China opportunistically exploited the conflict between India and Pakistan earlier this year to conduct the first real-world combat test of several weapons systems supplied to Islamabad, a US ...

July 17, 2025: India recently used its Fast Track Procurement or FTP procedures scheme to purchase thirteen different weapons systems needed by the Indian military for $234 million. This is not the ...

India is well aware that buying the F-35 will mean full dependence on America for even its operations and weapon integration challenges and thus, the IAF is more inclined towards the Su-57.

French Air and Space Force Rafale fighter jets taxi toward the runway at Air Base 120 in Cazaux, south-western France, on Jan. 29, 2026, during the Topaze 2026 exercise. (Philippe Lopez / AFP via ...

India’s new Pinaka LRGR-120 is roughly comparable to an American HIMARS rocket—but was built entirely within India, with capabilities that could be improved over time. India’s Defense Research and ...

A still image from footage released by DRDO showing live-fire tests of its Integrated Air Defense Weapon System. Credit: DRDO India says it used a high-energy laser to down a drone as part of the ...

India plans to field an enhanced version of the Astra air-to-air missile. Credit: Government of India The Indian government has given the green light to buy a range of homegrown and imported missile, ...

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The U.S. should help India to build a strategy of denial in the Indian Ocean that ...