Beijing: China, who is preparing to compete with the US in a global arms race, recently tested the ‘Mother of all Bombs’ (Massive Ordinance Air Blast – MOAB). The leading Chinese daily claimed that MOAB was an alternative to China’s nuclear bomb. The daily adds that it was in retaliation to the US’ MOAB which the […]
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Washington: Patrick Shanahan, the new Secretary of Defence warned that there is fierce competition for dominance at the international level and China is the biggest threat to the United States. Shanahan pointed out that for the next year, China will be the focus of US Defence Policies, consistently referring to China during a meeting in […]
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Kiev/Moscow: “There’s a war going on, initiated by Russia… and this war is raging at the sea too, since 2014. Whether we want and don’t want to lay low at bases and offices; we have to fulfil our duties regarding the protection of our sovereign interests. And the sovereign interests of Ukraine apply to the […]
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Tehran: ‘Iran is keenly following the movements of the US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. We will not allow the US warships to enter Iranian waters. If the United States attempts to do so, it will face strong Iranian retaliation,’ Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, a senior official of the Iranian navy warned. Only last […]
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Taipei: China disturbed by the visit of the US warships to Taiwan, registered its protest by sending its bombers, fighter jets and surveillance planes close to the Taiwanese airspace. China said that there was nothing special in it and was a part of the routine exercise. It was reported that Taiwan too had despatched its […]
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London: The United Kingdom has jumped into the Ukraine-Russia dispute regarding the rights over the Black Sea and Azov Sea regions. The United Kingdom has deployed a destroyer in Ukraine saying ‘The Black Sea does not belong to Russia.’ British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson has said that the deployment of HMS Echo is a warning […]
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Washington: Iran with a bolstered confidence due to the US withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan had challenged the US aircraft carrier deployed in the Persian Gulf. Nearly 30 patrol vessels of the Iranian navy fired rockets at the US aircraft carrier sailing through the Persian Gulf. The representative of an international news agency sailing on […]
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Washington: A study group linked to the US government has warned ‘Although the United States is known to have the largest and the strongest navy, there is a major threat to the US Navy from Russia and China. The US navy will lose its might because of the anti-warship missiles of these two adversaries.’ The […]
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has sanctioned an essential increase in the defence expenditure and has indicated a provision of $750 bn for this purpose. As per the sources, this sanction was given after his meeting with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. President Trump has consistently stressed on increasing the capabilities of the defence […]
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New Delhi: The Indian defence forces are performing joint war exercises with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia. These include ‘Cope India’ air exercises with the United States, ‘Indra Navy 2018’ with Russia and ‘Exercise Konkan’ with the British navy. These exercises will hugely benefit the Indian defence forces and the military importance of […]
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