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Pakistan's government has issued orders banning the country's largest Islamic extremist group. Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat was first banned in 2002 by then Pakistani leader Gen Pervez Musharraf. Activists from the pro-al-Qaeda group formerly known as the Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), or Soldiers of the...

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Uralvagonzavod is to create the first prototype of Russia’s new main battle tank built on the Armata platform by 2013, whereas batch production and deliveries to the Russian armed forces are expected to start in 2015, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and CEO of tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod...

India's government has called on state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to restructure itself in light of the complex aircraft programmes it will undertake in coming years. Speaking to a parliamentary committee, defence minister AK Antony said HAL needs to "realign its business processes...

Developed by the city-based Aeronautical Development Establishment, the 2.3 kg light-weight, high-endurance UAV has created a flutter in the defence circle. Officials have already made a detailed presentation to the high-profile NSG The next big thing in the Indian army — the lightweight...

India should partner with the US in Asia to amplify its impact in the region and not see this as sacrificing its strategic autonomy, a noted American expert has said. "Partnering more closely with the United States in Asia amplifies India's strategic impact in a way that India cannot have...

The Government has given a go-ahead for construction of two more nuclear-powered Arihant-class submarines in India. The move will not only enhance the strategic reach of the Navy, but also propel India into the top league of five nations including US, Russia, France, Germany and UK which have...

One morning in 1999, the tiny Canadian village of Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean awoke to a surprise. Parked off the coast was a Chinese icebreaker ship, the Xue Long, mocking Ottawa’s pretensions of control over its northern waters. China is not even amongst the eight Arctic countries —...

NEW DELHI: In a boost to India's indigenous maritime combat plane development programme, a top defence panel has approved the limited series production of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Navy's under-construction indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC). The approval came from...

TRICHY: The BrahMos missile for the Indian Air Force which can be launched from a Sukhoi-30 is being developed and a test flight will probably be held by the end of this year, said Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, chief controller, R&D, DRDO and chief executive officer and managing director of BrahMos...

FICCI has highlighted the following proposals for the Defence Sector in its pre-budget memorandum. • As per the DPP, for all Buy Indian, Buy and Make (Indian) and Make procurement, Foreign Exchange Rate Variation (FERV) is allowed to DPSUs for all nominated orders and the same is denied to...

New York: India’s increasing role in the Asia-Pacific has been supported by the United States, the region’s premier naval power. As part of growing military links between New Delhi and Washington, the US and Indians navies will take part in a joint exercise in April in the Bay of Bengal. “The...

NEW DELHI: India has begun final preparations for the first test of its most-ambitious strategic missile, the 5,000-km Agni-V, which will prove to be both a technical as well as logistical challenge. The Agni-V, which will bring the whole of Asia, 70% of Europe and other regions under its...

India needs to leverage its current and future defence aerospace acquisitions to create an indigenous high-technology aerospace industrial base that will underpin its national security and economic strength As defence aviation experts (and losing competitors) debate India’s selection of...

With announcement of Rafale as the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) next generation fighter, the “dogfight” among six of the world’s leading aircraft seems to have ended. However, those unfamiliar with weaponization strategies might wonder how countries decide upon any weapon system. Is it simply a...

Indian scientists are one step away from identifying and quantifying Gas Hydrates, described as the energy of the future and present in large quantities in Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. A Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) developed by the scientists of Chennai-based National Institute of...

Russia has ramped up the rhetoric over Iran, suggesting that the United States could use its Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan to attack Iran. “It cannot be ruled out that this facility could be used in a potential conflict with Iran,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. Russia's partners...

The Defence Ministry will tomorrow finalise long-awaited amendments to the defence offset policy. The key steps that the apex Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is likely to okay: permitting vendors to offer technology as offsets; allowing offsets to be discharged in commercial shipbuilding; and...

India has ethical obligation to speak out on human rights crisis: Bugti Exiled Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti has called on India to back the secessionist struggle in Pakistan's largest province, saying international pressure is necessary to prevent what he described as a “massacre of an...

The Asia Defence website and other Internet and print media have reported that the Pakistani authorities have decided to invest in construction of a nuclear submarine fleet. A spokesman for the Pakistani Navy declined to comment on the reports but the project is said to have been approved. The...