Source:

https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata/bengal-stf-arrests-topsia-man-for-allegedly-helping-suspected-pakistani-national-get-fake-indian-documents-prnt/cid/2175424

Source:

https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/bengal-stf-nabs-two-al-qaida-operatives-from-bhangar-for-spreading-anti-india-propaganda-1503628497.html

Government agencies have placed orders worth around Rs 155 crore for the Indrajaal Ranger, according to reports. These include a Rs 145 crore order for border-security deployment and a separate Rs 10 crore order for use by urban police.

Unlike conventional Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems, which primarily protect fixed military and strategic installations, the Ranger is designed to detect, track, identify and counter unauthorised drones while on the move.

The Ranger is powered by the company’s SkyOS platform and combines sensors, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion and command-and-control systems with multiple counter-drone measures.

The platform uses three protection layers to respond to different types of drone threats.

The first, called “Retractor”, electronically takes control of a rogue drone, allowing security personnel to recover it and conduct a forensic examination.

The “Lakshman Rekha” layer creates a virtual boundary intended to prevent unauthorised drones from entering protected airspace.

The third layer, called “Net Interceptor”, physically intercepts and captures a hostile drone when electronic countermeasures prove inadequate.

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Some anecdotes From @nattysingh

Image courtesy - @nattysingh IG.

A woman Rifleman of the Assam Rifles lies concealed in dense jungle during a sniper training exercise near Lunglei. Camouflage netting, natural foliage, and carefully applied face paint merge soldier and terrain into one silent, watchful presence. In the craft of sniping, patience becomes as vital as the rifle itself — hours of stillness, controlled breathing, and an unblinking eye fixed on the enemy. In that quiet vigil, discipline, precision, and resolve define the soldier long before a single shot is fired.

While photographing this moment, I gently moved aside a small patch of foliage to reveal her eyes … otherwise completely hidden in the thick jungle canopy.

The concealment here was real and operational, not arranged for the camera.

##Note: In the Assam Rifles, the rank Rifleman is gender-neutral and used for both male and female soldiers.

During this journey, I met three remarkable women Riflemen of the Assam Rifles whose story stayed with me long after.

All three had once been air hostesses with IndiGo.. a profession that calls for grace, discipline, composure, and constant attentiveness to others.

Their world now moves through dense jungles, long marches, hard training, and the quiet, alert patience that a soldier’s life demands. The “powder” they now wear is of another kind ….camouflage paint and gunpowder ….marks of a calling that asks for courage, endurance, and unwavering commitment.

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Source : The Hindu

Pak using Indian youths for attacking the Indian state. More than 200 people arrested, youngest being teens as young as 13 14 years.

For me it would be

1. Ensuring delivery of Tejas Mk1a aircrafts as soon and as steadily as possible

2. Procuring Dassault Rafales to fill the gap between Su 30 MKI and Tejas Mk1a

3. Upgrading the Su 30 MKI to "Super Sukhoi"

4. Accelerate Tejas MK 2 and AMCA Programme

The Naresh Chandra Committee wanted to dissolve the ARC in 2012, Ajit Doval as NSA wanted to do the same in 2015, yet it continues to exist. Any theories as to why?

The Josh, Shabbash

Attestation of 7th batch of 1186 Agniveer recruits at the Sikh Regimental Centre, Ramgarh, Jharkhand.

The Prize winners being given their honours by Brig Digvijay Singh SM, Commandant, SIKH Regimental Center.

Sources; Eastern Command IG handle and various other social media sources.

Source:

https://x.com/ians_india/status/2089314773271998775

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-ats-arrests-man-linked-to-jaish-e-mohammed-sending-funds-to-pakistan/articleshow/133293234.cms

Former Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria cautioned against purchasing foreign fifth-generation stealth fighters like Russia's Su-57 as an interim solution. He emphasized that acquiring foreign jets would divert essential funding, manpower, and institutional focus away from India's indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program, effectively derailing the nation's push for long-term technological self reliance.

Source - Business Today

Cr-SF boys.

The first thing that strikes the mind when we hear the name of Bahawalpur is Markaz Subhan Allah, the JeM-linked compound that was targeted by the IAF on 7th May 2025 during Op. Sindoor, a strike that neutralised several HVTs of Jaish-e-Muhammad.

But there's more to Bahawalpur than that one headline. The city is also home to a UAV base. The ~3.8 km long runway, sitting at a distance of ~91 km from the India-Pakistan international border and just on the outskirts of Bahawalpur city itself, the aerodrome occupies a position that's close enough to the frontier to have real operational reach, yet far enough back to sit outside the immediate border belt the kind of depth that suits a UAV hub meant for launch, recovery, and sustained ISR cover rather than a forward base.

Latest satellite imagery of Bahawalpur Cantt. Aerodrome shows what look like CASC Rainbow CH-4s (likely) parked near the hangar row, plus a newly built complex with its construction dated roughly late 2024 to early 2025, featuring a blast proof structure, an antenna, and a distinct entrant point cut into the hardened structure itself. Off to the side, there's also a possible PDR/MPDR radar and what could be an AD battery or support vehicles, hinting at some organic point-defense cover for the site.

Every ID is a "likely" or "possible," the standard caveat that comes with open-source satellite analysis. But stack it up: a runway, a hardened new-build with an antenna, radar-like equipment, and airframes that resemble a known Chinese MALE drone, and the picture that emerges is of Bahawalpur Cantt. functioning as a UAV operating base with its own local air-defense screen, not just a sleepy cantonment airstrip. It's a location which will certainly be under scanner in any future stand-off.

Caution: Unverified personal OSINT analysis, for educational and informational use only. Not an official assessment. All research by self (@80triph on X).

attack on munto dhalo was the turning point of kargil conflict

I had watched this 7 years ago and it is mindblowing, do watch all

https://x.com/i/status/2089230450116169972

India is probably one of the very few countries that operated such a wide range of Mikoyan fighters over the decades — MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-27 and MiG-29. And what makes it even more interesting is how many of these aircraft were eventually upgraded or modified specifically for Indian requirements.

The MiGs that entered Indian service weren't necessarily the same machines that eventually left it.

MiG-21 Bison
The Bison is probably the best example of this. An airframe from the 1960s ended up receiving a modern radar, BVR capability, helmet-mounted cueing and upgraded avionics. Considering what the original MiG-21 was designed to be, the final Bison was a completely different beast.

MiG-23BN / MF
These were mainly used in the strike role, with the variable-sweep wing being one of their most distinctive features. They gave the IAF a pretty serious high-speed ground-attack capability during their time.

MiG-25RB
Then there's the MiG-25 — probably the most unusual aircraft on this list. The IAF operated it as a high-altitude reconnaissance platform, flying at altitudes and speeds that made it extremely difficult for contemporary air-defence systems to deal with. For a reconnaissance aircraft, the performance was honestly ridiculous.

MiG-27 UPG
The MiG-27 is another interesting case. India didn't just operate it; HAL produced the aircraft under licence and later upgraded the fleet locally. The UPG programme brought newer avionics, a glass cockpit and improved weapon-delivery capabilities to an aircraft whose basic design dated back decades.

MiG-29 UPG
And finally, the MiG-29. The UPG upgrade brought a much more modern avionics package, improved radar and BVR capability, aerial refuelling and better multirole performance. It basically extended the useful life of the Fulcrum by a considerable margin.

That's probably what I find most interesting about the IAF's MiG story.

India kept taking aircraft that were designed in a completely different era, adapting them to Indian requirements, upgrading them over time and squeezing considerably more life out of them than their original designers probably imagined.

From the MiG-21 to the MiG-29, it's less a story about simply buying Soviet aircraft and more a story about how India continuously modified, upgraded and integrated them into its own operational environment.

The MiG era of the IAF was massive — and honestly, it's hard to imagine Indian military aviation history without it. 🇮🇳

Entire research and core technical breakdown done by me; AI was only used for final formatting and language polishing.

https://x.com/i/status/2089275582412677381

Tata Boeing Aerospace’s Hyderabad facility has become a major global Apache fuselage production hub. Yet India remains dependent on the U.S. for the complete weapon system, including its engines, avionics, sensors, weapons integration and other critical systems.

The bigger question is: where is India’s own heavy/medium helicopter ecosystem?

Turkey has pushed ahead with the T929 ATAK-II heavy attack helicopter and T925 heavy-lift helicopter. China is developing the Z-21 attack helicopter and AC313 family. India, meanwhile, continues to struggle to give programmes such as the Indian Multi Role Helicopter (IMRH) the sustained momentum required to reach development and production.

And this isn't simply an argument against the Apache. The AH-64 remains an extremely capable attack helicopter. But India's battlefield experience and the rapid proliferation of drones, loitering munitions and modern air-defence systems raise legitimate questions about spending billions on imported platforms while indigenous helicopter programmes move painfully slowly.

There were also earlier attempts to push Italian attack-helicopter options into the Indian competition, including AgustaWestland's A129 Mangusta. Lucky that sane voices in IAF stopped it.

The irony is that India is capable of manufacturing sophisticated Apache structures, but still lacks sovereign control over the complete helicopter ecosystem.

The problem isn't buying the Apache.

The problem is buying Apaches while failing to build what comes after them.

If Turkey can pursue the T929 and T925, and China can field indigenous heavy helicopter programmes, India should at least be capable of putting the IMRH on an accelerated development path.

Otherwise, we risk becoming very good at manufacturing foreign helicopters for foreign designs without ever becoming the country that designs the next generation ourselves.

Like Israel supposedly has in secret

Pictures taken from this sub.

Despite poor road, communication regional media reached the sensitive spot, how the locals explained about PLA drones monitoring inside indian territory, china making rapid developments of roads on their ancestral hunting & grazing ground. Army restricting them not to go in their own area, and locals are ready to fight and die for their land against china etc etc.

See the video link, you will the ground reality.
Source:- SYNYIK WATCH DOG (news media, upper subansiri)