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India has relied in the past on Soviet Union for Defence weoponry. Even after the end of USSR, it has similar ties with Russia. We tried in collaborating with US and UK but sanctions were imposed after Pokharan.Now that such sanctions have started being undone along with raising of FDI limit to...

Politicians using arms deals to settle scores Air Marshal P K Barbora has again ventured into a territory which nobody donning a uniform has dared, attacking the political class for hindering the modernisation of the armed forces due to their petty interests. The armed forces have long talked...

9rfvBz9ojLo India could be poised to sign a multi billion dollar arms deal with the United States to purchase patriot missiles. Before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with US President Barack Obama, the Indian Army has requested the Americans for a briefing of the Patriot-3...

Surya Missile News & Discussion The Surya-1 is an intercontinental-range, surface-based, solid and liquid propellant ballistic missile under development. It is based upon a space launch vehicle being developed by India’s space program to improve the nation’s aerospace industry. This project...

They might not be taking on combat positions straightaway but women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan. BSF officials say nearly 180 young women recruits, aged between 18 and 22 years...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took time out to take part in the 220th anniversary of the Bastille Day in Paris. But neither he nor any senior government official has time to participate in the 10th anniversary of the victory over Pakistan in Kargil. The forces are disappointed and the veterans...

The first Indian-made aircraft carrier will be commissioned by 2014. The ship is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the Indian Navy. With this, India joins the elite club capable of designing and building aircraft carriers of 40,000 tonne. Designed by the Directorate of...

After recurring delays, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday inducted its first "eye-in-the-sky" airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) which will detect incoming flying weapons and listen-in to aerial communications. Dedicating the giant IL-76 heavy transport aircraft, configured in...

India to launch spy satellite on April 20 India will launch a spy satellite from Sriharikota spaceport on April 20 primarily to keep an eye on its borders round-the-clock and help the government in anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations. The 300-kg radar-imaging satellite has been...

by : PTI The government has appointed Lt Gen Jasbir Singh as the new Director General of Infantry at the Army headquarters here, a month after the post fell vacant following the retirement of incumbent Lt Gen Rajendra Singh. Commissioned in the Dogra regiment in 1972, Lt Gen Jasbir Singh is an...

India has built atleast 2 tunnels in mountains for storage of Agni Intermediate Range Ballastic Missile (IRBM). It was revealed by Mr. Bharat Karnad, who released his book “India’s Nuclear Policy†in Mumbai yesterday. He said that India is building more such facilities. Such tunnels will...

In a significant step towards boosting ''second-strike'' capabilities, India on Wednesday tested a new 600-km range 'Shaurya' ballistic missile, which can fired from underground silos unlike the Prithvi and Agni missiles. source ...

An actor or an actress are hit just because of media attraction, but they work for themselves..why are our indian soldiers neglected both by indian government & general public. ? Come lets pray for atleast one minute for our soldiers who have lost thier lives for the nation & still are on the...

Sixteen-year-old Iqbal Ahmad, from a frontier town in Jammu and Kashmir, was shattered after he lost his left arm and leg in a landmine blast that also killed his father some years ago. But today Iqbal is happy and walks to his school - of course with difficulty - but no longer feels...

by : Zee news Indian Armed Forces are facing a shortage of 13,830 officers. This was stated by Defence Minister A K Antony while replying to a question in Parliament on shortage of officers in the armed forces. "There is a shortage of 11,119 officers in Indian Army, 1,359 officers in Indian...

by : Zee news New Delhi, Oct 20: Country's premier defence research organisation DRDO is facing the attrition problems as 785 defence scientists have resigned in the last three years. The government has offered various incentives for scientists in the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) report...

BY : PolskiRadio Polish soldiers will begin training in India, particularly taking advantage of the high-altitude training available in the region near the Himalaya mountains. General Mieczyslaw Stachowiak of the Polish Army states that Polish helicopter pilots in particular can benefit...

BY : DNA INDIA Fearing unmanageable defence scandals on the eve of general elections, the Union government has issued comprehensive guidelines to deal with two tainted Israeli firms that are dominant players in the Indian arms market. The guidelines put curbs on new deals with them, citing...

BY : TNN With the gigantic Rs 18,798-crore project to construct six French Scorpene killer submarines at Mazagon Docks in Mumbai finally gainin g momentum, India’s hunt for six new-generation submarines in a mammoth project worth well over Rs 30,000 crore is now well underway...

BY : IANS India and Singapore have concluded a two-day defence dialogue to take stock of their growing military ties, assess threats to stability in the region and share security concerns. Indian defence secretary Vijay Singh and his Singaporean counterpart, permanent secretary-defence...