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Will review India, China border defence agreement if elected: BJP Chief Attacking the incumbent Manmohan Singh government over signing a Border Defence Cooperation Agreement with China, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said if voted to power, his party would...

Russia orders 16 MiG-29SMTs The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a $470 million contract with the MiG corporation for the delivery of 16 advanced MiG-29 SMT fighters, the ministry said Tuesday. The company had earlier confirmed the deal in an interview with RIA Novosti, but did not specify...

US Leans on Diplomacy in Middle East WASHINGTON — The US is still searching for solutions to the various problems that ail the Middle East, but the administration is making it clear: military action isn’t the only, or even preferred, answer. It was a message President Barack Obama delivered in...

US Navy Would Receive Largest Piece of Fiscal '16 Budget Boost But Experts Say It's Not Likely WASHINGTON — The US Navy would get the largest chunk of the additional $36 billion the White House is considering giving to the Pentagon for fiscal 2016, according to defense sources. The revelation...

United States offers five military options to control the conflict in Syria. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman of U.S. Armed Forces Gen Martin Dempsey offered five military options to control the conflict in Syria, including limited strikes and establishing a no-fly zone. But he said using force...

With a Mig-21 Bison crashing this time, resentment building in IAF against DRDO, HAL for delay in induction of LCA Tejas As another upgraded MiG-21 Bison fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer on Friday morning, resentment is simmering against the...

U.S. Army tests a new prototype of DARPA Warrior Web System which reduce injuries and fatigue. A Soldier carries a 28 kg load while walking in a prototype DARPA Warrior Web system during an independent evaluation by the U.S. Army. Warrior Web seeks to create a soft, lightweight under-suit...

Report: Taiwan To Open New Cyberwar Unit TAIPEI — Taiwan is preparing to launch a fourth cyberwar unit, a local newspaper reported Wednesday, in response to what it claims is a growing security threat from Chinese hackers. The new unit is scheduled to open July 1 and will work to counter...

Africa Plans Emergency Force, But Can It Deliver? NAIROBI — Aware that they have failed to get a fully fledged peacekeeping force up and running, African leaders now plan a rapid-deployment emergency force, but analysts question whether it can deliver. The African Union’s “African Standby...

NATO Rejects Direct Arctic Presence HELSINKI — Norway’s ambition of persuading NATO to establish a strong direct military presence in the Arctic High North — and as a strategic counterweight to Russia’s intensifying rearming programs in the region — suffered a setback after the leader of NATO...

Russian Military Orders 6 Be-200 Amphibious Planes MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with the Beriev Aircraft Company for the purchase of six Beriev Be-200 amphibious planes, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said on Friday. “The...

F-35B completes first vertical take-off Lockheed Martin released the video of the first ever Vertical Take Off conducted by an F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) Lightning II test aircraft. The test was completed May 10 at Naval Air Station Patuxen River, Md. The historic, albeit...

Cosmic map hints at first evidence of other universes LONDON (PTI): Scientists believe they have found the first evidence that other universes exist after analysing the data gathered by the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft. Theories that our universe could be just one of...

Pentagon: F-35 Program Costs Fell $4.5 Billion Last Year WASHINGTON — The total price tag for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fell $4.5 billion in 2012, according to a new government report. This marks the first time in the F-35’s checkered history that estimators have lowered the...

Obama tackles drones, Guantanamo in reset of war on terror WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a new bid to close Guantanamo Bay, warning that a “perpetual” US war on terror would be self defeating. Obama told Americans their...

Russia eyes new markets for arms export, India still number 1 importer Russia ranks second in the world’s arms export. Moscow supplies arms and military equipment to 66 countries, has concluded agreements on military and technical cooperation with 85 countries and its portfolio of orders...

Turkey to receive new Russian weapons The newest Russian attack helicopters Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-28NE Night Hunter, surface-to-air missile system S-300V Antey-2500 and the combat vehicle tanks BMPT Terminator were presented at the Russian exposition in the Istanbul International exhibition of...

‘China hasn’t used Pakistan against India’ China has played a positive role in the continuous easing of the relationship between India and Pakistan, said a state-run daily which added, “China has not played balancing strategy, using one country against the other.” An article in the Global...

Jaipur Air force Station on Pakistan’s radar? After the arrest of Army clerk BK Sinha from West Bengal’s Darjeeling for spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), one more arrest was made on Wednesday. Total five persons have been arrested so far. Meanwhile, in a...

U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System Completes First Flight The US Navy's newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif. May 22, marking the...