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India’s Self-Reliant Missile Journey |
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January 2012
Tokyo. India’s declared No-First-Use (NFU)
nuclear doctrine while maintaining a minimum
credible deterrent continues to be its benchmark
given South Asia’s feeble security arrangements.
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'Nuclear-capable Agni-V to be tested soon' |
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January 2012
Chandigarh. India's ambitious 5,000-km
range Agni-V nuclear-capable missile will
be launched soon, says a senior scientist.
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UAE becomes first international customer to
gain the advanced AN/TPY-2 radars |
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January 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon Company will
provide AN/TPY-2 radars, associated spares,
training and other services through 2018
to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the
radar component to the Terminal High Altitude
Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system.
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India not in arms race: DRDO chief |
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November 2011
New Delhi. Discounting talk of an arms
race in the neighbourhood after its successful
test of the Agni-IV strategic nuclear-capable
missile, India's defence research chief
V.K. Saraswat made it clear Nov 16 that
New Delhi was "not playing a game" and was
"not in a race", as its missile programme
was for defensive purposes.
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Agni-IV production by 2014 |
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November 2011
New Delhi. India, which successfully tested
the new generation Agni-IV medium-range
ballistic missile Nov 15, will carry out
further tests of the weapon system till
2013 to ensure it is ready for production
by 2014, defence scientists said here.
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India not developing ICBM |
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September 2011
New Delhi. India is not developing any
inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)
that have the capability to strike targets
about 7,500 km away.
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India test-fires n-capaable Shourya missile
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September 2011
New Delhi. India successfully tested its
700-km range nuclear capable indigenous
Shourya (Valour) Missile Sep 24.
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India tests 'Prahar', a new, short range missile
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July 2011
India successfully tested a new, short
range Surface to Surface (SS) missile today
to attack targets as near as 40 km with
destructive power. Its maximum range is
150 km.
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Agni V to Bolster India’s Missile Pack |
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June 2011
New Delhi. India is well on its way of
testing what can be described as its most
ambitiously zealous strategic missile system—the
Agni V, by the end of 2011.
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Military implications of missile-defence |
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June 2011
Moscow. Missile-defence is among the most
discussed issues on the Russian-U.S. agenda,
its prominence primarily explained by Washington's
insistence on deploying forward-based missile-defence
units, elements of a strategic missile-defence
system, not far from Russian borders.
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India successfully test-fires missile interceptor
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March 2011
Bhubaneswar. India has successfully tested
a ballistic missile interceptor yet again
from a defence base in Orissa as part of
its endeavour to create a shield against
incoming enemy missiles.
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BrahMos attracts high-level delegates at IDEX
2011 |
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February 2011
Abu Dhabi. The BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile system has attracted many high-level
delegates, including from the Middle East
region, during the International Defence
Exhibition (IDEX) 2011 at Abu dhabi.
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Brahmos Block III test-fired successfully
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December 2010
New Delhi. Indian scientists have successfully
test-fired the latest Block III version
of the BrahMos supersonic missile with high
maneuvering and steep dive capability.
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BrahMos cruise missile achieves supersonic
dive |
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September 2010
Balasore, Bhubaneswar. In a first in the
military world, the BrahMos cruise missile
jointly developed by India and Russia achieved
a supersonic dive Sep 5 after being fired
from a defence base in Orissa as part of
the trials to fine-tune its capabilities,
an official said.
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India's ballistic missile interceptor successfully
tested |
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July 2010
Balasore (Orissa). India has successfully
tested for the fourth consecutive time a
ballistic missile interceptor from a defence
base in Orissa as part of its endeavour
to create an impregnable shield against
incoming enemy missiles, defence sources
said.
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Precision, lethality and standoff a must for
missiles |
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July 2010
New Delhi. The Indian industry needs to
develop state-ofthe- art missiles with precision
and standoff capability, according to Chief
of Staff of the Indian Army, Gen V K Singh.
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Aegis – A Capability for Regional Security |
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February 2010
Washington. A well-known aphorism among
U.S. government observers is that Washington
D.C. is a city surrounded on all sides by
reality.
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Raytheon
unveils a new Anti-submarine weapon |
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February 2010
Dubai. Raytheon Company has been awarded
a $20.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract
for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3
system upgrades for the State of Kuwait.
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India
does not have an ICBM programme |
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February
2010
New Delhi. With the 3500-km Agni-III all
set for induction after three successful
trials, India is gearing up to test its
5,000-km range Agni-V nuclear tipped missile
in a year's time.
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Raytheon
Awarded $20 Million for Spares to Support
Upgraded Kuwait Patriot Radar Systems |
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November 2009
Dubai. Raytheon Company has been awarded
a $20.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract
for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3
system upgrades for the State of Kuwait.
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Three
Arab Nations Purchase Raytheon AMRAAM |
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November 2009
Dubai. The US government has executed separate
Letters of Offer and Acceptance with three
of its key allies to purchase Raytheon Company's
AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
Missile (AMRAAM).
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India’s
Missile Programme: Augmenting Firepower |
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October 2009
New Delhi . South Asia's feeble political
and strategic equations are reflected in
the volatility of its security arrangements.
The evolution of elements that have been
crucial towards galvanizing India's strategic
response crucially include its missile programme
as an unassailable part of that strategy.
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India’s
Strategic Trump BrahMos |
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July 2009
New Delhi. India’s rise to strategic prominence
in the Indian subcontinent has been well-matched
by the fluidity of its geo-political environment
and, consequently, makes for a strong case
for New Delhi to assume the role of a major
player in shaping the regional order.
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BrahMos
develops Block II for precision strike |
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April 2009
New Delhi. BrahMos Aerospace has developed
the Block II version of its supersonic BrahMos
missile to reduce clutter and home on to
specific targets.
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Indian
Scientists Successfully Intercept Ballistic
Missile |
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March 2009
New Delhi. Indian Scientist have successfully
intercepted a ballistic for the third time
in actual firing tests, promoting confidence
towards building an indigenous ballistic
missile shield beginning 2011.
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Boosting
the Efficiency of Missiles and Launch Vehicles
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January 2009
Bangalore. A team of multi disciplinary
researchers at the Bangalore-based Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) has devised
innovative, simple and cost effective techniques
to improve the efficiency and range of military
missiles and civilian space vehicles moving
at hypersonic five to six times the speed
of sound) speeds.
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India
test fires new Supersonic Missile |
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November 2008
New Delhi. India has successfully test-fired
a new supersonic surface-to-surface missile
(SSM), capable of hitting targets 600 km
away.
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Patriot:
Tried. Tested. Trusted. |
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July 2008
New Delhi. Raytheon, the leading US arms
technology company, is looking forward to
supplying the sophisticated Patriot Anti
Missile Missile System to a dozen countries,
including India.
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Akash
for IAF |
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May 2008
New Delhi. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has
finally decided to home on the indigenous
Akash Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) to protect
its airbases.
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