Pakistan is funding its navy with only about 10 per cent of the total defence budget, making even the day-to-day operations such as maintenance and repairs a challenge. On the other hand, its neighbouring country India is acquiring warships, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines to build up its naval fleet, it emerged during a media briefing about the maritime exercise Seaspark 2015, Dawn reported today
India had enough weapon-grade plutonium to possess an estimated stock of atomic weapons in the range of 75-125 in 2014 compared to Pakistans 110-130 nuclear warheads during the same period. In a report published Monday by US based Institute for Science and International Security, India has one of the largest nuclear power programs among the developing nations
India and Russia may have reached an understanding on three multi-billion dollar defence deals at the Intergovernmental Commission for Military- Technical Cooperation (IGC-MTC), which was held in Moscow yesterday. Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was in Moscow for the IGC-MTC, signed a military- technical cooperation agreement with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, news agencies reported without giving out details of the agreement
The US and South Korea have jointly considered implementing plan to detect, disrupt and destroy North Korean missiles carrying nuclear as well as biochemical warheads. US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo approved the implementation of a plan if needed; following the raising attack threats of North Korea
Boeing and Lockheed Martin team are interested in knowing how the Long Range Strike-Bomber competition was scored in terms of price and risk. In a response to the US Air Forces decision to award Northrop Grumman with the $60 billion LRSB contract, Boeing and Lockheed Martin in a joint statement released Tuesday said that they were disappointed with the announcement
Russia has offered to lease another nuclear submarine to India if an agreement for the same is signed at the summit between the two nations in December. The possibility of leasing a second submarine from Russia will be studied during Indias Defense Minister Manohar Parrikars visit to Moscow next week, Tass quoted a Defense Ministry source as saying Monday
The US Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman to develop its new Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). The contract, worth an estimated $60 billion is dubbed the world's single biggest aerospace project since the F-35 contract for Lockheed Martin over a decade ago
Russia is working on upgrading the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system before delivery to Iran. "The Russian-built S-300 air defense system will be modernized before being delivered to Iran, given the fact that the original contract was struck a long time ago," said Vladimir Kozhin, President Vladimir Putins aide on military and technical cooperation, on Thursday to an Iranian news agency Press TV
Russia has planned to replace the flagship cruiser of the Navy's Northern Fleet, Pyotr Velikiy, with nuclear guided-missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov by 2020. "The Admiral Nakhimov is scheduled for maintenance," Navy Deputy Commander Rear Adm
The US is preparing to sell eight new f-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite Islamabad admitting a day ago that it has small tactical nuclear weapons aimed at India. The sale plans, not yet made official by Washington come despite persistent concerns about Pakistans ties with Taliban and quickly expanding nuclear arsenal, various media reported today