Defence general

Amid crippling shortages, Centre finalises Rs15,000 cr plan for domestic ammo

14 May 2018

Confronted with ammunition stocks that would not last for even 10 days of “intense fighting”, the defence ministry and Army are now finalising a core long-term plan to get the domestic private sector to manufacture seven different types of ammunition

Radar reveals details of mountain collapse after North Korea's last nuclear test

14 May 2018

Pakistan militants carried out 2008 Mumbai terror attacks: Nawaz Sharif

12 May 2018

IAF conducts online selection tests for airmen

11 May 2018

Defence against drones: the danger on the radar screen

09 May 2018

3-D printing of weapons threatens security on global, national and personal level

08 May 2018

While advances in additive manufacturing offer potential breakthroughs in prosthetic arms or jet engine parts, 3D printing, as it is known, may also accelerate weapons proliferation

Naval Commander's conference to be held on 08 May at New Delhi

07 May 2018

Iranian President warns US would regret move to quit nuclear deal

07 May 2018

India among world’s top 5 defence spenders, but dwarfed by China

03 May 2018

India overtook France after New Delhi expanded its defence budget by 5.5 per cent between 2016 and 2017 – and by 45 per cent since 2008, says a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

US bars sale of Huawei, ZTE devices on military bases globally

03 May 2018

Pak removes special prosecutor in 26/11 case for ‘going by the book’

30 Apr 2018

India, Pakistan and China to join multi-nation military drill in Russia

30 Apr 2018

DAC approves arms procurement worth Rs3,687 crore

28 Apr 2018

Koreas declare end to war, denuclerisation of Korean peninsula

27 Apr 2018

The leaders of South Korea and North Korea will now resume efforts to reunite Korean families separated by the war as they move towards continued development of inter-Korean ties and reunification

Korean leaders meet at border village in bid for rapprochement

27 Apr 2018

N Korea’s nuclear test site has collapsed, become unusable: experts

26 Apr 2018

AFSPA revoked in Meghalaya, partially lifted in Arunachal

24 Apr 2018

Fighting against ISIS continues to rock parts of Damascus

23 Apr 2018

Cabinet approves `death-for-child-rapist’ ordinance

21 Apr 2018

The ordinance prescribes death for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12 years, while in case of rape of a girl aged under 16 years, the ordinance prescribes minimum punishment of 20 years in jail

North, South Koreas get hotline working ahead of historic summit

21 Apr 2018

The hotline, which enables direct communications between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and the South’s Moon Jae-in, is the latest step in a whirlwind of diplomacy on and around the Korean peninsula since the Winter Olympics

‘GaganShakti-2018’: IAF airlifts Army personnel across hilly north, north-east

20 Apr 2018

By 2040, artificial intelligence could upend nuclear stability

18 Apr 2018

While AI-controlled doomsday machines are considered unlikely, the hazards of artificial intelligence for nuclear security lie instead in its potential to encourage humans to take potentially apocalyptic risks, says a new RAND Corporation paper

IAF's `Gagan Shakti’ war games underway across all bases

17 Apr 2018

The integrated land-air-sea combat exercise, Gagan Shakti 2018, with 1,150 fighter aircraft, helicopters and drones and over 15,000 IAF personnel participating, is being carried out with active participation of the Army and the Navy in a pan-India format

US, France and Britain launch joint strikes on Syrian capital

14 Apr 2018

While US defence secretary Jim Mattis said the strikes are a 'one-time shot’, US President Donald Trump said the allies are prepared to sustain the strikes until the Syrian regime stopped its use of prohibited chemical agents, raising the prospect of a confrontation with Russia

Missile strikes against Syria 'as serious as triggering events', says US expert

13 Apr 2018

Prior to the Trump administration, the US consistently attempted to justify reprisals through creative characterisation of the facts to fit the self-defence paradigm, says world-renowned expert on international law,  Mary Ellen O'Connell