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IAF conducts online selection tests for airmen
11 May 2018
3-D printing of weapons threatens security on global, national and personal level
08 May 2018
While advances in additive manufacturing offer potential breakthroughs in prosthetic arms or jet engine parts, 3D printing, as it is known, may also accelerate weapons proliferation
India among world’s top 5 defence spenders, but dwarfed by China
03 May 2018
India overtook France after New Delhi expanded its defence budget by 5.5 per cent between 2016 and 2017 – and by 45 per cent since 2008, says a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Koreas declare end to war, denuclerisation of Korean peninsula
27 Apr 2018
The leaders of South Korea and North Korea will now resume efforts to reunite Korean families separated by the war as they move towards continued development of inter-Korean ties and reunification
Cabinet approves `death-for-child-rapist’ ordinance
21 Apr 2018
The ordinance prescribes death for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12 years, while in case of rape of a girl aged under 16 years, the ordinance prescribes minimum punishment of 20 years in jail
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
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