In a major move to bolster the Indian Navy’s air might, a deal between India and France for the purchase of 26 Rafale-Marine (Rafale-M) fighter jets worth Rs 63,000 crore was signed here today.
India is soon likely to commit buying 26 Rafale fighter aircraft and three Scorpene class conventional submarines from France. The…
India had signed a deal for 36 of these planes and 35 of them have already arrived and are stationed at Ambala, Haryana and Hashimara in West Bengal.
A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat told Sharma that the court was not inclined to entertain the plea. "No case is made out for interference of this court...," said the bench.
On arrival, CAS was received by Air Marshal Amit Dev AVSM VSM, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command.
While large-scale corruption and crony capitalism is not new to India's defence sector, willfully buying faulty missiles to keep an occupation and apartheid regime happy is surely a new chapter in the story. It is imperative that we question this missile deal, demanding accountability from the establishment and challenging the agreement.
The first Rafale combat aircraft would be inducted into the IAF’s Golden Arrows 17 Squadron. What makes it special is that the Golden Arrows 17 Squadron was commanded by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, the current Air Force chief, during the 1999 Kargil war.
In its submissions, the government has argued that any interference may affect operational preparedness of Indian Air Force, further adding that the review petitions were based on flimsy and unfounded grounds.
Disgruntled with the increased politicisation of the armed forces in the election process, projection of photographs of martyrs of Pulwama and Wing Commander Abhinandan, a group of veterans wrote a letter to the President, the supreme commander, on the issue.
“Uncouth to the core. Imagine the filthiest of abuses that a Prime Minister has to endure from people whose only claim to fame is a nose. Lutyens outrage anyone,” was Irani’s response to the video.
