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WuZhen-2000B is a unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) multi-purpose attack UCAV developed by Guizhou Aviation Industry Group (GAIC).
The UAV is powered by a single WS-11 turbofan engine which sits on top of the empennage between the two V-shaped tail fins. The fins are canted at approximately 40°. The sensor package includes thermal imaging camera, synthetic aperture radar, with images transmitted via a satellite communications antenna in the nose bulge.
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Shi Lang Aircraft Carrier Earlier known as Varyag, Shi Lang Aircraft
Carrier has been refitted successfully and will be put On Sea
Trials by December 2011.
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Russia resumed tests of its troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
It was launched from the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear powered submarine in the White Sea, Col. Igor Konashenkov said.
The launch - 15th in the Bulava's history - was successful "by all
parameters," he said, adding that it hit a designated target on the Kura
test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region some 6,000 kilometers
to the east.
The previous test was conducted on October 29, 2010.
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India
will get lightweight anti-submarines torpedoes to arm the eight P-8I
maritime patrol aircraft it is buying from the US, with the Obama
administration notifying the potential sale to the US Congress on
Tuesday.
The news was welcomed by the US embassy in New Delhi, which said the
sale of Mk-54 torpedoes reflects the mutual benefits of the India-US
security relationship.
The Pentagon has "officially notified" the potential sale of Mk-54 lightweight torpedoes to the Indian Navy.
The Mk-54 is the most advanced lightweight torpedo in the US Navy
inventory and is intended to be employed with the P-8I maritime patrol
aircraft, eight of which are currently under construction for India by
US aerospace major Boeing.
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In the past it Has been Reported that Pakistan is getting 039 class "Songs" or 041
class Yuan class From china But now reports emerge that it is the latest variant of 041 class named "QING"
class submarines for which a deal was inked for 6.
The first Qing class built for Chinese Navy was launched last year and
will be going through the sea trial this month 6/2011 which will include
the firing of CJ-10K LACms with a range of 1,500 KM.
The deal was signed between Wuhan-based China
State Shipbuilding Industrial Corp (CSIC) and Pakistani Government in
April 2011 is for 6 Qing class submarine, These
submarines will be double hulled with a submerged displacement of 3,600
tons. It will be equipped with the new Stirling-cycle AIP and will be
able to carry upto 3 CJ-10K which could carry nuclear warheds, Other
features include hull retractable foreplanes and hydrodynamically
streamlined sail. The AIP and the propulsion systems will be all
electric and not the diesal electric propulsion system making the
submarines very quiet. This propulsion system has already been tested on a number of heavier Chinese submarines.
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These are exciting times for the Indian Air Force after battling years
of obsolescence and depleting fleet strengths, it is now poised for a
major transformation. What does the future hold? In an exclusive
interview, Air Chief Marshall PV Naik, the Chief of Air Staff discusses
his strategy for the transformation of the IAF.
Here's his conversation with NDTV's Security & Strategic Affairs Editor Nitin Gokhale.
NDTV: Let me start by asking you what are the changes that
are being done in the Air Force for the past 3-4 years and what do you
think is going to happen in the next 3-4 years?
PV Naik: The process of change started seven or eight
years back but it is materialising now, which is a very very exciting
thing. Over the next 3-4 years, I expect the IAF to become one of the
most modern air forces in the world. There are lots of things in the
offing - we have aircrafts, equipment, missiles, radars actually we have
a very long list.
If you permit me I will just read out from this just to tell you what all inductions we have planned.
First list is of acquisitions: 126 MMRCA's is
well-known. 214 fifth generation fighter aircrafts that will be coming
around 2017; 42 SU 30's additionally, we require the RFP has been issued
to HAL; 75 trainers - that process is well on its way, two more AWACS
of IL-76 base which we are waiting for; 10 C-17s - another famous deal
cleared by CCS; 80 + 59 medium-lift helicopters; 22 attack helicopters;
12 VVIP helicopters. There are upgrades also going on for weapon
systems: 63 MiG-29's, that upgrade is well on its way in Russia. Mirage
2000 upgrade will be going to the CCS next week and Jaguar
re-engineering, that is another major project for which a new RFP has
been issued now. Missiles, 18 firing units of MRSAM (Medium Range
Surface to Air Missiles), 4 Spyders, 49 SR-SAM that is short range, 8
Aakash missiles.
As far as radars are concerned, Rohinis,
aerostats, medium-power radars, low-level tactical radars, low-level
light weight radars, we have the AFNET which is already active, we have
the MAFI (Modernisation of Airport Infrastructure) which is going on.
The first airfield to convert on to MAFI would be Bhatinda. And we have
the IACCS which is active, so if you see all-round development of the
Air Force is in the offing.
NDTV: Some of the deals are always in focus... for
example, the 126 fighter jets, it's been a long process... and you've
had a technical re-evaluation, flight testing and now you have come down
to two manufacturers. There has been a lot of speculation, a lot of
writing on this - that the Americans and the Russians were very unhappy
and that they in fact went to the extent of saying some of the processes
were unfair... they weren't transparent enough, what do you have to say
to that?
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Northrop Grumman has received and responded to Request for Information
(RFI) issued recently by Indian Ministry. Northrop Grumman
has received necessary permission from United States and has
offered MQ-4C, which is a modified Naval version of combat proven Global Hawk,
improvised for the Maritime surveillance.
MQ-4C also known as Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) UAV based on
Global Hawk and will complement the 737 based Multimission Maritime
Aircraft (MMA), the P-8A Poseidon.
MQ-4C Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) UAV will have 36 hour endurance
and will be able to operate up to 60000 ft against strong winds and
severe weather, and has a payload of 3200 LB .MQ-4C will have 2D AESA
radar providing it 360 degree coverage over vast section of the ocean.
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Russian Arms Exporter has supplied the first batch
of four Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam, head of the company's delegation
at Paris Air Show 2011 said.
Speaking about the share of aircraft
equipment in overall exports of Russian armaments, Sergei Kornev noted
yesterday that it made up 43 percent in 2010.
Normally, this indicator ranges between 45 and 50 percent, and this trend will keep in the near future, Kornev said.
The largest buyers of Russian aircraft are India, Algeria and Vietnam.
According to the Rosoboronexport official, the first four Su-30MK2 fighters had been recently sent to Vietnam.
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Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has launched a small, armed,
unmanned helicopter to expand a widening portfolio in the unmanned
airborne systems market.
Dubbed the R-IHA - the Turkish rotary-wing UAS - the
prototype is expected to achieve first flight in mid-2012, said Gorkem
Bilgi, business development leader at TAI's integrated helicopter
department.
Negotiations are ongoing with several potential customers within
Turkey, including the navy, gendarmerie and national police, he said.
TAI launched the R-IHA programme after detecting a gap in the market
for an unmanned helicopter between 300kg (660lb) and 500kg, Bilgi said.
The prototype design is listed with an endurance of 4h, a maximum
take-off weight of 340kg with a 100kg payload, 10,000ft (3,050m) service
ceiling and a top cruise speed of 100kt (185km/h).
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CATIC president Ma Zhiping is confident that the JF-17 will appear at Dubai air show, which runs from 13-17 November.
Citing strong interest in the JF-17 from countries in Africa and the
Middle East, he said several countries have had test flights of the
low-cost aircraft. A new international buyer for the type is likely to
be announced within the next two to three years.
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Airbus Military and Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI) are combining forces to jointly develop and market a
new version of the Airbus Military C295 platform fitted with an Airborne
Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system produced by ELTA Systems, a
wholly owned IAI subsidiary.
The primary sensor of the AEW&C will be the IAI/ELTA 4th Generation
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar with integrated IFF.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to this effect was signed today at
the Le Bourget Airshow by IAI Corp. VP and ELTA President, Mr. Nissim
Hadas, and Airbus Military CEO Mr. Domingo Ureña. With this agreement,
Airbus Military will expand its mission capability to the Airborne Early
Warning & Command sector, while ELTA will be expanding its
AEW&C fleet to include a turboprop platform.
The C295 AEW&C has been designed to provide high quality 360
Surveillance, creating in real-time an integrated Air and Maritime
Situation Picture and Electronic Order of Battle. The AEW&C
Situation Picture is shared with friendly forces via Network Centric
data links.
A C295 fitted with a rotodome demonstrator is conducting flight trials
from Airbus Military's Seville facility since 8th June. The initial
tests have shown that the aircraft is aerodynamically an excellent
platform for this purpose. ELTA Systems and Airbus Military are now
conducting engineering studies to integrate the mission suite, including
AESA radar, among other sensors, into the aircraft. The aircraft
demonstrator can be seen on the static display at the Le Bourget
Airshow.
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Saudi Arabia has placed a $1.7 billion direct commercial sales contract
with Raytheon Company to upgrade the Kingdom’s Patriot Air and Missile
Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award includes
ground-system hardware, a full training package and support equipment
upgrades.
The announcement came Tuesday at the Paris Air Show where military and
commercial deals are done for both military and civilian aircraft and
technology.
“Raytheon is honored to provide the most technologically advanced air
and missile defense system in the world to Saudi Arabia,” said Tom
Kennedy, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). “We are
pleased that, with this contract, they have shown further confidence in
Raytheon and the superior air and missile defense capabilities of the
Patriot system.”
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Chinese Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (Comac) on Sunday set up
its European office in Paris, the second overseas branch after its U.S.
office, marking a new step for China's aviation industry in opening-up
and international exchanges.
"The establishment of Comac Europe office is very significant. It
represents the strategic cooperation between China and France and will
deepen the two sides' collaboration in aerospace and all areas
concerned," Chinese Ambassador Kong Quan said at an opening ceremony,
citing Europe's influence in global aerospace industry and civil
aviation market.
"Taking self-dependent innovation as the strategic cornerstone, Comac
meanwhile actively conducts international cooperation and draws upon
advanced technologies and experience in global civil aviation
industry...," Comac President Jin Zhuanglong said.
The Chinese aerospace manufacturer has built up cooperative relationship
and partnership with dozens of enterprises and institutions in many
countries and regions since its establishment in May 2008 in Shanghai.
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India
is seriously contemplating to enhance the reach of it's strategic
missiles. The DRDO will carry out preliminary tests of Agni-V in
December this year or early next year. This missile will have a range of
5,000 km.
India
is seriously contemplating to enhance the reach of it's strategic
missiles. The Defence Ministry is considering a proposal to develop
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting targets
10,000 km away.
At present, there is a voluntary cap on
developing missiles beyond 5,000-km range and the ICBM capabilities will
propel India into the elite league of nations possessing the deterrent
with nuclear warheads - China, the US, Russia and the UK.
The
proposal for developing ICBM capabilities was moved by the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) last month and currently
being examined by the Defence Ministry. Since it is a major policy
decision as ICBM has international ramifications and India is a nuclear
weapon State, sources said here on Saturday that the ultimate decision
to go for it would be taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
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US has decided to supply two P3C Orion aircraft to Pakistan
to replace the aircraft that were destroyed in the PNS Mehran attack on
May 22nd.
According to sources, the US will also be supplying F-16 aircraft and its spare parts.
Moreover,
it is also expected that the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral Mike Mullen will soon be visiting Pakistan to convey US
President Barrack Obama’s message, sources added.
Official sources
had earlier told that the destruction of the two four-engine
all-weather P3C Orion aircraft would temporarily affect the Pakistan
Navy’s counter-terrorism and surface and underwater reconnaissance
operations.
The aircraft is designed for surface and underwater
reconnaissance and anti-submarine and anti-surface vessel operations. It
is rated as the fastest turbo-prop long-range maritime patrol (LRMP)
platform used worldwide and is also called the airborne destroyer.
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The Pakistan Navy launched fourth F22P Frigate.
According to a Pakistan Navy spokesman, the ship was built in Karachi
Shipyard and Engineering Works with the help of Chinese engineers.
Pakistan and China had signed a pact in 2005 whereas three ships had already been incorporated in the Pakistan Navy fleet.
The vessel is the fourth F22P Frigate built indigenously at the Karachi shipyard with the Chinese assistance.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has plans to set up four manufacturing
plants for the production of medium multi-role combat aircraft, light
utility helicopter, fifth generation fighter aircraft and multi-role
transport aircraft, a senior company official said today.
HAL Director (Design & Development), N C Agarwal, said the
Bangalore-headquartered company, under the Ministry of Defence, is
looking to set up a new complex for MMRCA.
Government is to buy 18 aircraft under the MMRCA programme from a
foreign manufacturer, with the remaining 108 to be produced by HAL under
licence.
He said the HAL is scouting for a location for manufacture of light
utility helicopter (LUH), and once it''s identified, government approval
would be sought.
Separate factories have also been proposed for fifth generation fighter
aircraft (FGFA) and multi-role transport aircraft he said, adding, as
per initial plans, MTA would be manufactured in Kanpur and FGFA in
Nasik.
Agarwal said work has started on the preliminary design of FGFA.
"Russian team is here (in Bangalore) to train our people", he told PTI.
FGFA is a USD six billion project, to be equally shared by India and Russia.
FGFA would have advanced features such as stealth, super cruise,
ultra-manoeuvrability, highly integrated avionics suite, enhanced
situational awareness, internal carriage of weapons and network centric
warfare capabilities, officials said.
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Eurocopter will give the first public flight presentations of its X3
hybrid helicopter and the EC175 helo at the 2011 Paris Air Show.
Eurocopter, a division of aerospace and defense company EADS, will
also put on display at Le Bourget Airport its enhanced EC145 T2 and
AS350 B3e helicopters; an AS565 Panther outfitted with the Stand Alone
Weapon System (SAWS); the EC135 configured for law enforcement and
customs missions; and a version of the EC175 tailored for search and
rescue operations.
Lutz Bertling, Eurocopter’s President and CEO says, “the X3 is an
excellent example of how we are preparing for the future...I am sure
that professional visitors and the public alike will be impressed by the
X3’s extraordinary flight demonstrations at this year’s Paris Air Show,
which are unequalled in aviation.”
The X3 demonstrator is powered by a five-blade main rotor system
and two propellers on short-span fixed wings – a combination that
delivers excellent vertical takeoff and landing capabilities of a
helicopter, along with aircraft-type fast cruise speeds and
maneuverability, Bertling says.
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India has issued a request for information for a naval multi-role
helicopter (NMRH) to complement its existing fleet of Westland Sea King
42 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.
The RFI calls for helicopters with a maximum all-up weight of between 9t
and 12.5t. The NMRH, which will be expected to serve for 30 years,
should have the capacity for 10% weight growth throughout its service
life without hurting performance.
The navy foresees three primary roles: ASW, anti-surface warfare
(ASuW), and special operations. Secondary roles include electronic
intelligence, search and rescue (SAR), external cargo carrying, casualty
evacuation and combat SAR.
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The 3rd and 4th of six C-130J Super Hercules planes acquired by India in a $950 million deal have left for their new home, Air Force Station Hindon, outside New Delhi.
The remaining two C-130Js on order will be delivered later this summer, the plane's manufacturers Lockheed Martin said announcing the departure of the aircraft from its facility in Marietta, Georgia, Wednesday.
Equipped with an Infrared Detection Set, the aircraft can perform precision low-level flying, airdrops and landing in blackout conditions, Lockheed said.
Self-protection systems and other features are included to ensure aircraft survivability in hostile air defence environments. The aircraft also is equipped with air-to-air receiver refuelling capability for extended range operations, it said.
Source: http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=245506
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Russia and India are mulling a
project for a recoverable rocket-firing drone based on their BraMos
cruise missile. Engineers from the two sides started discussing the
proposal at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday.
The drone will be capable of delivering heavy explosive payloads to targets thousands of kilometres away from its home base.
Source: http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/13/51659683.html
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Turkish Air Force (TurAF) has revealed two indigenously developed
missile systems during the 100th year celebrations at the Cigli airbase
in Turkey’s western province of Izmir. Celebrations consisted of public shows by the world’s leading
air acrobatics teams, including the USAF Thunderbirds and Turkey’s own
Turkish Stars, as well as various other events both on the ground and in
the air.
Developed by TUBITAK-SAGE as a result of an ambitious project started in
2006, Turkey’s first indigenous stand-off missile is designed for
destroying both fixed and large moving targets at a range of over 180
kilometers. Currently referred to by the TurAF as SOM, it can be used as
a precision strike weapon against both land or sea targets.
TUBITAK-SAGE officials who spoke at the Cigli airshow said
that the initial demonstartion flights of the prototypes were completed
successfully at undisclosed locations and the delivery of a first batch
of missiles to TurAF would take place by the end of 2011 following more
vigorous live firing tests scheduled for the rest of the year.
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A top Iranian commander says the country's military has developed the technology to spot and intercept radar-evading aircraft.
“The (Iranian) Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base is capable of
detecting, identifying, intercepting and countering different types of
radar-evading planes and enemy's cruise missiles... in the country's
skies,” said Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili.
“In order to spot, identify, intercept and deal with enemy spy planes,
we will tap into the country's full potential,” he added.
The top Iranian commander further underlined that the Islamic Republic
remains vigilant against Israeli and US military threats.
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Pakistani pilots flying modernised versions of the
1970s-vintage F-16 Falcon fighter have beaten the RAF's brand-new
Eurofighter Typhoon superfighters during air combat exercises in Turkey,
according to a Pakistani officer.
Analysis:
The RAF Typhoon, formerly known as the Eurofighter, should nonetheless
have been vastly superior in air-to-air combat whether BVR or close in
within visual range (WVR). The cripplingly expensive, long-delayed
Eurofighter was specifically designed to address the defects of its
predecessor the Tornado F3 – famously almost useless in close-in,
dogfighting-style air combat. The Typhoon was meant to see off such
deadly in-close threats as Soviet "Fulcrums" and "Flankers" using
short-range missiles fired using helmet-mounted sight systems: such
planes were thought well able to beat not just Tornados but F-16s in
close fighting, and this expectation was borne out after the Cold War
when the Luftwaffe inherited some from the East German air force and
tried them out in exercises.
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The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the country’s final
arbiter on defense and security issues, has approved the purchase of ten
C-17 Globemaster III heavy lift aircraft.
The order is expected to be worth USD 4.1 billion.
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Source: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=114778
Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, who revealed the existence
of Operation Gladio, has told Italy’s oldest and most widely read
newspaper that the 9-11 terrorist attacks were run by the CIA and
Mossad, and that this was common knowledge among global intelligence
agencies.
The evidence that Mossad planned 911 using Arab patsies is overwhelming;
Mossad were caught filming the attack from Liberty Park and then later
said on Israeli TV that they were sent there to document (they along
with nearly 200 Mossad were rounded up and sent back to Israeli in the
weeks following the attack, preventing the FBI from questioning them).
Only 5 Israeli's died in the WTC attack; 3 on the airplanes and 2 in the
buildings. It is a fact unexplainable by Zionists apologists that
Idigo, and Israeli messaging service sent a warning in Hebrew worldwide
that a terror attack would happen in a few hours on the day of the
attack. The only country to have benefitted militarily and economically
is Israeli from the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.
The
evidence of demolition in WTC 7 is obvious and the 911 commission didn't
even try to explain how a steel building with internal fires could
SUDDENLY COLLAPSE IN ABOUT 9 SECONDS something that has never happened
before. Of course the 'magic passport' supposedly found as rubble was
raining down by a well dressed passerby who never identified himself and
turned into the FBI was convenient. You have seen the chaos, the flying
bodies and debris, screaming terrified people running from the WTC; so
just why would a passport be picked up on the street and how could it
have survived with NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE from the plane is beyond anyone to
explain.
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Russian military experts forecast that Western nations will have 80,000
cruise missile by 2020, a deputy commander of the Russian General Staff
said on Saturday.
"We expect Western countries to have at least 80,000 cruise missiles by
2020, including about 2,000 of them nuclear-powered," Gen. Igor Sheremet
said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
He added these missiles are clearly not simply designed for drilling or intimidation purposes.
"They can deliver disarming or even 'decapitation' strikes," Sheremet said.
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India’s plans to modernise its ageing air force have triggered a
tit-for-tat Pakistani programme that could exacerbate strategic tensions
in South Asia, officials and analysts told "The National".
Defence analysts said the planned air force expansions were part of an
arms race between India and Pakistan that dates back to the 1960s and
the height of the Cold War.
The South Asian neighbours, both of which possess nuclear arsenals, have
fought three wars and as many regionalised conflicts since gaining
independence from British colonial rule in August 1947.
Siemon Wezeman, senior fellow at the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute’s arms transfer programme, said: "Although India and
Pakistan deny it, an arms race is on. India wants to become a regional
power, and is building its arsenal accordingly, while Pakistan wants to
maintain a rough parity for survival" in the event of another conflict
His comments came after an announcement by the Pakistani minister for
defence, Ahmed Mukhtar, that Pakistan is to acquire 50 advanced JF-17
Thunder warplanes, to be co-produced with China at a factory about 50km
west of Islamabad.
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Source:The Economic Times
India will test its 5,000-km Inter-Continental ballistic missile (ICBM), often
termed the China killer For its ability to reach the
northernmost areas of that country,At The end of 2011. The head of a premier defence
research agency said on Friday when Defence Minister AK Antony
asked for the expeditious development of the Agni-V
missile system.
DRDO has developed a spectrum of missiles with a different range
and payload capability. Now, DRDO must demonstrate its capability to
reach a range of 5,000 km at the earliest, Antony said at a function at
the research agency.
DRDO chief
VK Saraswat , who was present beside Antony, said Agni-V
will be tested by the end of this year.
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Source:The Times OF India
Indian plan to bolster Air defence surveillance network, IAF will
commission a spanking new Israeli medium-power radar (MPR) at Naliya in
Gujarat this week.
"This state-of-the-art radar, to be named
Arudhra, is being inducted towards strengthening the air defence in the
Saurashtra-Kutch region and constitutes an important component in IAF's
plan to achieve network-centric operations," said an officer.
IAF
chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik will be inducting the radar, which has
a range of over 300 km, at the Naliya airbase on Friday after the
commanders' conference of the South-Western Air Command.
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Source:RIA Novosti
Indian Navy is disappointed with Russia's last- minute cancellation
of joint naval Exercise in the Pacific Ocean in April, Chief of Naval
Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma said.
The Indian Navy task force consisting of three destroyers - INS
Delhi, INS Ranvir, and INS Ranvijay, corvette INS Kirch, and tanker INS
Jyoti called at Pacific Fleet's main base in Vladivostok on April 18-23.
Russia reported the arrival of Indian warships as a friendly visit,
but the Indian side claims the program of the visit originally included
joint drills, which were cancelled by the Russians at the last moment.
"Vladivostok is nearly 5,000 miles away from here [India]. So for us
to plan a deployment of ships all the way there takes a lot of planning
and costs lots of money to deploy ships at such distances," Verma said
in an exclusive interview.
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MiG aircraft Coporation delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said.
"A flight training simulator and other technical equipment has also been delivered," MiG said in a statement on Monday.
The two countries signed a contract stipulating the supply of 12
single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs to India in January
2004. The contract is part of a $1.5-billion deal to deliver the Admiral
Gorshkov aircraft carrier, currently being retrofitted in Russia for
the Indian Navy.
India's first four MiG-29Ks and MiG-29KUBs officially entered service in February 2010.
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The terrorist attack on Karachi's Mehran Naval Station on May 22 was
conceived and launched by India with the primary objective of killing
the Chinese engineers present there, a Pakistani newspaper has claimed,
citing 'informed sources'.
Four to six Taliban terrorists had entered PNS Mehran on May 22,
destroying two maritime surveillance aircraft and killing ten military
personnel during their 17-hour siege of the naval air base.
"India is the only country in the region that feels troubled by the
Pakistan Navy, which had awfully beaten the Indian Navy in Operation
Dwarka of 1965. Since then, it has been an earnest desire of India to
harm the Pakistan Navy but it was perhaps not possible on the battle
front, hence it struck the PNS Mehran," The News quoted sources as
saying.
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