FPS Russia, a popular YouTube show, on its latest episode displays a weapon that could appeal to India's counter-insurgency forces - a flying machine gun. This deadly contraption has a sub-machine gun fitted with a 100-round magazine mounted on a quadrotor that can fly at speeds of 50 kmph and at altitudes of about 400 metres. It is also fitted with a camera, so that the operator can get a...
12:11 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Washington: Estimated to have more nuclear weapons than India, Pakistan is rapidly developing and expanding its atomic arsenal, spending about $ 2.5 billion a year to develop such weapons, a report has said. "Pakistan has been rapidly developing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, increasing its capacity to produce plutonium, and testing and deploying a diverse array of nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles," said the report 'Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Modernisation...
09:15 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Islamabad: The new Special Response Force created to protect Pakistan's nuclear arsenal held a passing out parade on Monday, with a top official saying that "all available resources" had been put in place to effectively guard the strategic assets. The newly raised Special Response Force will be part of the security force of the Strategic Plans Division, which is responsible for maintaining the nuclear arsenal. The passing out parade at...
03:58 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Amid allegations of bribery in purchases and complaints of gaps in preparedness, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday asked the army to streamline its purchase process in a manner that accountability can be fixed in the event of slippages. This was conveyed by Antony to the army brass led by its chief Gen VK Singh at a meeting to review the army's capital acquisition and revenue expenditure proposals...
02:02 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Ted Turner, founder of the United Nations Foundation, said he is trying to make the world a better place to live. He spoke to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar in an exclusive interview for the global affairs show World View. Here's the transcript. SH: Welcome to the special interview here on Worldview. Now he was called Captain Outrageous once but now he's more of Captain Planet because when Ted Turner puts his ...
02:53 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Ted Turner, founder of the United Nations Foundation, said he is trying to make the world a better place to live. He spoke to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar in an exclusive interview for the global affairs show World View. Here's the transcript. SH: Welcome to the special interview here on Worldview. Now he was called Captain Outrageous once but now he's more of Captain Planet because when Ted Turner puts his...
02:53 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Ted Turner, the Founder of United Nations Foundation said he is trying to make the world a better place to live. ...
08:24 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh has come under heavy fire over his letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning of ammunition shortages and obsolete weaponry in the forces. While Defence Minister AK Antony told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that publishing the contents of secret letters was not in the interest of the security of the country, there is a strong opinion in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance...
12:22 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh had raised the sorry state of infrastructure in the armed forces in the country in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dated March 12. General Singh had written that the Army's tank regiments lack ammunition to defeat the enemy, the air defence is almost obsolete and the infantry is falling short of critical weapons. He underlined that the country's security might be...
11:40 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Dubai: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a fresh tirade against the West, saying the Islamic Republic does not fear military action, Iranian media reported on Sunday. "The Iranian nation doesn't fear your bombs and warships and planes. Such weapons are worth nothing," the Fars News Agency quoted him as saying on a visit to the town of Karaj, to the west of Tehran. "You say to Iran all options...
05:18 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Tripoli: The administration of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was running a covert programme to conceal weapons in Libyan embassies across the globe, a senior official in the new government said on Thursday. The weapons included handguns, grenades and bomb-making materials and were shipped using the diplomatic bag. They may have been intended for use in assassinations on Libyan dissidents abroad, or for operations against the embassies' host countries. The...
11:59 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Kochi: A Special Investigation Team on Saturday night completed the search of the Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie to trace the firearms used by two marines, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen, even as it seized several weapons during the operation. The SIT has completed the search operation, a police official said. "We have seized many weapons and we will zero in the right weapons after the ballistic examination,"...
02:32 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala Police team investigating the shooting of two Indian fishermen by marine guards aboard the Italian vessel Enrica Lexie on Saturday searched 25 per cent of the ship, especially the area where arms were stored, but gave no details of any seizures. Answering a volley of questions from reporters after the search operation concluded, team leader and Kochi Police Commissioner MR Ajith Kumar was non-committal on what was...
02:20 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Does the only country that ever used a nuclear bomb in war, have any right to preach non proliferation to the world? Isn't that a ...
08:37 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Iranian Ambassador to India said on Tuesday that although Tehran was "not unhappy" with New Delhi's stand on the country, it would urge India to "pay attention to the realities that are being shaped". Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, the diplomat said that India and Iran had worked out an agreement for the payment of oil. "A mechanism has been worked out between India and Iran...
12:57 PM, Feb 07, 2012
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