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The satellite is scheduled to be launched on July 30 by ISRO’s geo-synchronous launch vehicle F16 into a polar sun-synchronous orbit

Pralay is an indigenously-developed solid propellant quasi-ballistic missile employing state-of-the-art guidance and navigation to ensure high precision

It is New Delhi’s answer to Pakistan’s tactical nukes as the missile can carry a nuclear warhead

According to ISRO, its primary objectives are to study land and ice deformation, land ecosystems and oceanic regions in areas of common interest to the US and Indian science communities

Climate change impacts military operations and systems, factored in planning missions and future acquisitions: MoD

This is a major force restructuring exercise, aimed at enhancing operational capabilities along the borders with China and Pakistan

Ex-Brigade Commander alleges hierarchy's failures, wants inquiry into 'suppressed facts'

"Such a death must be treated as a battle casualty,” said the Bench

July 26 will mark the conflict’s 26th anniversary

Is set to procure specialised ‘fire control radars’ which will detect all forms of airborne threats

Rajnath Singh congratulates DRDO on successful test

An AIP allows a conventional diesel-electric submarine like the Kalvari-class to remain submerged for 8-10 days without the need to surface at sea and re-charge its onboard batteries

Phasing out of the MiG-21 to leave the IAF with six types of fighter jets in its inventory

The MiG-21 was developed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the former Soviet Union

Apache AH-64E attack helicopters to be part of the Army Aviation Corps

The NASA-ISRO satellite will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days, providing high-resolution, all-weather, day-and-night data that can detect even subtle changes in Earth’s surface — like ground deformation, ice sheet shifts and vegetation dynamics

The Indian Air Force already has 22 Apaches in its fleet, inducted from 2015 onwards

INS Nistar and its sister ship INS Nipun are designed to carry a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, that is capable of rescuing personnel stuck underwater on stricken submarines

The Flying Officer, who laid down his life defending the Srinagar Airfield during the 1971 war, is the only IAF officer to receive the Param Vir Chakra

Bats for having in place indigenous tech for drones

The ministry has projected a requirement for 100 launchers along with 100 night-sights

Says recent events, such as the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict and targeted military operations like those by the Indian Air Force, highlight the urgent need for specialised medical responses

Specifications listed by the Army suggest that these radars would be employed to counter swarm drones and other miniature aerial vehicles

The pilots were from from Haryana’s Rohtak and Rajasthan’s Pali districts

The first accident involving the Jaguar happened in April 1981, when an aircraft on a low-level training flight was hit by a vulture