With continued violence in Kashmir and a heightened threat of terrorist activity by Pakistan-based militant groups, tensions and concerns over a serious military confrontation between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan remain high. In August 2019, […]
Pakistan’s military on Sunday said it shot down a small Indian drone that flew hundreds of meters into Pakistani-administered Kashmir, said spokesperson for Pakistan Armed Forces. Pakistan’s military on Sunday said it shot down a […]
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday said that Kashmir was a ‘disputed territory’ and any attempt to challenge its status would be responded with full military might, learned GDC citing the Republic […]
Highlights Five Special Forces soldiers were killed in a major encounter on Sunday Soldiers fell in exact area where terrorists were hiding Army releases drone footage of a major Indian retaliation NEW DELHI: Indian Army on Friday […]
Designed and built in Soviet-era, the R-77 active-radar-homing air-to-air missile — NATO designation AA-12 — is widely considered to be equivalent to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM. But in fact, the R-77 isn’t nearly as successful as the AIM-120. It may […]
The Indian Air Force is set to equip its fleet of Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters with the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems I-Derby ER (extended range) beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), according to a report by Jane’s. The […]
The Su-34 is a medium-range fighter-bomber, adopted by the Russian Air Force in the 1980s. The plane is expected to replace the aging Su-24 bomber, which has remained in service since the 1970s. So far […]
The Indian Air Force is expected to resurrect its ‘Golden Arrows’ 17 Squadron on September 2019, which will be the first unit to fly the omnirole Rafale fighter jets at Ambala Air Force Station, considered […]
“The [Su-30MKI] fleet is prohibitively expensive equipment and faces problems due to high, premature failure rate of subsystems like engines, radars, missiles, avionics, etc.” Vinod Kumar Narang, a retired Indian Air Force air vice-marshal. A […]
Outgunned by Pakistani Air Force AIM-120C AMRAAM’s range and accuracy fired from American-made F-16C/D, India is now looking to Israel, from whom it has purchased numerous weapons, such as the Heron drone and the Derby, […]
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