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India commissioned its nuke-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) INS Arighaat in Visakhapatnam on Aug. 29, 2024. Indian Navy veteran submariner Cmde. Anil Jai Singh speaks to DefenceCapital editor NC Bipindra on what it means to India's security capabilities, its nuclear second-strike option, and why China and Pakistan need to fear this Indian defence capability.

India commissioned its nuke-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) INS Arighaat in Visakhapatnam on Aug. 29, 2024. Indian Navy veteran submariner Cmde. Anil...

25/08/2024

By N. C. Bipindra As a rookie in journalism three decades ago, the first lesson given to us by our seniors and editors was that ‘Dog bites man is not news, but man bites dog is, and that is a goldmine.’ Many of us, who have transitioned from print to electronic media and now social media journalism, have learned that such sensationalism may not always accrue benefits....

By N. C. Bipindra As a rookie in journalism three decades ago, the first lesson given to us by our seniors and editors was that ‘Dog bites man is not news, but man bites dog is, and that is a goldm…

02/08/2024

By N. C. Bipindra China dreams of turning the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, into a “world-class” military by the end of 2049. Two out of every ten and seven of the top twenty-five of the world’s largest defense companies are from China. But does high volume necessarily mean a better and more potent armed force? Military weapons are an important tool for projecting a country’s influence around the world....

By N. C. Bipindra China dreams of turning the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, into a “world-class” military by the end of 2049. Two out of every ten and seven of the top twenty-five of the world’…

24/07/2024

By A Correspondent In the regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY) 2024-25, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx. US$75 billion), the highest allocation among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministries in his third term in government. While maintaining the allocation made to MoD during the interim budget, the Modi government has made an additional allocation of Rs 400 crore for innovation in defence through the Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) scheme....

By A Correspondent In the regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY) 2024-25, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx. US$75 billion), the highest allocation …

21/07/2024

By N. C. Bipindra With the changing sea line of communication and the economy's eastward shift, maritime security has become one of the most substantial economic and human security pillars. Since the 2004 tsunami, the Indian Navy has consistently proven itself as the first responder to any crisis in the Indian Ocean region, showcasing its readiness and reliability in such situations....

By N. C. Bipindra With the changing sea line of communication and the economy’s eastward shift, maritime security has become one of the most substantial economic and human security pillars. S…

05/06/2024

Communist President Xi Jinping is seeing an internal threat from Strategic Support Force generals, who have critical information that could be used or suppressed, causing his regime to be toppled.
China's PLA's SSF reset could mean the force takes a while to settle down, and during that period, its effectiveness could be weakened.
What do these mean to China and its , , the , and other nations in the Indo-Pacific Region?

Lt. Gen PR Shankar (Rtd), a former Director General of Artillery of the Indian Army and Professor at the Aerospace Department of the Indian Institute of Technology—Madras, speaks to NC Bipindra of the Law and Society Alliance on these questions.

Communist President Xi Jinping is seeing an internal threat from Strategic Support Force generals, who have critical information that could be used or...

16/03/2024

Event today at 5:30 pm India time

04/03/2024

https://defence.capital/2024/03/04/swedens-saab-sets-up-carl-gustaf-factory-in-india-under-first-ever-100-fdi/

Sweden’s Saab announced today that it is setting up a production facility in India for its legendary Carl-Gustaf shoulder-fired recoilless rifle’s latest variant through the 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment route.

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Sweden’s Saab announced today that it is setting up a production facility in India for its legendary Carl-Gustaf shoulder-fired recoilless rifle’s latest variant throug…

04/03/2024

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Sweden’s Saab announced today that it is setting up a production facility in India for its legendary Carl-Gustaf’s latest weapon system through the 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment route. The Swedish defence firm’s senior officials said they were hopeful of meeting the entire need of Indian armed forces for the M4 variant of the Carl-Gustaf and export the additionally manufactured weapon system to meet the future needs of nearly 40 other nations....

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Sweden’s Saab announced today that it is setting up a production facility in India for its legendary Carl-Gustaf’s latest weapon system through the 100 percent Foreign …

16/11/2023

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times Over 200 Indian-origin Jews from the Bnei Menashe community, who migrated to Israel in the recent past, have joined the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for active or reserve duty in the war on the Palestinian group Hamas since the October 7 massacre, media reports said. According to a report by the Jerusalem Post, which quoted the Shavei Israel nonprofit this week, they were either called up for active or reserve military duties or volunteered....

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times Over 200 Indian-origin Jews from the Bnei Menashe community, who migrated to Israel in the recent past, have joined the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for active …

16/11/2023

By Ritu Sharma for EurAsian Times As the entire country was washed with the glow of millions of earthen lamps lit up to celebrate Diwali, the Indian Navy achieved a significant milestone as India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, achieved “full operational status.” The development puts India in the elite group of countries capable of constructing and deploying aircraft carriers…...

By Ritu Sharma for EurAsian Times As the entire country was washed with the glow of millions of earthen lamps lit up to celebrate Diwali, the Indian Navy achieved a significant milestone as India’s…

07/10/2023

By T. S. Shankar Chennai: A city-based company has achieved a key milestone by fabricating critical hardware for India’s human space flight mission, handing over two crew model structures for testing to the government space agency. KCP Goup’s Heavy Engineering division, also based in Chennai, had produced the two Integrated Air-Drop Test – Crew Models (IADT-CM), each costing Rs....

By T. S. Shankar Chennai: A city-based company has achieved a key milestone by fabricating critical hardware for India’s human space flight mission, handing over two crew model structures for testi…

26/09/2023

By T. S. Shankar Mumbai-based Jet Airways and its founder-chairman Naresh Goyal are hogging the media limelight for his business acumen in building a world-class private airline capitalising on the then Indian government's 'open sky policy' in the early 1990s and then destroying it on a whim. Naresh was single-handedly responsible for successfully building Jet Airways from scratch in 1993 during the start of the economic liberalisation era in India....

By T. S. Shankar Mumbai-based Jet Airways and its founder-chairman Naresh Goyal are hogging the media limelight for his business acumen in building a world-class private airline capitalising on the…

13/09/2023

By Sakshi Tiwari for EurAsian Times New Delhi: India has finally secured the delivery of its first C-295 aircraft, two years after the country signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space to acquire 56 of these transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The deal was signed under an INR.1,935-crore project to replace the legacy Avro Hawker Siddeley HS748, a British-origin twin-engine turboprop military transport, and freighter that was inducted in service with the IAF in the 1960s....

By Sakshi Tiwari for EurAsian Times New Delhi: India has finally secured the delivery of its first C-295 aircraft, two years after the country signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space to acq…

07/08/2023

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times India officially declared itself a nuclear weapons state in May 1998 following the ‘Shakti’ nuclear tests in the Rajasthan desert, popularly called Pokhran-II. But it spelled out its official nuclear doctrine for the first time publicly in January 2003 through a media statement issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which deliberated on the doctrine’s finer aspects....

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times India officially declared itself a nuclear weapons state in May 1998 following the ‘Shakti’ nuclear tests in the Rajasthan desert, popularly called Pokhran-II. …

29/07/2023

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times August 1 marks the 96th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The world’s largest military, the PLA, comprises over two million military personnel with an annual budget of $224.8 billion. However, despite the numbers and the resources, newfound aggressive strategy, and growing territorial ambitions, especially in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and South China Sea (SCS), is the PLA battle ready?...

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times August 1 marks the 96th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The world’s largest military, the PLA, comprises over two million military personnel …

23/07/2023

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times This year marks the tenth year of the People’s Republic of China’s $1.4 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xi Jinping’s ambitious project to connect Asia, Africa, and Europe, a supposed ‘21st century silk road.’ However, the project is viewed with suspicion in view of China’s vision of a China-led world order....

By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times This year marks the tenth year of the People’s Republic of China’s $1.4 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xi Jinping’s ambitious project to connect Asia,…