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ISRO readies launch of another high-tech spy satellite
19 Mar 2009
ISRO is readying a PSLV to launch an Israeli radar imaging satellite, in the first week of April.
Russia backs off from sale of Su-33 carrier-based fighters to China
By Defence Bureau | 17 Mar 2009
A long simmering dispute between Russia and China over the blatant piracy, and sale, of Russian military technology by Chinese arms manufacturers may have finally spilled over with the Russians deciding not to sell Beijing the Su-33 carrier-based fighters it desperately seeks.
Mahindra Defence Systems opens high-tech facility in Faridabad
17 Mar 2009
Mahindra Special Military Vehicles will make the AXE high mobility vehicle and the mine protected vehicle being jointly developed with BAE Systems
Mahindra Defence Systems opens high-tech facility in Faridabad
17 Mar 2009
Mahindra Special Military Vehicles will make the AXE high mobility vehicle and the mine protected vehicle being jointly developed with BAE Systems
Mahindra Defence Systems opens high-tech facility in Faridabad
17 Mar 2009
Mahindra Special Military Vehicles will make the AXE high mobility vehicle and the mine protected vehicle being jointly developed with BAE Systems
US clears $2.1bn sale of maritime recce aircraft to India
17 Mar 2009
Even as the Obama administration has blocked a critical contracted defence agreement with New Delhi, it has rushed to clear the sale of eight Boeing maritime recce aircraft to India -a deal worth a whopping $2.1 billion.
Pentagon's spy blimp to remain aloft for up to 10 years
16 Mar 2009
The United States defence department will construct sophisticated, ultra-high altitude, blimps that will hover above the earth's surface at 65,000 feet and provide uninterrupted surveillance for up to 10 years.
Germany denies halving order for Eurofighters
10 Mar 2009
US forgets how to manufacture Trident missile warhead component
By Defence Bureau | 10 Mar 2009
In a strange tale emanating from the US it transpires that the defence scientific establishment of that country either forgot how to manufacture, or mislaid blue prints, of a critical component used in the warhead of the much touted Trident ballistic missile.
After the Taliban Air Force, time to battle the Taliban Navy
09 Mar 2009
With the recent revelation that the US administration has instructed GE to defer plans to operationalise engines for an Indian Navy frigate programme, it is time to look at how it is proceeding with plans to arm the Pakistan Navy with equipment that can only be utilised against India, writes Rajiv Singh.
Satellites did not collide but were destroyed: ex-Russian General
07 Mar 2009
The former head of Russia's military space intelligence has claimed that the collision of the Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites last month was not an accident but a deliberate destruction
M&M proposes to spin off land, sea defence units
06 Mar 2009
M&M proposes to spin off land, sea defence units
06 Mar 2009
US export curbs driving away business
06 Mar 2009
Extensive and irritating export regulations are pushing the US space and defence-related industries to the wall in a time of recession. When will the Americans learn, asks Radhakrishna Rao
A new kind of war
06 Mar 2009
The terorists' real target was Pakistan’s tottering democracy and its seriously endangered civil society. Killing Pakistani cricket, with among the best three teams in the world, is a surrogate for killing the modern nation state that Pakistan yearns to become, says Prem Shankar Jha.
India tests ‘Swordfish’ radar with successful missile defence test
06 Mar 2009
In a third successful test of its ambitious missile defence programme, DRDO scientists have intercepted incoming ballistic "enemy" missile at an altitude of 75 km. The test also validated long-range capabilities of its indigenously developed Swordfish radar.
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