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NEW DELHI: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has given approval to the purchase of long-range SCALP missiles for Rafale jets and additional missiles for Russia-made S400 aerial shield system, a govt source told TOI.A day after the DAC’s approval for purchase of 114 Rafale jets, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Friday that this…
NEW DELHI: The Union defence misiter Rajnath SIngh led Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday cleared the procurement of 114 Rafale fighter jets, combat missiles and Air-Ship Based High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (AS-HAPS), and other procurements at an estimated cost of Rs 3.25 lakh crore.The council, granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the project, which…
Russia launched attack on Ukraine on Tuesday. Russia renewed strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure early Tuesday, firing over 70 missiles and 450 drones, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. More than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were left without heating as temperatures plunged to nearly minus 20 degrees Celsius.Zelenskyy said recovery work was under way…
Modern wars are no longer decided only by tanks rolling across borders or fighter jets dominating the skies. Increasingly, outcomes are shaped long before the first missile is launched — in data centres analysing satellite feeds, in cyber units probing adversary networks, and in electronic warfare suites quietly blinding sensors and scrambling communications. For India,…
Russia launched more than 370 drones and 21 missiles at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said on Saturday, accusing Moscow of deliberately undermining peace talks as negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States met in Abu Dhabi for a second day of discussions to end the nearly four-year-long war.“Peace efforts? Trilateral meeting in the UAE? Diplomacy?…
Russia has launched a barrage of drones and missiles on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the Dnipro district early on Tuesday, injuring one person and disrupting the power and water supply, the city mayor Vitaliy Klychko confirmed through his Telegram channel.Urging the residents to stay under cover, the mayor said that the power supply has…
Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine (AP photo) Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that its forces struck “strategic targets” in Ukraine overnight using Oreshnik hypersonic missiles. The ministry did not provide further details on the locations or extent of the strikes, but…
China is advancing its maritime capabilities by converting the 97-meter cargo ship Zhongda 79 into an arsenal ship. Online images, shared by Militarnyi and citing Chinese agencies, reveal containerized launchers—loaded with up to 60 missiles—now installed aboard the vessel.At Shanghai’s state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding shipyard, the vessel now features installations supporting a broad array of weapons—including…
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi and Chief of the Air Staff (CAF) Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh pay tribute at the National War Memorial on the 93rd Indian Air Force Day, in…
North Korea has test-fired two strategic long-range cruise missiles (AP image) North Korea has test-fired two strategic long-range cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear combat readiness. This comes as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula amid increased military activity by the United States and South Korea.According to state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA),…
