India has started talks with Russia for the purchase of T-90MS main battle tanks
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India has started talks with Russia for the purchase of T-90MS main battle tanks. “Negotiations are under way on the possibility of signing a new contract with new conditions – to supply India T-90MS”. This was reported by a representative of the corporation “Uralvagonzavod”. It’s reported that the Indian army will place a fresh order […]
Three killed in militant attack on Jammu-Srinagar highway India
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A BSF trooper and a militant were killed on Wednesday when militants attacked a BSF (Border Security Force) convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district, police said. “Militants fired at a BSF convoy at Narsu Nallah on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway today (Wednesday),” a senior police officer told IANS here. “Six BSF troopers […]
Indian Air Force orders HAL to redesign HJT-36
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Thirteen years after a prototype took to the skies, HAL’s intermediate jet trainer HJT-36 Sitara project has gone into a tailspin. The Indian Air Force has told Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to address basic flaws in its design. The trainer, IJT in official parlance, must be made capable of recovering from stall and spin, the IAF […]
India Eyes Air-Borne Early Warning And Control System Export To Indonesia
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Early Warning and Control System (AEWAC). “The AEWAC exports would be the first major export of defense systems from India under Prime Minister led government and the move fits into the government’s push to reduce import of weapon systems and increase exports,” Dr Christopher Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director General told NDTV Monday. […]
Indian Navy ready to exercise option for 4 more P-8Is
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Talks between the Navy and Boeing for four additional P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft are at an advanced stage with the Cost Negotiating Committee (CNC) having recently completed the negotiations. The Navy already has eight aircraft on order. Ministry sources said that cost negotiations have been completed recently and the file would soon be sent to […]
The first official photograph of an IAF Spyder Missile system on the net
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The first official photograph of an IAF Operated SPYDER SAM missile launch vehicle. The SPYDER (Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby) is an Israeli short and medium range mobile air defence system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems with assistance from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
Jaguar Fighter Aircraft of India Air Force Crashes Near Allahabad
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A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed this morning near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Both the pilots managed to eject safely. The plane which had taken off at 7:25 am from the Bamrauli air strip in Allahabad was on a routine training sortie. The pilots reportedly sent signals to the ground staff […]
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant undocked
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India on Wednesday undocked its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at a simple ceremony at Cochin Shipyard Limited here. The ship, built at CSL, will undergo a series of fitment and trial processes before it is ready for propulsion and inducted into the Navy, CSL officials said. India’s largest aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant’s induction […]
Indian Army sent two special forces team inside Myanmar
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Thirty minutes, from ‘insertion’ to ‘kill’ to ‘out’. Forty of India’s toughest fighting men, commandos from the elite 21 Para (Special Force) Regiment, in two teams. Russian-made Mi-35 attack helicopters of the Indian Air Force. Two rebel camps, four km deep in Myanmar, and more than 20 militants. All destroyed with surgical precision and extreme […]
India Requests ISTAR Aircraft From US
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India has offered to buy two intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft from Raytheon on a government-to-government basis. The request was made to visiting US Defense Secretary Ash Carter Wednesday, said a Defence Ministry source. Another project which India and the US are discussing, on India’s request, is joint development of the GE-414 […]