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Decisive shift India allocates $ 18 Bn for military equipment

Posted on by india defence | 1150 Views | 2 min read

An allocation of almost $ 18 billion, under what is called the ‘Capital head’ of its budget, is the largest increase in 15 years when calculated on an year-on-year basis. It also almost doubles the allocation within past four years. In the budget presented in February 2017 the allocation was Rs 69,473 Crore ( approx $ 9.26 billion).

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India-Israel partnership now has Army version MRSAM with 100 Km range

Posted on by india defence | 1092 Views | 3 min read

The Missile with a strike range of 100 kms has been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in a collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The new generation missile is aimed to neutralise airborne threats — jets, missiles, UAV’s, rockets, including projectiles launched simultaneously. The missile can travel at ‘Mach 2’.

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Lockheed & Boeing top arms sales; EDGE breaks in

Posted on by india defence | 1310 Views | 5 min read

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), headquartered EDGE, has broken into the top 25, making it the first company from the middle east to break into the exclusive club dominated by US, European, Russia and Chinese companies.

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Australia US announce joint hypersonic missile

Posted on by india defence | 903 Views | 3 min read

Clearly the missile is aimed at stopping the enemy far away from shores and the announcement comes in the middle of spat Australia has had with China after a spokesperson in Beijing tweeted a fake image of an Australian soldier killing a Afghan child.

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BrahMos-II and LR-LACM, could be India’s ‘hypersonics’

Posted on by india defence | 1747 Views | 4 min read

The hypersonic means the existing BrahMos cruise missile will travel faster and the versatile long range land attack cruise missile (LR-LACM) launched from multiple platforms.

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Chinese hackers stole drawings &designs of engines and military projects

Posted on by india defence | 2233 Views | 4 min read

The Grand Jury concluded that Chinese nationals Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, were working with the Chinese Secret Service , the Ministry of State Security (MSS), and other agencies of the Chinese government to steal intellectual property over a period of more than 10 years.

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Australia rejects Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

Posted on by india defence | 2506 Views | 4 min read

Australia, a significant ally of India, US and Japan, has shed its ‘reticence’ on the South China Sea and ‘rejected’ China’s expansive maritime claims while terming these ‘inconsistent’ with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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