Rafale fighter jets (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: Indian Air Force’s Rafale fighter jets will participate in a multination exercise ‘Pitch Black’ 2026, being hosted by Australia from July 20, wherein a total of 19 countries are partic...
Chinese Dongfeng-5C ICBMs displayed during Victory Day parade in Beijing, on September 3, 2025.New Delhi: The world’s nine nuclear-armed states collectively possessed an estimated 12,187 warheads as of January 2026, of which approximately 9,745...
A satellite view of INS Baaz at Campbell Bay, Nicobar Island. (Google Earth)New Delhi: After nearly five years of inconclusive feasibility studies, the government has formally abandoned its long-pending proposal to expand INS Baaz, the Indian Navy ai...
From left: Richard Marles, John Healey, and Pete Hegseth. (Photo via X/@DefenceHQ)New Delhi: The trilateral security arrangement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia (Aukus) has announced its most operationally substantive pac...
An Adani Defence drone on display at Umroi where the Exercise Pragati 2026 was held. (Photo: Adani Group)Shillong/New Delhi: India’s first multilateral military exercise, Pragati 2026, did more than test battlefield interoperability among 13 na...
Rajnath Singh and Richard Marles co-chair India-Australia Defence Ministers' Dialogue (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: India and Australia have agreed to negotiate a formal memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the supply of defence articles and services, a...
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took command on Sunday as the 27th chief of the naval staff. He now steps into the role at a time when the service is pushing hard on modernization and facing intensifying strat...
Indian Navy's new vice-chief Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar assumed charge as the 48th vice-chief of the naval staff on May 29, stepping into one of the Indian Navy’s most senior operation...
Marco Rubio (L) with Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on May 23, 2026. (Photo: X/@SecRubio)New Delhi: The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, arrived in India on Saturday on a high-stakes visit intended to reinforce a strategic partnership that has been u...
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The government has appointed Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan as the next flag officer commanding in chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. VAdm Vatsayan,...