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Tweet A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Pakistan conducted asuccessful test firing of medium range ballistic missile Hatf-IV Shaheen 1A weaponsystem, demonstrating its capability to carry nuclear warheads and conventional alike, Wednesday. The rocket, an improved version of the Shaheen-1 has the best group ever, and able to hit the target with greater precision the scope of improving standards and technology.
Tweet List of all military awards being given on 23 March 2012, The President of Pakistan has been pleased to grant the Military awards to the following officers and men of Pakistan Armed Forces.
Tweet Siachen Issue Who is at Fault Hard Realities , Sometime in 1984, I did in India, “Cargill in the opposite direction” in Pakistan. Until then, it was still an area of Siachen not withdrawn due to insensitivity of the line of control (LOC) has failed to a large extent.
Posted in general-information, Military, News, Pakistan on Mar 14th, 2012
Tweet Military to follow Parliament’s policy on US ties: Kayani.Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the military will follow whatever policy the Parliament takes regarding ties with the United States, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Posted in general-information, Military, News, Pakistan on Mar 11th, 2012
Tweet Investigating generals: Military refuses to assist NAB in NLC scam.Military authorities have turned down a request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to share details of a multi-billion rupee National Logistic Cell (NLC) scam involving three former generals, officials said on Saturday.
Tweet New ISI chief shares tenuous link with Shah Rukh Khan.Pakistan’s new ISI chief, Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam, is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a tenuous link withBollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. Islam’s father served as a brigadier in the Pakistan Army and Shah Nawaz Khan, who was a major general [...]
Posted in general-information, Military, Pakistan, Politics on Mar 9th, 2012
Tweet Musharraf interview: Praise for Pasha, no comment for Kayani.Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has said that if he was in the position, he would give an extension to Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence Lt General Shuja Ahmad Pasha, saying he is an “able officer” and a “good man”. He, however, repeatedly refused to offer any [...]
Posted in China, general-information, International Issues, Military, News, Pakistan on Mar 7th, 2012
Tweet China official sees militant links in Pakistan.China is facing a network of militants entrenched in neighbouring states, but authorities, especially in Pakistan, are trying to stamp out violence and protect China’s interests, the governor of China’s Xinjiang region said on Wednesday.
Posted in general-information, India, Military, News on Mar 5th, 2012
Tweet Telephone tapping complaint: Army chief VK Singh terms it as ‘fiction’.Army chief General V K Singh today termed as “fiction” media reports of a complaint about telephone tapping to hear conversation in connection with his age row. “Fiction does not require any reaction. If people concoct stories and some of the irresponsible editors allow [...]
Posted in general-information, International Issues, Military on Mar 5th, 2012
Tweet Yemen army toll from Qaeda assault rises to 78.A surprise attack by al Qaeda extremists on troops in Yemen’s restive south has killed at least 78 soldiers and 25 militants, medics and military officials said on Monday.
Posted in general-information, Military, News, Pakistan on Mar 5th, 2012
Tweet Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Monday it the military successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads.
Tweet 3 Billion Dollar Drones Project Put to Scrap Box by USA, It has been quite an expensive week for the US Air Force. Not only did Congress halt funding on a surveillance blimp project that they already invested $140 million in, but now the Pentagon says $3 billion worth of drones could be canned as [...]
Tweet India has chosen Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as its next Army chief, a government statement said on Saturday. He will replace General VK Singh, who will be officially retiring on May 31.
Tweet Indian Armed Forces told to Rationalize their Spendings, Days of frenzied defence purchases by India may be over, at least for the immediate future. According to sources, the committed liabilities — money to be paid for contracts already signed — of the Indian defence budget has reached almost 65-70% of the total capital outlay. As a result, the defence ministry has told [...]
Tweet Defence Minister AK Antony will hand over Akash missiles and TAL to the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy on Saturday in Hyderabad, said media reports. The reports said that the IAF will have possession of Akash ahead of its deployment in the northeast against possible Chinese threats. The surface-to-air Akash missiles will [...]
Posted in Military on Mar 2nd, 2012
Tweet “A first test of the advanced Arrow 3 missile will be held soon in order to examine its effectiveness,” the head of the air defense program at Israel Aerospace Industries revealed Thursday.
Tweet Indian Air Force and Special Forces conduct exercise Codename ‘Pralay’ near China border. The IAF’s Eastern Air Command commenced Exercise codenamed‘Pralay’ (Destruction) on 29th February 2012 in the Brahmaputra and rest of the Eastern region of India. The exercise involves joint Army Air operations by the IAF’s Eastern Air Command and Eastern Command of the Indian [...]
Tweet Pakistan Forces Knew About OBL Operation and Helicopters Were Guided by Pakistan Officials onto Target : Wikileaks , Pakistani army denied whistleblowing website WikiLeaks cable’s allegation, suggesting Pakistan military and the main intelligence officials were aware of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad city. The US military killed bin Laden May 2, 2011, [...]
Tweet New Air Chief of Pakistan Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt , Pakistan on Tuesday named Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt as the next chief of the Pakistan Air Force.
Posted in general-information, Military, News, Pakistan, Politics on Mar 1st, 2012
Tweet Gearing up: Troika briefed by Sherry, Khar.Hours after it was revealed that the long-awaited parliamentary review of Pakistan-US ties would begin from March 17, a high-level huddle of all the principal players on the matter gathered at the Presidency.
Tweet Turkey Plans to Buy 100 F 35 From USA, Turkey is sticking to plans to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets for $16 billion, with an initial order of two planes for delivery in 2015, its defence minister said, amid concerns about the project’s delays and rising costs.
Posted in Military, Technology on Feb 23rd, 2012
Tweet Russia to Launch 100 Satellites in Next 10 Years and will Oppose US Defence Shield , Russia plans to launch at least 100 military satellites in the next ten years to boost its reconnaissance and missile detection capabilities, according to Russian Space Agency‘Roscosmos’ chief Vladimir Popovkin.
Tweet DRDO Develops Advanced Seeker For All Indian Tactical Missile to Avoid Co lateral Damage , Imagine a war scenario in which miniaturised missiles equipped with Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs) are unleashed from a mother missile to take out select enemy targets like an ammunition depot while avoiding collateral damage.
Tweet Iran has unveiled two new radars, “Khashef” and“Matlaul-Fajr“, at the Sarallah military maneuvers that began in Southern Iran on Monday, IRNA reported. The “Sarallah” air defense maneuvers meant to enhance the country’s integrated network of air defense with a focus on modern defensive tactics. The maneuvers also tend to increase Iran’s readiness before the enemy threats, in particular, [...]
Posted in Military on Feb 22nd, 2012
Tweet The Russian Air Force will receive new attack aircraft by 2020, Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said.According to a news report by RIA Novosti, the new aircraft will gradually replace the Su- 25SM Frogfoot attack fighters. “The new aircraft will meet the demands of modern warfare and feature elements of stealth technology, the [...]