Astra Mk 2

Astra vs PL-15: India’s Astra BVRAAM Enters 240 km Class; But Did Downed Chinese PL-15 Quietly Accelerate Leap?

India’s announcement in early 2026 that its indigenous Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) family has undergone a dramatic expansion in engagement envelope has sent ripples across South Asia’s tightly contested aerial warfare landscape. Coming less than a year after a...
Su-57

India Can Breathe Easy: S-400, Su-57 Acquisition Plans Secured; Russia Counters China with Full-Cycle Domestic Microwave Chip Production

The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Denis Pasler, has announced a significant milestone in Russia’s defense technology capabilities: the design and construction of the country’s first factory capable of serial production of microwave microchips across the full technological cycle. According to...
MiG-21

MiG-21 to Su-57: How Su-30MKI Experience and Deep India-Russia Defence Ties Could Shape India’s Fifth-Generation Fighter Future

Russia is once again pressing India to take a decisive step in defence cooperation by co-producing the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter. The renewed push comes at a time of shifting global power balances, rapid advances in Chinese and Pakistani...
India Enters High-End Defence Electronics Club With Indigenous Gallium Nitride MMIC Chips for Missiles, Radars, and Warships

India Enters High-End Defence Electronics Club With Indigenous Gallium Nitride MMIC Chips for Missiles, Radars, and Warships

India has taken a significant step into high-end defence electronics with the successful development of Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (GaN MMICs), advanced semiconductor chips that form the backbone of modern military systems ranging from missiles and radars to...
Shield AI V-BAT

Indian Army Turns to Ukraine-Tested V-BAT VTOL Drones After They Survived and Operated Under Intense Russian EW Jamming

The Ukraine war has rewritten the rules of modern warfare, transforming battlefields into live laboratories for unmanned and autonomous systems. From low-cost quadcopters to long-endurance surveillance platforms operating under relentless electronic warfare (EW), the conflict has demonstrated that drones are...
SJ-100

Sukhoi Su-57 for Indian Air Force: Does HAL-UAC’s SJ-100 Manufacturing Deal Signal the Next Big Leap to ‘Felon’ Fighter Production?

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have taken their three-decade-long partnership to a new frontier, signing a landmark agreement to manufacture the advanced Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SJ-100) civil commuter aircraft under license in India. The...
Thailand airport screening, Indian Nipah virus cases

Asia Tightens Airport Screening and Health Surveillance After Deadly Nipah Virus Cases Confirmed in India’s West Bengal

Several Asian countries have tightened airport screening and public health surveillance after India confirmed fresh cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the eastern state of West Bengal, raising regional vigilance against the rare but highly lethal infection. Indian authorities...
Ajit Pawar Dead in Fiery Plane Crash: Maharashtra Deputy CM Among Four Others Killed as Aircraft Goes Down Baramati

Ajit Pawar Dead in Fiery Plane Crash: Maharashtra Deputy CM Among Four Others Killed as Aircraft Goes Down in Baramati

Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of India’s wealthiest state of Maharashtra, was killed on Wednesday after a charter aircraft carrying him crashed and burst into flames, aviation authorities said. Four other people on board, including two members of his...
India Nipah virus

India Says Two Nipah Virus Cases in West Bengal but Situation Is Contained After Rapid Response

Indian authorities on Tuesday said they had ensured the “timely containment” of the deadly Nipah virus after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal since December, downplaying earlier reports that suggested a larger outbreak. In a statement...
QUAD

QUAD’s Omission From New US Defense Strategy Raises Questions Over Trump Administration’s Indo-Pacific Commitments

The absence of any reference to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) in the United States’ newly released 24-page National Defense Strategy (NDS) on January 23 has reignited debate about the Trump administration’s true commitment to the Indo-Pacific’s most prominent minilateral...
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