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In its biggest defence deal with India, Israel will provide its largest arms buyer an air defence system at a whopping sum of USD 1.4 billion. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has officially acknowledged that the defence deal between the two countries was signed on February 27 under which...

BY : Express Buzz India has deployed naval ships and put fighters on standby across the country as it waits for definitive Pakistani action to bring the terror brains to book. Top sources told to this website's newspaper that the Indian Air Force had fully armed its strike fighters as well...

India is ready to take on Pakistan for its alleged backing of terrorists, but can it take on the country militarily? Military options exist but exercising them isn't that simple, say experts. India's military options against Pakistan include: Surgical air strikes not just on infrastructure...

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 ...

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...

What do you all think should Indian army's role be in politics? Should the Army step in on its own when mob rule becomes more powerful than rule of law? Or should the constitution be designed so as to have clauses which enables the army legally to protect it when politicians fail similar to...

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 India and China are among the world's top importers of arms, with Beijing accounting for almost 12 per cent of global weapons and military equipment import followed by New Delhi with eight per cent, according to a survey by a Stockholm-based think tank. The report by Stockholm...

According to A K Maini of DRDO, the Laser Technology Center "successfully tested the guided weapon testing devices, which helps improve the accuracy rate of guided weapons of IAF like infra-red guided missiles and laser guided bombs." The innovative device reportedly matches weapons' code...

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...

BY : IANS An integrated command and control system commissioned here Wednesday has enabled the real time networking of all military and civil radars in south India to qualitatively enhance the surveillance capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a broad swathe from the Bay of Bengal to...

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...

by : Defense News India said on Oct. 3 it was gearing up to seal military contracts worth billions of dollars, including a massive fighter jet deal that has prompted a dogfight among global aeronautical giants. India's move to buy 126 fighter jets worth $12 billion was in its final...

India confirmed Monday it will buy 347 T-90 battle tanks from Russia and said it will consider a demand from Moscow that it pay an additional US$1.2 billion because of delays in a deal for a Soviet-built aircraft carrier and 16 fighter jets. Visiting Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov...

by : PTI China is developing an anti-satellite laser beam to destroy satellites and is in possession of a submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles with a range of about 8,000 kilometres, a Japanese government analysis said today. In an annual defence review, which offers for the...

Astra (Weapon) is an active radar homing Beyond visual range air to air missile (BVRAAM) or a so called Beyond Visual Range missile being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India. This is the first air-to-air missile developed by India and if tested successfully...

BY : ANI The Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that in the face of rapid technological advancements and induction of new generation equipment in Indian Air Force, indigenisation and modernisation of maintenance infrastructure has assumed a very significant role. IAF is on look out for...

London, August 5: Ahead of the Beijing Olympics, almost half of all Americans view China as more of a ?threat? than an ?ally? while Indians and South Koreans are inclined to see the Communist giant in the same way, a new poll shows Almost 50 per cent Americans view China as more of a threat...

The BrahMos Aerospace has developed two more versions -- air and underwater -- of its supersonic missile BrahMos and is on course to develop hypersonic missiles that could cruise at speeds of 5-7 Mach, a top scientist has said. Already four versions -- ship-to-ship, land-to-land...