All stories by Ajai Shukla
IAF pilot gave up his life for country. Today, his dad fights for his rights
Rediff.com30 Sep 2015Gurbax Singh Dhindsa, father of Kargil war martyr GS Dhindsa, in a letter to the PM and defence minister underlining the fact that military personnel have little recourse to justice in higher courts.
100 days, 7 sticking points: OROP stir continues
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015The public agitation launched for the demand of OROP on June 6 completes 100 days.
After OROP, another demand taking shape within armed forces
Rediff.com15 Sep 2015The military will now demand further pay and promotion parity with civilians
Alarming numbers that should worry India's military planners
Rediff.com9 Sep 2015It is worrisome that salaries are consuming as much expenditure as equipment.
India's light combat helicopter ready for high-altitude operations
Rediff.com4 Sep 2015The Light Combat Helicopter is heavily armoured to protect its two pilots from enemy fire, and has a 'stealthy' fuselage that is hard to detect with radar. Ajai Shukla reports
Stay tuned to Moscow!
Rediff.com1 Sep 2015India must develop structured multilateralism to its defence buys
Desperate Russia opens doors for foreign militaries
Rediff.com26 Aug 2015So keen is Moscow that India buy its helicopter -- Kamov-226T -- that President Vladimir Putin personally took up the issue with PM Narendra Modi during their summit meeting last year
As Sartaj Aziz visits, what makes Pak confident?
Rediff.com21 Aug 2015Pakistan National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz brings to New Delhi a newfound Pakistani confidence, stemming from its leverage in Afghanistan, says Ajai Shukla
Ride the wave with aircraft carriers
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015With the United States delivering an increasing share of India's arms imports, New Delhi must work with it to retain control of our regional waters
One Rank, One Pension comes at a high cost
Rediff.com17 Aug 2015The full grant of OROP would raise annual military pensions to Rs 75,000 crore, only slightly less than the salary bill of Rs 93,216 crore.
Buy Tejas Mark 1-A now, don't wait for Mark II, HAL tells IAF
Rediff.com13 Aug 2015The HAL wants the IAF to buy 80 Tejas Mark I-A to keep the production line occupied from 2020 to 2023-24
After Omar, power centre shifts in Afghanistan
Rediff.com5 Aug 2015Pakistan, which has propped up the new Taliban leadership, would be keen to use its influence over the group to neutralise India's presence in the region.
Why India still hasn't built a combat vehicle
Rediff.com4 Aug 2015Defence ministry incompetence hobbles development of battle-taxis for the Indian Army.
Gurdaspur attack magnifies armour shortage scare
Rediff.com29 Jul 2015Army, paramilitary and police forces continue going into harm's way with outdated bulletproof jackets (BPJs), and helmets designed for motorcycle riding, not for the impact of a nine-millimetre bullet.
The ghost of Gorshkov
Rediff.com25 Jul 2015The navy's plan to build three Russian Talwar-class frigates has a less than wholesome odour.
'Lashkar and Pak army recruit from same pool of educated youth'
Rediff.com24 Jul 2015C Christine Fair, an acclaimed Pakistan expert who teaches at Georgetown University rebutted some of the common perceptions of Pakistan.
REVEALED: How India's future naval aircraft carrier will be
Rediff.com22 Jul 2015or the first time, the size and specifications of the Indian Navy's future aircraft carrier have been officially acknowledged.
Good enough for China, but India spurns Arjun
Rediff.com7 Jul 2015For some inexplicable reason, the army prefers to use Russian armour; Arjun is deployed in only two of its 63 armoured regiments.
Tejas Mark II will take to the skies in next 3 years
Rediff.com1 Jul 2015The outgoing Tejas chief said the aircraft will join the IAF fleet by 2021-22.
Rustom-1 drone to monitor maritime boundary with Lanka
Rediff.com26 Jun 2015DRDO says it is working with the navy to fit the Rustom-1 with an Automatic Identification System that will identify Indian fishing vessels along the maritime boundary