Washington: Many countries in South Asia are developing an advanced and diverse range of ballistic and cruise missiles. Given the developments, the United States has discussed potential missile defence cooperation with India. It is a natural outgrowth of India‘s status as a Major Defense Partner. Also, New Delhi was a ‘key element’ in America’s Indo-Pacific […]
Moscow/Washington: The Russian military tested the Avangard, hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile capable of achieving speeds of up to 20 times that of the speed of sound. The tests were conducted in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he claimed that no missile defence system in the world could neutralise the missile. However, the […]
Beijing: There is tension raging between the United States and China over the trade war and the South China Sea. In this situation, China demonstrated a hypersonic missile capable of destroying a warship in a single strike. It seems to have issued a warning to the United States with its statement that these cruise missiles […]
Moscow: It has been revealed that against the background of the major war exercises held by NATO and the consistent imposition of sanctions by the United States and the European countries, the Russian Nuclear Strategic Forces conducted huge war exercises. As per the information received from the Russian military, Russia tested nuclear weapons in all […]
Tehran: Iran has added to the tensions brewing with the United States over the sanctions and its huge war exercises in the Persian Gulf by announcing the deployment of anti-aircraft systems on the patrol vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian navy cautioned that this would make it easy to target the enemy aircraft and […]
Pyongyang: The North Korean Dictator, Kim Jong-Un made a sensational announcement that North Korea has attained a certified nuclear capability and that it will not conduct nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches in the future. The International community including the United States, China and South Korea have collectively welcomed this announcement. However, Japan has […]
Moscow: Russia announced its intention to test the intercontinental-range ballistic missile Satan-2. The tests were announced by the Russian Chief of General Staff ‘Valery Gerasimov’. The ‘Voevoda’ or ‘Satan’ missiles deployed with the Russian armed forces are claimed to have a range of more than 11,000 km. According to the NATO officials, this missile which […]
Beijing: The Chinese Premier made the statement, ‘China will keep upgrading in war preparedness and all the aspects of military training. The interests related to sovereignty, security and development of the country will be protected firmly and with conviction. The circumstances concerning security are changing fast and China has to counter it. In view of […]
Beijing: China who has been trying to command authority over the disputed area of ‘South China Sea’ with artificial islands and military forces, also started making moves to dominate the ‘Asia-Pacific’ and ‘Indian Ocean’ region. China has developed the ‘Blue Water Navy’, for keeping control over the oceanic area all over the world and has […]
Washington: There is a major threat to the US security from China and Russia. Both these countries are rapidly developing anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles; and China and Russia will have the capability to destroy all the US satellites by 2020, was the worry expressed by the US defence headquarters ‘Pentagon’. A leading daily in the US […]