Tehran: Iran said on Monday it had successfully test-fired what it described as two long-range missiles, flexing its military muscle in the face of mounting Western pressure over its nuclear programme. The announcement came at the climax of 10 days of naval exercises in the Gulf, during which Tehran has warned it could shut the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 per cent of world oil is shipped, if sanctions...
01:52 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Balasore: India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army's user trial from the test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. "The indigenously developed surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test fired from a mobile launcher at about 0925 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range," defence sources said. Describing...
11:59 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Balasore (Orissa): India on Monday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile, with a range of 350 km, as part of user trial by the armed forces from Chandipur off Orissa coast, about 15 km from Balasore. "The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was flight tested at around 8.50 AM from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range launch complex-III," ITR Director S P Dash said. The trial, conducted as...
10:09 AM, Sep 26, 2011
Tehran: Iran's Revolutionary Guards began a 10-day missile training exercise on Monday "to preserve its readiness against enemy strikes," a veiled reference to attacks the United States and Israel have refused to ruled out to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. "The war games, dubbed 'Great Prophet 6', include the testing of short-, medium- and long-range missiles," Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the elite forces' aerospace unit, was quoted...
03:16 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Balasore: India on Wednesday test-fired two Prithvi-II nuclear-capable ballistic missiles within an hour from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) as part of user trials by the Army at Chandipur off Orissa coast. "The surface-to-surface missiles mounted on mobile launchers were test-fired from the launch complex-3 in the ITR at around 0815 and 0915 hours", defence sources said. With a maximum striking range of 350 km, Prithvi-II is capable of carrying...
10:02 AM, Dec 22, 2010
Balasore (Orissa): India's indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile failed to take off during a user trial from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast on Friday apparently due to a technical problem, defence sources said. Though the ITR authorities were not immediately available for comment, defence sources said the sophisticated missile could not take off during the planned trial from the launch complex-III of the...
12:05 PM, Sep 24, 2010
With a maximum striking range of 350 km, Prithvi-II is capable of carrying a pay-load of 500 kg. ...
08:21 AM, Jun 18, 2010
Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile tested for first time during night. ...
08:17 PM, Nov 23, 2009
Brahmos, developed jointly with Russia, is a surface to surface cruise missile. ...
11:38 AM, Jan 20, 2009
As the hammer went down at the Indian Premier League auction on Saturday morning, life came full circle for Ravindra Jadeja. A day after he put in a Man-of-the-Match performance to give India their first overseas win in any format after 16 games, the all-rounder became the most expensive player among those sold for season five of the lucrative Twenty20 league. Jadeja is unlikely to indulge in any wild celebrations,...
11:51 AM, Apr 19, 2008
New Delhi: Stage is once again set for Australia, the present World Champion, to show their might in the limited-over format of the game. The Kangaroos have already got the honours of holding the trophy four times. While Allan Border and Steve Waugh lifted it in 1987 and 1999 respectively, Ricky Ponting can register his name in the history books if he captures the glittering trophy on April 2, thus...
05:16 PM, Dec 07, 2007
India has successfully test-fired the Agni-III ballistic missile from Wheeler's Island in the Bay of Bengal. ...
11:11 AM, Apr 12, 2007
Leaving the memory of first test behind, India to fire Agni-III to test credibility of country's nuclear deterrence. ...
09:24 AM, Apr 12, 2007
India successfully test-fired supersonic cruise missile Brahmos on Sunday at Chandipur, Orissa. ...
03:21 PM, Feb 04, 2007
Defence scientists on Monday experimented with the coordinated launch of the two surface-to-surface missiles. ...
01:14 PM, Nov 27, 2006
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