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“The IAF is now planning to acquire the bunker buster or the building destroyer version with Mark 84 warhead which can decimate targeted buildings,” government sources told ANI.
Armed with night fighting capabilities, the tank is equipped with night vision devices and a thermal imaging system. It is also protected by explosive reactive armour (ERA). The tank is known for its mobility, lethal firepower, and first-hit ability during engagements. The Indian Defence Ministry is set to place the order on the State-owned ordnance factory.
Senior UN official Jelle Postma told that India helped the UN agencies get the programme started with its contribution of USD 250,000, giving them a push in the right direction and now other donors are also stepping in.
The in-principle approval to L&T MBDA was given after the company submitted that a provisional approval would help it start construction of its manufacturing facilities while awaiting its industrial licence from the Department for Promotion of Industrial and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
“It will be the largest ever conducted Varuna exercise with 11 of India and Frances’s most modern units, including two aircrafts and two submarines….,” a statement issued by the French Navy said.
The INS Vela is the fourth of the six submarines of Scorpene class that has completed its out fittings at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) Mumbai.Vagir and Vagsheer are the remaining two submarines in the country’s Scorpene Submarine programme are in the advanced stages of manufacturing at MDL.
The Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DS-DBO) section of the road between Leh and Karakoram Pass is a key thrust area of the Ministry of Defence as it will ensure all-weather connectivity to this strategic northernmost corner of the country in view of aggressive neighbour China.
The IBG is working on “integrating existing elements of infantry, tank regiments, artillery, UAVs, engineers and signals”. This, if done, can be the first tweak to the “cold start doctrine” (first made public in 2004 and planned after operation Parakaram of 2002).
Over the past week, even when Fani was hundreds of miles away, authorities had been closely watching. They had first picked up a large swirl on meteorological radar screens barreling up from the equator, deep in the ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Kochi Naval Base has installed a roof top solar power plant, which can generate 14,400 units of power per year.
