Beijing: The Chinese Navy is developing a brand new class of guided-missile destroyer, a "new type" of naval warship with upgraded air-defence missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles, Chinese official media reported. The new destroyers are equipped with two 32-unit vertical launch systems capable of launching HQ-9B air-defence missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles, official media quoted China Military News as saying. The new destroyer is comparable to the "Aegis" equipped destroyers...
05:43 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Washington: The dead body of Osama bin Laden was identified by a young girl who was in the room where he was killed after his wives refused to name the elusive al Qaeda chief, a new book by an ex-US Navy Seal has claimed. Matt Bissonnette, 36, in his tell-all account of the operation titled 'No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden', has...
05:33 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Washington: A former Navy SEAL at the center of a brewing battle with the US government over his book worried about security after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden to the point that he questioned signing his real name on a framed flag from the mission which was being presented to President Barack Obama. He wrote about his concern that others would see his name. "How many hands does...
02:10 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New Delhi: Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, an anti-submarine warfare specialist, on Friday took over as the new Navy Chief. 58-year-old Joshi succeeds Admiral Nirmal Verma who retires on Friday. Joshi, who was the Western Naval Commander, has taken over the force at a time when it is set to operate two aircraft carriers and induct a large number of warships, long-range surveillance aircraft and submarines. He will have a three-year...
11:54 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New York: A former Navy SEAL, who has written a tell-all insider account of the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, faces threats to his life as well as legal action after his identity was disclosed by media reports. The book, "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden," is set to hit the stands on September 11, the 11th...
08:03 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Portsmouth: The Iranian Navy is reported to have got hold of the design of a superfast speedboat which the West fears could be used for attacking warships. The Bradstone Challenger, a record-breaking speedboat, is capable of an incredible 72 knots. A smaller version of this boat was driven by David Beckham during the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games. But now this boat is in the hands of the...
05:41 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Washington: The author who has ruffled feathers of many in the Pentagon and CIA by writing a tell-all insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has been identified as a 36-year-old former Navy SEAL from Alaska. The book, 'No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden', is set to hit shelves on September 11, later this year. It is...
09:30 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Washington: A US Navy SEAL commando, involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, has written an inside account of the May 2011 mission, raising hackles in the Pentagon and CIA. The author, who uses a pseudonym, "was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist leader's hideout and was present at his death," The Washington Post quoted a statement...
05:10 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Ramanathapuram: It has been revealed that the TN fishermen detained by the Sri Lankan navy were threatened with death while they were in custody for a few hours at Neduntivu on Tuesday. The Lankan navy personnel laughed after attacking the fisherman, said the injured fisherman Adimai.The Lankan navy detained 16 fishermen in mid-sea on Tuesday and they were taken to Neduntivu later where they were interrogated. The SL personnel attacked...
07:50 AM, Aug 23, 2012
London: US President Barack Obama put off three times operations to kill world's most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden before finally going ahead with the mission at the insistence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a new book has claimed. Citing unnamed sources within the joint operations command, Rich Miniter, a former 'Wall Street Journal' and 'Washington Times' reporter, claims that three 'kill' missions were called off by Obama in...
08:57 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Rameswaram: In the second such incident in two days, six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured when they were allegedly attacked on Tuesday by the Sri Lankan Navy which also detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits. Official sources said the Lankan Navymen attacked the fishermen with stones, nylon ropes and rods and took away their three boats. Gnanasekaran, who suffered head injury, has been admitted to a hospital...
11:12 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: On the occasion of India's 66th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee approved 62 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces which included 15 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 42 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 3 NaoSena Medal (Gallantry) and 1 VayuSena Medal (Gallantry). Among the 15 officers from the Army and the Air Force who have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra - the...
11:01 AM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: In a revolutionary step to speed up its budgetary processes and macro-manage public funds, the Indian Navy will on Saturday launch its force-wide automated Financial Information System (FIS) that is expected to simplify decision-making and enhance transparency in its monetary dealings. Defence Minister AK Antony will launch the FIS at an event in the presence of Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma. For starters, FIS will help manage...
01:31 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant will be soon launched for sea trials as part of efforts towards completing India's nuclear triad and achieve a credible and invulnerable retaliatory strike capability, the Navy said on Tuesday. However, the conventional submarine force levels of the Navy were on decline for which the maritime service was looking at the option of manufacturing submarines in foreign shipyards. "Arihant is steadily progressing towards...
10:35 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Rear Admiral Bimal Kumar Verma, the younger brother of Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, has been appointed as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Information Warfare and Operations) at the Defence Ministry headquarters. The officer recently assumed the charge of his new office on the first floor of South Block, just a few rooms next to the Navy Chief's office, Navy officials said. They said it is for...
07:49 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to hold a review meeting in a couple of weeks from now with all the heads of the departments concerned in New Delhi to decide on the site for setting up of a major port, the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) has raised an objection to the proposal for such a project at Nakkapalli citing security threat to a new Naval base...
11:05 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Madurai: Congress in Tamil Nadu has claimed credit for the release of the 23 fishermen by a court in Sri Lanka on Saturday. The fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on July 22 when they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits. TNCC President BS Gnana Desikan claimed that the party was responsible for the release of the fishermen. Addressing the 110th Kamaraj Birth anniversary meeting organised by...
09:49 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Rameswaram: Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly attacked 10 boats of Indian fishermen with stones and logs when they were fishing near Katchativu early this morning. Fisheries department officials said the naval personnel also cut the fishing nets in the boats and threw them into the sea. No fisherman was injured in the incident, they said. They said the boats were part of a fleet of 696 boats that had put...
05:18 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take urgent steps to rescue the 23 fishermen from Rameswaram, who were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday, along with their five boats. "Unless the Centre intervenes in the issue, there is every possibility of recurrence of such incidents in the coming months," the CM said in her letter to the PM. Pointing out that...
11:13 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Chennai: The Communist Party of India on Monday protested in Chennai against the killing of an Indian fisherman from Tamil Nadu by a US Navy ship off the coast of Dubai last week. In the aftermath of the incident, the US had justified the use of lethal force saying the fishing boat had not heeded warnings and instead charged towards the US ship. The fishermen, however, maintained that the firing...
03:49 PM, Jul 23, 2012
