India has figured on a list of global weapons exporters, making a modest entry at number 23 but the ranking is likely to rise sharply over the coming years with the government’s focus on encouraging weapons sales abroad. The latest data on global arms transfer by SIPRI of Sweden shows...
Rajnath Singh: Minister for Defense, India, 2019
Born to a farmer’s family in a village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 10, 1951, Rajnath Singh began his career as a professor in Physics. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a Cabinet Minister in the Atal Behari...
India to Pivot Defense Spending toward US
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, also known as SIPRI, Russia remains India’s top arms supplier followed by the United States. However, India's Ambassador to the U.S., Harsh Shringla, says that this is about to change for India, the world’s second-largest arms importer and fifth-largest economy, Shringla explains,...
India Leads in Import of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Based on data related to imports/exports of drones between 1985 and 2014, India tops the list of drone-importing nations with 22.5 percent of the world's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imports says a report on SiliconIndia News. These pilot-less aerial vehicles are used for reconnaissance, surveillance, intelligence gathering and aerial combat...
India Continues to Leads Weapons Imports
The volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2010–14 was 16 per cent higher than in 2005–2009 according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The five biggest exporters in 2010–14 were the United States, Russia, China, Germany and France, and the five biggest importers...
India hikes defense budget, is now world's largest arms importer
India is now world's largest arms importer, receiving 9 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2006–11 according to The Stockholm International Peace Research Insititute (SIPRI). While 82 percent of these shipments came from Russia, and while Russia remains a major supplier for the future, American companies...