Defence general
US not aware of details regarding Musharraf expose
15 Sep 2009
With former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf candidly admitting that military aid provided by the United States of America was diverted during his tenure to strengthen defences against India, a State Department official has said that insufficient details did not allow them to respond.
Myanmar says no Chinese bases on Coco Islands
11 Sep 2009
Boeing, Dassault in dogfight over Brazil’s fighter contract
11 Sep 2009
With the French Dassault threatening to walk away with Brazil’s tender for 36 fighter aircraft American defence contractor Boeing Co is making an improved offer for its F/A-18 Super Hornets to swing the deal its way.
France, Brazil close to inking $7.2 billion deal for Rafale fighters
08 Sep 2009
Brazil and France's Dassault Aviation are set to begin final negotiations for the purchase of atleast 36 Rafale fighter jets potentially worth as much as 5 billion euros ($7.2 billion).
France, Brazil close to inking $7.2 billion deal for Rafale fighters
08 Sep 2009
Brazil and France's Dassault Aviation are set to begin final negotiations for the purchase of atleast 36 Rafale fighter jets potentially worth as much as 5 billion euros ($7.2 billion).
France, Brazil close to inking $7.2 billion deal for Rafale fighters
08 Sep 2009
Brazil and France's Dassault Aviation are set to begin final negotiations for the purchase of atleast 36 Rafale fighter jets potentially worth as much as 5 billion euros ($7.2 billion).
France, Brazil close to inking $7.2 billion deal for Rafale fighters
08 Sep 2009
Brazil and France's Dassault Aviation are set to begin final negotiations for the purchase of atleast 36 Rafale fighter jets potentially worth as much as 5 billion euros ($7.2 billion).
India quits IPI gas pipeline project: report
07 Sep 2009
Tehran: Iranian news agencies are carrying reports that India has exited from a gas pipeline project which it was earlier part of in association with Iran and Pakistan
Russia not to back US curbs on N-tech transfers to India
05 Sep 2009
Even as Indian president Pratibha Patil concludes a very successful visit to Moscow, Russian sources have been quoted as saying that they will not back US attempts to place curbs on the transfer of nuclear technologies to India.
Adm Gorshkov row to be resolved with fresh contract
04 Sep 2009
India and Russia are likely to resolve a festering dispute over increased payments for the Adm Gorshkov aircraft carrier’s refit programme through a fresh contract, Russian officials have said.
India has ‘comprehensive’ simulation capability: AEC chief
02 Sep 2009
Stressing that the country has “comprehensive” simulation capability, Atomic Energy commission chief Dr Anil Kakodkar said Wednesday that the country did not require additional nuclear tests.
Missile man, Dr VK Saraswat, to head DRDO
28 Aug 2009
Eminent missile scientist Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat will be the new head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Pokhran-II: Did Buddha really smile?
27 Aug 2009
A distinguished Indian defence scientist now says that the yield of the H-bomb device in the country’s 1998 “Buddha Smiles” nuclear tests was much below expectations and that the test was a ‘fizzle,’ raising concerns about the potency of the country’s nuclear arsenal. A look at the controversy, and what it portends, by Rajiv Singh.