India Successfully Tested Dhruvastra (Nag Missile) Anti-Tank guided missile
BREAKING: In the wake of ongoing border tensions between India and China, Defence Research and Development Organisation conducts flight trials of the anti-tank guided Nag Missile (HELINA), which has been named now as Dhruvastra. The trials were carried out in direct and top attack mode on July 15-16. Trials were done without helicopter at Interim Test Range, Balasore, Odisha. This is categorized as the third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile. And is meant to support both the air borne forces of the Indian Army as we…
Nirbhay will be backbone of ‘cold-start,’ say experts
Nirbhay, India’s first long-range subsonic cruise missile, which was test-fired on October 17, can be a game-changer in India’s strategic calculus, defence analysts and strategic experts feel. Capable of flying at a tree-top altitude for over 1,000 km, Nirbhay can carry out surgical strikes and thus back up India’s “cold start” doctrine that envisages limited, precise strikes across the border. The introduction of nuclear weapons in the subcontinent has virtually stalled a conventional Indian response to Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism…
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