INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant, centre-pieces of the exercise, serve as ‘floating sovereign airfields’, providing a launch platform for a wide array of aircraft, including MiG-29K fighter jets, MH60R, Kamov, Sea King, Chetak and ALH helicopters. #WATCH| Indian Navy undertakes twin...
India plans to equip it with Russian MiG-29K fighter jets and Westland Sea King helicopters, a British license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name. Does this latest addition to the Indian Navy pose a serious threat to Pakistan's security? Can Pakistan ...
India has recently inducted INS Vikrant, the South Asian nation's second aircraft carrier. This "indigenous" ship of the Indian Navy is powered by four American-made General Electric LM2500 marine gas turbines built in the US state of Ohio. It is a relatively small aircraft carrier with a d...
HAL Tejas is a Light Combat Aircraft designed in India for the Indian Air Force and is the second supersonic fighter by HAL. The Tejas fighter plane is available for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy in variation and an upgraded Tejas Mark 2 is expected by 2025. LCA Tejas – India’...
India has become one of the countries capable of building aircraft carriers. It is reported that the Chief of the General Staff of the Indian Navy, Harry Kumar, said: "At present, we have shelved the plan to build IAC (Indian home-made aircraft carrier) - II. In view of our accumulated...
providing millions of dollars in aid and helping rebuild the country's infrastructure.Most analysts agree that the real change in India's international image came after the 2004 tsunami, where the Indian navy played a key role in not just helping its own citizens, but those of Sri Lanka and...
Thus it came about that a green signal was given for the Navys Sea Harriers to fly on 29 January 1985 in Delhi, in spite of some reservations of the Indian Air Force. The Air Force, who rightly consider airspace as their own exclusive turf, were not too pleased with the idea of ...
This marks the beginning of the parade by the three pillars of Indian Army (the Army, the Navy and the Air Force). Dressed in their finest attires and adorned with official decorations, the soldiers partake in the parade. While passing by the President as gesture of respect they bring ...
Navy in some scenarios. Bombers A second, though at this point potential foreign assisted power projection ambition, would be new manned strategic bombers. While these were denied to China during the 1990s, since 2004 Russia has been marketing its Tupolev stable of bombers to the PLA, to ...
Forces shot down two Libyan fighter jets. [Pictured: 1981 - A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers escorting a Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 over Gulf of Sidra] 1982: Lebanese Civil War James Case // Wikimedia Commons 1982: Lebanese Civil War - ...