Beijing passed a message last week when it tested the J-20, its new generation locally produced stealth fighter, from an airbase in Sichuan on the day…
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The first thing every cadet passing through the hallowed portals of the National Defence Academy in Khadakvasla learns is its motto: ‘ËœService before self’. If the…
The Army chopper was circling over Bhuj. It was 2001, beneath us was an entire city flattened as if with a sledgehammer and the words had…
How much do we really value our jawans? Very little, in terms of the pensions paid to them. The claims of those who say that they…
In an operation code named Sarp Vinash, the Army has destroyed a huge terrorist training and support base at Hill Kaka, south of the Pir Panjal…
The government has approved a proposal for compulsory part-time military service for all government servants for a minimum of five years in the Territorial Army (TA).…
There is more to the manpower shortage in the Army than meets the eye. The current shortage of 12,586 officers is among the lower ranks of…
