Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday completed the establishment of a new Naval Strategic Force Command, described by the military as the custodian of the country's nuclear second strike capability. Naval Strategic Force Command headquarters was inaugurated by naval Chief Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila. The event was attended by Strategic Plans Division Chief Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Kidwai and senior naval and military officers. Vice Admiral Tanveer Faiz, commander of...
12:50 AM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Navy will acquire at least five ships every year for the next 10 years, and deploy two nuclear submarines and its new aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, in 2013. The fast forward mode after a long lull has been mentioned both by Defence Minister AK Antony as well as navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on different occasions, particularly at the induction of the nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra...
02:04 AM, May 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted permission to Indian Navy to destroy a naval ship which had been grounded in the city dockyard for over a year, after its collision with MV Nordlake. Justice Roshan Dalvi was hearing an application filed by the navy, seeking permission to destroy naval ship INS Vindhyagiri on the ground that ammunition were stored in it and it would not be safe to...
07:37 PM, May 08, 2012
Washington: Osama bin Laden had planned to kill US President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who then was the top US commander in Afghanistan, and had issued instructions to Illyas Kashmiri to set up two units to target planes carrying them. According to the documents seized from the Abbottabad safe-house of bin Laden, where he was killed by US forces about a year ago, the then al-Qaeda leader wanted...
08:20 PM, May 03, 2012
Kochi: India on Monday commissioned its first full-fledged naval base, INS Dweeprakshak, in Lakshadweep, for further strengthening its presence in the Arabian sea and extending its reach in the strategically important Indian Ocean Region. Besides ensuring coastal security to the 36 islands in Lakshdweep archipelago, the base at Kavaratti island will also guard the sea lanes used by merchant ships and intelligence gathering, Southern Naval Commander Vice Admiral KN Sushil...
09:06 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Bangalore: India on Friday joined an elite club of countries by test flying the naval variant of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in this tech hub under a partially cloudy sky. "With the successful maiden flight of the LCA's naval variant, India joins an elite club of countries capable of designing, developing, manufacturing and testing the fourth generation carrier borne fly-by-wire ski take off but arrested recovery (Stobar) aircraft," said...
01:56 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: To give a boost to its naval warfare capability, India inducted on April 27 a new warship into its fleet, when INS Teg, built in Russia, was handed over to its crew. INS Teg is the first of three guided missile frigates of the modified INS Talwar-class that India commissioned Russian shipyard Yantar to build. INS Teg will be followed by the induction of INS Tarkash and INS...
12:21 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Aiming to establish itself as a blue water force in real terms, Indian Navy will be inducting more than 90 fighting platforms in another decade, including aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is likely to be commissioned later this year. "Under the Maritime Perspective Plan (MPP), around 50 of these vessels are in various stages of construction at different shipyards in the country, while the contract for 45 more...
02:51 AM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Agni-V, the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, has catapulted India into an extremely select club of countries possessing such a deadly weapons platform. Agni-V gives India the much-needed muscle and a strong deterrence against its nuclear-armed adversaries as the missile can not only target every city of China, but is also capable of reaching Australia, Eastern Europe, North Eastern and...
05:04 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the successful launch of Agni-V as a proud moment for the country, former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash on Thursday said that the next step should be to put an indigenous inter-continental ballistic missile on an indigenous nuclear submarine, which will make India's nuclear deterrent invulnerable and omnipotent. "The next step is to put the same capability on a nuclear submarine which can disappear into the deep...
11:01 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Monday denied reports that the state's fishermen were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy on April 2. "A section of the media reported that Tamil fishermen were attacked by Sri Lankan Navy on April 2. On investigation, we found that the reports were not true," Fisheries Minister K A Jayapal told the Assembly. Such an event "did not happen" on April 2 and all the...
02:39 AM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: The three service chiefs are unlikely to be called before Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence to give an account of the state of preparedness of the forces. This has become clear with sources in the committee and outside saying that the move has been given up as it would unnecessarily send a wrong signal at a time when the talk of a trust deficit between Government and defence...
12:43 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding fears of a tsunami following a powerful earthquake off Indonesia on Wednesday, the navies of India and the US carried out their joint exercises off the coast of Chennai. The 10-day long annual exercise codenamed 'Malabar', in the Bay of Bengal which started on April 7, will continue without restriction, Indian Navy officials said in New Delhi. Tackling natural disasters such as Tsunami is part of the...
09:04 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian navy and air force have put their warships and aircraft on a state of high alert for carrying out relief and rescue operations in the event of any possible post-quake tsunami situation. The IAF has put two C-130J Hercules aircraft on 'Hot Stand-by mode' at the Hindon air base with 80 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and will be flying for Port Blair with 10 tonnes...
06:47 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on Monday that 'The Indian Express' story on the movement of two Army units towards New Delhi was wrong inference, conjectures, and no permission was required from Ministry of Defence for such routine exercise. Sharma, who appeared before the panel on Monday, called the movement by a mechanised infantry unit from Hisar and the Para unit...
12:40 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Washington: A US Navy F/A-18D fighter crashed soon after take-off into an apartment complex in Virginia on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, heavily damaging half-a-dozen buildings and injuring nine people. All the injuries, including those to the F/A-18 crew, were minor, officials said, but the search of the Mayfair Mews apartment complex was not complete. Both crew members ejected from the aircraft before it crashed into the buildings in...
05:30 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy is all set to operate five nuclear submarines by the end of this decade, including two leased from Russia and three built indigenously. According to Defence Minister A K Antony, India is considering a proposal to induct another nuclear submarine built in Russia and has plans of indigenously building two more Arihant Class underwater vessels to guard its maritime boundaries. The Navy on Wednesday formally commissioned the...
06:07 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: The first operational nuclear attack submarine INS Chakra has been inducted into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Defence Minister AK Antony said that the INS Chakra will ensure security and sovereignty of the country. Antony formally commissioned the Akula II class Nerpa rechristened INS Chakra into the Navy at the Ship Building Complex. India has earlier leased and operated Charlie Class Russian...
11:48 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Karachi: Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for fishing "illegally" in Pakistani territorial waters, an official said. The Indian fishermen were arrested after being warned twice that they had entered into Pakistan's territorial waters and were fishing there illegally, a spokesman for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency said on Tuesday. "After the warning these fishermen were arrested and their boats seized. They will be presented...
10:50 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister Antony will formally unveil the Indian Navy's first operational nuclear attack submarine INS Chakra in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. After a gap of two decades, India is all set to join the elite club of nations having nuclear powered submarines with the induction of the Russian-origin 'Nerpa' into the Navy. Antony will formally commission the Akula II class Nerpa rechristened INS Chakra into the Navy at the...
09:01 AM, Apr 04, 2012
