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IAF Activates Emergency Landing Facility on Purvanchal Expressway

The Indian Air Force activated an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district, demonstrating day and night operational capability. The exercise tested...

 April 24, 2026

India-Egypt Joint Special Forces Exercise Cyclone-IV

The Indian Army contingent has departed for Egypt to take part in the fourth edition of the India-Egypt Joint Special Forces Exercise, Cyclone-IV. The exercise will be held...

 April 9, 2026

INS Taragiri Commissioned Into Indian Navy

INS Taragiri, the fourth Project 17A stealth frigate, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on 3 April 2026. Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited and designed...

 April 4, 2026

Yard 1280 Shachi Launched at Goa Shipyard

The first of eleven Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs), Yard 1280, named Shachi, was launched at Goa Shipyard Limited in Goa on 31 March 2026. The launch...

 April 1, 2026

Sheshnaag-150 Swarm Drone Development

India is developing the Sheshnaag-150, a long-range swarming attack drone designed to strengthen its indigenous unmanned warfare capability. The system is being built by Bengaluru-based defence startup Newspace...

 March 11, 2026

NCB Busts Team Kalki Drug Network

The Narcotics Control Bureau has dismantled a pan-India drug distribution network operating under the name Team Kalki. The syndicate used darknet marketplaces and the encrypted Session messaging application...

 March 10, 2026

GPS Spoofing Threats to Civilian Flights in Middle East

The skies over the United Arab Emirates and the Persian Gulf have become a high-risk zone due to rising military tensions between the US and Iran in 2026....

 March 7, 2026

US Tests Minuteman III ICBM

The United States military has carried out a test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile off the California coast. The launch was declared successful and was...

 March 7, 2026

Exercise Vajra Ghaat in Pokhran

The Indian Army’s Southern Command conducted Exercise Vajra Ghaat at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer district to test the combat readiness of the K9 Vajra self-propelled...

 February 21, 2026

USS Gerald R. Ford Heads Toward Middle East

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is moving across the Atlantic with its public tracking beacon active, a rare step for an operational warship. The carrier...

 February 21, 2026

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