Indian paras get seasoned on the Tavor
A team from Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has just finished training India’s Special Forces (Para) in the use of the Tavor TAR-21 5.56mm assault rifle. […]
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Army
The Hindu: Nag by year-end
Story in The Hindu today: The advanced, third generation, hit-to-kill anti-tank Nag missile is expected to be inducted into the Army by the year-end after
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Panag ka Panga
Don’t know if you people have been following the clash between Army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor and Northern Commander Lt Gen HS Panag. Well, if
Sh!t hits the rotor…
The Indian government has become so good at artifice and so bad at telling it like it is, that there is hardly any space left
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What Now, Arjun?
The one thing I took away from my visit to the Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment (CVRDE) and the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is that there
Ex-Tank to formally offered to Army soon
The CVRDE’s Experimental Tank (Ex-Tank) is undergoing some final touch-ups and will be formally offered to the Army in the next two months. Featuring the
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Update on Bhim 155mm SP Howitzer
Requests for proposal (RfPs) sent out for a replacement gun for the now turret-less Bhim have resulted in a single vendor situation — only one
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Army Can Forget About New Towed Artillery
The government’s decision to re-tender the towed artillery competition (450 guns) has come as a deep shock to the Army, notwithstanding indications from the government
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*FLASH* Army to Take All 14 MBT Arjun Tanks for Trial By September End
An official announcement from the Defence Ministry: The Indian Army today agreed to take all the 14 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) Arjun for trial by
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DRDO’s VK Aatre: Then and Now
Frontier India has done an interview with Dr VK Aatre, former DRDO chief, on the current state of affairs in the organization and its relationship
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