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India follows Pakistan with missile test
India test-fired its second-longest-range missile on Wednesday, a defence official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. The two-stage Agni-IV blasted off from the eastern state of Orissa in the third test for the missile, which was first launched in 2010 in a flight marred by technical problems. Its second test last [...]
Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
The Pakistan Army carried out a successful test-firing of a Hatf-7 (Babur) nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, DawnNews reported. The launch, the site of which was not disclosed, was made from a mobile launcher according to media reports. Babur, which has a range of 700 km (420 miles) can hit precision targets and employs stealth [...]
P3C Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft Inducted
During an impressive ceremony held earlier Wednesday, Pakistan Navy inducted another P3C Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft in its aviation fleet, received from USA under Security Assistance Programme. A Pakistan Navy press release said that the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral M. Asif Sandila, was the chief guest on the occasion. It said that [...]
SEAL book on Bin Laden raid exposes state secrets: US
The Pentagon said Tuesday a new book by a former Navy SEAL on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains “sensitive and classified information,” opening the way to possible criminal charges against the author. The Defense Department has already threatened legal action over “No Easy Day,” which went on sale Tuesday, but officials had [...]
Germany, Pakistan commit to dialogue on security issues
The foreign ministers of Germany and Pakistan signed an agreement Tuesday in which the two countries committed to a “strategic dialogue” on security issues, particularly regarding Afghanistan. The agreement, signed by Germany’s Guido Westerwelle and Pakistan’s Hina Rabbani Khar, set out a “road map” of future meetings between the two countries so the two countries [...]
Gunmen attack Pakistan air base, 8 dead: officials
Militants armed with guns and rocket launchers stormed a key Pakistani air force base before dawn on Thursday, sparking hours of heavy clashes that killed eight people, officials said. Two security officials were among the dead at PAF Base Minhas in Kamra, again showing that suspected Islamists can penetrate sensitive military sites in the nuclear-armed [...]
US must seal border for Waziristan push: Pakistani official
Pakistan has told Washington that US forces must seal the Afghan border in the event of any offensive against the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in North Waziristan, an official said Saturday. The Haqqanis, blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan and whose leaders are understood to be based in the Pakistani tribal district, is [...]
GAO: US Faces Counter-IED Challenges in Af/Pak
Testimony by Charles Michael Johnson, Jr., director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, House Committee on Homeland Security, July 12, 2012 We identified four categories of assistance U.S. agencies have provided: (1) counter-IED training and equipment, (2) a counter-IED public awareness campaign, (3) training of border officials, [...]
Reopened Supply Routes Mean Cost Savings
Pakistan’s decision to reopen ground supply routes on its border with Afghanistan will allow the Defense Department to save tens of millions of dollars transporting material in and out of Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon spokesman said here today. Navy Capt. John Kirby said officials estimate that use of the reopened routes will save $70 million [...]
