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Navy Inducts Boeing Poseidon-8I to Tighten Coastal Security
India has inducted its first Boeing Poseidon-8I aircraft, which will boost long range maritime snooping and warfare capability, into Navy at its air station INS Rajali on Wednesday. Vice admiral B K Varma, chief of staff, Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy said “the aircraft is to be used for broad-area maritime and anti-submarine [...]
Indian Navy Commissions First MiG-29K Fighter Squadron
The Indian Navy has commissioned its first squadron of MiG-29K/KUB shipborne fighters, dubbed the “Black Panthers,” a MiG spokesperson in India said on Saturday. The ceremony at an airbase in Dabolim, in the state of Goa on India’s west coast, was attended by India’s Defense Minister A K Antony, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D [...]
Impossible to Set Time Frame for MMRCA Deal: Antony
Union Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said it was not possible to set a time frame for signing the much-awaited deal for the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) with French company Dassault Aviation. The contract, said to be worth nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, is still at the negotiation stage, a year-and-a-half [...]
India, Russia Agree On Technical Specs of New PAK FA Fighter
The contract to develop a sketch and technical project of the Russian-Indian perspective multi-functional 5th-generation fighter (PMI/FGFA) was completed. The fighter design was fully developed. Both parties have agreed upon on the amount and division of work during the research and development (R&D) stage. A contract for the R&D is being prepared. It is to [...]
India Abstains and Exposes the Arms Trade Treaty
Once again India has been forced to abstain from voting in favour of a discriminatory global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – after its unpleasant experience with the NPT and the CTBT in the past. The treaty, aimed at laying down common international standards and limiting the illicit sale of conventional arms, was passed by the [...]
Bribe Charges In Another Indian Copter Deal
The ongoing VVIP helicopter contract scandal has sent the separate impending procurement of 197 light utility helicopters into a tailspin, with the Army now asking the government to conduct a fresh probe into the role played by a brigadier who allegedly demanded money from AgustaWestland to swing the latter deal as well. Army chief General [...]
India Tests Submarine-Launched Supersonic Missile
India successfully test fired a submarine-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on Wednesday, the BrahMos Aerospace Russian-Indian company said. The missile was launched vertically from a submerged platform in the Bay of Bengal and flew its complete range of over 290 kilometers, BrahMos chief executive Sivathanu Pillai said. Ship- and ground-launched versions of [...]
The New Arms Race In Asia
Two recent studies have shown that, essentially, an arms race is in full swing in Asia – cause for serious concern, considering the number of simmering conflicts in the region. The national interests of Asian countries are growing along with their economic clout and affluence, prompting governments in the region to protect their spheres of [...]
India aborts testing of new cruise missile
The maiden flight of India’s first domestically developed long-range cruise missile was aborted midway on Tuesday after it veered off course, defence scientists said. The two-stage Nirbhay missile blasted off from the eastern state of Orissa but the test flight was halted prematurely to “ensure coastal safety”, the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) [...]
