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'£1 coin from 1 km away': UK's DragonFire shoots down high-speed drone | Video

DragonFire is used to hit drones, missiles and other airborne targets using a concentrated beam to focus.
Published on Nov 27, 2025 01:48 pm IST

British F-35 jet flies back home after Kerala stay

British F-35 jet flies back home after Kerala stay
Published on Jul 23, 2025 07:02 am IST

Memes take flight as UK’s F-35B jet leaves Kerala after month-long repair

Memes flooded X as a Royal Navy F-35B jet, stranded in Kerala since June, finally took off.
Published on Jul 22, 2025 01:09 pm IST

Stranded British F-35B fighter jet to fly out of Kerala airport on July 22

The British Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet being moved from the hangar to parking bay, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Monday. (PTI)
Published on Jul 21, 2025 08:34 pm IST

UK fighter jet still stranded in Kerala: 40-member repair team arrives on July 5

The Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet in Thiruvananthapuram after its emergency landing last month.
Updated on Jul 04, 2025 10:57 am IST

UK says F-35 jet stranded in Kerala to be moved to MRO facility for repairs

The F-35B jet subsequently developed a hydraulic failure that prevented it from taking off. (ANI)
Published on Jun 27, 2025 07:05 pm IST

UK's F-35B stealth fighter jet stranded in Kerala for a week

UK's F-35B stealth fighter jet stranded in Kerala for a week
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 11:43 pm IST

Russian spy sensors found tracking UK's nuclear submarines: Report

Russian sensors have been discovered to be tracking the UK's nuclear submarines
Published on Apr 07, 2025 04:41 pm IST

UK scrambles jets to monitor Russian military plane over North Sea

Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland followed the Russian Bear-F aircraft as it flew over the North Sea.
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 10:47 pm IST

UK navy downs Houthi missile targeting merchant vessel: ministry

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have been firing barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea. (AP/File)
Published on Apr 27, 2024 11:55 am IST

Two British warships collide in Bahrain, no injuries reported

Representational Image
Published on Jan 21, 2024 01:40 am IST

Iconic INS Viraat makes final journey to Alang ship breaking yard

The ship was brought by Shree Ram Group for Rs 38.54 crore in an auction conducted by the Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited last month
Updated on Sept 19, 2020 10:20 pm IST

Indian Ocean emerges as focus area for defence cooperation between India, UK

Cooperation in the Indian Ocean also fits the interests of both countries in protecting merchant shipping and fishery resources and ensuring freedom of navigation. (Image used for representation).
Updated on Nov 15, 2019 10:48 pm IST

INS Viraat, Navy’s ‘grand old lady’, to go under the hammer

INS Viraat was towed to Mumbai from Kochi in October.
Updated on Nov 15, 2019 06:28 am IST

Indian, British ‘stealth ships’ work out in English Channel

The Indian Navy’s stealth frigate INS Tarkash at Canary Wharf in London.
Updated on Aug 16, 2019 11:12 pm IST

New audio shows UK could not prevent Iran takeover of tanker

A picture taken on July 21, 2019, shows the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero anchored off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. - Iran warned Sunday that the fate of a UK-flagged tanker it seized in the Gulf depends on an investigation, as Britain said it was considering options in response to the standoff.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 09:34 am IST

Review: India Moving by Chinmay Tumbe

Old ties; new roots: Supporters of Seewoosagur Ramgolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, before he spoke for Mauritian independence during a constitutional conference at Lancaster House, London, on July 19, 1965.
Updated on Sept 14, 2018 09:05 pm IST

India key for UK’s post-Brexit focus in Indo-Pacific, says study

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May in London on April 19, 2018.
Updated on May 27, 2018 11:37 pm IST

Modi’s London visit: ‘China factor’ behind UK-India maritime pact

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of a working session at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London on April 19, 2018.
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 10:13 pm IST