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Journalist, The Times of India ( @timesofindia ). Defence|Strategic Affairs|Politics|Films|Books|Cartoons|Dogs. Views personal. RTs not endorsements!

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2 years

With #INSVikrant now commissioned, India needs to get cracking on another and bigger indigenous aircraft carrier because it will take a decade to build. There is also the need to focus on the all-important air wing. My edit page article in @timesofindia

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3 years

R K Laxman never had a sedition or any other intimidatory case filed against him!

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Bravo! Jiya Rai, a 12 yr old daughter of naval sailor Madan Rai, created history by swimming from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, a distance of 36 Km in 8.40 hrs. She has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and dedicated the swimming feat to raise awareness about Autism

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Have always loved this bit!

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#BeatingRetreat this year will have a drone show of 1,000 drones by a start-up incubated in IIT Delhi

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Several years old cartoon by Ajit Ninan in @timesofindia #AfghanistanBurning

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The reality!

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China is rewriting geography, we are busy rewriting history!

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At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in the skirmish with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley region...

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#Breaking Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth has become the country's first woman fighter pilot to become “fully ops (operational) by day” on MiG-21s. She is ready for battle during the day, and will now learn night flying during the “moon” and “dark phases”! #WomenPower

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Has the IAS failed the nation? Yes, and it’s not all politicians’ fault. The service rewards mediocrity & risk aversion: Former RBI governor & finance secretary D Subbarao in @timesofindia

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RIP Commander Nishant Singh #WhiteTigers

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India set to clear a mega indigenous project to build three nuclear-powered attack submarines, which will be followed by approval for another three at a later stage, as part of the long-term plan to counter China’s expanding naval footprint in the Indian Ocean Region & beyond.

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Defence ministry, once again, tells Parliament that the Indian armed forces do not use the term “martyr” 👇🏼. Like I have said before, the word "martyr" has religious connotations. The Army, Navy & IAF are professional forces, which do not fight holy wars!

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Well, he (dad) was certainly a fashion icon in his youth! 1951

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Navy takes delivery of the 45,000-tonne Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, which will be commissioned as INS Vikrant next month, from her builder Cochin Shipyard Limited

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The 4th & last of the 7,400-tonne indigenous stealth destroyers (Project-15B) and 3rd of the 7 stealth frigates (Project-17A) being constructed to be “launched” at Mazagon Docks on May 17. Photo: INS Visakhapatnam, the first P-15B destroyer commissioned in Nov 2021

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Army troops work through the night inside one of the tunnels #UttarakhandDisaster

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What is this? #AUKUS

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Meanwhile, the government has increased the risk and hardship allowance for the armed forces to bring them at par with the central armed police forces (CAPFs), correcting an anomaly persisting since February 2019.

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#Agnipath 😁😁😁

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4 years

Twitter or Koo, doesn’t matter for fools like you! Via @timesofindia and @CartoonistSan

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3 years

#RepublicDay Flypast will have 75 aircraft, the "largest and grandest": IAF. File pic

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10 months

Bravo! Former Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh (Retd) conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star during the reception for the Japan Self-Defense Forces Day!

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4 years

Negotiations? Pixs of Chinese soldiers who had come armed with rifles, spears & machetes to dislodge Indian soldiers from Mukhpari height in eastern Ladakh

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4 years

Defence ministry officially admits Chinese soldiers intruded into Indian territory in eastern Ladakh in May, amidst the ongoing deadlock over troop disengagement at the face-off sites in Pangong Tso and Gogra despite five rounds of top-level military talks

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Bravo! Swati Mahadik, wife of Col Santosh Mahadik (21 Para-SF), who laid down his life fighting terrorists in Kupwara, passes out from OTA

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Howdy, Gunner!. A Leopard relaxes on top of a tank in School of Artillery at Deolali

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4 years

I have a joke about the national security strategy but it’s still being formulated!

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3 years

The Amar Jawan Jyoti or the “eternal flame” at the iconic India Gate will be extinguished after 50 years on Friday and merged with the flame at the adjoining National War Memorial (NWM) in the run-up to the Republic Day this year.

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3 years

DRDO: Final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) flight-tested successfully today. The anti tank missile is low-weight, fire & forget missile, launched from a man portable launcher integrated with thermal site. File Pic

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4 years

Ok, that’s enough now! 😀

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6 years

May all your dreams take off in the new year, much like this MiG-29K fighter from aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya! Godspeed!

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The #Rudra , armed version of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter, deployed in the eastern sector. Rudra is equipped with a 20mm turret gun system, 70mm rockets & Mistral air-to-air missiles. The Helina anti-tank guided missiles are also undergoing trials from it.

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4 years

Wow! The induction ceremony of the first five Rafale fighters at the Ambala airbase on Sept 10 cost Rs. 41.32 lakhs including Rs. 9.18 lakh of GST, as per defence ministry's response in Parliament today!

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Great news!

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#HeartWrenching : Dr. Arfa Sajadin, who had tested positive for Covid-19, battled for 10 days on the ventilator after her delivery. She broke down after taking her baby for the first time in her arms. Both mother & the baby are fine & ready to go home thanks to ILS hospital Howrah

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Puppets are free as long as they love their handlers! via @timesofindia and @CartoonistSan

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10 months

India set to kick off three mega indigenous projects to manufacture another aircraft carrier ( #IAC2 ), 97 more #Tejas Mark-1A fighters and 156 #Prachand light combat helicopters, which together will be worth over Rs 1.4 lakh crore.

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3 years

Nice! #GarhwalRifles soldiers!

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There is no historical evidence of Hyderabad ever being known by another name, writes @SyedAkbarTOI in @timesofindia #HyderabadNameChange

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Meanwhile, cargo warship USNS Charles Drew of the US arrived at L&T’s Shipyard at Kattupalli, Chennai, on Sunday for undertaking repairs and allied services. This is the first ever repair of a US Navy ship in India. File photo

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4 years

Proposal by Dept of Military Affairs headed by CDS for Increase in retirement age of military officers and Reduction in pension for those opting for premature retirement creates huge flutter in armed forces & veteran community!

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RIP Jarnail Singh. Before he became a politician & activist, Jarnail was the defence correspondent for a Hindi newspaper.Knew him as a kind, gentle soul.

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#KingKong in the #CapitolHill by @satishacharya

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The beautiful & holy Tawang monastery…

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Now even #Ghosts have joined government authorities in denying answers to #RTI queries via @timesofindia

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When a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for the first time landed at the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), the highest airstrip in the world, in August 2013....Great Pix!

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#BlastFromThePast When Brigadier Ravi Datt Mehta died in a suicide car bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul in July 2008. The gallant officer was posthumously conferred with the Kirti Chakra.

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#Breaking Kirti Chakras for Sapper Prakash Jadhav, who sacrificed his life in encounter with terrorists at Kulgam in Nov 2018, & CRPF Dy Comdt Harshpal Singh. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman gets Vir Chakra, with another 14 Shaurya Chakras 2be awarded on #IndependenceDayIndia

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4 years

Defence Acquisitions Council clears Army case for another 72,000 SiG Sauer assault rifles from the US

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#BlastFromThePast When Chinese troops intruded 19-km in Depsang in 2013...diffused after 21 days. Situation, of course, much more serious this time with multiple intrusions in different areas, huge troop build-ups & the confrontation having crossed the 100-day mark last week!

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3 years

After the #VirChakra for Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman yesterday, Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu to be posthumously conferred the #MahaVirChakra today. 20 Indian soldiers laid down their lives fighting the numerically superior Chinese troops at #GalwanValley in June 2020

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Indian Ocean Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force Indian Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Management Indian Space Research Organization Indian Institute of Science All India Institute of Medical Sciences Etc Etc

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4 years

With the Border Roads Organization in the news, here is a look at some of its billboards in forward areas! 😀

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The submarine-hunting MH-60 “Romeo” helicopters undertook their maiden landing on the indigenously designed & constructed destroyer, INS Kolkata.

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#Breaking Defence Acquisitions Council shortlists 2 Indian shipyards, L&T and MDL (not Adani), and 5 foreign companies for mammoth over Rs 50,000 crore Project-75-India for 6 diesel-electric stealth submarines

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4 years

New video of the #BrahMos supersonic cruise missile fired today!

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Bravo! Border Roads Organisation has reinstated connectivity in 26 days to 13 border villages of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district which were cut off due the flash floods on Feb 7 by launching a 200-feet Bailey Bridge in Reini Village on Joshimat–Malari road across Rishiganga River

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Remember George Fernandes, as a 73-year-old defence minister at Ambala in August 2003, ditching his trademark crumpled Kurta-Pyjama for blue flying overhauls & an anti-gravity G-suit for a spin on a MiG-21 twin-seat trainer! RIP!

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4 years

India formally kicks off acquisition process for 6 more Poseidon-8I aircraft from US, while a plan is also underway for fast-track procurement of 6 Predator-B armed drones amidst the military confrontation with China

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1 year

India demonstrates two-aircraft carrier battle group operations of INS Vikramaditya & INS Vikrant, underling crucial role of sea-based air power in maintaining maritime superiority as well as enhancing maritime security & power-projection in the #IndianOceanRegion & beyond

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Well done! Indian Marine commandos of destroyer INS Chennai have boarded hijacked MV Lila Norfolk in the North Arabian Sea. Sanitation operations in progress

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Even as India keeps a hawk-eyed scrutiny on China’s expanding footprint in the IOR, Navy chief says the Feb 26 air strikes on the JeM facility at Balakot will compel Pakistan to change its behavior on fueling cross-border terrorism

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5 years

India may invite Australia for the #Malabar exercise with US & Japan in the Bay of Bengal this year. If that happens, it will mark the first time the #Quad countries will come together for the high-voltage naval combat manoeuvers after a gap of 13 years!

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India may invite Australia for Malabar naval exercise with US & Japan | India News - Times of India

India News: India is considering inviting Australia to take part in its trilateral Malabar naval exercise with the US and Japan this year, which if it happens wil

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Ready to mediate again, after the earlier unsuccessful attempt to do so for India-Pakistan relations!

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We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute. Thank you!

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3 years

Afghan soldiers, military cadets undergoing training in India stare at an uncertain future #AfganistanBurning

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3 years

It’s time the old MiG-21 fighters were retired from the IAF! Of the 872 MiG-21s progressively inducted by IAF, over 400 have crashed since 1971-72, killing over 200 pilots and almost 50 civilians on the ground, as was earlier reported by TOI.

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IAF pilot killed as MiG Bison aircraft crashes in Punjab | India News - Times of India

India News: NEW DELHI: In yet another MiG-21 crash in the IAF, a young pilot was killed when his fighter went down near Moga in Punjab late on Thursday, reinforci.

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India now finally getting set to launch its most ambitious indigenous military aviation project to build a fifth-generation fighter or the advanced medium combat aircraft #AMCA with advanced stealth features as well as `supercruise’ capabilities.

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AMCA Fighter Jet: Made-in-India stealth fighter project set to take off in 2022 | India News -...

India News: India is now finally getting set to launch its most ambitious indigenous military aviation project to build a fifth-generation fighter or the advanced

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#HappyNavyDay

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The inimitable R K Laxman in @timesofindia in 1970! 🤔

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#Breaking Defence Acquisitions Council approves proposal for procurement of 12 Sukhoi-30MKIs & 21 MiG-29s, along with upgradation of existing 59 MiG-29s. The MiG-29 procurement & upgradation from Russia will cost Rs 7,418 crore. The 12 Sukhois from HAL around Rs 10,730 Cr.

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4 years

Depsang next on the agenda with China, amidst some concerns India may have squandered its major bargaining leverage by agreeing to vacate the Kailash range heights for just the Pangong Tso disengagement pact

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Pangong Tso ‘done’, India to raise Depsang at next meet | India News - Times of India

India News: India will raise the issue of the strategically located Depsang area in Ladakh with China in the next round of corps commander level talks, amid some

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India now formally moving ahead to procure 21 MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighters from Russia, along with upgrades of their existing fleets, after the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the production of 83 indigenous Tejas jets last week

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After Tejas, India moves ahead to procure more MiG-29s & Sukhois | India News - Times of India

India News: India is formally moving ahead to procure 21 MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighters from Russia, along with upgrades of their existing fleets after the C

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India has now deployed over 10 frontline warships with marine commandos in the region stretching from the north and central Arabian Sea to the Gulf of Aden, further stepping-up its naval presence to show the flag and deter piracy and drone strikes. .

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Indian Navy News: Over 10 warships sent to deter pirates of the Arabian Sea | India News - Times of...

India News: India has deployed over 10 warships with marine commandos in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, showing its naval presence to deter piracy and drone st

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4 years

India withdraws from multi-nation SCO-plus exercise in Russia, where Chinese & Pakistani troops are also participating, given the ongoing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh. Kavkaz 2020 “strategic command-post exercise” scheduled in Astrakhan region Sept 15-26

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#Bravehearts Colonel B Santosh Babu to posthumously get wartime medal Maha Vir Chakra on #RepublicDay . Five other Vir Chakras (4 posthumously) for those who gallantly fought the numerically-superior Chinese troops during the bloody skirmish in Galwan Valley on June 15

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2 years

India plans to acquire 15 more C-295 military aircraft from #TataAirbus for maritime surveillance. This will add to 56 such planes already ordered for IAF for Rs 21,935 crore, under which 40 C-295s are to be manufactured at Vadodara

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Tata-Airbus project set to bag order for 15 more turboprop C-295 military transport aircraft Navy...

India Business News: The mega Rs 21,935 crore Tata-Airbus project to supply 56 twin-turboprop C-295 military transport aircraft to the IAF is set to become even bigger. T

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#ComradesAtSea Andaman & Nicobar Command boat evacuated an @Australian_Navy officer, with acute abdominal pain, from submarine HMAS Collins on way home from Chennai. He was treated at naval hospital at Port Blair, & now set to fly home!

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3 years

RIP Sundarlal Bahuguna, the leader of the inspiring Chipko Movement

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Army to test indigenously-developed artillery system #ATAGS , which DRDO contends is the best in its class in the world with a record-breaking strike range of 48-km. If the big gun passes muster, it can fulfill Army’s requirement for 1,580 such guns worth over Rs 25,000 crore.

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Defence minister Rajnath Singh to brief Parliament about the ‘accidental firing’ of the missile that crashed 124-km inside Pakistan on March 9

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Stunning but horrifying photos of what is happening in the #IsraelPalestine conflict! Rockets & Interceptors Via AFP and Reuters

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Another clash bet Indian & Chinese soldiers at Naku La in north Sikkim three days ago...injuries on both sides. Situation under control now. Naku La, incidentally, was one of the original face-off sites, along with Pangong Tso, Galwan, Gogra, Hot Springs, in early-May last year

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Very unfortunate that neither the defence ministry nor the IAF till now have made a formal statement about the Mi-17 V5 chopper crash that killed Gen Bipin Rawat & 13 others despite the inquiry report being submitted today.

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All the big girls together as #Malabar2017 comes to a close: USS Nimitz, INS Vikramaditya & JS Izumo

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DRDO & Navy successfully conducted the maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile from a ship off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal yesterday. File photo

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The inordinate delay in appointing India’s next chief of defence staff does not augur well for the most far-reaching restructuring of the 1.5-million strong armed forces set in motion since Independence. My edit page piece in @timesofindia on why a #CDS is urgently needed..

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Any takers?

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India gears up for own ambitious 5th-Gen stealth fighter project. The full-scale engineering development case for the twin-engine advanced medium combat aircraft #AMCA at a cost of around Rs 15,000 crore, will “soon” be sent to the CCS for final nod!

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India gearing up for ambitious fifth-generation stealth fighter project | India News - Times of...

India News: India is now finally moving ahead with its long-pending project to develop a fifth-generation stealth fighter, in a step that also effectively torpedo

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India: -No concrete long-term plans to systematically build military capabilities -Only 28% of def budget for modernization -No #TheatreCommands -No #IntegratedRocketForce -Far behind in #Space & #CyberWarfare -No nod for 3rd #AircraftCarrier & #SSNs

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China boosts defence budget by 7.2% as it seeks to rapidly modernise its military | World News -...

China News: NEW DELHI: China Tuesday hiked its annual defence budget by 7.

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4 years

Stop wasting food! Many die of hunger every year!Via @vishwamTOI

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Indian Army is on an overdrive to acquire different types of drones, from `loitering munitions’ or kamikaze drones and autonomous surveillance & armed drone swarms (A-SADS) to quadcopters, mini-RPAs and logistics drones... #DroneWars

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Came across this spectacular photo of the #BrahMos supersonic cruise missile being launched from frigate INS Teg…

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Look what I found in my archives. The test of a B-O5 (K-15) ballistic missile from a pontoon...

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3 years

Hang your heads in shame! via @timesofindia

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Indian Navy band rocks China!

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#India ’s Naval band bringing down the house at the #Qingdao Fleet Review, busting out #MichaelJackson ’s Thriller. They followed this up with Uptown Funk. Bangladesh though got the local vote w/ a Karaoke version of 月亮代表我的心 🎤 #China

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Rajat Pandit

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India's nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile today. The missile was tested to a predetermined range and impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy: defence ministry

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Rajat Pandit

3 years

Field Marshal Sam ‘Bahadur’ Manekshaw by senior graphic designer Sunil Singh of @timesofindia (charcoal on paper)

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Rajat Pandit

4 years

India and Israel now plan to further crank up their already expansive defence ties by going in more co-development and co-production projects of high-tech weapon systems. Will also export them to other friendly countries

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India & Israel to co-develop hi-tech weapon systems | India News - Times of India

India News: India and Israel now plan to further crank up their already expansive defence partnership by going in more co-development and co-production projects o

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Rajat Pandit

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Army & IAF conduct joint multi-domain exercise in the Eastern Theatre to validate plans for strategic airlift of Specialised Forces employing fixed and rotary wing platforms

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