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China bullies Vietnam by placing rig in disputed seas
08 May 2014
China has adopted a more aggressive posture in pursuing maritime claims in the South China Sea
Robin K Dhowan takes over as Chief of Staff of Indian Navy
17 Apr 2014
Admiral Robin K Dhowan has taken over as Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy, nearly two months after Adm D K Joshi quit as naval chief
UK defence ministry develops robot mannequin to test protective suits and equipment
05 Apr 2014
The UK’s ministry of defence has unveiled a robotic mannequin that has the ability to run, sit and even mimic the movement of a soldier
IAF's Super Hercules crashes near Gwalior, killing all 5 on board
28 Mar 2014
The military transport aircraft, configured for special operations and airborne assault, had taken off from Agra on a routine mission
Babcock to buy Spanish helicopter transport services firm Avincis for $1.5 bn
27 Mar 2014
In addition to paying $1.5 billion, British defence support and engineering services group Babcock International will also assume £705 million of Avincis’s net debt taking the total deal value to about $2.76 billion
Royal Navy’s largest ever warship in final stages of construction
26 Mar 2014
The £3-billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is capable of cruising 500 miles a day to any war zone or disaster area.
Make report on Indo-China war public, insists Jaitley
20 Mar 2014
For over 50 years, the 1963 report on India's military debacle at the hands of China has remained a state secret, with the only two copies known to exist in the country having been securely confined to the vaults of the defence ministry and army headquarters
Italian judge blocks recovery of AgustaWestland guarantees; India to appeal
18 Mar 2014
A court in Milan yesterday accepted a plea by AgustaWestland’s parent company Finmecannica to stop India from encashing over 278 million euros in bank guarantees
New York building explodes, catches fire
12 Mar 2014
Saudi Arabia clubs Egypt’s Brotherhood with terrorist outfits
08 Mar 2014
The king’s decree followed the enactment of a sweeping new counterterrorism law that targets virtually any criticism of the government
Crimea votes to join Russia, West dismayed
07 Mar 2014
The sudden moves by Crimea, the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula, has unnerved European Union leaders who held an emergency summit to look for ways to pressure Russia to back down and accept mediation.
Hackers break into defence, DRDO computers, hit classified files
07 Mar 2014
The computers that were hacked are located in the South Block and belong mainly to the Army and also to the other two forces and the DRDO
China to again expand defence spending by 12.2% this year
05 Mar 2014
China has for years boosted defence spending, reflecting its military ambitions as it asserts its territorial claims
Revealed: MI5 ‘super-spy’ infiltrated UK Nazi ring during WWII
01 Mar 2014
A ‘super-spy’ working for MI5, the domestic arm of British intelligence, secretly controlled a vast network of UK-based Nazi sympathisers during the Second World War by pretending to have Gestapo links, newly-released files reveal
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