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Category: Defence

  • Call to stop arms export to Israel

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    Senior British politicians including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond call for suspending arms licences to Israel after “the country “overstepped the mark” in its attacks on Gaza. Clegg said he shared Baroness Warsi’s “concerns” over Britain’s relations with Israel and said such licences should be halted pending an existing…

  • British arms for Russia and Israel?

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    The British government was accused of double standards over arms sales to Russia and Israel . The latest document revealed that officials have approved a massive increase in weaponry to be sold to Russia  to more than £130m. MPs warn that at least 251 export licences for the sale of controlled goods – ranging from…

  • IAF plans early induction of Rafale jets

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    India’s negotiations with French aviation major Dassault for 126 Rafale Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for $20 billion “are progressing well” and the contract is likely “sooner than later in the current financial year (2014-15)” a top military commander has said. The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, in an…

  • BrahMos supersonic cruise missile test a success

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    India Tuesday successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a defence base in Odisha, an official said. It has a range of 290 km and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg. The missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in Balasore district, about 230 km from here.…

  • SC won’t stall army chief’s appointment

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     The Supreme Court Monday refused to suspend Lt.Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag’s appointment as the next Indian Army chief, as sought by an officer who contended he had a better claim. “There is no reason for us to stay,” Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel told counsel R.K. Anand for petitioner Lt.Gen. Ravi Dastane.…

  • US to sell Harpoon missiles to India

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    The US government has notified the US Congress of its plans to sell to India 22 anti-ship missiles at an estimated cost of $200 million, saying it would help strengthen the US-India strategic relationship. The Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation Agency, which handles foreign arms sales, said it had delivered the required certification notifying Congress of…

  • French confident of Rafale deal with India

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    Visiting French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Monday said he was “very confident” of the outcome of his talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj here on the $20 billion deal for the Rafale combat aircraft. Fabius, the first European minister to touch base with the new Indian government, will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

  • TATA’s eye Indian aerospace & defence

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    Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TASL) is keen to work with RUAG, an international group for aerospace and defence, to build a full-fledged aircraft, said TASL chairman S. Ramadorai Monday. “Our vision is to work with RUAG in having a full aircraft equipped with systems flying out from Tatas’ final assembly. This will be of significant…

  • Akash missile ready for induction

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    India on Wednesday successfully test fired indigenously developed surface-to-air missile Akash from a defence base in Odisha, an official said. The medium-range is now ready for induction in the Indian Army. The missile, with a 27-km range and an effective ceiling of 15 km, was test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore district,…

  • Karzai rejects return of Taliban

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    Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed the possibility of Al-Qaeda linked groups making a comeback in his country in a similar way to Iraq, BBC reported. Asked by the BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Kabul whether what was happening in Iraq could happen in Afghanistan, the president replied: “Never, not at all.” The outgoing president said that…

  • UK fears return of militants

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron said the fallout from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq were the UK’s most serious security threat. Up to 400 UK nationals are believed to be fighting with Sunni militant groups. “No-one should be in any doubt that what we see in Syria and now in Iraq in terms of Isis…

  • India adds aircraft carrier

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    Prime Minister Modi dedicates India’s most powerful warship  INS Vikramaditya  to the nation saying it’s giant step towards nation’s security Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dedicated to the nation INS Vikramaditya, India’s largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, marking his first visit to a military facility after assuming office last month. He described it as a “giant…

  • Modi aboard INS Vikramaditya

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday reached Goa and went aboard INS Vikramaditya, the largest and most powerful aircraft carrier inducted into the Indian Navy, marking his first visit to a military facility after assuming office last month. He also hopped into the cockpit of a MiG-29 K fighter jet. The prime minister took the salute…

  • Pakistan fires at Indian posts

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    Pakistan Army Friday opened unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. “Pakistan Army started unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the LoC in Tarkundi, Kanga Gali, Sawala Gali and Balakote areas of Poonch this (Friday) morning,” a senior police officer saidhere. “Pakistan Army…

  • Army chief appointment final: Jaitley

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    Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the appointment of Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next army chief is final and urged the opposition not to politicise the issue. Jaitley’s reply came as Congress leader Anand Sharma raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha, referring to tweets by former army chief and BJP…

  • Pakistan’s nukes safety good:US

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    Condemning the deadly militant attack on Karachi airport that left 28 dead, the US has offered Pakistan assistance in investigating the crime, but at this point was not concerned about the safety of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal. “We have offered assistance to the relevant Pakistani authorities investigating this crime,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters…

  • Brahmos missile test-fired

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    Indian-Russian joint venture Brahmos Aerospace Monday test-fired its 290-km range supersonic missile from the yet-to-be commissioned stealth destroyer INS Kolkata off India’s west coast here in Karnataka, officials said. “Brahmos’ representatives successfully conducted the installation test-firing of the cruise missile from the launcher in coordination with the Mumbai-based Mazagon Dockyard Ltd, which built the warship,”…

  • UAE Adopts Conscripton

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    UAE President Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued Federal Law No.6 for the Year 2014, on the national military service and reserve force. The law is in accordance with the principles of the UAE Constitution, as referred to in Article No. 43, which states that defending the Union is a sacred duty of every…

  • Submarine INS Sindhurakshak salvaged

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    Almost 10 months after submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank after an accident killing 18 sailors, it has been fished out of the water, official sources said here Friday. The Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine was lifted out of its watery grave a couple of days ago using specialized equipment, hoisted on a barge and later towed for anchoring…

  • Obama advocates new military doctrine

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    US President Barack Obama has laid out a new doctrine of using “military force unilaterally” without permission when its own interests are at stake, but turning to “collective action” when Washington is not directly threatened. America would still lead using “military force unilaterally if necessary”, he told graduates at the US Military Academy at West…

  • Aakash missile intercepts moving traget

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      India’s supersonic, medium-range surface-to-air Aakash missiles Wednesday successfully intercepted fast moving targets in ripple mode in a test carried out from a defence base in Odisha, an official said. The missiles were launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Chandipur in the coastal Balasore district of Odisha, about 230 kms from Bhubaneswar, on…

  • US offers defence engineering expertise to India

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    The US Army Corps of Engineers has offered India its expertise in fields ranging from water resource management to research and development, environmental issues and construction of facilities for soldiers and civilians. “I think it’s a wonderfully advanced country in many respects, and their engineers are some of the brightest, I think, in the world,”…