PAKISTAN MEDIA: Pakistan Lodges Protest with Iran after Border Violation
Official says the Iranian authorities agreed to conduct an investigation into the incidentQUETTA: Pakistani officials lodged a protest with Iranian border authorities on Sunday over firing of mortar...
View ArticlePAKISTAN MEDIA: India Introduced Nukes to South Asia: Pakistan
Pakistan's Nuclear Proliferation record is dismal & dangerousWASHINGTON: Pakistan reminded the international community on Saturday that it did not introduce nuclear weapons to South Asia, India...
View ArticlePlebiscite is the only Solution to Kashmir Issue: Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD: Holding plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir is the only solution to the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said. He said this in a letter addressed to the Chief of...
View ArticlePAKISTAN MEDIA: General Raheel's US Visit: What's on the Table
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif will visit the US from Sunday, a trip analysts say will underscore security issues facing Islamabad and Washington in the region as well as the...
View ArticleBritain to Hire 1,900 more Spies to Defend against Islamic State Militants
BELEK: Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against Islamist militants plotting attacks from Syria, Prime...
View ArticleUS Astronaut Tweets Dazzling Night-Time Picture of South India
The longest-living US astronaut on the International Space Station, Scott Kelly, tweeted a special photo from space on Monday. It went viral, getting 3,217 retweets and 6,287 likes.And guess what! The...
View ArticleIndia, China Discuss Border Issue, South China Sea
NEW DELHI: India and China today decided to deepen bilateral defence ties and maintain peace and tranquillity at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) besides strengthening cooperation against terror,...
View ArticleAmerica's Zumwalt-Class Destroyer: Too Few, Too Advanced and Too Late?
USS Zumwalt World's most Advanced Guided Missile DestroyerThe U.S. Navy’s first DDG-1000 destroyer Zumwalt (Note; It’s not USS until the ship is commissioned) is set to undergo an initial set of sea...
View ArticleRussia's Syria Operation Reveals Significant Improvement in Military Capability
Although relatively small in scale, Russia's military operation in Syria has highlighted some major improvements in Russian military capabilities.Compared to the 2008 Georgia War, which was the last...
View ArticleChina Seeks Global Support against Uyghur Militants
East Turkestan Islamic MovementBEIJING: After blocking India's efforts for UN action against Pakistan following its release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, China itself today sought...
View ArticleIAF Birds get Into Action, Rescue 22 From Deluge
Chennai Flooded AreasCHENNAI: Lending a hand to the flood relief efforts after unprecedented showers that lashed Chennai and its surrounding areas, the Indian Air Force deployed its helicopters to...
View ArticleIndia-France to Meet on Counter-Terrorism with Focus on Intelligence Sharing
Candles were lit around the world to Mourn for the Paris Attack VictimsNEW DELHI: India and France would soon hold their Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter-terrorism with focus on intelligence...
View ArticleFrance's Safran Shelves Plan for Rafale Fighter Project in India
France’s Safran SA has shelved plans to make engine parts for Rafale combat aircraft in India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi scaled back purchases of the warplane.The company won’t make the...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: Why India’s Indigenous ASTRA Air-to-Air Missile is Critical to IAF
A model of ASTRA Air-to-Air Missile - A Sukhoi Su-30MKI Test Firing an ASTRA MissileIndia’s Astra air-to-air missiles could be fielded next year, according to IAF reported last month . The recent...
View ArticleIAF to have 7 Operational Advanced Landing Grounds in Arunachal Pradesh in a...
IAF's C-130J-30 Super Hercules Transport Aircraft Taking offNEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force is readying to fully operationalise seven Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in Arunachal Pradesh after almost...
View ArticleDRDO's Two-Decade-old Nishant UAV Program Crashes; Indian Army Cancels...
NEW DELHI: A two-decade-old Rs 90 cr Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) program has proved a dud, with the Indian Army shelving the system and cancelling any further orders after three of the four systems...
View ArticleOur Muddled Defence Establishment
Indian Air Force's MiG-21 Bison Interceptor which are decades old and due for retirementNational security calls for coherent, integrated policymaking. Going by the Kargil experience, India has a long...
View ArticleParis Attacks: ISIS men Trained for Modern War with Internet Playing a Major...
NEW DELHI: The eight who carried out a wave of bloody terror attacks in Paris on Friday evening are among thousands of young men who are trained to kill in the war zone of Syria and Iraq, say...
View ArticleNo Change in US-Pakistan Security Relationship: Expert
WASHINGTON: Pakistan pockets billions in US aid and takes in tonnes of military hardware even as it continues to patronize proxy groups, a top American expert on South Asia has said while emphasising...
View ArticleState of Play: India & China in South China Sea
China's no Stranger to Naval Conflict: A Chinese Vessel (L) is pictured ramming a Vietnamese fisheries Surveillance Ship KN-951 in Vietnam's waters on June 24, 2014India’s enthusiasm for fishing in the...
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