Berlin: While the German Chancellor Angela Merkel was giving indications about cyber attacks from Russia, the German Council of Ministers has given approval for a new cyber security policy. As a reply to the cyber attacks in the country, the new policy has also approved setting up ‘special squads‘. Within a week Germany is the […]
Tokyo – India and Japan have signed the civil nuclear energy agreement. During the Japan visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, both the countries have agreed upon 10 cooperative deals which include sectors like development of fundamental amenities, Space exploration, agriculture, etc. But the civil nuclear agreement between the two countries has drawn most attention. […]
Beijing : Almost over 1000 soldiers held protests in front of the headquarters of China’s Defense Ministry, to express their discontent against the increased corruption and job cuts of soldiers by China’s ‘People’s Liberation Army’. Retired soldiers of China’s army as well as currently serving soldiers participated in this protest. Such type of anti-government protests […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Pranab Mukherjee amidst angered reactions emerging from the entire nation against the cowardly terrorist attack which took place in Uri in Jammu-Kashmir. Prior to this meeting, Prime Minister Modi chaired a high-level meeting related to defense. As a result the events seem to be picking up […]
Washington : The leaked emails of Colin Powell, the former US Secretary of State, revealed that Israel had 200 nuclear bombs directed at Iran. Therefore should Iran at all be successful in producing nuclear bombs, it cannot even think of using them. It was only last week that Iran had published reports of the deployment of […]
Manila: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who recently created a stir by using derogatory words against the US President Barack Obama, has asked the US to withdraw troops from Southern Philippines. When China’s military activities in the South China Sea are increasing, this statement made by Philippines President Duterte has shocked everyone. One of the senior […]
Washington : Despite the tensions generated between the United States and Saudi Arabia due to the negotiations with Iran, a news has come to the fore that the Obama administration has supplied Saudi Arabia with arms worth $115 billion. The Obama administration is facing strong criticism for extending this aid to Saudi, since Saudi used these […]
Islamabad : Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered a loan of 5.9 billion dollars to Pakistan. Pakistan has asked for an 800 million dollar loan for its energy sector. Till the month of May 2016, the total debt burden on Pakistan has gone up to 1340.30 billion dollars, of which 58.34 billion dollars are in the […]
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is a United States Army anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach.The missile carries no warhead but relies on the kinetic energy of the impact to destroy the […]
Tokyo : Amidst the growing tension with China and North Korea, Japan has shown signs of speeding up its military capabilities. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Government has proposed a military budget of $50 billion to the Parliament which includes fighter jets, drones, Anti- Ship missile system, Chinook helicopters and Air to ship missiles. […]