BY : TOI

The Indian Air Force (IAF), one of the world's oldest, turned 75 on Monday with a pledge to attain greater heights through an ambitious modernisation drive that will see a quantum jump in its force levels and capabilities.

"Our vision is to achieve strategic reach, enabling our combat and support forces to deploy rapidly within the strategic boundaries that are in consonance with India's national interests," IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major said at a ceremonial parade at this sprawling air base on the capital's outskirts to mark the platinum jubilee.

BY : TOI

One of three helicopters escorting Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf crashed in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Monday, killing four soldiers on board, officials said.

Musharraf had reached his destination, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad told Dawn News TV.

The President's spokesman, Rashid Qureshi, was among several passengers on the chopper who were injured, a senior government official said.

BY : NEWINDPRESS

For the Indian Air Force, the wait for advanced jet trainers is finally over. The IAF will get the first of the Hawk trainer aircraft bought from Britain by next month.

The trainer will fill the gap in specialised training of the IAF pilots. The IAF had bought 66 Hawks from the leading arms company BAE systems in 2004. According to the contract, the IAF will get 24 of these trainers in ready- to-fly condition while the others would be manufactured at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

The induction of the first Hawk will coincide with the completion of training of IAF pilots

BY : PTI

India would become 70 per cent self-reliant in matters of defence acquisitions by 2010 and 90 per cent by 2020, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence Balasaheb Vikhe Patil said on Friday.

Speaking at a CII seminar on "Defence Acquisition Programmes-Life Cycle Costing and Project Management", he called upon the industry and Ministry of Defence to work with an open mind for greater indigenisation and self-reliance.

BY : Mayank Tewari for dnaindia

Here’s a vision 2020 no one wants to talk about. An unknown hacker attacks the national power grid and manages to black out entire north India and messes with our cellular networks. No one knows what is going on.The prime minister comes on TV. Emergency is declared. India is under a cyber attack.

Over the last two months, serious security intrusions were reported in government networks of Germany, USA, UK, France and New Zealand.

India is swallowing the bitter truth — if the future is digital, then the wars of the future will be virtual.

BY : PIB

Following is the text of the speech delivered by the Defence Minister Shri A K Antony at the inauguration of Molecular Imaging Research Centre in the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) here today.

“It gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning to inaugurate the state-of-the-art Molecular Imaging & Research Centre with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) facility. I understand PET is the fastest growing technology in Molecular Medicine, used both for clinical application in diagnosis, as well as for advanced research. I congratulate all DRDO and INMAS scientists for establishing this

BY : TIME.TV





After Exercise Malabar, which saw ships of the Indian Navy exercise with US battleships, the Indian Air force wants to go to ‘Red Flag’ - a tough air exercise in the US. However the Left in India swears by the Red Flag and they aren't too happy with anything American.

Reacting to the news the Left as has taken serious exception to the Indo-US Red Flag Exercise. CPI leader D Raja said that its a matter of concern and Left parties will definitely oppose it. He added that large number of military exercises between US and India should be seen in the context of Nuke Deal between the two countries

BY : THE HINDU

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Fali H Major on Friday said that though depleting force levels was a matter of concern, the Air Force would turn the corner in another five to 10 years. “Everybody is concerned [over the falling squadron strength] but not worried. If it had not been revived, we would have been worried. Induction takes time as we are not buying off-the-shelf. Every air force has gone through this process,” he said at a news conference.

“At the same time we have home-grown tactics and doctrine, which still makes the IAF a credible fighting arm. We hope once all inductions and upgrades fructify, you will see a different Air Force in the next five to 10 years.”

BY : HT

Google’s satellite image service will blur strategic Indian locations like government buildings and military sites after security concerns were voiced by President APJ Abdul Kalam, a report said on Sunday.

President Kalam in 2005 raised security concerns about the Google Earth website, which lets users view sophisticated satellite images from around the world.

Google Earth will not only blur pictures of sites that the Indian government considers sensitive, but also distort building plans of key facilities.

BY : IANS



India on Friday tested its nuclear capable missile Agni-1 from a military base in Bhadrak (Orissa), military sources said.Describing the exercise as the first training trial to complete Agni 1's induction process into the army, officials said the intermediate range missile was tested from Wheeler Island near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 150 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, at about 10:40 am.