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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be testing some of the country's most sophisticated missiles in the next two months. In October, Prithvi and Agni-II missiles will be test fired, while in November it will be the turn of BrahMos and K-15 missiles. The integrated test...

by : The News India is soon to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States to boost its missile defence system. The MoU is aimed at giving India the state of the art technology that will allow it to intercept any threat from ballistic missiles. In the cold war era...

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 ...

BY : Express News Service The Indian Air Force (IAF) would get its own version of Brahmos — a supersonic cruise missile — by 2012, A Sivanthu Pillai, chief executive officer and managing director, Brahmos Airspace, said on Wednesday. Pillai was addressing media persons after inaugurating...

by : sakaal Times Indian defence scientists have embarked on Project Agni-V to develop a long-range missile by the year 2010, which can strike targets over 5,000 km, programme director of Agni weapon systems, Avinash Chander said on Wednesday. After the success of Agni-3, which is ready...

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 : Times of India The Pentagon has notified the US Congress of its offer to sell India CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) worth $375 mn to help the "Indian Air Force to develop and enhance standardisation and operational ability with the United States". "This proposed sale will...

The Indian government has cleared the indigenous Agni-3 ballistic missile for induction into the defense forces, Defence Ministry sources said. Agni-3, regarded as a nuclear-capable ballistic missile developed with the Chinese threat in mind, was first tested in late 2006. Production of the...

BY : PTI India's indigenously developed, beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile 'Astra' was today successfully test-fired from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur in Orissa. The missile was test-fired from a launcher in the launch pad number 2 of the ITR complex at about...

by: Indo Daily The Pentagon said Tuesday it has notified the US Congress of a possible sale to India of two dozen Harpoon air to ground anti-ship missiles. Such a deal would be worth as much as 170 million dollars, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency said. "India intends to use the...

New tech to boost missile range by 40% Indian scientists have developed path-breaking technology that has the potential to increase the range of missiles and satellite launch vehicles by at least 40%, a member of the team which achieved the technological breakthrough said. India’s...

by : PTI India and Russia plan to launch the serial production of the jointly developed aerial version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles after the completion of field trials next year, a top official here said. "We are planning to complete the tests of cruise missiles for Sukhoi...

The long-delayed IAF plans to plug gaps in its air defence capabilities are finally making some headway now, with the government giving the go-ahead for the procurement of SpyDer low-level quick-reaction missile systems from Israel. Sources said the deal for the 18 SpyDer systems, at a cost...

Balasore (Orissa), Aug 13: India's indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) weapon system, 'Pinaka' was successfully tested on Wednesday jointly by the army and scientists from a defence base at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from here. 'Pinaka', which has undergone several...

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...