StratPost Podcast

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a visit to Ladakh a day after India's foreign ministry categorically said no territory had been ceded in the region. The fire onboard the U.S. Navy's amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at San Diego Naval Base has finally been put out, Japan has inducted it's first Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and Saudi Arabia has announced a new defence exhibition.

Indian armed forces personnel with less than the qualifying 10 years of service are now eligible for invalid pension, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has delegated powers for urgent purchases of upto INR 300 crore or USD 40 million to the Armed Forces to meet their emergent operational requirements, US Navy continued firefighting efforts onboard the USS Bonhomme Richard light aircraft carrier for the fourth day, Japan has announced it will operate the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing F-35B from the helicopter destroyer JS Izumo and former Afghan vice president and ethnic Uzbek warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum has been promoted to the highest military rank of marshal by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

China calls US rejection of its claims in the South China Sea completely unjustified, as the United Kingdom makes plans to base an aircraft carrier in the Far East, Boeing has been awarded a USD 1.2 B contract for the first eight F-15EX fighters, the US Navy is still dealing with a fire onboard a forty thousand ton aircraft carrier, the Delhi High Court has rejected a serving Indian Army officer's plea to allow him to keep his Facebook account and the British government has finally settled the issue and banned equipment supplied by China's Huawei from it's 5G networks.

India and China to hold their fourth corps commanders meet tomorrow, Indian Army officer challenges Facebook ban in court, Indian Army to buy a second batch of 72,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles, a fire has raged for over 24 hours onboard a US light aircraft carrier at San Diego naval base and authorities on the Japanese island of Okinawa are horrified after more than 60 U.S. marines are infected with the novel coronavirus.

India has decided to invite Australia to the international naval exercise Malabar, Nepal has banned all private Indian television news channels, Boeing completes delivery of 22 Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters to India and the U.S. has cleared a $23B sale of F-35 fighter aircraft to Japan.

The Indian Navy has brought out new rules to restrict the use of social media and smartphones by its personnel, India rejects Chinese claims on the Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh and HAL Management Academy has launched two postgraduate programs in aviation management and production management.

Indian Army orders all personnel to delete their Facebook accounts, Boeing completes delivery of the last five of 22 Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force, Saab begins production of the Gripen in Brazil and the Indian Navy completes Operation Samudra Setu.

Podcast: India's Supreme Court gives the army a month to offer women officers permanent commissions, Taiwan says the Dalai Lama is welcome to visit the island, Social media giants suspend cooperation with authorities in Hong Kong and the US clears arms sales worth USD 7.5 billion.

Podcast: Troop withdrawals have been reported in the Ladakh region that might be the beginning of a reduction in tensions between India and China and two US aircraft carrier battle groups decided to go exercise their freedom of navigation in the South China Sea over the weekend.

Podcast: Prime Minister Modi visits troops in forward areas in Ladakh, India's defence ministry approves the purchase of new missiles and fighter aircraft, Japan has changed its laws to secure information shared with friendly militaries and Nepal's prime minister might have his fate decided on Saturday.