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Germany Offers ‘Bigger’ 214 Version Of HDW-Class Submarines To Indian Navy To Counter Pakistan, China

Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG has offered India the bigger 214 version of HDW-class submarines. Conventional diesel submarines are on offer for a $4.8 billion deal...

India’s Role In ASEAN DMM Plus Grows; To Co-Chair Counter-Terror Working Group To ‘Secure’ Indo-Pacific

OPED by Ambassador Gurjit Singh (Retired) The Xi-Biden Summit finally occurred on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in San Francisco. This tended to ease...

Bangladesh Becomes 2nd Country To Benefit From Japan’s Defense Aid Program; Set To Acquire Naval Patrol Boats – Reports

Bangladesh will soon receive naval patrol boats through Japanese funding, becoming the second beneficiary of Tokyo’s new defense aid program to counter China’s growing...

Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: How China’s Vicious ‘Debt Trap’ Under $25 Billion CPEC Loan Has Ruined Its Economy

Pakistan is a country of economic ruin. It is awaiting a monumental financial default without long overdue structural reforms sought by global creditors such...

Once Pride Of India, Russia Scraps ‘INS Chakra’ Nuclear Submarine; Navy Goes ‘1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back’

The Russian Navy is set to dismantle the damaged Project 971U "Shchuka-B" SSN (nuclear-powered submarine) leased to the Indian Navy (IN) as INS Chakra,...