Category: News

Riding the Atlas

by Saurabh Joshi • June 3, 2013

StratPost was invited to the annual Airbus Military Trade Media Briefing in Spain last week and, as it turned out, ended up getting a ride on the A400M. Read about the experience and check out all the pictures.

by Eugene R. Fidell • June 2, 2013

A lecturer at Yale Law School gives perspective on the administration of military justice in India and the role and impact of the Armed Forces Tribunal, suggesting interesting new measures to improve the justice delivery system.

by Shruti Pushkarna • May 20, 2013

Commander Shiraz Azad, Commanding Officer of the ‘White Tigers’ Sea Harrier squadron, INAS 300, takes us around the aircraft that’s held the line for the navy.

by Shruti Pushkarna • May 16, 2013

Check out the navy’s spanking new MiG-29 Simulator Facility as Commander MP Felix takes you around on a guided tour of the complex.

by Shruti Pushkarna • May 12, 2013

Lt Commander Akash of INAS 336 shows off the Indian Navy’s Sea King helicopter.

by Shruti Pushkarna • May 12, 2013

Commander NS Baberwal, Commanding Officer of the Indian Navy’s Kamov-31 AEW Helicopter Squadron, INAS 339 describes the features of the aircraft in detail.

by Shruti Pushkarna • May 12, 2013

Commander KHV Singh of the Indian Navy MiG-29K/KUB squadron, INAS 303 (Black Panthers) takes us around the aircraft.

by Saurabh Joshi • April 30, 2013

The Flag Meeting took place on a day when Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurien Antony had some tough words for the intruders at the Unified Commanders Conference of the Indian armed forces.

by Saurabh Joshi • April 22, 2013

Kavi kehna kya chahta hai? Giving the iteration a thumbs-down, defense industry executives questioned the rationale behind some of the amendments and also expressed pessimism, saying in some cased it would ‘make things worse’.

by Saurabh Joshi • April 20, 2013

These changes are skewed to favor and encourage defense industry in India, some of which appear to have been influenced by reactions to corruption scandals. Do have a look at the list of changes, copied and pasted, verbatim, from the defense ministry press release.

by Saurabh Joshi • April 9, 2013

The troops were part of the UN Mission in South Sudan. Five other Indian army personnel were also injured. The casualties belonged to the Indian Army’s 6 Mahar and 9 Mechanized Infantry regiments.

by Saurabh Joshi • March 25, 2013

Rolls Royce is hoping the IAF will select it’s Trent 700 engine over the GE CF-6 engine for the Airbus A-330 MRTT aircraft and is relying on performance, costs and market leadership to make its case.

by Saurabh Joshi • March 4, 2013

Here’s a look at the pattern of the defense budget in the past two years and the changes in priorities for expenditure in the year 2013-14.

by Saurabh Joshi • March 4, 2013

This is the central plan segment of the MEA’s total expenditure, which is budgeted to be INR 11719 crore after last weeks budget announcement. Bhutan remains far ahead of Afghanistan as India’s largest beneficiary of foreign aid.

by Shruti Pushkarna • February 15, 2013

Shruti Pushkarna puts together a graphic representation of the process of selection of the AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter by the Indian Air Force (IAF), on the basis of the White Paper issued by the defense ministry on Thursday.