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Indian Army plans largest-ever K9 Vajra acquisition with order for 300 additional guns; check its featuresThe Indian Army plans to acquire 300 more K9 Vajra self-propelled guns. This significant order will boost the Regiment of Artillery. The K9...- Budget 2024: Let's go down AgnipathBudget 2024: Recent deaths of 18 'Agniveers' have reignited the debate on the effectiveness of the Agnipath scheme in India's defense budge...
- Indian defence forces to stock weapons and ammunition for 15-day intense warMaking use of the extended stocking requirements and the emergency financial powers in the ongoing conflict with China in Eastern Ladakh, t...
- Army stocking up munitions for 40-day warDefence ministry sources say all the different types of ammunition for the Army will be built up to “10(I) levels”, which mean adequate sto...
- Urgent arms deals of Rs 20,000 crore inked to keep forces readyThe emergency purchases will obviate the need for armed forces to present long shopping lists to the government after every major terror st...
- India faces severe ammunition shortage, can fight war for only 20 days: CAGCAG said the Ordnance Factory Board was failing to meet requirements due to limited production capacity and the import was "unreasonably" s...
- Amid Doklam row, MoD seeks additional Rs 20k crore for combat readiness of armed forcesThe armed forces, in fact, want the annual defence budget to progressively reach at least 2% of the GDP for their operational requirements
- Are Indian armed forces ready for intense wars? The answer is 'not yet'It will take the 15-lakh strong Indian armed forces another couple of years to become "fully fighting fit" with "optimal" stockpiles of amm...
- No improvement in Army's availability of ammunition: CAGHaving such critical deficiencies means that it will be difficult for the army to, if the need arises, fight against two countries at the s...
- Use of war reserves for new corps suicidal: House panel raises alarm on Army moveRaising of the 17 Corps, with 90,274 addl soldiers, was approved by the UPA-II regime in July'13 at a cost of Rs 64,678 cr spread over 8 ye...
- Army struggles to raise mountain strike corps in absence of dedicated fundingThe Army firmly believes there is no alternative to "boots on the ground" given its lack of cutting-edge military technology in several are...
- Parliamentary panel raps Defence Ministry over raising of mountain strike corpsA Parliamentary Standing Committee today rapped the Defence Ministry for "milking existing resources" to raise a mountain strike corps aime...
- Critically short of anti-tank missiles, Army sounds alarmThe Army, after all, has an alarming shortage of around 68,000 ATGMs and 850 launchers of different types, which are crucial for the infant...
- Government clears local manufacturing of 8 types of AmmunitionThe ministry said the aim of the decision is to facilitate development of indigenous capacity, reduce import dependence and develop a robus...
- Ammunition production has increased by 18%: Manohar ParrikarTo address shortage of ammunition for army, their production has been increased by 18 per cent since last year, Defence Minister Manohar Pa...
- Army needs 4 lakh balaclavas, 2 lakh bootsAir Marshal PP Reddy, chief of Integrated Defence Staff, said India needs to be prepared for war on both fronts, China and Pakistan.
- Mountain Corps being raised with war wastage reserves: PanelThe army's ambitious Mountain Strike Corps for deployment along the border with China is being raised with "war wastage reserves.
- Indian Army's ammunition won't last 20 days of warAs per the overall Army "ammunition roadmap", the WWR will reach 100% only by 2019 if there is budgetary support of around Rs 97,000 crore.
- Army running low on ammunitionTanks and air defence units, artillery batteries and infantry soldiers are all facing the crunch.
- Derailed modernization: Army needs Rs 41,000 crore to make up current deficienciesNavy and IAF may be on the modernization track, albeit much slowly than desired, but the Army seems to be floundering.
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