Arms & munitions
Mahindra signs defence JVs with Rafael, Telephonics
30 Mar 2012
The Mahindra-Rafael JV will manufacture high tech defence systems for air, land, sea and space applications while the JV with Telephonics will produce advanced airborne surveillance and communication systems for defence and civil sectors
Andhra CM, Kiran Reddy lays foundation stone for Bharat Dynamics’ facility near Hyderabad
19 Mar 2012
BrahMos Aerospace ropes in NIT-Tiruchi for R&D
25 Feb 2012
DRDO successfully tests ballistic missile defence
10 Feb 2012
`The mission was carried out in the final deliverable user configuration mode’
DRDO lab develops world's most powerful conventional explosive CL-20
30 Nov 2010
CL-20, the most powerful non-nuclear explosive known to man, would help reduce the weight and size of the warhead substantially while packing more punch.
India's undersea nuclear missile test to trigger fresh arms race: Pakistan
27 Feb 2008
A day after India tested the new missile, Pakistan navy chief, Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir, warned that that this would start a new arms race in the region.
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