- May 15th, 2026
During the Indo-Pakistan conflict of May 2025, India claimed to have achieved a major combat milestone during Operation Sindoor: the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air missile kill by the Russian-origin S-400 air defense system. The claim emerged months after the brief but...
In a significant demonstration of India’s growing strategic resolve, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated a Highway Landing Strip (HLS) on the Moran Highway in Assam, enabling the Indian Air Force (IAF) to operate a wide array of aircraft in...
India has taken a significant step toward fielding its own stratospheric surveillance and communications platform, even as Russia unveiled a conceptually similar system designed to transform battlefield connectivity. India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to...
In one of the most consequential military modernization decisions in recent years, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved the acquisition of 114 additional Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), six more P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft...
In a strategically significant display of airpower cooperation, Indian Air Force (IAF) Su-30MKI fighters have conducted joint in-situ air drills with Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) JAS 39 Gripen aircraft near the vital Malacca Strait—just days after Swedish aerospace major...
The May 2025 confrontation between India and Pakistan marked one of the most dangerous escalatory episodes in South Asia in years, as Pakistani missile salvos struck multiple Indian Air Force bases and pushed two nuclear-armed rivals toward a perilous threshold....
India is poised to formalise one of its most consequential defence-industrial agreements with the United States, with the long-negotiated technology transfer deal for General Electric’s F414 fighter jet engines expected to be signed by March 2026, according to sources familiar...
Unverified claims that India reached out to China during Pakistan’s missile strikes underscored how information warfare, escalation management and great-power influence converged at the height of the May 2025 India–Pakistan crisis, shaping perceptions alongside the battlefield itself. The brief but...
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) decision to procure SPICE‑1000 long‑range precision guidance kits from Israel has reignited a long‑running debate within India’s defence community over cost, capability and the pace of indigenous weapons development. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in...
India’s indigenous fighter jet programme is advancing toward a decisive milestone as the Tejas Mk2, the country’s next-generation Medium Weight Fighter (MWF), moves deeper into the critical phase of ground-based testing. The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited...
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