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North, South Koreas get hotline working ahead of historic summit
21 Apr 2018
The hotline, which enables direct communications between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and the South’s Moon Jae-in, is the latest step in a whirlwind of diplomacy on and around the Korean peninsula since the Winter Olympics
By 2040, artificial intelligence could upend nuclear stability
18 Apr 2018
While AI-controlled doomsday machines are considered unlikely, the hazards of artificial intelligence for nuclear security lie instead in its potential to encourage humans to take potentially apocalyptic risks, says a new RAND Corporation paper
IAF's `Gagan Shakti’ war games underway across all bases
17 Apr 2018
The integrated land-air-sea combat exercise, Gagan Shakti 2018, with 1,150 fighter aircraft, helicopters and drones and over 15,000 IAF personnel participating, is being carried out with active participation of the Army and the Navy in a pan-India format
US, France and Britain launch joint strikes on Syrian capital
14 Apr 2018
While US defence secretary Jim Mattis said the strikes are a 'one-time shot’, US President Donald Trump said the allies are prepared to sustain the strikes until the Syrian regime stopped its use of prohibited chemical agents, raising the prospect of a confrontation with Russia
Missile strikes against Syria 'as serious as triggering events', says US expert
13 Apr 2018
Prior to the Trump administration, the US consistently attempted to justify reprisals through creative characterisation of the facts to fit the self-defence paradigm, says world-renowned expert on international law, Mary Ellen O'Connell
IAF issues global RFI for production of 110 fighter jets in India
07 Apr 2018
A number of fighter jets, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed`s F-16, Saab’s Gripen and Russian aircraft MiG-35 are expected to vie for the contract worth over $15 billion that allows makers of both single engine and twin-engine combat jets to participate
BrahMos successfully flight-tested with indigenous seeker
22 Mar 2018
The world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, the BrahMos, was successfully flight-tested at the Pokhran test range on Thursday
Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornets suddenly in race for IAF as Centre shifts goalposts
17 Mar 2018
Until recently, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 and Saab’s Gripen were in a two-horse race supply at least 100 single-engine jets to the Indian Air Force. But the government has now reportedly asked the IAF to also evaluate Boeing’s twin-engine F/A-18 Super Hornet
Trump moots Space Force to fight star wars
14 Mar 2018
India remains world’s biggest arms buyer; Pakistan, China cut imports
13 Mar 2018
According to a SIPRI report, Russia remained India’s largest supplier of arms from 2013 to 2017, accounting for 62 per cent of India’s imports. But the US recorded blazing growth of over 550 per cent in its arms exports to India compared with the previous five years
Russia test fires hypersonic Kinzhal missile
12 Mar 2018
Russia claimed to have successfully test-launched a hypersonic missile, is said to travel at 10 times the speed of sound, with a range of 2,000km
On India visit, France’s President Macron stresses defence ties, environment
10 Mar 2018
After a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, French President Emmanuel Macron, on a four-day visit, said New Delhi is a 'strategic partner' of France, and stability in the Indian Ocean is 'very important for the entire region'
Unclassified version of new report predicts small drone threats to infantry units
08 Mar 2018
The emergence of inexpensive small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs), commonly known as drones, has led to adversarial groups threatening deployed US forces, especially infantry units
China to boost military spending by 8.1%; targets 6.5% GDP growth
05 Mar 2018
China has announced a military budget of 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion) for this coming year, an 8.1 per cent increase on last year
US dismisses Putin’s invincibility talk, boasts of own ‘unmatched’ arsenal
03 Mar 2018
The new Russian arsenal include nuclear-powered submarines or drones, called uninhabited underwater vehicles (UUV), nuclear-powered missiles and a hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile