The Road to a US-Pakistan Nuclear Deal Begins in Islamabad
by Saira BanoBefore the official visit of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to the U.S. on October 22, the media in Pakistan and India were buzzing with reports that the United States was...
View ArticleAgni-IV to be Tested Next Week
Agni-IV, India’s surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, will be flight-tested next week, probably on November 9. The trial will take place on the Wheeler Island, off Odisha....
View ArticleUS Hawks Want 12 Aircraft Carriers for US Navy
A lawmaker is pushing to increase the number of operational aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy from 11 to 12.In reaction to the revelations during a House Armed Services Committee hearing that the Navy...
View ArticleRevealed: Russia Test-Fired Nuclear Missiles
RS-12M2 Topol-M ICBMRussia recently conducted strategic drills involving the test-firing of ballistic missiles.by Franz-Stefan GadyLast week, the Russian military conducted weapon drills involving its...
View ArticleSouth Korea Goes Indigenous for Its Missile Defense Needs
South Korea’s bid to indigenize missile defense will have important ramifications for the U.S.-South Korea relationship.South Korea is going indigenous in its attempt to upgrade its missile defense...
View ArticleChina Growing Military Power; India, Japan Following Through: US
WASHINGTON: China is a growing military power but countries like India and Japan are also following through in the region by increasing their defence rollout, the US has said as it voiced concern over...
View ArticleIndian Army Successfully Test-Fires Brahmos Land Attack Missile
Image Courtesy: Interceptsimulationdesign POKHRAN: Army on Saturday successfully test fired the nearly 300-km-range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile here."At 10:00 hrs today, the Indian...
View ArticleWill India Deliver Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan?
by Franz-Stefan GadyThe aircraft would be the first offensive weapons supplied by New Delhi to Kabul.India is considering transferring four Russian-made attack helicopters to Afghanistan to help the...
View ArticleChina's Xi Jinping Vows to Respect Free Navigation in Disputed South China Sea
SINGAPORE: China's President Xi Jinping has promised to safeguard freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, where tensions have flared over overlapping claims and the US Navy's moves to challenge...
View ArticleWomen Air Force Pilots: Breaking Down Another Barrier
As the Indian Air Force gets ready to allow women in the cockpit of fighter planes, a big challenge that Pamela Pereira and her colleagues faced two decades ago will be mostly missing or will be too...
View ArticleUS wants China to be Part of Asian Security System: Ashton Carter
WASHINGTON: Making it clear that the US was not trying to create divisions in Asia, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said America wants China to be part of the Asian security system and not stand...
View ArticleCISF Launches Mobile App for Jawans
NEW DELHI: CISF today launched a new mobile application for its troops which will enable them to check their pay-related queries and register grievances while being on the move.The Android-based...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: BREAKING: The Wait is Over: MoD Issues OROP Notification Issued for...
The official notification for One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme has been issued by the Ministry of Defence before Diwali, as promised by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. The information was tweeted...
View ArticleManned Mission not a Priority: ISRO Chief
BHUBANESWAR: The much-publicized manned space mission is not a priority for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar said here on Saturday."Right now, it (manned mission)...
View ArticleQuiet Burial For India-US Nuclear Deal?
by Amit BhandariSolar power developers have offered to sell electricity in India at less than Rs 5/unit. This makes solar competitive with traditional forms of energy, and makes new nuclear power...
View ArticleModi's More Muscular Foreign Policy?
by Sumit GangulyIn May 2014, in a striking departure from precedent, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to invite all the prime ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional...
View ArticlePakistan on a Precipice?
by Oxford Research GroupKey points:While not yet on a precipice, Pakistan is facing serious difficulties, which could, if left un-addressed, reach a point of no return in the next few years. The next...
View ArticleIndia and China : The Order of Next War
2014 Chumar Incident was just a teaser, The future incursions in this particular region will be just like a slap but the feisty blow will come from Yunnan which covers the "Eastern Sector" of the...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: Know About GSAT-15
Flight VA227’s upper component – consisting of GSAT-15 during activity in the Ariane 5 Final Assembly BuildingGSAT-15, India’s latest Communication Satellite is a high power satellite being inducted...
View ArticleIndo-China Army Resolves to Uphold Peace at LAC
In Pic: Officers of Indian and Chinese armies during a special border personnel meeting in the Chinese side opposite Bum La in Tawang district of Arunachal PradeshJAMMU: The Army and their Chinese...
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