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Phantom Rescues & Fake Bills: The $20M Evacuation Scam Haunting Everest’s Helos & Nepal’s Reputation

Two helicopters collided and crashed while attempting to land at the same time on a small, snow-covered helipad at 14,340 feet near Mount Everest. The...

Great Nicobar Airport: Why INS Baaz Runway Cannot be Extended: Ex-Indian Navy Admiral Explains: OPED

Rear Admiral Girish Kumar Garg, VSM (Retd) The Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island remains a landmark project of the Government of India with major...

1,800 Jets, Nearly 500 Stealth Fighters — Why China’s Air Force May Still Struggle to Dominate the IAF?

With India-China border tensions back in the news over border skirmishes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief said the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) "has a...

India-China Clash: How Beijing’s Industrial Edge Makes Its Drone Threat Bigger Than the Drones Themselves: OPED

On October 22, India’s Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief, Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, stated while addressing ITBP personnel in Alwar, Rajasthan, that the threat from...

Why India Rejected F/A-18 Super Hornets Despite Its Navy Loaded With American Military Platforms?

The Indian Navy is conducting trials of the French Dassault Rafale-M, the naval aircraft that edged out the American F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in a...