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"The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed": New weapon system branch with sub-streams — flying, remote, intelligence and surface, women Agniveers, new combat uniform for IAF personnel launched at the Air Force Day parade
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Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said the Centre has approved a new weapon system branch for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Speaking on 90th Air Force Day, the IAF chief said they plan to induct women Agniveers from next year
"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?" In a major boost to Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, IAF inducted made-in-India Light Combat Helicopters, after Dhruv & Rudra, it is officially named Prachand, capable of firing a range of missiles
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The Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured state-of-the-art modern combat helicopter
“What is a lifetime adventure for you is a daily routine for us”: History-making - More than 20000 Kashmiri youths participated in Army’s first Agniveer recruitment rally in valley, notwithstanding a plan of sabotage by the terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad
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Around 35,000 aspirants had submitted their applications from the ten districts in Kashmir and two districts of the Union territory of Ladakh
"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power": Narendra Modi Govt announced Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan as India’s Chief of Defence Staff with extensive experience in counter-insurgency operations in J&K, North-East & against China
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The Indian government appointed a new Chief of Defence Staff on Wednesday, months after the post fell vacant as General Bipin Rawat, who was the country's first CDS, died in a helicopter crash in December 2021
"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots": Indian and Chinese troops began disengaging in a coordinated and planned way at Patrolling Pillar (15) in the Gogra-Hotspring region of Eastern Ladakh to maintain peace
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Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging at Patrolling Pillar (15) in the Gogra-Hotspring region of Eastern Ladakh, the government said
“We’re going to bomb them back into the Stone Age”: As Global power dynamics are generating a situation of Cold War 2, IAF gets terrific for Indians and terrifying for India’s foes with offensive & defensive strike-capable equipment for future wars
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What we are witnessing today, and the war in Ukraine provides us some lessons, is that the nature of warfare is changing. Now wars are of blended nature
“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards”: PM Modi commissions INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier that has mix of 30 aircraft, could fly MiG 29k fighter aircraft in anti-air, anti-surface and land attack role
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Vikrant has been built with a high degree of automation for machinery operation, ship navigation and survivability, and has been designed to accommodate an assortment of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft
“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is surest guaranty of peace”: PM Modi to commission first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard, warship is 262M long, 62M wide, 59M of height, consist 30 aircraft comprising MiG-29K jets
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Designed by Indian Navy’s in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Public Sector Shipyard under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Vikrant has been built with with state of the art automation features and is the largest ship ever built in maritime history of India
“It is God’s duty to forgive the enemies, but it’s our duty to convene a meeting between the two”: Modi government allows Indian defence forces to get emergency powers to acquire critical weapon systems through a fast-track route without the MoD approval
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The Indian Air Force and the Army received ‘Heron’ unmanned aerial vehicles which have now been deployed for surveillance in Ladakh as well as in the northeast for keeping an eye on Chinese activities
“Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!”: Indian Ocean is finally India’s, Beijing tried to repeat misadventures of South-China Sea but India gave a strong message by thwarting China’s jingoism
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The Indian Ocean not just has ample resources and minerals buried under the sea bed, but is also a geopolitical keystone, and strategically crucial