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Light combat aircraft Tejas closer to induction in IAF after successful weapons test
09 Dec 2013
The aircraft successfully fired a missile and hit target in demonstrations conducted off the coast of Goa in the Arabian Sea on Saturday, but the single-engine Tejas will not become fully combat-worthy before end-2015
Light combat aircraft Tejas closer to induction in IAF after successful weapons test
09 Dec 2013
The aircraft successfully fired a missile and hit target in demonstrations conducted off the coast of Goa in the Arabian Sea on Saturday, but the single-engine Tejas will not become fully combat-worthy before end-2015
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Territorial dispute over a group of uninhabited islands known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, has led to rising tensions between the two countries
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Citing intelligence inputs from NATO and Israeli sources BBC said nuclear weapons made in Pakistan on behalf of Saudi Arabia are now ready for delivery
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With the inauguration of AFCEL, the IAF has become the first among the three services to commission its own captive 3G network
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