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BAE Systems expands GXP business in India
11 Jun 2011
IAF to commission medium-power radar in Gujarat
02 Jun 2011
Indo-Pak talks: No headway on Siachen dispute
01 Jun 2011
Obama completes defence, security revamp
31 May 2011
Lockheed investigates hacking attack
30 May 2011
Lockheed investigates hacking attack
30 May 2011
Lockheed IT systems breached: report
28 May 2011
Lockheed IT systems breached: report
28 May 2011
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead: report
By Rajiv Singh | 23 May 2011
Reports originating in Afghanistan suggest that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s followers have not heard from him for the last 11 days, and that he may have been killed in Pakistan, says Rajiv Singh.
Pakistan militants storm naval base in Karachi
23 May 2011
Tehreek-e-Taliban militants, otherwise referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, stormed a naval base in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, destroying two P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, a major setback for Pakistan’s defence capabilities.
Israeli defence to focus on spy satellites
14 May 2011
Likely Indian aid for Afghan water projects rattles Pakistan
By Rajiv Singh | 12 May 2011
With news filtering out that India may extend financial and technical aid to the government of Afghanistan to build 12 hydro-power projects on the Kabul River has left the Pakistani establishment deeply rattled, writes Rajiv Singh.
Osama bin Laden perishes in US commando raid
02 May 2011
International terrorist and Islamic jihadi figurehead, Osama bin Laden, today perished in a hail of gunfire, cut down by a CIA-led special operations team. Washington has confirmed positive DNA identification of his body.
How the CIA got Osama
By Rajiv Singh | 02 May 2011
It was a most trusted courier who may have unwittingly exposed Osama bin Laden’s hide-out leading to his death, reports Rajiv Singh
The Osama bin Laden story
02 May 2011
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