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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...

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...

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 Air Force fighter pilots may now hit their targets more accurately if some new devices for guided weapons testing, work according to plans. What's more, the tests can be carried out on the weapons just before the fighter aircraft's take-off, thereby saving time, effort...

The lunar craft to be used in India's first unmanned mission to the Moon > Chandrayaan-I < successfully passed a test for its endurance in harsh space environment crossing a major milestone in preparation for the odyssey expected some time next month. The two-week vacuum test to evaluate the...

by : Defense News India's private sector defense industry has urged the government to raise the cap on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the defense sector from the current level of 26 percent to 49 percent. Even as the lobbying agency of the Indian private sector companies, the...

India's military spending is set to overtake Britain's present defence budget within five years as the country transforms its armed forces to counter-balance China. This rivalry between the world's largest rising powers lies behind an inexorable shift in global military power away from...

The latest statistics show that the army is grappling with a shortage of 14,000 officers. On top of that, around 3,000 officers have applied for premature retirement. Even more alarming is the fact that in both the entry level institutions of the Army-the National Defence Academy at Khadakvasla...