Source Press Information Bureau of India After weeks of hype over possibility of multiple defence sales agreements to be announced if not contracts inked during the Annual India and Russia Summit on December 05 in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the absence of any major declaration may seem underwhelming. For the record there was a mention in the Joint Statement  by the two leaders which had a separate section on Military and...

LCA TEJAS The November 21, accident involving the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) manufacturing Tejas LCA Mark 1 at the Dubai Air Show will be a test for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Defence Public Sector Undertaking directly  operating under the Indian Ministry of Defence [MOD]. Indeed, the loss of Wing Commander Naman Syal is grievous for his family, the IAF as well as the nation. A tribute to the departed soul would be a fair investigation rather than speculation in the media or...

Xi Jinping at the Inauguration of Fujian Aircraft Carrier Five core themes identified in the Fourth Plenum for the PLA were absolute loyalty to the Party, enhancing combat power, innovation, civil military fusion and 2027, 2025 and 2050 steps to a World class military. While unceremonious sacking of nine senior generals of the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] including a Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission [CMC] was much in the limelight just before the Fourth Plenum, during the...