“Though India and Israel share a very similar set of threats and challenges, their strategic cultures are a study in contrast. India has a huge land mass and the world’s second largest population. Israel is a tiny country with a population of just 8 million or so. It has no space to trade for time and has therefore developed a highly proactive and aggressive orientation – that is very high-risk and relies upon seizing the [...]

Modernisation of Army is undertaken on a continuous basis which entails the replacement / upgradation of equipment of older technology. Presently, a number of proposals for upgradation of the existing Air Defence Guns and procurement of ammunition are at various stages of implementation / procurement. Modernisation of the Armed Forces is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges, technological changes and available resources. The Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) seeks to achieve the highest [...]

US firm DuPont has announced the opening of its world-class integrated ballistics facility in India, the first such DuPont facility in the Asia-Pacific region. The DuPont Ballistics facility is located at the DuPont Knowledge Center in Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh and it is an integrated ballistics facility, with a ballistics testing range, a 600-ton helmet press and stab testing equipment, all housed in a single location. The DuPont Ballistics Facility will allow DuPont to provide [...]