IAF Rafales to soon get ‘Hammer’ air-to-ground precision-guided munitionsWith a strike range of 20 to 70-km, the Hammer munitions are designed to destroy bunkers, hardened shelters and other targets in all terrai...
06 Nov, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
India and Israel to co-develop hi-tech weapon systemsA new sub-group to promote such joint projects, under the overarching joint working group on defence cooperation headed by Indian defence s...
26 Sep, 2020, 11.14 AM IST
Ladakh face-off: India to order 2 more Israeli Phalcon ‘eyes in sky’ for $1 billionSources on Wednesday said the acquisition of the two AWACS, with the Israeli Phalcon early-warning radar system mounted on Russian Ilyushin...
27 Aug, 2020, 12.31 PM IST
Indian forces to acquire Heron drones, Spike anti-tank guided missiles from IsraelThe Heron unmanned aerial vehicles are already in the Air Force, Navy, and the Army and are being used extensively at the moment by both Ar...
14 Jul, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
Balakot most significant Indian air action in four decades: IAF chiefThe air strikes against the JeM training camp at Balakot delivered a clear message from the Indian govt that Pakistan’s policy of perpetrat...
26 Feb, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Abhinandan Varthaman shot down Pakistan F-16, confirms Vir Chakra citationThe audacious pre-dawn air strikes on the Jaish-e-Mohammed facility at Balakot on February 26 last year and the subsequent skirmish between...
30 Jan, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Mirage 2000 proved to be a 'game changer' in Kargil war: Senior IAF officersIndia's technology was "superior" and the F-16 of the adversary that time were "ill-equipped," he claimed.
26 Jul, 2019, 07.04 PM IST
20 years of Kargil war: IAF turns Gwalior Air Base into 'war theatre', reenacts milestonesThe 'Missing Man' formation is an aerial salute accorded to honour the fallen comrades-in-arms.
24 Jun, 2019, 02.22 PM IST
IAF inks Rs 300 crore deal to procure Spice bombs from IsraelThe IAF has signed a Rs 300 cr deal with a Israeli firm to procure a batch of SPICE 2000 guided bombs.
07 Jun, 2019, 09.36 PM IST
Balakot airstrike could have killed 250 to 300 terrorists: Abhinandan's father"The Indian Air Force strike happened when the maximum targets were inside the camp. The structural damage might be limited, but the fuse o...
04 Apr, 2019, 11.13 AM IST
Swedish Awacs in focus again after PAF used it against IndiaSources said that India had registered a diplomatic protest with Sweden after the Pakistan revealed that it had ordered three new Saab 2000...
27 Mar, 2019, 01.06 PM IST
IAF in process of equipping Su-30MKI with Israeli SPICE-2000 bombs: SourcesCurrently, the IAF's Mirage-2000 are equipped with the SPICE-2000 bombs.
05 Mar, 2019, 10.33 PM IST
Bombs used in air strikes had Jaish coordinates fed in, little chance of their missing targetsThe IAF also deployed "a decoy package" of fighters ostensibly headed towards the JeM headquarters in Bahawalpur in the Punjab province.
03 Mar, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
Military has proof of hit on Balakot Jaish camp; up to government to release itThe Sukhoi-30MKIs, which accompanied the Mirage-2000s for ‘air defence’, do have SARs for high-resolution ground mapping with the capabilit...
02 Mar, 2019, 12.46 PM IST
How India's first air strike in Pakistani territory since 1971 unfoldedSources said the strikes were carried out from just across LoC, and the IAF jets did not need to go deep into Pak as long-range bombs were ...
27 Feb, 2019, 01.15 PM IST
IAF tired down Pakistani counterpart with mock strikesWith such tactics, India has used its numerical superiority over Pakistan when it comes to combat aircraft.
27 Feb, 2019, 11.21 AM IST
Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit to Israel, India lines up defence deals worth $3 billionThe AWACS are basically Israeli early-warning radar suites mounted on Russian IL-76 transport aircraft. They are "eyes in the sky" capable ...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.36 AM IST