China's military goes all out in spaceChina views space as a critical military domain. Chairman Xi Jinping wants to lead in space. China invests heavily in space assets. The US ...
15 Jul, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
India builds space shield as China erects a new Great Wall in the skiesIndia is urgently bolstering its space-based defense capabilities, spurred by China's rapid advancements in space militarisation and the le...
02 Jul, 2025, 11.14 AM IST
Operation Sindoor triggers India’s space shield push with 52 defence satellites by 2029Defence satellites : India is accelerating its space-based surveillance capabilities with the ₹26,968-crore Space-Based Surveillance (SBS) ...
30 Jun, 2025, 09.47 AM IST
After drones, a new warfare straight out of science fictionRecent drone warfare and advancements in space technology are reshaping modern battlefields. Nations like the US, Russia, China, and India ...
03 Jun, 2025, 06.57 PM IST
India pivots from Russia to US for cutting-edge weaponsIndia is reducing its reliance on Russian defense equipment, shifting instead to Western suppliers, particularly the US and France. This re...
03 Dec, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
China test-fires an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific OceanChina test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, raising security concerns amid regional tensions. The missil...
25 Sep, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
Has the end of Earth already begun? Who was Baba Venga, who predicted Vladimir Putin's assassination?Born in 1911, Baba Venga was said to be blinded after being sucked up into a tornado. Most of her predictions can not be proved as they wer...
10 Jul, 2024, 06.35 PM IST
Modi is eyeing a jet engine to propel India-US ties to new sphereModi's visit is being seen as a landmark in India-America ties because the last state visit to the US by an Indian PM was in November 2009 ...
30 May, 2023, 03.21 PM IST
Japan puts missile defences on alert as North Korea warns of satellite launchThe nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations...
29 May, 2023, 03.25 PM IST
Made-in-India GE jet engines sought in closer US security tiesClearance for assembly of GE engines in India would be a step toward lessening the country’s historic reliance on Russia for military hardw...
01 Feb, 2023, 04.54 AM IST
China attacked Indian satellite communications, says US report; ISRO says systems safeIn 2012, a Chinese network based computer attack on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the report points out, “allowed ‘full functional c...
23 Sep, 2020, 09.28 AM IST
Eye on China, India set to kickstart 1st space war drillWith China developing a wide array of A-Sat weapons, India has no option but to develop deterrence capabilities to ensure no adversary can ...
24 Jul, 2019, 10.36 AM IST
Government finalises broad contours of defence space agencyThe agency is being tasked with developing a range of platforms and co-orbital weapons to protect Indian assets in space and to have deterr...
11 Jun, 2019, 10.03 PM IST
India to carry out its 1st-ever space war exercise in JulyIndSpaceEx underlines seriousness with which India is working to counter threats to its space assets.
08 Jun, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Satellite-killer not a one-off, India working on star wars armoury“We are working on a number of technologies like DEWs, lasers, electromagnetic pulseand co-orbital weapons etc,” said DRDO chief.
07 Apr, 2019, 07.09 AM IST
Satellite control set to give drones more stingThis huge power boost will come with the launch of GSAT-7A, an advanced military communications sat.
22 Sep, 2018, 08.02 PM IST
As North Korea ramps up its ballistic missiles, US to test nuclear defense system this monthPentagon’s weapons testing office has said the $36-billion interceptor system can’t yet be counted on to shoot down a nuclear-armed missile...
03 May, 2017, 10.21 AM IST