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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.
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SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Government forces killed two heavily armed Islamist separatists on the outskirts of Indian Kashmir's main city on Friday, a day after soldiers shot dead two militants to end a daring siege of a city hotel. Friday's shootout began after an Indian army patrol was fired at from a house in Pampore town, about 12 km (7 miles) south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state. Police said the two militants...
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The country's prestigious 'BrahMos' missile would be inducted into the Indian Air Force in 2012 that would ensure all the three wings of the military are equipped with the supersonic cruise missile, a top defence official said today according to DD India. "We have developed the airborne missile part, and process of integrating it with the Aircraft 'Sukhoi' was progressing', BrahMos Aerospace Ltd CMD A Shivathanu Pillai told the news agency at...
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- Indian Air Force May Acquire More Su-30MKIs (freerepublic.com)
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- Upgraded Eurofighter offered to Indian Air Force (freerepublic.com)
LONG BEACH Calif.: The Boeing Company [NYSE: (BA)] announced today that the U.S. government has received a Letter of Request from India’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Indian Air Force regarding the potential acquisition of 10 C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifters.”Boeing is very pleased that the Indian government has expressed interest in acquiring the [...]
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- India interested in buying 10 heavy transport aircraft: Boeing (thaindian.com)
- Delay in submarine construction rings alarm bell in Indian Navy (thaindian.com)
India, Russia close to PACT on next generation fighter Ajai Shukla / New Delhi January 05, 2010, 0:38 IST Late last year, a defence ministry delegation to Sukhois flagship aircraft facility in Siberia became the first Indians to set eyes upon the next-generation fighter that is slated to form the backbone of the future Indian Air Force (IAF). In that first meeting, carefully choreographed by Sukhoi, the new fighter, standing on the tarmac...
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A few weeks after China signs the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the Missile Technology Control Regime, it ships 34 nuclear-capable missiles to Pakistan. The shipment is tracked by Gordon Oehler, the US national intelligence officer for weapons of mass destruction. Analysis of spy satellite photographs even tells Oehler exactly where the missiles are in Pakistan--Sargodha Air Force Base. President Clinton is briefed on the developments...
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will be on board the country's lone aircraft carrier INS Viraat in Mumbai Wednesday, close on the heels of becoming the first woman to fly in an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet.
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- Indian Navy’s 21st century needs will be met: President (thaindian.com)
Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas notched a speed of over 1,350 km per hour -- the fastest by an indigenously-made fighter aircraft -- during its sea level flight trials off Goa Tuesday, a senior Indian Air Force official said.
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India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has been given the green light to partner with Snecma to jointly develop the Kaveri engine. The partnership initially met resistance from the Indian Air Force but the seems to have dropped its objections.
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Mumbai: India''s only aircraft carrier -- the INS
Viraat -- will have a special guest today -- President Pratibha
Devisingh Patil.
Patil, the supreme commander of the country''s armed forces, will
get on board the ship at around 11 a.m. tomorrow, a spokesman of the
Indian Navy said here.
The President is expected to witness Sukhoi Su-30 and Sea Harrier
fighter jets take off from the ship during her three hour stay.
The 28,000-tonne INS Viraat...
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AgenciesPosted: Dec 13, 2009 at 1235 hrs ISThttp://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Navy-to-build-four-amphibious-warships/553560/?utm_source=feedburner_medium=feed_campaign=Feed%3A+expressindia%2FiKgY+%28Expressindia%29New Delhi Aiming at adding more teeth to its amphibious warfare capabilities, the Navy is planning to build four Landing Platform Docks (LPD) to join the fleet alongside INS Jalashwa, a US warship bought by India in 2007.The...
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New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that the Indian Air Force (IAF) had proposed the procurement of six fight refueller aircraft to meet the growing air-to-air refuelling tasks in the armed forces.
Replying to a question Antony said: “The procurement proposal had been progressed in accordance [...]
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Chandipur, (Orissa), Dec 13 (ANI): ‘Dhanush’, the naval version of India’s indigenously developed surface-to-surface Prithvi missile system was test fired from a naval ship about 40 nautical miles from here inside the Bay of Bengal today.
A naval team and the scientists of the DRDO jointly conducted the mission, claimed an official from the Department of [...]
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- NATO could use AWACS to fight pirates from Somalia (blogger.com)
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) An Indian Navy warship, patrolling the piracy-infested Gulf of Aden, has thwarted a piracy attempt on a foreign vessel, a Navy official said Sunday.
“INS Godavari got a distress call at 5:30 p.m. yesterday (Saturday) that a pirate’s skiff was approaching them. Immediately, a helicopter was launched,” said an Indian Navy [...]
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The Indian Navy has sent out RFIs to manufacturers of the Eurofighter, Gripen, Super Hornet and Rafale.The Navy will select one among them for its third aircraft carrier that will be inducted in 2018.
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India [ Images ] will receive its first ... The submarine will be subsequently leased to the Indian Navy under the name INS Chakra in March for $650 million for a 10-year lease. The 12,000-ton K-152 Nerpa, an Akula II class nuclear-powered attack ...
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- India step closer to getting N-sub (search.msn.com)
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