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Russia & India sign defence deals worth $3 billion

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Major defence agreements worth $3 billion were signed between India and Russia on October 4 during the visit to New Delhi by a Russian government delegation headed by President V... Read More


Reliving their second childhood!

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- This write up is about twin brothers Alak and Palak Bhattacharyya retired professional engineering graduates, who have a fascination for building model aircraft both static and f... Read More


Book review 'Because of This' by Air Marshal Vikram Singh

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The 1971 Indo-Pak war was the last 'traditional' war between two countries deploying 2nd generation weapons and aircraft with no technology asymmetry except for the IAF deploying... Read More


Operational Art and Centre of Gravity

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In the 1971 War, the Indian Armed Forces exhibited a high degree of competence in the desired application of the Operational Art and identification of the centre of gravity in th... Read More


70th Anniversary of the first direct airmail flight

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- On 2 June 2020, a Voyager aircraft flew return flights from RAF Brize Norton, England, to Mount Pleasant Airfield, the Falkland Islands, breaking the existing 30- year-old record... Read More


Mount Pleasant Airport, Falkland Islands

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Mount Pleasant Airport, formally RAF Mount Pleasant and now the Mount Pleasant Complex, is a UK Ministry of Defence Joint Operating Base in the Falkland Islands. It is operated b... Read More


Dissuasion, Compellence and Deterrence in National Strategy

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Dissuasion, Compellence and Deterrence are a nation's subsets of its overall military strategy, be it for war- avoidance or strategic coercion before operations are physically la... Read More


ECRS Mk1 for Eurofighter Tranche 5

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In a formal ceremony, NETMA and Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH signed the contract for 20 new Eurofighter Tranche 5 for the German Air Force. The aircraft will be equipped with ... Read More


Flexibility and Contingency Planning in Military Strategy

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Despite India's efforts and the advice to Pakistan of some powers, to arrive at a political settlement with its eastern wing, having failed, by August 1971 it was clear that Indi... Read More


NGC elevates F-16 with next-gen technologies

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- "On their own, Northrop Grumman's Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) and Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar are form... Read More