The K-4 (Kalam-4) is a nuclear-capable, intermediate-range, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The K-4 is 10 meters long, weighs 20 tons, and can carry a 2-ton payload. It has a maximum range of about 4,000 kilometers.The K-4 is part of the K missile family, a series of underwater launched ballistic missiles

The German firm ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) is also vying for the contract with the Spanish government-owned company NavantiaNew Delhi: Spain’s submarine has been given the green light for a massive deal with the Indian Navy. The deal, worth a whopping ₹43,000 crores, is set to move forward as the submarine has been declared technically compliant, according to media reports. This means

‘Bharat Shakti’ in Pokhran will showcase the shock and awe that the three services seek to achieve in an operational situation by employing the manoeuvrePrime Minister Narendra Modi, a strong proponent of self-reliance in defence, will get a ringside view of how the Indian military plans to leverage its indigenous capabilities for dominating the battlefield and crushing any threat to the

by Madhav NalapatIn 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into a medley of countries, including Georgia, Ukraine and the Central Asian republics. Boris Yeltsin, who took over from Mikhail Gorbachev after the breakup, outsourced economic policy mainly to US experts, who not surprisingly recommended and got adopted by the new government policies that threw the Russian economy into chaos, reported The

While Delhi has been handling ISI, the same needs to be the case when it comes to dealing with MSS, China’s agency, reported The Sunday Guardian LiveIn 2020, Australian policymakers decided to constitute a specialised team, “the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce” that would work under its intelligence agency, Australia’s National Security Agency (ASIO) in order to carry out intelligence-led