Defence ministry orders 118 Arjun tanks at Rs 7523 cr

The defence ministry on Thursday sealed a contract to procure 118 main battle tanks Arjun for the Indian Army at a cost of Rs 7,523 crore, in a major move to boost its combat capabilities. The......

DRDO test fires laser-guided anti-tank guided missile

An indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile has been successfully test fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation at a firing range in Maharashtra's......

India successfully test fires laser-guided anti-tank guided missiles

India on Thursday successfully test-fired indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missiles at a military installation in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar. IMAGE: Indigenously developed......

Good enough for China, but India spurns Arjun

For some inexplicable reason, the army prefers to use Russian armour; Arjun is deployed in only two of its 63 armoured regiments. Ajai Shukla reports. Chinese experts have given a thumbs up to the......