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HSL floats out three tugs, to be delivered to Navy by year-end Three 50 tonne bollard pull tugs being built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) for the Indian Navy were successfully floated out from the covered building dock on Friday. The tugs will be delivered to the Navy by the...

Kudankulam N-plant 'perfectly safe' Making a strong pitch for nuclear power, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government R.Chidambaram today said all safety measures had been examined by the AERB committees at the Kundankulam nuclear power plant which is "perfectly safe" "Not only...

'Designing aircraft carrier Vikarant was complex, challenging' Ahead of the launch of its first indigenous aircraft carrier at Kochi on August 12, Directorate of Naval Design today termed it as one of its most "complex and challenging" works which would be considered as a key success in...

INS Vikramaditya to arrive in India early next year After a long wait When the Russian origin aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya arrives in India early next year, it will not have two of its on-board weapon systems–a long-range surface-to-air missile and an air defence gun. While the...

Final nod soon for Navy’s advanced stealth frigate India’s largest ever indigenous defence contract is shortly expected to get final approval with the Navy freezing the design and specifications for the P 17 A stealth warships and completing all commercial negotiations for the project...

Ya I know but kinda got bored with that old one..!!

We won't be deterred by this attack and will continue to assist Afghanistan: India NEW DELHI: Hit by yet another suicide bomb attack on its mission in Jalalabad, India on Saturday said "terror machines" that operate from "beyond the borders" was the main threat to the security of Afghanistan...

Terror threat: Interpol issues global security alert NEW DELHI: Concerned over the series of prison escapes across Pakistan, Libya and Iraq over the past month, Interpol on Saturday issued a global security alert advising its 190 member countries to step up vigilance. Indicating that many...

Gujarat plans to set up satellite-linked disaster warning system CHENNAI: Gujarat plans to set up a satellite-linked disaster warning system along its coastline to alert fishermen during adverse weather conditions, a senior official of the state said today. "We are looking at setting up a...

DRDO has been engaged in research programs since long and their innovative approach has led to the development of excellent defensive equipment's. Congrats to the scientists involved in the invention of such a simple tool EDK, to prevent blasts caused by explosives and loss of precious lives all...

US grabs wallet-sized bomb detector created by DRDO When Reny Roy was assigned a project 15 years ago, she had no idea it would one day get a Washington DC debut as India’s first defense technology transfer to the United States. The project headed by Roy, a scientist at DRDO’s...

US, India Consider C-17 Exchange Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Hawk Carlisle said the United States and India are considering an exchange program for their respective C-17 units. “There are opportunities for us to learn from each other,” Carlisle told reporters during a July 29...

CSIR to launch new supercomputer PUNE: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has issued a statement saying that it will connect all its laboratories located in Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad, Srinagar, Chennai, Chandigarh, and Nagpur through a supercomputer, which is to be...

Agni V to be operational by 2015 With two or three more successful test firings, the Agni V missile is expected to be operational by 2015, said Tessy Thomas, director, Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organisation, here on Friday. Interacting with the media after...

France to cut back on Rafale order Now, Indian order is all the more important for Dassault The French state has decided to cut back its orders for Rafale fighter jets from the current 11 per year to just 26 over the next six years. This could jeopardise the entire Rafale programme...

DRDO tastes rare success in evaluation trials of Nag HYDERABAD: Finally some success has come in the way of Defence Research and Development Organization with "fairly accurate results" during evaluation trials of Nag, a Gen-3 anti-tank guided missile, top DRDO officials said. Actual...

A few posts earlier included images of the INS Vikramaditya, one of which showed it firing what then was assumed to be a defensive weapon system. A search in that direction turned up nothing. As it turns out, they are actually anti-ship missile decoys being launched from the PK-2 countermeasure...

TRISHUL: Sensor Fitments Of IAC-1/INS Vikrant & INS Vikramaditya Explained The ET1 and ALPHA EL/M-2258 are positioned in such a manner that they wont cover full 360 degree. Alpha wont be able to scan the airspace in front of the carrier. Then how will it be engaging threats in...

TRISHUL: Sensor Fitments Of IAC-1/INS Vikrant & INS Vikramaditya Explained The ET1 and ALPHA EL/M-2258 are positioned in such a manner that they wont cover full 360 degree. Alpha wont be able to scan the airspace in front of the carrier. Then how will it be engaging threats in...