India's first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant (Sanskrit: Ari = enemy; hanta = to destroy) was flagged off for sea trials from Visakhapatnam harbor - on the eastern coast in the state of Andhra Pradesh - by defense minister Manohar Parrikar. The Arihant, is a 112 meter 6,000 ton SSBN, or...
New Defense Minister Acts Quickly
Six times since the infamous Bofors scandal of the 1980s, India has cancelled the purchase and upgrade of its artillery. This is set to change. At his very first opportunity to chair the Defense Acquisition Council meeting, Manohar Parrikar issued orders for a Request for Proposal to be launched for...
Metallurgical Engineer Takes Charge of India's Defense Ministry
Manohar Parrikar, who just became India's new Defense Minister is a workaholic engineer with a passion for cricket, is known to be both an able administrator and a master vote-getter In 1988 he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the former Portuguese colony of Goa, where the party was...