Delhi: India Army on High Alert as China refuses to step back in Ladakh
Tensions between India and China may rise in the coming days as the latter has reportedly refused to step back from the Finger 4 area in Pangong Tso. In wake of the situation, the Indian Army is on high alert and has increased the deployment of tanks along the East Ladakh borders to repel any threat from the Chinese army. Around 60,000 soldiers have been deployed in East Ladakh along with Bhishm tanks, Apache attack helicopters, Sukhoi fighter jets, Chinook and Rudra helicopters near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The development com…
India's Naval Aviation: Punching Below Its Weight
Some readers of last week's post on the Indian carrier program contacted me to suggest that I had short changed Indian efforts to develop naval aviation partnerships. Some readers of last week's post on the Indian carrier program contacted me to suggest that I had short changed Indian efforts to develop naval aviation partnerships. In retrospect, I clearly understated the extent to which the Indian Navy has worked with other carrier-operating navies, especially the USN. For example, Indian pilots have been training (with MiG-…
Chinese Troops Intrude Again, Threaten Locals in Hindi
Chinese troops made another intrusion into Indian territory - Chumar sector in Ladakh - in June and threatened the locals in Hindi, according to Indian intelligence agencies and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Chinese troops made another intrusion into Indian territory - Chumar sector in Ladakh - in June and threatened the locals in Hindi, according to Indian intelligence agencies and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops reportedly entered Indian territory in the Chumar secto…
Indian firm to build parts for Boeing's Chinook
Indian firm Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) has been awarded a first supplier contract in the country to manufacture the aft pylon and cargo ramp assemblies for Boeing's model CH- 47F Chinook. Indian firm Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) has been awarded a first supplier contract in the country to manufacture the aft pylon and cargo ramp assemblies for Boeing’s model CH-47F Chinook, a platform that the IAF will be ordering 15 of shortly. Late last year, the IAF chose the CH-47F over the Mi-26T in its heavy-lift helicopter competi…
Intellectual ferment in China
On the development of a new Chinese worldview and seeing China as a powerhouse FOR the last few decades, to go no further, China has been a powerhouse of ideas. There is an intellectual awakening of which little is known in India, the one country which ought to know of it, for two good reasons. The common place one is that India’s friendly relations with China are not unmixed with occasional sparring over the boundary dispute. The other, which escapes most, is that the two countries are in the same boat and can learn a lot from each o…
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