Posted in general-information, India, Military, News on Feb 3rd, 2012
Tweet Old weapons, new threats fuel India’s military build-up .India’s planned purchase of 126 fighters from France’s Dassault marks the latest stage in a huge military procurement cycle that has turned the world’s largest democracy into its biggest arms importer.
Posted in Current Affairs, general-information, India, Military, News on Feb 3rd, 2012
Tweet Old weapons, new threats fuel India’s military build-up.India’s planned purchase of 126 fighters from France’s Dassault marks the latest stage in a huge military procurement cycle that has turned the world’s largest democracy into its biggest arms importer.
Posted in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, general-information, International Issues, Latest Issues, Military on Feb 3rd, 2012
Tweet NATO hopes Afghan forces take lead in 2013.Nato allies voiced hope Thursday that Afghan forces can take the lead across the country next year, with foreign troops in a backup role, as they seek to wind down a war that has dragged on for a decade.
Posted in general-information, India, International Issues, Military on Jan 31st, 2012
Tweet Dassault Rafale wins MMRCA deal beating Eurofighter Typhoon.French company Dassault Rafaletoday bagged India’s biggest-ever contract for supplying 126 combat aircraft for the air force, edging out European competitor EADS in the multi-billion dollar deal.
India is Buying 500 Mica Air to Air Missiles for Mirages Worth $1.2 Billion, India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has authorised a deal to equip the country’s Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters with MBDA Mica air-to-air missiles, although the deal has yet to be officially signed.
Posted in Military on Jan 3rd, 2012
Russia is developing two air defense systems as part of future multilayered aerospace defense network, Air Force Commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin .
Over 50 % of 1st female battalion of Indian Army is pregnant. The first battalion of Indian army that actually comprises sex workers, recruited from relight areas across India with the help of RAW and posted as Border Guards in the occupied Kashmir by Indian army in September 2009, with aims to provide “fun” to soldiers in the area who were constantly committing suicide, is now reported to be suffering from some serious medical problems due to unsafe sexual activities while at least 63 out of the total 178 female “soldiers”, posted under Northern Command in September last, are reported t have been tested positive in the pregnancy tests
The U.S. government has signed an agreement with , Saudi Arabia to sell nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets. The $29.4 billion deal — announced against the backdrop of rising tensions with Iran — calls for the production of up to 84 new F-15SA aircraft and the modernization of 70 current F-15s, along with “munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistics,”Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro told reporters.
China Offered F -10 Vanguard Jet to Pakistan, China for the first time officially offered Pakistan a variant of its most advanced frontline fighter, the Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon/F-10 Vanguard.
Tuesday saw firing tests of the S-400Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems at the Kapustin Yar Missile Test Complex in southern Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Kiyani Gives Go Ahead to Shoot Down Any Intruding Aerial Body in Future, With reports confirming the upgrading of Pakistan’s air defence along its border with Afghanistan, the prime minister on Friday struck a forewarning tone with the US.
India Developing hypersonic missile BrahMos-2, On the tenth anniversary of the launch of the jointly developed Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile, BrahMos, senior officials have said that development of a hypersonic version of the missile will begin this year, while tests of the air-launched version of the existing missile are expected to commence next year.
Indian Strike Corps Doing A Major Exercise Near Pakistan Border, After holding two massive war games in the summer, the Indian Army is gearing up to stage another massive exercise in the winter. The winter exercise will be held in the deserts along the western border with Pakistan and feature one of its three potent strike corps
Pakistan has upgraded its air defence system on the Afghan border to make it capable of shooting down aircraft, after Nato strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, a security official told AFP on Friday.
Posted in Latest Issues, Military, Pakistan, USA on Dec 4th, 2011
Tweet Barack Obama condoles deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers: WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama phones President Zardari, condoles deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in NATO attack.
Posted in Military on Dec 2nd, 2011
Posted in Afghanistan, Military on Sep 11th, 2011
Tweet Corps commanders’ meeting: Army shrugs off ‘punitive’ aid cut-off by US ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has decided not to reverse its decision to expel US military trainers and scale back the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives in the country despite Washington’s punitive move to withhold $800 million worth of assistance.
Tweet China pledges support for Pakistan in wake of military aid cut BEIJING: China pledged its support for close ally Pakistan on Tuesday, after the United States announced it would suspend $800 million worth of security aid to Islamabad.
Tweet Fighting terrorism is in our national interest: Commanders Conference RAWALPINDI: The 140th Corps Commanders’ Conference was held at General Headquarters on Tuesday and reiterated that the resolve to fight terrorism was in our own national interest and should be fought using our own resources.
Tweet ‘Pakistan fighting war on terror with its own resources’ RAWALPINDI: Pakistan is fighting the war on terror with its own resources, said the country’s top army officials on Tuesday.
Tweet India welcomes US suspending military aid to Pakistan NEW DELHI: India on Monday welcomed the US decision tosuspend $800 million worth of military aid to Pakistan.
Posted in India, Latest Issues, Military on Jul 9th, 2011
Tweet Indian army officers sell weapons NEW DELHI: An Army Court of Inquiry (CoI) has indicted 27 Army officers for illegal sale of weapons for private use and recommended disciplinary proceedings against them. According to the Indian media, the army ordered a CoI under the then South Western Commander Lt Gen C K S Sabu [...]