DefenceTalkTribal separatists killed at least 34 people, including four women, in a series of attacks in India’s remote northeastern state of Assam on Tuesday, police said. The attacks took place in the two districts of Kokrajhar and Sonitpur, senior state police official SN Singh said, with the deadliest claiming 26 lives. Police blamed the attacks […]https://www.defencetalk.com/separatists-kill-at-least-34-in-northeast-india-police-61193/

DefenceTalkIndia’s defence ministry cleared Wednesday proposals worth nearly $700 million to buy military equipment but deferred a key multi-billion dollar decision on replacing the country’s aging air transport fleet. India, the world’s largest buyer of weapons, is in the midst of revamping its aging military equipment and recently lifted a cap on foreign investment in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-clears-700-million-defence-purchase-61183/

DefenceTalkIndia on Tuesday test-fired its nuclear capable strategic missile Agni-4 from a test range off eastern state of Odisha’s coast. Supported by a mobile launcher, the sleek missile was flight tested from the launch complex-4 of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, at about 10:20 a.m. local time, local media reported. The test conducted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-nuclear-capable-strategic-missile-61113/

DefenceTalkThe French and Indian defence ministers agreed to press ahead with negotiations on the sale of 126 Rafale fighter jets to India, both sides said Tuesday, after slow progress cast doubt on the estimated $12 billion deal. Successive deadlines to complete one of the world’s biggest airline contracts have slipped by, leading to reports that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-france-say-will-press-ahead-with-rafale-fighter-jet-deal-61093/

DefenceTalkOverview Since the end of the Cold War, a new nuclear order has emerged, shaped by rising nuclear states and military technologies that threaten stability, writes George Mason University’s Gregory Koblentz in a new Council Special Report. During the Cold War, the potential for nuclear weapons to be used was determined largely by the United […]https://www.defencetalk.com/strategic-stability-in-the-second-nuclear-age-61063/

DefenceTalkPakistan has the fastest growing nuclear weapons program in the world and by 2020 it could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200 nuclear devices, a top American think tank has said. “Though many states are downsizing their stockpiles, Asia is witnessing a buildup. Pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear program in the world. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-to-have-200-nuclear-weapons-by-2020-us-think-tank-61061/

DefenceTalkThe Indian Air Force’s frontline fighter jet, Sukhoi-30, has been cleared for flying after being grounded for nearly a month. The Sukhoi-30 fleet will be back in the air “within a week’s time,” Chief of Air Staff Arup Raha said on Friday. The entire fleet of about 200 Su-30s had been grounded following a Sukhoi […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-su-30s-cleared-to-resume-flight-61006/

DefenceTalkIndia has voted against the provisions of draft resolutions calling for signing of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), ruling out the possibility of joining the treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state, local media reported on Saturday. A U.N. Assembly committee Friday adopted a resolution in New York calling on all countries which have not signed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-votes-against-u-n-draft-resolution-on-nuke-pact-60958/

DefenceTalkDefence projects worth a whopping Rs 80,000 crore (approx.. $13bn) were on Saturday cleared by the government which decided that six submarines will be made indigenously and over 8,000 Israeli antitank guided missiles and 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance aircraft will be purchased. The decisions were taken following a meeting of the defence acquisition council, chaired […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-approves-13bn-weapons-package-60864/

DefenceTalkIndia has chosen to buy anti-tank guided missiles from Israel, rejecting a rival US offer, as the right-wing government clears projects worth $13.1 billion to modernize its aging military, official sources said Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will buy 8,356 Spike missiles and 321 launchers from Israel in a deal worth 32 billion rupees […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-chooses-israel-over-us-for-525m-missile-deal-60857/