Indian Air Force Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who claimed to have shot down a Pakistani F-16 during the 2019 conflict, was conferred upon the Vir Chakra, India’s third-highest gallantry award, on November 22.
Interestingly, many believe that someday the US could acknowledge the loss of Pakistani F-16 fighters to Indian Air Forces’ MiG-21 Bison.
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The latest is through a French investigative website, Mediapart. On November 8, it published a set of “fake invoices” that it claimed allowed aircraft maker Dassault Aviation to pay over seven million Euros in kickbacks to influential Indian defense middleman Sushen Gupta between 2007 and 2012.
The portal’s allegation is that although India’s Central Bureau of Investigatio
The idea of an Integrated Rocket Force is a clear signal that India is wholeheartedly embracing the era of “non-contact” warfare in a joint force environment.
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India has deployed Chinook helicopters and howitzer guns along the tense Indo-Tibetan border region. The development comes in the wake of the failed India
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The possibility of Afghanistan becoming a battleground in the current conflict between Iran and the United States is fraught with serious consequences not only for Afghan
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