Can China - Pakistan counter India’s new S-400 air defense system?
ISLAMABAD — Overconfidence in its newly acquired S-400 air defense system may give India a false sense of invulnerability and increase the likelihood of a military miscalculation involving archrival Pakistan , analysts warn. “Indian rhetoric appears to suggest a belief that the S-400 effectively makes its airspace impenetrable and its forces invulnerable,” Mansoor Ahmed, a senior fellow at the Pakistan -based think tank Center for International Strategic Studies who studies the country’s nuclear program and delivery systems, told Defense News…
Steel Guardians: Inside The Nerve Centre of India's Operation Sindoor Air Defence Triumph
DefenseNews : On May 7, 2025, India demonstrated its advanced military capabilities through the strategic execution of Operation Sindoor, a response to the devastating Pahalgam terror attack that had occurred just weeks earlier. At the heart of this operation was the Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS), which served as the critical nerve centre coordinating India's formidable air defence network, as per a report by Republic World web portal. When Pakistan launched retaliatory strikes involving drones and missiles, India's…
France delays warship delivery to Russia `until further notice`
Paris: France on Tuesday pushed back "until further notice" the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking a measured initial response from Moscow. President Francois Hollande said in a statement that the "current situation in eastern Ukraine still does not allow for the delivery of the first" of two Mistral-class vessels France has built for Russia. "He therefore decided to delay until further notice" the decision on whether to grant the export licence ne…
The Indian Navy's helicopter plans and purchases
The Navy has actually been running a competition for 16 naval multirole helicopters (NMRH) since 2011 with the request for information (RFI) being issued in July that year. Any decent sized surface warship in today's navy has the capability to host at least one navalized helicopter if not more. The steady accretion in the Indian Navy's (IN's) surface fleet therefore naturally also means that there is a need to augment the n…
DefenseNews: DRDO Seeks Private Sector Partnership to Build Mobile Launchers for Project Kusha's Long-Range M2 and M3 Interceptors
DefenseNews: In a significant move to enhance India's air defense and promote indigenous manufacturing, the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has invited private Indian companies to participate in the development of a Mobile Launcher System for its advanced long-range interceptor missiles. The tender is specifically for the M2 and M3 missiles, which are key components of the ambitious 'Project Kusha'. This initiative is a crucial step under the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' policy, aiming to build a self-reliant a…
India to Take Part in Aviadarts-2015 Flight Skills Competition
MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - India has confirmed its participation in the Aviadarts flight-skills competition hosted by Russia, Deputy Chief of the Main Staff of Russian Air Force Major General Alexander Lyapkin told RIA Novosti. “In 2015, another flight skills competition will take place, and an Indian crew plans to take part in it. As you can remember, this year China and Belarus participated in the contest,” Lyapkin said. Indian pilot Adzhai Rakhtor confirmed Lyapkin’s statement. Friday was the official opening ceremony for th…
Indian Air Force Seeks Made In India Missile Defense System
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has conveyed to the government that it would prefer to induct India's very own multi-tiered Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) program including medium and long range surface-to-air elements rather than the US made NASAMS-II networked air defence system, Livefist has reported. The indigenous missile defence program has successfully completed its first development phase and is expected to be deployed by 2022. The Indian government is currently locked in negotiations with its American counterparts over a potent…
US Air Force uses leftover ICBM funds to revamp Qatar plane
DefenseNews: The Air Force plans to use leftover funds from the LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile program to help pay for refurbishing a Qatari-donated plane into a new Air Force One presidential transport aircraft. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said in a June 26 hearing that the reallocated Sentinel money was “excess to need in [20]24,” and stressed the program to build new intercontinental ballistic missiles and launching infrastructure would not suffer or see further delays from moving funds around. “Let me be very clear, the Sentinel progr…
US Air Force to buy Turkish F-35s
WASHINGTON — After a year of speculation about what would happen to Turkey’s F-35s after the country was ousted from the joint strike fighter program last year, the Defense Department gave its definitive answer Monday evening in a characteristically anticlimactic manner — through its daily contract announcements. The U.S. Air Force will officially buy eight F-35A conventional takeoff and landing jets originally built by Lockheed Martin for Turkey as part of a $862 million contract modification. The deal also contains an additional six F-…
Russia nudges China to speed up disengagement along the LAC for Eurasian stability
NEW DELHI: Russia has quietly nudged China to expedite the ongoing disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The current situation along the LAC and stability in the region is understood to have figured when Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov held telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last week, ET has reliably gathered. It has been further learnt that Lavrov and Wang discussed how to settle “global issues exclusively through dialogue”. “On July 17, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov …
DefenseNews: Is The F-15ex On The Brink Of Being Cancelled?
F-15EX – Cancelled? – The F-15 Eagle was designed in the 1970s, without “a pound for air-to-ground,” meaning the plane was built strictly for air superiority. McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Accordingly, the original F-15 was excellent at engaging other airborne targets, or dogfighting – the jet was perhaps the preeminent fourth-generation air-to-air fighter – but lacked systems or capabilities to engage on the ground targets.
Rafale Faces Global Scrutiny as France Pushes Back Against Combat Loss Claims
A high-stakes battle over modern airpower credibility France is defending the Rafale fighter’s global reputation after disputed combat-loss narratives linked to India-Pakistan tensions triggered worldwide debate over modern air combat effectiveness, missile technology, and future fighter procurement decisions. The Rafale fighter jet has become the center of an unusually intense global defense debate after renewed claims surrounding alleged aircraft losses during India-Pakistan aerial tensions pushed France’s flagship combat aircraft into the …
China and Russia in naval co-operation vow
China and Russia have vowed to strengthen bilateral military co-operation and hold joint naval exercises to counter US influence in the Asia-Pacific region as a growing chorus of voices warns of a looming “new cold war”. During a visit to Beijing where he met his Chinese counterpart and Premier Li Keqiang, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said the two sides “expressed our concern with the US attempts to reinforce its military political influence in the Asia-Pacific region”, Chinese and Russian state media reported. “…
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