India inducting more long-range firepower & indigenising ammo amid border row with China | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After forward deploying howitzers, missiles, rocket systems and loiter munitions along the China frontier, India is now stepping up induction of more long-range, high-volume precision firepower that can prove decisive in battles as well as expanding its indigenous ammunition vendor base to counter global supply chain disruptions.With lessons being learnt from the ongoing…

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DRDO develops country’s lightest bulletproof jacket | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) located in Kanpur, has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket in India.The Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE) developed the jacket that offers protection against the highest threat level 6, as per BIS 17051-2018 standards.The jacket’s design incorporates novel materials…

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Terrorist hideout busted; arms, ammunition recovered in J&K’s Reasi | India News – Times of India

JAMMU: In a joint anti-insurgency operation, Army and J&K Police Saturday recovered a huge caché of arms and ammunition, including one improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a tiffin box, and photographs of the Line of Control (LoC) from a terrorist hideout in Reasi district.The cordon and search operation was launched by Reasi police and…

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