Can Europe re-arm without America? This is a question that nobody was asking a few years ago, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted a €100 billion German splurge on US-made F-35 fighter jets and Boeing helicopters. Between 2020 and 2024, the US accounted for almost two-thirds of European arms imports; France, with its pride in…
INS Surat is the fourth and final Visakhapatnam-class destroyer built under Project 15B; INS Nilgiri is the lead ship of Project 17A, a class of seven multi-role frigates; and INS Vagsheer is the sixth and final Scorpene-class submarine built under Project 75. The first two were designed at the Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, but…
Thus, the effective strength of the Air Force is much smaller than what publicly available numbers indicate. It also means young pilots get fewer hours of flying training. In an age that may see wars fought in the air and space, India ignores the IAF’s problems at great peril. Speaking at a seminar in New…
(Bloomberg) — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed closer cooperation on defense, transport and nuclear energy after talks with Vietnam’s leaders as he kicked off a tour of Southeast Asia aimed at shoring up alliances in the region. In a joint briefing with Vietnam’s president in Hanoi, Macron said framework agreements were signed on several defense…
