The Indian Navy's first indigenously developed nuclear submarine, INS Arihant is set to undergo Nirbhay and another missile tests later this month. “The missile test from the nuclear-powered submarine is aimed at paving the path for handing over it to the Indian Navy during the International Fleet Review in Visakhapatnam in February next year,” Indian Media quoted unnamed defense ministry sources as saying Monday
North Korea has showcased a new version of intercontinental ballistic missile that has range of 10,000 kilometres in a military parade. The improved version of the KN-08 missile has a modified warhead, Yonhap news agency reported today
Korea's Samsung Techwin and its Indian partner Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has won a Rs $750 million order to supply the Indian Army with 100 self-propelled (SP), tracked howitzers. Indian publication Business Standard reported that the defence ministry has written to L&T and Samsung informing them that their gun - called the K-9 Vajra - has cleared army trials conducted in 2013 and 2014
South Korea in a move to counter North Koreas advancing nuclear and a missile capability is insistent to finish the development of ballistic missiles with range of 800 kilometers by 2017. "The Agency for Defense Development has proposed the year 2017 as the time frame for the extension of its ballistic missiles' range in a five-year development plan," Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed government official as saying Wednesday
Russia has test fired a new ground-launched SSC-X-8 cruise missile this month, which an anonymous Obama administration official has claimed is a violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. Russia launched the missile on Sept
Russia's stationing of Iskander missiles at Kaliningrad in retaliation to US upgrade of German nuclear arms might trigger nuclear race in Europe. Russia on Wednesday said that it will station Iskander ballistic missile as counter-measures if US upgrades nuclear arms in Germany
India is likely to become a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) that would enable the nation to get close to technology control regimes. The move is supported by the US which has indicated it would to share sensitive technologies such as armed drone with India if the former signs up for the MTCR
Airbus has developed a Counter-UAV System to detect illicit intrusions over critical areas at long ranges and offers electronic countermeasures minimizing the risk of collateral damage. “All over the world, incidents with universally available small drones have revealed a security gap with regards to critical installations such as military barracks, airports or nuclear plants,” Thomas Müller, head of the electronics business line at Airbus Defense and Space said in a statement Thursday
Saab has delivered Automatic Warning and Reporting (AWR) system to a customer in Kuwait for the detection, identification, warning, monitoring and reporting of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards. The system, which is a flexible, modular and future-proof solution, can be operated from fixed locations, carried by personnel or mounted on vehicles, the company announced today
Russia has put its Kirov class nuclear battle cruiser, Pyotr Veliky for repairs. The Pyotr Velikys repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard near Murmansk are geared to keep the ship, which was commissioned in 1996, on the water until 2018, when its expected that the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk would have space to begin an extensive modernization of the battle cruiser, Russian Media reported Friday