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A five-member team from the Chinese consulate in Kolkata led by MA Zhanwu visited the cemetery on Friday last and paid their tribute to the Chinese martyrs who fought against Japan during the war, official sources here said. The consul general from the Chinese consulate in Kolkata MA Zhanwu...

A new book reproduces original Chinese maps that contradict Chinese propaganda. The book reveals Chinese intelligence admissions that Beijing never maintained any army base, customs office or other government function in the disputed area until 1983. Claude Arpi digs deeper. On August 1, Xi...

Washington: China is unlikely to gain from the border standoff with India as the road being built by it in the Sikkim sector’s Doklam area leads to nowhere and this would push India more closer to the US and Japan, an American expert said on Friday. The standoff will also add to the mistrust...

Found some interesting videos on the India-China border. Why Doklam plateau is of strategic importance to India. Chinese Airfields of importance to India. Chinese roads and presence in AksaiChin Chinese infrastructure near Tawang Chinese infiltration routes in Uttarakhand My POV: 1...

Source livefist On November 25, India's indigenous ballistic missile submarine platform Arihant conducted its first weapon deployment test by firing what is believed to be an unarmed K-15/B-05 missile. The ejection test is likely to have taken place in the Bay Of Bengal on Wednesday morning...

Lt Saurabh Kalia and his men were in captivity from 15 May 1999 – 7 June 1999 (over twenty-two) days, and subjected to torture as evident from injuries to their bodies when they were handed over by the Pakistani Army on 9 June 1999.[3] Post-mortem examinations revealed that the Pakistanis had...

A video which shows the inner workings of the Communist party of China.

The army chief has rightly pointed out the deficiencies in our defence preparedness. However, what is not pointed out are the real reasons for such hollowness and the corrective actions needed to plug the holes, writes Laxman Kumar Behera The recent controversy surrounding the alleged attempt...

Do nations need nuclear weapons? On August 6, 1945, the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, creating a new war paradigm — destroying an entire city. On August 9, the second atom bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki. Tens of thousands of unarmed citizens, irrespective of gender...

As the race in the Indian Air Force's $10-billion tender for 126 combat jets reached the crucial stage of flight trials, Russia, on top of a full technology transfer, is offering India help in building its own advanced radar. This would put India in the elite league of manufacturers of some of...

The Rediff Special/Brigadier (retd) Chitranjan Sawant, VSM In the summer of 1996, more than 35 years after the 1962 war with China, I had an opportunity to stand on the Chinese side of the Dhola ridge and see our own battleground in NEFA [the North East Frontier Agency, now Arunachal...

Offsets policy to drive modernisation of the defence industrial base Wednesday, 24 February 2010 New Delhi: Defence offsets policy would be the key driver for the growth and modernisation of the defence industrial base. India’s Defence Offsets policy is evolving as per the requirements...

China spurs navy fortification in Andaman China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region appears to have injected new momentum in India’s efforts to fortify its farthest military outpost, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Plans are afoot to upgrade airstrips to support fighter...

A Perspective on Regional Air Power Ramesh Phadke February 10, 2010 According to media reports India has recently embarked on the most ambitious air power modernisation programme in its entire history. The proposals include the 126 MMRCA for US $10 billion, ten C-17 heavy lift transport...

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The cutting edge of warfare tech Bangalore, February 11, 2010 The city will soon have a research centre that will focus exclusively on cutting-edge electronic warfare technology, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) Ashwani Kumar Datt has said. The Centre...

Singapore, Feb. 6: From the café called The Jewel Box on Mount Faber here, the strait that separates this city-state from Indonesia is a vision of maritime congestion. The fleet of large tankers, freighters, huge containerised cargo vessels, motorised dinghies, crane-bearing barges, flatbed...

Hi guys hope these pictures are a treat to watch and enjoy :cheers: A family visits the India gate on a tricolor decorated scooter after the Republic day celebrations in New Delhi. Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal Defence personnel returning back to base on their camels after the R...

Russia will lease its latest Akula-II class K-152 'Nerpa' nuclear-powered attack submarine to India for a period of ten years sometime in the second half of 2010, the official Itar-Tass news agency quoted an unnamed Russian defence ministry official as saying on Tuesday. Akula-II class...