Seoul/Washington: “North Korea will soon conduct tests of the intercontinental ballistic missiles, capable of reaching up to the United States,” declared the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un. He also indicated that the intercontinental missiles could be launched loaded with ‘hydrogen bombs’.The United States has expressed its outrage at this announcement, while the United States […]
Adelaide: Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull and the French Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian sign an ambitious 37 billion dollar contract. As per the contract, France is to provide 12 state-of-the-art’ stealth submarines’ to Australia. The ‘Shortfin Barracuda’ submarines are to be built by the French shipbuilding company DCNS and the entire construction is to […]
New Delhi : After long deliberations Russia has agreed to lease out its Akula class nuclear submarine to India. The final decision was taken during the discussions held between the Indian Prime Minister and the Russian President in the recently held BRICS meeting at Goa. Along with this important agreement, the two countries also decided to […]
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seek to prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling the export of materials, equipment and technology that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. Source – wikipedia
Tokyo : With the concerns of increased security risks from China and North Korea, Japanese government has begun preparations to sanction a defense budget of $52 billion. A proposal to this effect will be presented in the Japanese parliament in the coming week. This defense budget includes expenses for production of military drones, upgradation of […]
Pretoria (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting South Africa on the last leg of his 4-day African tour, declared that ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ belonged to South Africa as much as he belonged to India. “This visit is an opportunity to pay homage to two of the greatest human souls to have ever walked this earth- Mahatma […]
Seoul, Dated 23rd June (News agency) – The North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un has threatened US by claiming that it can target the US assets in the Pacific Ocean, as they have now successfully tested their intermediate range ballistic missile ‘’Musudan’’. He further said that in any given situation North Korea will not stop […]
Moscow, Dt.26 (Newsagency) – As NATO readies itself in preparedness of its defense systems in European countries, Russia has responded as if in a ‘Tit for Tat’ manner. Last week NATO activated a ‘Missile Defense’ system in Romania, the second phase of which was started at Poland. This was followed by the announcement of Montenegro being […]
Two senior lawmakers have urged that opting for an aggressive stand, Russia again deploy missile systems to Cuba in reply to the US plans that could threaten Russia and its allies. In 1962, challenging the American dominance, Russia had deployed nuclear missiles to Cuba which situation came to be known internationally as the ‘Cuban Missile […]
The co-operation that Iran and Russia share in the defence area is growing firmer with time. Having already supplied the ‘S-300’, a very advanced air defence system to Iran, Russia, it is believed, plans to guide Iran about ‘electronic’ warfare too. In a bilateral meeting the Defence Ministers of both the countries agreed to […]