India – France conclude Maitri SR-SAM negotiations

New Delhi: India and France have reportedly concluded negotiations on the Maitri SR-SAM (Short Range Surface to Air Missile) Project. Worth approximately $6 billion, the missile project has undergone a protracted negotiations over work share. Joint development is scheduled to be taken up by Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Defence Research and Development Laboratory [...]

Trishul SAM and the Indan Navy

Former navy chief Admiral Sushil Kumar has filed a RTI as per reports in an Indian newspaper. He says that the decision to induct Israeli Barak anti-missile system was taken in 1993-94. I remember my discussion with Admiral (Retd) Vishnu Bhagwat in 2007. What he told me was that navy was ready to wait for [...]