Cutting-edge Israeli radar wins air force approval for Tejas fighter October 26, 2015 at 08:05AM

SOURCE: Ajai Shukla / Business-standard.com The Indian Air Force (IAF), after years of opposing the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA), now accepts it is on track to be a world-class light fighter. The specifications of the new Tejas – termed Standard of Preparation-2018 (SoP-18) – were agreed in New Delhi on September 23, between the air […]

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In fact: Did India plan a covert military attack on a Pakistani nuclear reactor? October 26, 2015 at 08:04AM

SOURCE: Express News Service Last week, the US State department declassified its top-secret documents from 1984-85 which focus on the Pakistani nuclear programme. The CIA analysis, and the talking points for the US Ambassador to Islamabad while handing over President Ronald Reagan’s letter to General Zia-ul Haq, show that the US warned Pakistan about an Indian […]

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Veterans Divided as Women Get Wings to Fight October 26, 2015 at 08:01AM

SOURCE: Express News Service The Centre’s landmark decision allowing women to assume combat roles in the Indian Air Force has elicited mixed response from veteran pilots.On Saturday, the government announced it would induct women as fighter pilots and allow them to assume combat roles. Till recently, they were only allowed to fly transport aircraft and helicopters. […]

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India Offers Lanka “Tejas” To Counter Pakistan’s JF-17: Report October 26, 2015 at 07:06AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE India has offered to Sri Lanka its Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to counter Pakistan’s earlier bid to sell to the island nation its JF-17 fighters developed in collaboration with China, the Colombo-based Sunday Observer says.Independent sources confirmed to Express that both Pakistan and India have made their respective offers in the light of the […]

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IAF’s Jaguars set to Roar again October 26, 2015 at 07:06AM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) Indian Air Force’s plans to modify 123 licence-built Jaguar Strike aircrafts by fitting them with more powerful Honeywell F-125IN turbofan engines finally has seen some progressed again. Sources in IAF have confirmed to idrw.org that plans to procure 280 Honeywell F-125IN engines for around USD2.5 billion is progressing well and […]

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HSL bulk carrier may be sold to Navy October 26, 2015 at 07:05AM

SOURCE:  THE HINDU Hindustan Shipyard Limited has launched an exercise to explore the possibility of selling a bulk carrier under construction at the yard to the Indian Navy with the Chennai-based Goodearth Maritime Limited failing to settle its dues for nearly a year after placing the order under Diamond Series of 53,000 DWT bulk carriers. […]

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IAF women in combat roles: As we celebrate, let’s hope they don’t become fodder for our rickety old trainer jets October 26, 2015 at 07:05AM

SOURCE: FIRSTPOST It was 3 October, 1982 in Hyderabad. I had just lost my closest friend in a jet aircrash in Bengaluru. He was a test pilot and the second person in my family to suffer a loss of control in a possibly  badly-maintained Kiran jet. My uncle died in Kalaikunda flying a Mystere in […]

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Big ticket n-projects have to be operational fast: AEC head Shekhar Basu October 26, 2015 at 07:05AM

SOURCE: IANS The new chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Sekhar Basu seems to be a man with a mission and also in a hurry to achieve this. “There are some projects that need speeding up so that they restart or go on stream fast. We have to have Indian uranium as much as possible […]

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Manohar Parrikar prepares for key two-day trip to US October 26, 2015 at 07:05AM

SOURCE:  HINDUSTAN TIMES Defence minister Manohar Parrikar will embark on a two-day visit to the United States in December to identify future military hardware technologies and express his concern over Islamabad’s threat to use tactical nuclear weapons against India. This will be his first ever visit to the US as defence minister, and he will […]

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US wants Pak to expand counterterrorism efforts October 26, 2015 at 07:05AM

SOURCE:  ANI US State Department Spokesman Mark Toner has said in a press briefing that the US wants Pakistan to expand its fight against terrorism. According to the Dawn, Toner said that the US wants Pakistan to expand its efforts but accepted that it was a complex dynamic. He said that Pakistan has the Taliban […]

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British Army Enlisted Indian Children as Young as 10 in World War 1, Claims Book October 26, 2015 at 07:05AM

SOURCE: PTI Britain’s World War I Army included Indian children as young as 10-years-old fighting against the Germans on the western front, according to a new book on the role of Indian soldiers in the Great War. The youngsters were shipped over to France from the far reaches of the British Empire to carry out support […]

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Maldives vice-president held for ‘treason October 26, 2015 at 07:04AM

SOURCE: ASIAN AGE Maldivian authorities on Saturday said they had arrested the nation’s vice-president Ahmed Adeeb over an alleged plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen, who escaped death after his boat was hit by a bomb last month. “V-P Adheeb under arrest and held in Dhoonidhoo Detention (prison island),” home minister Umar Naseer said on […]

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Panel that fined Antrix $672 m said ISRO chief was in conflict of interest October 26, 2015 at 07:04AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE HE INTERNATIONAL tribunal that slapped a fine of $672 million (nearly Rs 4400 crore) on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s marketing arm for scrapping a contract with Devas Multimedia cited “a clear and irreconcilable conflict of interest” while rejecting a key argument of the government-owned Antrix Corporation. The tribunal noted that […]

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Indian Air Force chief Raha visits Brazil October 26, 2015 at 07:04AM

SOURCE: IANS The Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Sunday left here on a four-day visit of Brazil in an effort to strengthen defence ties between India and the South American nation. Raha, who is also the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, will meet the chiefs of the Brazilian army […]

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Abducted Bihar IB officer’s body found in Meghalaya October 26, 2015 at 07:04AM

SOURCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES The bodies of an intelligence bureau (IB) officer hailing from Sasaram district in Bihar and a trader were recovered from a village in Meghalaya on Saturday, almost a month after the two men were abducted. Assistant intelligence officer Bikash Kumar Singh was posted at Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district headquarters Baghmara while […]

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Fast and Furious: Russian Shkval Torpedo Among Top Submarine Killers October 25, 2015 at 08:13PM

SOURCE: SPUTNIK Should submarine warfare make a comeback, Russia has a fast and furious weapon to counter foreign underwater war machines, the VA-111 Shkval (Squall) torpedo and its improved versions. The website We Are The Mighty (WATM) named the Shkval as one the best arms in its category. The media outlet praised the torpedo for […]

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Chinese Helium Airships to Hunt for Enemy Aircraft October 25, 2015 at 08:11PM

SOURCE: SPUTNIK China began testing on a new type of helium stratospheric airship. The Yuanmeng aircraft can reach a height of 100 kilometers and conduct reconnaissance without being seen by other aircraft or rockets.The airship is filled with 18 thousand cubic meters of helium and can spend 48 hours in the air. There are solar […]

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Russia planned to nuke London during Cold War: Report October 25, 2015 at 08:06PM

SOURCE: PTI Russia was planning to nuke London during the Cold War in 1954 using weapons more powerful than the nuclear bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, according to a media report.  The terrifying plot came to light in a letter from British atomic expert William Penney warning the authorities of a possible attack in […]

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‘Not Your Bloody Area’: How Indian and Chinese Soldiers Faced Off in Ladakh October 25, 2015 at 07:47PM

SOURCE : NDTV “This is not your bloody area. This is our area. And you are doing recce [reconnaissance], and patrolling this area with so many people? 10 people can do patrolling. Why so many?” Angry words from an Indian Army Officer to a Chinese officer as soldiers of both sides came face to face […]

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Indonesian Naval Ship on Two-day Visit to Kochi October 25, 2015 at 03:40PM

SOURCE : PTI A multi-role light frigate of Indonesian Navy is here on a two-day visit during which its personnel would meet Southern Naval command officers. Commanding Officer of the Indonesian Naval ship KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (367) Commander Gung Putu Alit Jaya called on Rear Admiral R B Pandit, the Chief of Staff, Southern […]

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