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Indian Armed Forces
The Indian Armed Forces is the military of India, charged with preserving territorial security and defence. India has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. The President of India serves as the supreme commander of... [more]
The Indian Armed Forces is the military of India, charged with preserving territorial security and defence.
India has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. The President of India serves as the supreme commander of the armed forces, which are responsible to the Union Government, headed by the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Defence is the ministry in charge of the armed forces.
The Indian Navy warships stationed in the Gulf of Aden to protect Indian merchant ships from frequent attacks by Somali pirates will remain in the region until a permanent solution is worked out, a senior navy officer said.
"The two warships at the...
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan As South Vietnam crumbled under advancing North Vietnamese forces 34 years ago, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le and his family escaped and eventually found refuge on a U.S. Navy ship. This week, he returns to the land of his birth for the first time. And it is a U.S. Navy ship the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen that he commands that will take him there. On April 30, 1975, Saigons fall was imminent. Les father, a...
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New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) For once, President Pratibha Patil will don a G-suit instead of her trademark sari as she flies in a Sukhoi-30 MKI - a frontline fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) - next month.
Patil, 74, is expected to board one of the Sukhois based in Lohegaon, Pune, and [...]
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Jalpaiguri, Oct 23 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG 27 aircraft crashed near New Jalpaiguri about 16 kilometers West of the Hashimara Air Force Base on Friday.
According to a Defence Ministry press release, the pilot of the aircraft, Flight Lieutenant Gautam, ejected safely before the aircraft crashed.
This is the ninth IAF aircraft and the [...]
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US aerospace major Boeing has submitted two proposals to the Indian Air Force (IAF) offering the AH-64D Apache and the CH-47F Chinook for India's attack and heavy-lift helicopter competitions.
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The U.S. Navy conducted successful test flights Sept. 3 and 4 of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the submerged submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) in the Atlantic Ocean. The Trident II D5 missile now has achieved 129 consecutive successful test flights since 1989 - a record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle. "These...
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India on Monday successfully testfired in quick succession two nuclear-capable ‘Prithvi-II’ surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 350 km from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore. The two indigenously developed missiles were test fired successfully at 10:28 am and 10: 33 am, from mobile launchers as part of user trials by the army, defence sources said. The trajectories of the missiles were tracked by a...
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- India test fires Prithvi II missile (news.google.co.in)
The Indian Air Force's Vice-Chief Air Marshal P.K. Barbora said its possible that the Su-30MKI could be employed to hunt for pirates in the Gulf of Aden thanks to the aircraft's long endurance."We may not necessarily employ firepower... we can send fighters to carry out patrols (over pirate-infested waters). The Sukhoi-30 has great endurance," Barbora said.
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- Fighters for anti-piracy operations if needed, says Vice-Air Chief (search.msn.com)
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India and Russia have failed to reach agreement on the revised cost of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov that the Indian Navy has purchased and negotiations on this are to continue, it was announced Thursday.
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With spurt in incidents of piracy, Indian Navy has deployed two warships off the coast of Seychelles and Mauritius to carry out patrols to counter threat from Somali pirates there. "INS Shardul, an amphibious warship and Indian Coast Guard Ship ...
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