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TREND | 16 Apr 2025

China slams US for increasing its defence budget to $1 trillion

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The Chinese military on Wednesday criticised the United States for increasing its defence budget to USD one trillion, saying that "wanton use of force will not make America great again". Reacting to reports that the US defence budget for fiscal year 2026 will reach a record USD one trillion, Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defence, said such an act would only inflict painful disasters upon the people of the US and the rest of the world. China, which is the second largest defence spender after the US, hiked its defence budget early this year by 7.2% increase to USD 249, which is a USD 17 billion rise compared to last year. America's sky-high defence budget exposed once again the bellicose nature of the US side and its belief in "might makes right," Zhang was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The US government is in heavy debt, yet it keeps pouring ill-gotten wealth exploited from other countries into manufacturing weapons,

Indians among 18 get Lifesaver Award for rescuing 22 from fire in Singapore

Business Standard | 16 Apr 2025

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TREND | 14 Apr 2025

IAF relief aircraft faced GPS spoofing over Myanmar, raising security concerns

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The incidents, reported in Myanmar's airspace, disrupted navigation systems on C-130J and C-17 aircraft, forcing pilots to switch to inertial navigation systems.

IAF's losses: Jet crashes bring focus on simulation training of pilots

Business Standard | 13 Apr 2025 1 more

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TREND | 14 Apr 2025

DRDO tests futuristic 'Star Wars' laser weapon: Here's what it can do

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DRDO successfully tests indigenous laser-based directed energy weapon, MK-II(A), shooting down drones and placing India among few nations with such advanced defence tech

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TREND | 12 Apr 2025

Pentagon to end $5.1-billion in contracts with Accenture, Deloitte, others

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the information technology services contracts represent non-essential spending on third party consultants' for services Pentagon employees can perform

Taiwan detects 34 Chinese sorties, 6 naval vessels around its territory

Business Standard | 12 Apr 2025

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TREND | 11 Apr 2025

Indigenous glide bomb Gaurav' clears DRDO trials, nears IAF induction

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It hit a target nearly 100 kilometres away with pin-point accuracy

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TREND | 11 Apr 2025

UK steps up Ukraine aid as Western allies rally to secure arms, ammunition

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Britain on Friday announced a surge of military support to Ukraine, as the war-ravaged country's Western backers gathered at NATO headquarters to drum up more weapons and ammunition to help fight off the Russian invasion. Britain said that in a joint effort with Norway just over $580 million would be spent to provide hundreds of thousands of military drones, radar systems and anti-tank mines, as well as repair and maintenance contracts to keep Ukrainian armoured vehicles on the battlefield. On the eve of the meeting in Brussels, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a key issue was strengthening his country's air defences. Ukraine needs a sufficient number of modern systems like Patriot missile systems, he said in a post on social media. A political decision is needed to supply these systems to protect our cities, towns, and the lives of our people especially from the threat of Russian ballistic weapons. Our partners have such available systems, Umerov said. Russian forces

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TREND | 11 Apr 2025

HAL slams reports with 'malicious intent' after chopper crash in Gujarat

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HAL said that it cannot respond to or comment on all these reports one-on-one due to the sensitive nature of Defence issues and products

Defence

TREND | 10 Apr 2025

In grey-zone era, cyber attacks serve politico-military aims: Rajnath Singh

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that in the era of "grey zone" and hybrid warfare, cyber attacks and disinformation campaign are tools to achieve politico-military aims. The ongoing conflicts and contemporary trends highlight the fact that traditional notions of warfare are being rewritten, he said in his address at the convocation ceremony of Defence Service Staff College (DSSC) here. "The ongoing conflicts and contemporary trends highlight the fact that the traditional notions of warfare are being rewritten. Emerging technologies are impacting the character of war with unmanned systems, and advent of AI forecasting, an era of Autonomous Warfare. The Warfare today has gone beyond the traditional battlefields of land, sea and air," he said. The Armed forces will increasingly need to operate jointly in a multi-domain environment where cyber, space and information warfare will be as potent as conventional operations. "We are in the age of Grey Zone and Hybrid warfare

Defence chiefs from 30 nations to attend Nato talks on future Ukraine force

Business Standard | 10 Apr 2025

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TREND | 10 Apr 2025

Khalilur Rahman redesignated as National Security Advisor of Bangladesh

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Dr Rahman will retain his functions as the High Representative for the Rohingya issue and assist the Chief Adviser in the discharge of his responsibilities regarding the Bangladesh Defence Ministry

Swan Defence and Heavy Industries signs MoU with GRSE for commercial shipbuilding

Business Line | 09 Apr 2025 5 more

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TREND | 09 Apr 2025

CCS clears 64,000 crore deal for Rafale-M jets to boost Indian Navy's air power

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The MiG-29ks will continue to operate from the second aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, once the induction of Rafale Ms is complete

India clears Rs 63,000-crore deal to purchase 26 Rafale jets from France: Sources

Business Today | 09 Apr 2025 3 more