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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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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.
- Indian Navy’s 21st century needs will be met: President (thaindian.com)
"As many as 40 engineers have left corporate jobs and joined the Indian Air Force this year and the situation indicates changing trends among youth," Defence minister A K Antony said.
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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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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS)The delay in construction of submarines has raised concerns for the Indian Navy which Tuesday said that its underwater capability would be reduced by 50 percent by 2015.
With the construction of French Scorpene submarines at the Mazgaon Shipyard delayed already, the follow-on construction of six indigenous submarine has also suffered.
“The matter [...]
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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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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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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 can manufacture only 8 Light Combat Aircraft a year’ (thaindian.com)
- 'India can manufacture only 8 Light Combat Aircraft a year' (prokerala.com)
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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- INDIA: Refuelling Aircraft for Air Force (intellibriefs.blogspot.com)
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The first four Russian-made Mig-29K fighters to be deployed on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Admiral Gorshkov, when it is inducted into the Indian Navy have been received in a knocked-down condition and will now be assembled in this country, an official said Saturday.
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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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What's wrong with IAF's Sukhoi? New Delhi December 4, 2009 Even if temporary, the grounding of Sukhoi- 30MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force ( IAF) has opened up a huge gap in the country's air defence system. Our Sukhois are currently located in the following manner - two squadrons in Pune, Maharashtra, two in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, and one in Tezpur, Assam. A sixth squadron was forming up in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and it was from this...
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The naval task force patrolling the Gulf of Aden to fight pirates might get additional help from NATO's E-3 Sentry.Italian Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola said the aircraft will have a dual-role of supporting operations in Afghanistan and helping to track pirates.
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New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Indian Air Force’s frontline fighter jets Sukhoi Su-30 MKI, which were grounded nearly a week ago after a crash, resumed flying Monday, an official said.
“The Sukhoi fleet was grounded for routine checks which are mandatory after a crash. It has resumed flying,” said an IAF official, requesting anonymity.
In the [...]
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China to have first aircraft carrier by 2015.
Even as the delivery schedule of the Gorshkov aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy remains uncertain, China is likely to have its first operational aircraft carrier by 2015, a top US Admiral in charge of the US Pacific Command (PACOM) has said.“I think they are making a strong effort to advance the idea of making an aircraft carrier operational between now and 2015,” said Admiral Robert F Willard...
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Mirage math: Israel better than France SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Dec. 10: Israel is close to swinging an order to upgrade French-origin Mirage 2000 aircraft with the Indian Air Force (IAF) despite Frances charm offensive in hosting the Indian military on the Champs Elysees. Tel Aviv has offered to upgrade the frontline fighter aircraft, of which the IAF has three squadrons, at rates nearly 40 per cent less than the price quoted by the French...
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