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IAF successfully test-fires BrahMos missile from Sukhoi fighter jet
22 Nov 2017
The 2.8-mach BrahMos, said to the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, has a range of 290-km and its integration with an aircraft like Sukhoi is a big boost for India’s strike capabilities
Govt scraps $500 mn Israeli missile deal, to give DRDO a chance
20 Nov 2017
While indigenous development of ATGMs is a desirable objective, the Army, which currently faces a massive shortage of around 68,000 missiles, however, is not amused at the defence ministry’s twists and turns
In first post-Doklam talks, India, China agree to maintain peace
18 Nov 2017
Coming almost 75 days after the armed standoff at Doklam, the talks “reviewed all sectors of the India-China border” and were held “in a constructive and forward-looking manner"
Islamic State threatens Las Vegas-style attacks across India
15 Nov 2017
In a 10-minute-long audio tape, an Islamic State activist from Kerala has warned of lone-wolf terror attacks across India, including the Kumbh Mela and Thrissur Pooram where thousands congregate every year
UN, Western leaders worried after Lebanon PM Hariri quits
11 Nov 2017
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation is being widely seen as part of a Saudi attempt to counter Iran as its influence deepens in Syria and Iraq and as Riyadh and its allies battle Iranian-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen
India successfully test-fires sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay’
08 Nov 2017
The missile has a range of 1,000km with the capability to cruise at 0.7 Mach at altitudes as low as 100 metres
Army rolls our Rs40,000-cr arms procurement plan
30 Oct 2017
20 IAF planes land, take off from highway in unique exercise
24 Oct 2017
The IAF exercise, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government, is the first on an expressway
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