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The first of four multi-purpose frigates Pakistan has acquired from China is under construction, sources from both sides recently announced.The new vessels are said to be an export version of the Type 054A, the Chinese navy's most advanced guided-missile frigate. In the words of the Pakistani navy, ...

Short of anti-tank missiles -- the Spike was a hit and miss -- and the Javelin, despite considerable pushing and pulling, not taking off, the Army is settling for older, second-generation missiles as the larder is relatively empty. ...

TU-142 aircraft museum seems to have led to a surge in the number of visitors to the Kursura submarine museum. It has registered about 6.5 lakh footfall in 2018 РІР‚' a 40% hike РІР‚' compared to about 4.5 lakh visitors of 2017. On an average, ...

The Centre's move to bring 10% reservation for the economically backward is unlikely to affect the armed forces because they are exempt from any kind of quota system. Recruitment of jawans and commissioning of officers into the services are based on merit. ...

Under political fire for overlooking the interests of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in favour of a private defence player, ...

The Indian Army's so-called Cold Start doctrine (CSD), also known as Pro-Active doctrine, a doctrine geared toward swift offensive operations into enemy territory, will be war-gamed in February, followed by field exercises in May, according to Indian media reports. ...

The first of the two Indigenous Aircraft Carriers (IAC) is expected to be inducted into the Indian Navy in 2020 and will be based with the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) here, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the ENC, Vice-Admiral Karambir Singh said Monday. ...

Terming local militants as 'sons of the soil', PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday that efforts should be made to save them, adding that the Centre should initiate dialogue with the militant leadership in Jammu and Kashmir to end the 'gun culture'.'Right now, ...

Six Scorpene-class submarines are being manufactured at India's Mazgaon Dock Limited facility with the technical support of French naval shipbuilding firm Naval Group, previously known as DCNS. All six submarines are expected to join the Indian Navy by 2022. ...

A sensational plot to assassinate Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members besides top leaders of the ruling Awami League ahead of the recently concluded December 30 parliamentary polls had been foiled, sources from Dhaka claimed. ...

Guided missile frigate INS Betwa, which had suffered a mishap at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai in 2016, is expected to join the fleet in the 'third quarter' of 2019 with 'improved capacity', Vice Admiral Girish Luthra said here Monday.One of the key warships of the Western Naval Command, the 3, ...