Pakistani troops resorted to "shooting" of a different kind as numerous cameras clicked when Defence Minister A K Antony stepped on to the Aman Setu bridge across the Line of Control (LoC) here.
Antony, on his first vist to forward posts in the Uri sector, walked almost half-way across the bridge used by people travelling along the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road
Russia is a strategic partner to India in the area of military shipbuilding, Indian Ambassador in Moscow Kanwal Sibal told Itar-Tass in Kaliningrad on Friday.
He visited the administrative center of the Russian westernmost enclave to witness the launch of the construction of a frigate for the Indian Navy.
The $1.5 billion contract, which stipulates the construction of three frigates for India, is the largest in the Indian-Russian relations, the ambassador said. “These ships will lay a
Australia has said it would consider supplying uranium to India despite the country not being a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, provided it agreed to inspections by the UN atomic watchdog.
The proposal, which has been strongly backed by Prime Minister John Howard, has put the Opposition leader Kevin Rudd at the loggerheads with the Labor government, which had earlier argued that selling uranium to India would undermine the NPT.
Going by the time-tested principle of seniority, Lieutenant General Deepak Kapoor, the current vice chief of army staff, was yesterday named the new Indian Army chief of staff, succeeding General J.J. Singh who retires on September 30.
The decision to abide by the principle of seniority was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Appointments (CCA) though there had been reports some officers had been vying for the top post.
Modernized MiG-31 interceptors will be fit to take on fifth-generation aircraft, according to chief commander of the Russian Air Force Alexander Zelin. He said that fifth-generation technology would be used when modernizing the planes, which will increase their military value 1.5-4 times, depending on the nature of their task.
India plans to double its annual satellite launches and put into space up to 25 spacecraft in a USD 2 billion exercise spread over the next five years as it moves to take advantage of booming demand for capacity, top Indian Space Research Organisation officials say.
New Delhi has targeted to boost the number of transponders India currently has from 199 to 500 by the end of the 11th five year plan (March 2012), Secretary in the Department of Space G Madhavan Nair said.
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Why is China improving its ballistic missile facility at central-north Delingha, and how important is the move? Satellite photos displayed by Google Earth appear to indicate that launch pads for older Dong Feng-4 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are undergoing upgrades to fit them for new 10-meter DF-21 medium-range missiles, according to a July 12 report by the Nuclear Information Project for the Federation of American Scientists.
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