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When India opened the Sialkot front in September 1965, it unleashed its largest concentration of armour since independence, aiming to force Pakistan onto the defensive and reshape the war’s momentum.
The Kargil officer whose assaults across multiple ridgelines showed how momentum is built, one feature at a time.
The counterinsurgency officer who rallied his patrol after an ambush and set the template for small-team leadership.
A night of roadblocks, ambush fire and a close-quarters charge in Elisabethville turned one young officer’s last battle into one of UN peacekeeping’s most remembered stories.
He was part of the Indian Air Force’s early MiG-21 cadre, pilots tasked with mastering a cutting-edge aircraft that had arrived with promise but limited operational experience.
In the fog and minefields of the Shakargarh sector, a 21-year-old tank troop leader refused to step back even after his Centurion was hit, helping blunt a Pakistani armoured thrust and earning India’s youngest Param Vir Chakra.
In the closing days of the 1971 war, a company commander’s decision to keep moving forward, even after being hit, helped hold a hard-won Pakistani position through repeated counterattacks.
The LR-AShM is a hypersonic glide missile developed indigenously to meet the Indian Navy’s coastal defence and blue-water warfare requirements.
On the opening day of the 1971 war, a single Indian Air Force fighter took off into overwhelming odds over Srinagar. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon’s brief, ferocious dogfight became one of the IAF’s defining moments.
In total, 26 aircraft will take part in this year's flypast, made up of 16 fighter jets, four transport aircraft and nine helicopters.
Europe is increasingly viewing India as a potential supplier of arms and defence equipment in select segments, reflecting a shift in long-term strategic thinking.
The new variant’s design began with a digital backbone.
More than 2,400 nuclear devices were detonated in tests conducted worldwide between 1945 and 2017.
Amid geopolitical upheaval, IAF chief's stark warning with a Venezuela, Iran example
In the winter battles that decided the fate of a crucial Kashmir sector, Brigadier Mohammad Usman led from the front, steadied a thin line at Naushera, and became one of independent India’s earliest battlefield icons.
Poonch survived because a besieged garrison improvised an airbridge and fought off constant raids, but the siege ended only when relief columns forced their way through. In the middle of that push, Lieutenant Colonel Dharam Singh led a brutal night battle on a key feature that helped open the road.
India went into Sri Lanka as a peacekeeper and ended up in a bruising, three-year counter-insurgency that exposed gaps in planning and intelligence, forced tactical innovation, and left lessons the Army still returns to.
India’s longest internal security operation evolved not through one grand plan, but through countless battalion-level adjustments that slowly bent a brutal insurgency
The German company’s flagship strike drone, the HX-2, had trouble taking off in tests by Ukraine’s 14th Regiment, an unmanned aerial systems unit
A late-night SOS from President Gayoom triggered a nine-hour IAF dash and a swift PARA assault that is still studied as a model for regional crisis response
A summer offensive in the Gurez valley helped India secure a vulnerable northern corridor and underscored how mountain warfare is won as much by roads, rations and leadership as by rifles.
Speaking to the media during his annual Army Day press conference, he said modern warfare has blurred the distinction between rockets and missiles, with both now capable of delivering decisive impact
India has already test-fired drones with a range of about 100 km and plans to extend this further, army chief said.
Indian Army chief on J&K situation since Op Sindoor: 'Sensitive but ...' | WATCH
Germany has indicated its willingness to expand cooperation between defence manufacturers to support joint development and production
