Indonesia to buy missiles from US
August 27th, 2012 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Aug 27 (IANS) Indonesia would buy air-to-surface guided missiles from a US firm to equip the country's growing fleet of US-built F-16 fighter jets, a media report said ... Read more...
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Mynamar’s rare earth: China’s monopoly
May 28th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, May 28 (IANS) China enjoys a monopoly on rare earth that is needed as much in your smart phone as in hybrid cars. The world is now looking at ... Read more...
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UK to launch its biggest, deadliest nuclear submarine
December 14th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) A nuclear reactor which can power a small city and guidedÂmissiles that can pulverise an enemy more than 1,000 miles away -- meet HMS Ambush, the Royal Navy's ... Read more...
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India to seek US’ Javelin anti-tank guided missile
August 16th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) India is likely to procure the third-generation Javelin anti-tank guided missiles along with its technology, parliament was informed Monday.
"The ministry of defence proposes to issue a ... Read more...
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Pallam Raju calls for maintaining edge in conventional warfare
July 7th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): The Minister of State for Defence Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju on Wednesday called upon the Armed Forces to maintain the edge in conventional warfare.Speaking after inaugurating ... Read more...
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Modernise rapidly, armed forces told
July 7th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The lifespan of weapons systems has shortened in the face of rapid technology advancement, Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju said Wednesday, asking the Indian ... Read more...
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Suspected US drone strikes kill eight in Pakistan
March 22nd, 2010 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 22 (DPA) At least eight people were killed and four injured in two suspected US drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district of North Waziristan Sunday, security officials said.
An ... Read more...
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Bhishma tank rolls out
August 24th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) The first batch of 10 locally built Russian T-90 tanks named Bhishma rolled out of the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) at Avadi here Monday.Till date the Russian tanks ... Read more...
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India roles out indigenous T-90 Bhishma tanks
August 24th, 2009 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Aug 24 (ANI): The first batch of indigenously built T-90 tanks "Bhishma" was flagged off by Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju here on Monday.The rolling out ceremony was ... Read more...
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US drone attack, clashes kill 10 in Pakistan (Lead)
July 17th, 2009 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 17 (DPA) A suspected US missile strike killed at least six people in northwest Pakistan while two soldiers and an equal number of Taliban extremists died in ongoing fighting ... Read more...
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US drones kill over 50 Taliban in Pakistan (Lead)
June 24th, 2009 - 2:49 am ICT by IANS
Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), June 24 (DPA) Two suspected US drone strikes killed at least 52 militants in Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan, where the Pakistani military plans to launch ... Read more...
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North Korea planning to test medium-range rocket, says report
June 2nd, 2009 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 2 (DPA) North Korea appeared to be preparing to test a medium-range missile at the same time as an intercontinental one, a South Korean media report said Tuesday.
Evidence of launch ... Read more...
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Four NYC men arrested in alleged plot to bomb synagogue, Jewish community center and to shoot military planes with missiles
May 21st, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by admin
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant-Director-in-Charge of the New York Field ... Read more...
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Terrorists target New York Synagogue with bomb, missiles
May 21st, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has arrested four men over an alleged terror plot to attack a synagogue, a Jewish community centre and a military base in New York.The US ... Read more...
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Suspected US missile strike kills 12 in Pakistan (Lead)
May 16th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 16 (DPA) A US missile strike Saturday on a suspected hideout of Al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, intelligence ... Read more...
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Last VVIP flight by `Tanjore’
March 31st, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashOnboard Air India One, Mar.31 (ANI): As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh boards the last commercial jet commissioned by Air India for VVIP flights, one can't help but get nostalgic. ... Read more...
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Switzerland approves arms sale to India, says no to Pakistan
March 26th, 2009 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, March 26 (Xinhua) While approving the sale of rifles and machine guns to India, the Swiss cabinet has rejected a request for export of replacement parts for anti-aircraft systems to Pakistan ... Read more...
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West Bengal celebrates R-Day amid high security
January 26th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi unfurled the tricolour and took the salute as the state joined the rest of the nation in celebrating the 60th Republic Day ... Read more...
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US strike kills over a dozen in Pakistan
November 1st, 2008 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 31 (DPA) More than a dozen people were killed in an airstrike carried out by a suspected US drone in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghanistan border Friday, security officials ... Read more...
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DRDO tests guided weapon successfully
October 10th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has successfully tested guided weapon testing devices which would help improve the accuracy rate of guided weapons of Indian ... Read more...
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China raises eyebrows at US six-billion-dollar arms deal with Taiwan
October 5th, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by ANI
Washington , Oct 5 (ANI): Beijing has warned that the US decision to sell weapons to Taiwan worth more than six billion dollars would hamper US-China relations. Following the US announcement ... Read more...
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Three killed in US missiles attack on Taliban commander Haqqanis house, madarssah
September 8th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Sep 8 (ANI): Seven guided missiles have been fired from US spy planes in Miranshah and adjoining areas in North Waziristan, killing three persons and injuring 15 others, including women ... Read more...
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US missile attack kills three in Pakistan
September 8th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (Xinhua) At least three people were killed and 15 injured in a missile attack targeting militant hideouts in northwestern Pakistan's tribal area Monday, the Express News reported. A US ... Read more...
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Nine killed in suicide attack in Lahore (Second Lead)
August 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Islamabad, Aug 14 (Xinhua) At least nine people, including two police officials, were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide attack targeting the police in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, The ... Read more...
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Seven killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan
August 14th, 2008 - 4:45 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Islamabad, Aug 14 (DPA) At least seven people, including two policemen, were killed and more than a dozen injured Wednesday in a suicide attack that targeted the police in Pakistan's eastern city ... Read more...
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Missile strike kills at least 10 militants in Pakistan
August 13th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Islamabad, Aug 13 (DPA) At least 10 Islamic militants, including some suspected Al Qaeda fighters, were killed in an overnight aerial strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said ... Read more...
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US missile strike kills one in S Waziristan
June 15th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, June 15 (ANI): Unmanned US drones fired three guided missiles at a house in the Makeen area of South Waziristan in Pakistan, killing one person, a private television channel reported.The ... Read more...
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US scientists create cancer-detecting nanoparticles
May 28th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Washington, May 28 (Xinhua) US scientists have created the smallest iron oxide nanoparticles to date for cancer detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The research team from Brown University created peptide-coated iron ... Read more...
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Tiniest cancer-detecting nanoparticles created
May 28th, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 28 (ANI): A chemist at Brown University claims to have developed the smallest iron oxide nanoparticles to date for the detection of cancer using magnetic resonance imaging. (MRI).Shouheng ... Read more...
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Pro-Taliban militants own up Pakistan blast
May 19th, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Islamabad, May 19 (DPA) Pro-Taliban militants Monday claimed responsibility for a weekend suicide bombing that killed 13 people near an Army base in north-western Pakistan, saying it was carried out to avenge ... Read more...
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NATO missile attack kills 15 in Pakistan’s tribal region
May 15th, 2008 - 4:40 am ICT by admin
DPA
Islamabad, May 15 (DPA) At least 15 people were killed Wednesday when two missiles allegedly fired by NATO forces in Afghanistan targeted a suspected militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said. ... Read more...
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For India’s ‘missile woman’, it is all about rocket science(Feature)
May 13th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by admin
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) She has been dubbed India's 'missile woman', one in the team of India's elite scientists behind the Agni III, India's longest-range nuclear capable missile that ... Read more...
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Four dead, 41 injured in fighting in east Baghdad
May 4th, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Baghdad, May 4 (DPA) The ongoing fighting in east Baghdad's Shia-dominated Sadr City area left at least four people dead and 41 injured in the past 24 hours, medical officials said Sunday. ... Read more...
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Russia to upgrade IAF’s MiG-29 combat jets
March 7th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The long-delayed upgrade of the Indian Air Force's MiG-29 jets is set to get underway with its manufacturer RAC-MiG inking a deal with the Indian defence ministry ... Read more...
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