India, China plan to hold Navy, Air Force exercises
Seeking to strengthen mutual trust between their armed forces, India and China are planning to hold exercises between their navies and air forces also in the near future. Seeking to strengthen mutual trust between their armed forces, India and China are planning to hold exercises between their navies and air forces also in the near future. The armies of the two countries already hold exercises between them code named Hand-to-Hand. Its third edition would be held in Chengdu military region of China in October. During the recent discus…
Defence ministry signs death warrant for India’s first aircraft carrier
India's first aircraft carrier, the Vikrant, is finally set to sail into the sunset. Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently approved the sale of the retired aircraft carrier as scrap. India's first aircraft carrier, the Vikrant, is finally set to sail into the sunset. Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently approved the sale of the retired aircraft carrier as scrap. This follows the failure of decade-long plans to convert the warship into a Rs.600-crore floating museum in Mumbai. Defence ministry officials said final orders for …
New chief of India's military research complex reveals brave new mandate
As Defence Minister A.K. Antony leaves on a 4-day official visit to China on Thursday, the first by a Defence Minister in seven years, new facts about the direction India's nuclear missile programme is taking could send out an unprecedented message. In details revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview to Headlines Today, the new chief of the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) Dr Avinash Chander has revealed that one of his key mandates as the head of the country's military research complex, is to drastically reduce th…
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