at a target boat...
Expert Reviews
Not A Flying Coffin: Data Shows MiG-21 Has Been The Safest Fighter Jet With The Indian Air Force
The crash of the Indian Air Force’s MiG-21 Bison fighter jet has once again provoked angry calls for retiring the country’s once frontline workhorse,...
Americas
Why US Navy Is Still Using Sub-Sonic Tomahawk Missiles When Russia, China Have Hypersonic Ones?
The US Navy is set to receive Tomahawk Block-V missiles next week. This is the latest and the most advanced member of the subsonic...
South Asia
India’s HAL TEDBF, French Rafale Or US’ F-18 Super Hornet – Which Fighter Jet Will Fly From The Deck Of INS Vikrant?
The Indian Navy’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, could end up having HAL’s upcoming fifth-generation Twin Engine Deck-Based Fighter (TEDBF) jet on her...
Asia Pacific
China Prepares To Take On QUAD; After Naval Drills, PLAAF Holds Air Combat Drills In Challenging Conditions
Days after conducting a large-scale naval exercise, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has held air combat drills amid harsh sandstorm conditions that swept China...
EurAsian Region
India, Uzbekistan Conducting ‘DUSTLIK’ Counter-Terrorism Drills Up In The Himalayas
India is holding a joint military exercise with Uzbekistan to help the latter enhance its counter-terrorism capabilities as the Central Asian country is facing...
Asia Pacific
Why India & The Indo-Pacific Is A Vital ‘Cog In The Wheel’ For The UK To Re-Emerge As Global Super Power?
Following its withdrawal from the European Union, the UK wants to shift its foreign policy focus towards the Indo-Pacific region, which it considers the...
Expert Reviews
Why India Needs Israel & South Korea As ‘Role Models’ If Delhi Aims To Become A Defense Super-Power
One perceptible enlargement of the global arms production has taken place in two Asian countries and not India but South Korea and Israel –...
Europe
France Respects UK’s Decision To Raise Nuclear Arsenal Cap – Foreign Ministry
France respects the United Kingdom's sovereign decision to raise the cap on its nuclear arsenal, the country's foreign ministry told Sputnik on Wednesday.
London on...
Asia Pacific
China Conducts Major Naval Drills Amid Threats From US, India, Japan Australia QUAD Bloc
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) recently conducted combat-oriented drills in three major sea areas. The timing of this exercise assumes significance as...
South Asia
As India Cut Its Defense Imports, Pakistan Went On A Shopping Spree — SIPRI Report
At a time when India has cut its defense imports by a whopping 33%, thanks to the Modi government's Make-in-India push, its neighbor Pakistan...
India-Pakistan News
India, Pakistan LOC Cease-Fire Sparks New Hope For Jammu & Kashmir: OPED
As guns have fallen silent along the 740-kilometer Line of Control (LoC) that divides the state of Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan,...
World
US Airstrikes Target Taliban Fighters In Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province – Pentagon
US combat aircraft in Afghanistan have conducted airstrikes against Taliban fighters who were attacking Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) troops in three...
Americas
US Air Force B-52 Bomber To Launch Hypersonic Missile In A First-Ever Exercise — Reports
In a first-of-its-kind exercise, the US Air Force will test-fire its hypersonic missile, AGM-183A, from a B-52 bomber sometime in the next few weeks,...
Asia Pacific
Japan Tests Next-Gen H3 Rocket In Preparation For Launch In 2021 – JAXA
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has completed final preparations for the first launch of its newest H3 rocket, the Tanegashima Space Center revealed...
Americas
Bolivia To Take OAS Chief To Court Over Meddling With Internal Affairs – Justice Minister
Bolivia says it will file a lawsuit against the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro, for meddling in the country's...
