New Delhi: India’s indigenous defence production hit an all-time high of ₹1.78 lakh crore in the financial year ending March 2026, the Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday, marking a 15.6 per cent rise over the previous year's &...
File photo of an Agni-5 missile being test-fired.New Delhi: India’s nuclear posture appears to have entered a new phase, with a small number of warheads now assessed to be deployed in peacetime for the first time, according to the Stockholm Int...
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...
An S-400 battery.New Delhi: India and Russia are in active negotiations for the purchase of an additional batch of S-400 “Triumf” (rechristened “Sudarshan Chakra” in India) long-range air-defence systems, Moscow confirmed on T...
File photo of Indian troops under Unifil mission in south Lebanon near Israel border.New Delhi: The number of troops and other personnel deployed on international peacekeeping missions has fallen to its lowest level in at least a quarter century, wit...
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has been one of India’s most lethal arms exports. (File photo)New Delhi: The volume of major arms transferred between states reached its highest level in more than a decade in 2021–25, rising 9.2 per ...
New Delhi: Global military expenditure reached an unprecedented high of $2.72 trillion in 2024, marking the 10th consecutive year of increase and the steepest year-on-year rise since 1988, according to a new report[pdf] by the Stockholm Internat...