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India Gazette
27-06-2025
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India looking at option of buying more S-400 air defence systems from Russia
ANI 27 Jun 2025, 22:37 GMT+10 By Ajit Dubey New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): With the S-400 air defence missile systems performing very well during Operation Sindoor, India is considering the option of buying two more squadrons of S-400 long range surface-to-air missile systems from Russia, defence sources told ANI. The sources said more systems of the S-400 are being considered due to security threats in view of the recent hostilities and the time to be taken in the development and deployment of the indigenous LRSAM programme, codenamed Project Kusha by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, with Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited and Bharat Dynamics Limited as its development and production partners. The Indian side would prefer to get S-500 air defence system which has more range than the S-400 but it would require a clearance from the top Russian leadership for its sale, they said. The S-400 performed exceptionally in Operation Sindoor taking out multiple Pakistan Air Force fighter and airborne early warning aircraft. It also managed to create a record of sorts by successfully hitting an aircraft at a range of 300 plus kilometres. India is also awaiting the delivery of two more squadrons of the five S-400 squadrons that it had ordered in a 2018 deal. The first three squadrons have already been received and operationally deployed. Just before the delivery of the fourth squadron, war broke out between Russia and Ukraine. The systems meant for India were probably used in the war. The Russian side has now assured the delivery of the remaining two systems in the next financial year. Indian defence teams have also raised the issue with the Russian side and they have given assurances to not extend the schedule further. (ANI)
India Gazette
09-06-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
Indian Army to get Rs 30,000 crore QRSAM air defence missile system boost
ANI 09 Jun 2025, 20:47 GMT+10 By Ajit Dubey New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): At a time when Indian air defence systems successfully thwarted the Pakistani aircraft, missile and drones attacks under Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army is all set to get Rs 30,000 crore boost with a new surface-to-air missile system expected to be cleared for acquisition by the Defence Ministry soon. The Defence Ministry is scheduled to take up the proposal for buying three regiments of the indigenous Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile system (WRSAM) for the Army Air Defence for deployment along both western and northern borders, defence officials told ANI here The missile systems, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, are highly mobile as they have the capability to search and track targets on the move and fire at short halts, they said. With a range of around 30 km, the system would be complementing the existing systems in the forces like the MRSAM and Akash in short to medium ranges. The missile system performance has been extensively evaluated under both day and night operational scenarios during the trials. The meeting of Defence Acquisition Council is planned to be held around the fourth week of June. During the four-day conflict with Pakistan, which used Chinese weaponry, the Indian Army's Air Defence units destroyed majority of the drones using L-70 and Zu-23 air defence guns while the Akash and MRSAM played a crucial role along with the Indian Air Force's Spydwr and Sudarshan S-400 air defence systems. The Army Air Defence is also getting a number of new radars, very short range air defence systems along with jammers and laser-based systems to deal with drones of Turkish and Chinese origin. (ANI)
India Gazette
08-06-2025
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- India Gazette
IAF to get Rs 10,000 crore indigenous I-STAR spy planes to help in precision strikes against enemy ground targets
By Ajit Dubey New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, the Defence Ministry is going to take up Rs 10,000 crore proposal to buy three sophisticated spy planes to help Indian Air Force get a clear air-to-ground picture to carry out precision strikes against enemy ground targets like radar stations, air defence units and other mobile objects. The Rs 10,000 crore project for the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (I-STAR) is expected to be taken up for clearance at a high-level defence ministry meeting scheduled to be held in the fourth week of June, defence officials told ANI. The ISTAR provides air-to-ground surveillance to the forces to help them in carrying out precision strikes. The spy aircraft project being developed by the Defence Research and Development includes the acquisition of three aircraft through an open tender from foreign manufacturers, including Boeing and Bombardier. The onboard systems on the aircraft would be completely indigenous, as the DRDO's Centre for Airborne Systems has already successfully developed them, they said. The systems have already been proven and developed by the CABS and they will just have to be integrated with the three aircraft which would be acquired and modified for the purpose, they said. The development of an ISTAR system would also add India to a select club of nations with such a capability, including the US, UK, Israel and a few others. ISTAR thus provides dynamic and time-sensitive targeting capability and contributes significantly to meeting the nation's security goals. It will aid in limiting the scale and complexity of undetected hostile threats. It has multi-spectral surveillance capability to detect, locate and monitor irregular forces. The I-STAR system shall be for carrying out intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting by day and night from stand-off ranges. The ISTAR systems are operated at high altitudes from large stand-off ranges and will be used for intelligence processing, exploitation, dissemination and generation of the common operating picture. The ISTAR aircraft will be a system comprising airborne and ground segments. (ANI)
India Gazette
03-06-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
6 Pakistan fighter jets, one C-130 aircraft, multiple cruise missiles, UAVs destroyed during IAF retaliation in Op Sindoor
By Ajit Dubey New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): As per an ongoing analysis of the damage inflicted upon by the Indian Air Force on Pakistan Air Force, it is emerging that 6 PAF fighter jets, two high value aircraft, over 10 UCAVs, one C-130 transport aircraft along with multiple cruise missiles were destroyed by Indian air-launched cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles. Sources who were involved in the operations launched against Pakistani aggression told ANI that as per the technical analysis of the data available with the IAF, six of the Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft were shot down in air during operations. One high value aerial asset, which could either be an electronic counter measures aircraft or an Airborne Early Warning or Control Aircraft, was taken out by a long range strike by the Sudarshan at distances of around 300 km, they said. The sources said that during the four-day conflict, the strikes at Bholari airbase using air to surface cruise missiles resulted in the loss of another AEWC aircraft of Swedish origin. There are inputs about presence of fighter jets also in the hangar but since the Pakistanis are not even taking out debris from there, 'we are not counting the fighter aircraft losses on ground', they said. The Pakistani fighter jets were captured by the Indian Air Force radars and air defence missile systems and were seen vanishing after hits were secured by the air defence systems. The Pakistan Air Force also lost a C-130 transport aircraft during one of the drone strikes by Indian Air Force in the Pakistani Punjab. The Indian Air Force used only air-launched cruise missiles to attack Pakistani bases and no surface- to-surface BrahMos missiles were used in the attacks, they said. In one of strikes on a hangar by Rafale and Su-30 jets, a significant number of Chinese Wing Loong series medium altitude long endurance drones were destroyed , the sources said. More than 10 UCAVs were also destroyed by the different IAF air defence systems over Pakistani air space in the conflict along with large-scale interception of Pakistani air and ground launched cruise and ballistic missiles aimed at different air bases, they said. The Indian Air Force, the sources said, is still carrying out the analysis of the huge amount of data gathered by it during the conflict. The conflict between India and Pakistan started in May 6-7 night when India retaliated by targeting terrorist universities in the Pakistani Punjab and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to Pahalgam terror attack. The conflict lasted till May 10 afternoon when Pakistan side requested for a ceasefire in view of the heavy losses suffered by it in the attacks by the Indian Air Force. (ANI)
India Gazette
28-05-2025
- Politics
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How India
By Ajit Dubey New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): In Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, the Indian Air Force used air launched cruise missiles, long range stand off weapons and loitering munitions of different types which 'blinded, numbed and created a decision paralysis' in the Pakistan Air Force in four days forcing it to seek ceasefire with India said sources who were part of the decision making process during the operation. In the four-day conflict, the Indian Air Force carried out operations in a clinical manner, which led to major destruction of the Pakistani Air Force on both ground and in the air, sources in the defence and security establishment told ANI. The major action took place between the two sides on intervening night of May 9th-10th and continued till the afternoon of May 10th wherein air bases along the length and breadth of Pakistan were targeted by India conveying a strong message that 'we (India) can go deep, we can go wide and you (Pakistan) can do nothing about it.' After India had attacked terror bases in Pakistan on the night of May 6th-7th, including the terror hubs in Bahawalpur and Muridke in Pakistani Punjab, the Pakistani side retaliated by firing missiles at military targets in India, which failed to leave a mark due to a strong multi-tier Air Defence system. The Indian Air Force took the decision that in retaliation, it would first deal with the air defence network of the Pakistan Army which is deployed along the entire border with India including old American origin and Chinese radars and surface to air missiles of Chinese origin including the HQ-9s with maximum range of around 250 Km plus. Sources told ANI that the Indian Air Force used multiple methods to deal with the air defence radars by targeting the radar stations situated in the Pakistani Punjab area, and 4-5 of them were taken out by the Harop and Harpy loitering munitions. The targets destroyed by the Indian weapons also include a launcher site of the Chinese air defence missile system. The targeting of the air defence network, including Lahore, created major gaps in the Pakistan Air Force's capability to monitor Indian activities from May 7th to 8th onwards. However, 'blinded' by the destruction of its radar network in major areas, the Pakistani Air Force was still flying very deep within their territory to avoid the wrath of Sudarshan S-400, Saksham, Shaurya, Samar and Akash air defence missiles which had been deployed very strategically on the front, the sources said. The Pakistanis on May 8 evening responded with Turkish and Chinese drones to saturate Indian air defence networks but could not do so as the entire Indian air defence network from Siachen to Naliya was highly active including the small calibre L-70 and Zu-23 air defence guns which were doing major damage to Pakistani drone attacks along with the big air defence weapons of the Air Force and Army. The Indian Army was also causing major damage to the Pakistan Army and keeping it fully engaged in the areas opposite Jammu and Kashmir, using its artillery guns and rocket launchers overwhelmingly. The Indian Air Force on May 9th went in to aggressive mode by destroying the command and control (C2) centres of the Pakistan Air Force at the Chaklala, Sargodha and Murid air bases which were giving a battlefield picture to the Pakistan air defence networks which had been majorly affected by Indian attacks the day before that. The C2 centres at the three Pakistani bases were taken out by the three major weapons, including the world's fastest air-launched supersonic cruise missiles, Rampage and the Scalp. The Mirages, Rafales, Su-30s and the MiG-29s have been equipped with these missiles in the last 5-10 years. The extensive damage caused to the three command and control centres 'numbed' the Pakistani Air Force as they were not able to communicate or see the complete battlefield picture as there was no link between the Advanced Early Warning and Control system aircraft of PAF and their ground stations and the fear of Sudarshan from the May 6-7 night had forced them to go deep within a narrow Pakistan air space and hiding behind civilian aircraft was being adopted as deliberate tactics by them. On the same evening on May 9-10, around 1 AM, the Pakistan Air Force mustered courage and started launching attacks using surface-to-surface tactical missiles and fighter aircraft. The major bases which they trying to target were the Adampur base and two high-value assets in Punjab and Gujarat, respectively, the sources said. The Indian air defence missiles, especially the indigenous ones, played a key role in thwarting the attacks by intercepting the Chinese weapons. The sources said the low quality of weapons launched by Pakistan was so inept that some fell almost completely intact, only to be recovered later by industrious locals on the ground and handed over to Indian defence forces. The Indian Air Force started its action to create a 'decision paralysis' by attacking Pakistani air bases in Sargodha, Rafiqui, Rahimyarkhan, Jacobabad, Bholari and a Cantonment in Karachi on the morning of May 10. The Indian attack was launched from deep inside Indian territory using long-range, precision weapons, with no surface-to-surface missiles involved. The missiles hit targets in Pakistan and caused major destruction with pinpoint accuracy and intelligence. The Pakistani air base in Bholari was targeted at a hangar which housed a Saab 200 AEW&C airborne radar and surveillance aircraft along with at least 3-4 western-origin fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force. The destruction caused was massive, and the Pakistani Air Force has not yet started taking out debris inside the hangar. One of the air bases in the Punjab sector saw three missiles being fired at different parts of the runways, and the aircraft were not able to fly for at least eight Indian attack was being monitored by the satellites as well as Indian AWACS aircraft. At the beginning of the Operation Sindoor, the top leadership had conveyed a message to the forces that the strikes at terrorist hubs and universities must be big enough to send across a strong message to terrorists' backers in the Pakistani military. The forces had got the message that they won't have to be content with dropping a relatively smaller payload. The destruction caused by the missiles, which has been shown mainly by social media and Pakistani networks at the terror hubs, also shows how the missiles breach the targets through one hole on rooftops and create massive destruction in the buildings targeted by them. The same small hole on the rooftop could also be seen in the Jaish building targeted by the Indian Air Force in 2019 Balakot attacks, and one can make out the destruction that it must have caused there, the sources said. The in-built systems of tracking and observing targets by the special munitions used to destroy radar stations and air defence networks have also given video evidence to the Indian Air Force, and they have been showcased to the top political and military leadership. The attacks against the Pakistani Air Force have taken them at least five years back and caused great damage to them and their Chinese and Turkish inventory of weapons, which could not stand even against vintage Pechora and OSA-AK Russian origin air defence systems. The sources said that the real capabilities of the Sudarshan S-400 air defence systems could be seen during the night of May 9-10, as it was firing and thwarting all types of missiles and aircraft attacks on Indian military assets. The Sudarshan could have created a record of sorts by hitting targets at very long ranges. Technical analysis of the targets engaged by the Indian missiles is on at the moment and it is going to take some more days for the Indian Air Force to be able to put out a full picture as it wants to be '500 per cent sure' of official claims to be made by it, added the source to ANI. Sources said that the unexpected attitude of the Indian Air Force in the skies and the Indian Army on the ground made the Pakistanis and their western colleagues seek a ceasefire early in the morning of May 10, and they were in touch with their Indian national security counterparts. Sources said that attacks were carried out by a 'large package of aircraft from North to South' using long-range vectors, which produced desired results in sending across a strong Indian message. (ANI)
