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...
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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper (Photo: X/YvetteCooperMP)New Delhi: UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concluded his visit to China and India Friday, prioritizing rebuilding ties that had grown strained under the ...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
INS Vikrant New Delhi: Three years of real-world conflict – the Israel-Hamas war, Israel & US-Iran war, Houthi strikes on commercial shipping, China’s naval build-up – have steadily undermined the argument that missiles and...
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...
The Kyiv city centre. (Photo: Glib Albovsky/Unsplash) In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram a...
The Agni-1 missile that was test-fired, on May 22, 2026.New Delhi: India successfully test-fired the Agni-1 (also spelled Agni I), a surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the coast of ...