The Quick Look As is well known, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is one of the US military’s forward operating hubs in the Indian Ocean region. It supports the prepositioning of military assets, long range bomber ops, the replenishment of naval surface combatants, and now with recent upgrades, the special operations capabilities of the SSGN. […]
Defense Minister Antony will inaugurate a new airbase at Thanjavur on 27 May whose facilities will ultimately support a new squadron of Su-30MKI (Flanker-H) by 2018. In the meantime, the renovation of the airfield will increase India’s ability to defend the Indian Ocean region especially island territories in the East, reports the Times of India: […]
Over the weekend, the Indian Navy commissioned its first MiG-29K fighter squadron at Dabolim in Goa. The squadron, the INAS 303 Black Panthers, will operate 16 single-seat MiG-29K fighters and four twin-seat MiG-29KUB trainers. [1] They join six other squadrons already operating from the base, and will be commanded by Capt AD Theophilus, an “experienced Sea Harrier pilot and […]
India’s nuclear submarines have become a topic of controversy with some thinking they could start a regional undersea nuclear arms race. While that likelihood in the short term seems remote given the economic and technical constraints with India’s closest rival, Pakistan, it is possible that as India’s nuclear triad becomes operational, other powers may react accordingly. […]
On 26 March 2013, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, more commonly referred to as GRSE, launched India’s third Kamorta class ASW corvette, called INS Kiltan. The third vessel was built under India’s Project-28 program and will soon join two other Kamorta class ships at GRSE’s river side jetty to continue the fitting out process. Like many of […]
After last year’s issues with the boilers of the INS Vikramaditya, India’s experience with aircraft carriers can only be described as difficult. The latest satellite imagery from 11 February 2013 show the INS Viraat still in the drydock undergoing a refit, while India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is finally on its way back to the dry […]
