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A Turkish reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Anka which has
been designed in-house, carried out its first successful two-hour
test flight and is now ready for use, the Zaman newspaper reports.
The Turkish Armed Forces plans to use the UAV Anka in combating
terrorism. Earlier, Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz said tthe UAV
will go into service in 2012 and will be used in military operations
from April.
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India is experiencing a wave of protests against the construction of
Russian nuclear power plants. Public fears, fuelled by the Fukushima
accident and exacerbated by the regional politicians’ populist slogans,
may provoke a chain reaction of problems, hampering power generation
development and depriving the Indian economy.
Russian and Indian nuclear experts cannot meet to discuss the launch of
Kudankulam NPP’s first unit because of public protests, Alexander
Glukhov, the head of the Russian contractor, Atomstroyexport, told the
media. This could set back the deadline for the launch of the plant,
which is being built with Russia’s assistance.
Tensions in Tamil Nadu, where the nuclear power plant is being built,
started growing early this year and resulted in a public blockade of the
construction site by local public activists in the fall. They are
protesting for environmental reasons, and their concerns have only grown
following the Fukushima tragedy in Japan. Unsure of what would happen
next, the Indian regulators are procrastinating with the issue of
permits to commission the power plant.
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Chief
of Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila said on Thursday that
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is fully cognizant of its defence needs and is
exploiting all avenues to deter country’s adversaries.Addressing the
Graduation Ceremony of No 127th GD (P), 71st Engineering and 85th Air
Defence Courses and Commissioning Parade of 129th GD (P), 75th
Engineering and 11th A&SD Courses here at PAF Academy, he said, “A
strong Air Force is an indispensable instrument for ensuring the
security and sanctity of our air space”. Admiral Asif Sandila said,
“Pakistan is a forward looking country and believes in peaceful
co-existence but guards its sovereignty and freedom with utmost dignity
and honour”.
Congratulating the passed out Graduating and Commissioning
Under Training Officer and Cadets, he said, “As you would assume your
duties in this arena of technological advancements and changing warfare
scenario, it will define your careers.Remember, your goal is to make our
country strong to boldly face any aggressor who dares to trespass its
sovereign boundaries.”
He also appreciated the Lady Graduates and Commissioned Officers and
said, their role would be source of inspiration for other women of the
country.
On his arrival at PAF Academy, the chief guest was received by Air Chief
Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force.
He reviewed the Parade and presented the Quaid-e-Azam Banner to the Champion Squadron of the Academy.
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Major General Anders Silwer, Commander Swedish Air Force visited Air Headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday.
On his arrival at Air Headquarters, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman,
Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force received the distinguished
guest.
A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Air Force presented the
Guard of Honour, says a press release issued here. After reviewing the
Guard of Honour, he was introduced to Principal Staff Officers of
Pakistan Air Force.
The visiting guest paid homage to the martyrs of PAF by laying floral wreath on Martyrs’ Monument at Air Headquarters Islamabad.
He
also called on Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman in his office. Both
remained together for some time and discussed matters of professional
interest.
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An anti-satellite missile that can put in the leaage of countries
like the US and China is feasible with Agni III intergrated with a
satellite kill vehicle, according to DRDO Chief and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister V K Saraswat.
Delivering a lecture on ‘DRDO, the Challenges Ahead’ at Air Marshal Y V
Malse Memorial Lecture at the University of Pune, Saraswat said,
“Developing such a missile is feasible if Agni III and BMD (ballistic
Missile Defence) kill vehicle are integrated. The effective range, which
is about 1400-1500 km, is sufficient to engage a satellite.”
Air Chief Marshal (Retd) P V Naik and Air Marshal (Retd) Bhushan Gokhale were also present on the occasion.
India has been reportedly developing an exo-atmospheric kill vehicle
that can be integrated with the missile to engage satellites. Only the
US, Russia and China have developed such anti-satellite weapon.
During the 90-minute lecture, Saraswat touched upon a number of issues pertaining to DRDO and defence production in general. After
the failure of Kaveri engine for India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
Tejas, which is fitted with GE 404/ 414 engines, Saraswat said there was
the need to start yet another programme for development of a new engine
for the ongoing Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). “While upgrade
of Kaveri engine can continue, a new engine with variable cycle can be
developed for AMCA,” he said, adding, “If we as nation are able to
operationalise AMCA by 2030, we will be doing fairly good as far as IAF
aircraft inventory is concerned.”
AMCA, being developed by HAL, is expected to fit between MMRCA and
LCA. “Advanced integrated controls, reduced infrared signatures,
advanced avionics, stealth materials such as radar absorbing paint,
advanced composites and hypersonic materials are some areas that need
further development. Further, production facilities at HAL also need to
go hand in hand for which an upgrade is required at HAL,” he said.
He also spoke about a number of futuristic developments required in the
era of cyber/ network centric warfare. “The idea of solar powered
aircraft should have occurred to us. The development of such aircraft
has certain challenges like development of avionic sensors, energy
consumption-to-collection ratio, geographic areas of operation, weather
and so on,” he said.
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A South African Air Force Saab Gripen D fighter is expected to perform
the first live firing of an A-Darter short-range air-to-air missile
later this month, advancing a joint project with Brazilian industry.
Launched in April 2007 under a 66-month development and production
programme co-funded by the Brazilian and South African air forces, the
A-Darter is intended to arm the services' respective Northrop F-5EM/FM
and future F-X2 fighters, and Gripen and BAE Systems Hawk 120 aircraft.
Worth $130 million, the project involves Denel Dynamics and a group of
Brazilian companies headed by Mectron. Production activities should
start in 2013, with Brazil's air force expecting the missile to enter
service the following year.
Launch trials with the new weapon are scheduled to take place at South
Africa's Overberg test range. Ground seeker tests concluded in January
and captive carriage flight trials were completed in March, following
the delivery of a first test missile to Saab in Sweden last September.
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Iranian experts announced that they have designed and developed an electromagnetic gun that fires steel bullets without explosive propellant.
The home-made advanced gun (Railgun) enjoys a capability to fire thirty 8mm steel bullets per minute at targets.
The gun needs 2 seconds to recharge after each shot and fires bullets at a velocity of 330 meters per second (about the speed of the sound).
The gun's specification, including its high technology, soundlessness and its ability to fire bullets without explosive propellant has made it desirable for guarding important persons, protecting ammo caches, oil and gas installations and refineries and other vital centers and remote-protection of military and other sensitive and vital sites and facilities.
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Indo-Russian Joint project to develop a multi-role transport aircraft is
facing hurdles after the Centre raised objections over the business plan
proposed by Moscow for the project.
India was "not satisfied" over the business plan submitted by the
Russian side as there was nothing much for its engineers and scientists
to do in the development of the proposed aircraft, Defence Ministry
sources said here.
Defence Minister AK Antony had expressed India's views on the issue to
his Russian counterpart Anatoly E Serdyukov during his visit to the
European nation earlier this month for the 11th meeting of the
India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical
Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC).
The two sides have now decided to hold a meeting next month to iron out the differences, the sources said.
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President Hu Jintao has urged the country's military industry to improve
its quality and efficiency in weaponry research and production so as to
promote the modernization of national defense and the army.
Hu made the remarks in a congratulatory letter addressed to a meeting
held Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the
country's military industry.
In October 1931, the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee set up a weapons factory in a
village in east China's Jiangxi Province, marking the birth of the
country's military industry.
Over the past 80 years, the industry has transformed from improvising
indigenous methods to making guns and ammunition to independently
developing state-of-the-art weaponry, realizing a comprehensive
industrial system featuring modern science and technology for national
defense.
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Foreign competitors Indicate willingness to help Korea acquire combat aircraft technology.
Attention is being drawn to what technology foreign competitors can offer for South Korea’s next generation fighter procurement.
Under the “FX-III” project, the Seoul government plans to purchase a
high-end fleet of about 60 fighter jets with a budget of around 8.3
trillion won ($7.3 billion), seeking to deploy them from 2016.
At the same time, it has been pursuing the KF-X project with a budget of
11.1 trillion won since 2000 to replace its aging F-4 and F-5 fighter
jets with KF-16-class indigenous combat aircraft. For this, Korea needs
outside technological support.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, Boeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle and the
Eurofighter Typhoon made by European Aeronautic Defense and Space
Company N.V. are cited as the likely candidates for the FX-III project.
The Seoul government is expected to choose one of them around next October, officials said.
“Technology transfer may be one of the major issues the government will
take into account in selecting the final candidate for the project,” a
government official said, declining to be named.
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Chinese military spending is expected to increase by 12.7% for 2011,
after growth of only 7.5% in 2010. Total expenditure in the official
budget for 2011 is around CNY601bn (up from CNY532bn in 2010). One
reason for the rising spend is to provide for salaries and welfare
services for staff. Another reason is the increasing cost of military
equipment, especially high-tech weapons. A Chinese foreign ministry
spokesperson said that his country's move to modernise its military is
solely to protect national sovereignty and not to target any other
country.
China's military modernisation continues apace. According to a US
Department of Defense's report in August 2011, in 2000, only about 2% of
its platforms were modern. In 2011, 25% of its platforms are modern.
Until now, China has lacked the ability to produce high-performance
engines, especially fighter jet engines. China's aerospace industry is
determined to develop the means to produce these engines, at a cost of
CNY10bn (US$1.5bn) over the next five years: to avoid dependence on
foreign parts suppliers; (b) in case of foreign unwillingness to supply;
to avoid any poor after-sales service; and to be autonomous in aircraft
export sales.
On January 11 2011, the J-20 "Black Eagle" - a 5th-generation,
twin-engine radarevading, stealth fighter aircraft developed by Chengdu
Aircraft Industry Group - made its first known test flight. According
the US Department of Defense report, this aircraft 'will eventually give
the People's Liberation Army Air Force a platform capable of
long-range, penetrating strikes into complex air defence environments'.
China is also developing an aircraft carrier platform. In late July
2011, China announced the inaugural sea trial of its first aircraft
carrier, purchased some time ago from Ukraine. China is also planning to
build two new aircraft carriers. China is also developing an anti-ship
ballistic missile (ASBM) that could be used to target aircraft carriers.
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As concept of security widened in post cold war politics in different
dimensions, its essence of traditional view could not change even in
21st century. Every state of the world shapes conventional notion of
security complying with its own regional environment and requirements.
In Far East and South Asian regions, emergence of China has determined
security issues. Every participant of the region re-securitizes its
strategic policies by itself or by being ally of the USA. Sino-oriented
securitization paradigm has become a pivotal part of international
strategic studies because the USA perceives threats from it to its
geopolitical and strategic interests in the region.
The geopolitical-cum-economic strategic significance of region is
very momentous; as according to Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) of
the UN about 3.1 billion people out of the world’s total 6.4 billion
reside over here; presence of important international maritime transport
route; nuclear proliferation in the form of de jure Indian, Pakistani,
North Korean nuclear programs and having capacity to make nuclear devise
within three to six months by Japan, emergence of marvelous economic
integration in ASEAN under strong Sino-oriented order, existential
presence of world’s 4 major economic hubs (China, India, Japan, ASEAN,
and to some extent South Korea) in this area make it more important,
hence the volatile security situations of the region.
In Far East, there is confrontation between China and USA. As it is
being stated by strategic analysts and experts, Afghan war can be a
cause of the USA’s supremacy in world politics. Therefore, she is
tackling with China with two basic foreign policy
instruments—encirclement and management—over Far East theatre. The sole
superpower wants her hegemony in the region and has strong allies in the
form of Japan, South Korea (SK) and Taiwan to support her ambitions.
Starting from Taiwan issue, China considers it as an integral part with
mainland China.
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The
Chinese military has reportedly built a huge underground tunnel network
from which nuclear missiles can be deployed.
China's strategic missile squadron, the
Second Artillery Division, has built an "Underground Great Wall"
stretching for more than 5,000km in the north of the country, according
to a report in Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao on Saturday. Citing the People's
Liberation Army's official newsletter, the paper said the underground
tunnel system has been built to conceal nuclear weapons to ensure the
nation's second strike capability.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, the tunnel network, reportedly
hundreds of meters underground, has been under construction since 1995
and can withstand several nuclear attacks. A documentary broadcast by
CCTV in March 2008 revealed that the PLA had been building underground
facilities enabling it to launch a counterstrike in case of a first
strike scenario. The news has received very little attention both in the
west and in Asia, despite the vast scale of the project.
"The early version of China's mid- to long-range missiles had all
been deployed above ground and were vulnerable to detection by spy
satellites and attacks by interceptor missiles. That prompted the
Chinese military to move all of their missiles hundreds of meters
underground," reported Taiwan's Asia-Pacific Defense Magazine. PLA
squadrons deployed below ground would be completely undetectable.
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The Indian Navy is all set to increase its officer and sailor strength by 10-15 per cent who would be deployed on all new ships, submarines and aircraft to be inducted in the next five years for maintaining the combative edge in the Indian Ocean region.
Outlining the road map to its top commanders here on Friday, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said contracts for five Offshore Patrol Vessels, two Cadet Training Ships, eight Amphibious Landing Craft and Fast Interceptor Craft concluded in the last few months. Besides these vessels, the Navy is getting large ships like two aircraft carriers, nine nuclear and conventional submarines and a large number of destroyers and frigates, which are under constructions at various ship yards in India and abroad.
On the aviation side, the first batch of MiG 29K aircraft for Vikramaditya had been inducted this year. The first flight of the P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft took place in September and the first aircraft is on schedule for induction in 2013. The Navy plans to induct as many as 12 of them. Sustaining the new platforms would require an increase in manpower.
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India on Thursday cleared a repeat order worth Rs.1,350 crore ($275
million) for 650 armoured recovery and repair vehicles for its 1,500
T-72 Ajeya main battle tanks.
The Cabinet Committee on Security, which met here under the chairmanship
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cleared the defence ministry's
proposal and approved the orders to be placed with defence public sector
undertaking Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), according to government
sources.
The defence PSU will build the armoured recovery and repair vehicles
through technology transfer from Polish company Bumar, with which it had
signed an agreement on this, the sources said.
BEML and Bumar came together in February 2003 when they signed a memorandum of understanding.
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Currently 603 Institute, XAC and SAC are developing an advanced 4-engine
large transport (Y-20?) which is smaller than American C-17 and based
upon some IL-76MD technology. As the result assistance was sought from
Antonov Design Bureau in 2008. Its max payload was expected to be around
50t and max TO weight >200t. Fitted with high-lift devices along the
wing leading and trailing edges, the aircraft is capable of taking off
from relatively short and unpaved runways, making many temporary
airfields behind the battlefield accessible. Currently it is unclear
whether the aircraft will have an IFR probe installed or not. The
prototypes and the initial batch may be powered by Russian
D-30KP-2/WS-18 turbofans, later by the modified WS-10 (WS-118?). A
full-scale metal mock-up (head section) of Y-20 was constructed by 2008
and the first flight is projected in 2012. On August 20, 2009 SAC
started to build the rear fuselage of the first prototype. It was
reported (April 2010) that the full-scale mock-up was completed in early
2010. It was also rumored that the aircraft might serve as the testbed
for the Chinese airborne laser weapon prototype similar to American
YAL-1 which is thought to be under development. In addition the next
generation of medium transport aircraft was believed to be under
development at XAC/603 Institute as well, powered by two modified WS-10
turbofans. Its max payload is around 25t.
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A JH-7 Chinese fighter crashed Friday at an air show in northwest
China's Shaanxi Province, but no casualties were reported, authorities
said.
At the air show in Pucheng County, the jet -- known as Flying Leopard --
plunged to the ground and exploded but television footage showed the
pilot had ejected and parachuted before the crash, the official Xinhua
news agency reported. Witnesses were also quoted as saying the pilot
ejected.
Xinhua reporters said the air show went on despite the incident. The
three-day event opened Friday as part of the China International General
Aviation Convention being held in Xi'an, capital city of Shaanxi.
Shanghai Daily.com said the jet was performing at the show. It said it
was not known, however, whether the pilot's parachute opened fully.
An ambulance was dispatched to the crash site to attend to the pilot.
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While the third week of September saw an orchestrated verbal
onslaught on Pakistan by the US policymakers and military brass,
alleging it of providing support to the Haqqani network, there remains
an eerie silence in US politico-military circles about the string of
Taliban attacks on Pakistani border posts in Dir, Bajaur and Chitral. These
large-sized attacks sporadically delivered during the last one year
were launched from areas under the operational control of the US-led
ISAF and their sidekick, the Afghan National Army (ANA), and were
organised by well entrenched TTP and Afghan Taliban factions from bases
maintained in border areas of Afghanistan.
The US desperate urgings for the overstretched Pak Army to commence
operations against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan stand in
marked contrast to its turning a Nelson’s eye to the anti-Pakistan
witches’ brew viciously bubbling in the areas under US control on the
Afghan side of the border. What is hard to stomach is that while the
Kabul attack on the US Embassy, precipitating no casualty was treated as
an act of war, Washington has persistently refused to accept
responsibility for scores of casualties among Pakistani troops caused by
the Afghan Taliban and the TTP fighters operating out of Nooristan and
Kunar provinces.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
says the United States and the Israeli regime must be held accountable
as they are the root cause of the problems of nations.
According to Press TV, Ahmadinejad stressed the importance of unity
among justice-seeking nations and said they must not be misdirected and
should direct their rage towards the US and the Zionist regime.
He said, “The foundation of dictatorship is created by colonialist and arrogant powers”.
The Iranian president said the people of the world are unhappy with
the current situation, but unlike the past when they were denied a voice
to express their demands, the international wave in today's world
enables them to enter the decision-making stage to shape their future.
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Rolls-Royce has completed the first lift fan for the Lockheed
Martin F-35B to be produced at a $13 million final assembly plant opened
17 months ago.
The London, UK-headquartered manufacturer was
due to deliver the first module - the 12th lift fan to be completed
overall - to Lockheed on 4 October.
The roughly 1,220kg (2,690lb)
lift fan activates in short take-off and vertical landing modes for the
F-35B, generating an output of 19,000lb-thrust (85kN).
The fan combines with a three-bearing swivel nozzle in the exhaust and twin roll posts.
The
overall system creates 40,700lb-thrust, allowing the F-35B to hover and
take-off from the US Marine Corps' LHD-class amphibious carriers.
Rolls-Royce
expects the new facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, to build 84 lift
fans each year - although expected commitments for the F-35B have fallen
in the last year, from about 520 to 400 orders.
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Official military media for the first time acknowledged Monday that China's new land-based mid-range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) system has reached operational capability. Military observers say that deployment of this missile system will boost China's air defense capability.
The new SAM system, dubbed by foreign media as the Hongqi-16, or Red Flag-16, has been delivered to an air defense unit in the Shenyang Military Region.
In a recent drill, two HQ-16 missiles fired by the unit successfully hit their aerial targets, the official website of the People's Liberation Army Daily reported Monday.
As well as being able to engage aerial targets at high altitude, the mid-range HQ-16 is also able to intercept very low-flying targets at a distance of up to about 40 kilometers, filling the gap between the HQ-7 short-range SAM and the HQ-9 long-range SAM systems, Lan Yun, editor of Modern Ships, a Beijing-based military magazine, told.
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Russia's intelligence service said Wednesday it has Arrested an alleged
Chinese spy who tried to obtain designs of an advanced missile system as
part of Beijing's efforts to update its weaponry.
The Chinese national, who worked as an interpreter for visiting Chinese
officials, made attempts to buy documentation for the S-300 long-range
surface-to-air missile system, the Federal Security Service said in a
statement. He faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted.
Prosecutors submitted the case to the Moscow City Court Wednesday, although the man was detained late last October, it said.
The truck-mounted S-300 is capable of shooting down aircraft, cruise
missiles and ballistic missile warheads at ranges of over 90 miles (144
kilometers) and at altitudes of about 90,000 feet (27,432 meters).
In recent years, Russia banned the sale of the S-300 systems to Iran and Syria following international pressure.
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The Pakistan Navy is slated to receive its first Azmat Class Fast Attack
Craft (FAC) from China in within 6 months. These boats are not to be
confused with the older Azmat class which are less than half the tonnage
and are significantly less capable ships. The Azmat class will be the
first stealth FACs in the Subcontinent. They will be superior in every
way to the Indian Navy counterparts. To date however, only two such
ships have been ordered. A follow on order for two more are also likely.
Of the two boats ordered, one is being built in China and another is
being built in Pakistan. These boats are well-armed although somewhat
lacking in air defense, a typical problem with smaller boats of this
type. The ships are designed to have both a defensive and offensive
capability. Herein lies the advantage of these boats - with many Indian
ports within 200 miles of Pakistan, the Azmat Class's 500 nautical mile
range and 110 mile C-802 range makes these boats an effective threat
along with her traditional defensive coastal role. The ship is further
equiped with a modern networked C4I system that will be a force
multiplier in terms of network-centric warfare, utilizing the sensors of
other ships, aircraft and PN assets.
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ISLAMABAD: Recent developments on the eastern border have alarmed
Pakistani policymakers and military officials, who are keenly observing
India's preparations for a conventional war with Pakistan in the context
of the Cold Start war doctrine, a Pakistani newspaper has said.
There has been a chain of developments, all tied to the overall scheme
of things, which aims at destabilising its neighbour and building a
formidable war machine to strike within the Pakistani borders, The News
reports.
First, in the context of current events, is Afghan President Hamid
Karzai's recent visit to New Delhi and the signing of a strategic accord
with India at the heels of High Peace Council leader Burhanuddin
Rabbani's assassination.
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The winner of India's $10.4-billion tender for
126 combat aircraft is expected to be announced in November, Indian Air
Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne said
Saturday.
Browne's assertion comes a day after the acquisition council led by
Defence Minister A.K. Antony gave its go-ahead for the opening of
commercial bids from European consortium EADS Cassidian and French
Dassault, after clearing the ministry's report on their offset
proposals.
"
In the middle of November, we shall be able to announce to the whole
world which plane we have selected, the L1 vendor (lowest bidder)," Browne said in his interaction with reporters after he inspected the 79th Air Force Day parade here.
Earlier in his address to the air warriors, Browne said: "The process
for acquisition of the MMRCA (Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) is in
its last lap and we should be able to open the bids in 10 days' time from now."
However, explaining the complexities involved in finalising the winner, the IAF chief said that after
opening of the commercial bids, "complex calculations" would be done in
a tabular format of the entire life-cycle cost, the acquisition cost
and the technology transfer.
"It may take two to three weeks to calculate these," he added.
EADS Cassidian has offered its Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault its
Rafale to the IAF, which is looking at inducting these aircraft from the
beginning of 2015.
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Moscow to provide ‘seeker’ tech for Agni-V, capable of hitting target beyond 10,000 km
India is all set to join the select group of nations capable of
launching nuclear strikes across continent. With Russia ready to provide
the cutting-edge “seeker” technology for India’s Agni-V
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the country is ready to
flaunt its nuclear might in a big way by year end when the ICBM will
undergo its maiden launch.
The development of the ICBM had been delayed because no country was
ready to provide India the crucial ‘seekers’ technology, which enables
the missile to home in on the target with pinpoint precision. The ICBM
will be capable of carrying nuclear payload and has a strike range of
10,000 km.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
indigenously developed the ‘seeker’ technology for Agni-I, Agni-II and
Agni-III intermediate range missiles. But the DRDO was not in a position
to develop the next stage technology and efforts to import it had been
futile so far.
The breakthrough with Russia for the most critical system of the ICBM
came after extensive talks between delegations of the two countries
during Defence Minister AK Antony’s three-day visit to Moscow earlier
this week. The Indian delegation comprised senior missile scientists of
the DRDO besides others, and Moscow agreed to help New Delhi for the
ICBM project, sources said.
The two sides met to review progress on various defence projects under
the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical
Co-operation set up a decade back. The Defence Ministers of the two
countries head this body and meet once a year either in Moscow or New
Delhi.
Russia, UK, the US, France and China are the only countries in the world
to have ICBMs which can hit a target beyond 10,000 km. India has
successfully developed intermediate range ballistic missiles capable of
carrying nuclear weapons and hitting a target less than 4,000 km.
With the successful launch of the Agni-III two years back, the Indian
scientists displayed their capability to even develop ICBM. However,
their efforts over the last two years or so to go ahead with Angi-V
launch could not progress due to non-availability of ‘seeker’ techology.
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The Presidency appointed Vice Admiral Asif Sandila as Chief of Naval
Staff on merit after Pakistan’s military establishment reportedly
opposed Vice Admiral Abbas Raza’s appointment for the naval chief slot.
Vice
Admiral Asif Sandila was previously performing duties as Chief of the
Staff and is the first in the seniority list of Pakistan Navy’s top
hierarchy. Last month, the Defence Ministry had forwarded four names to
the Presidency for the selection of Naval chief. They included vice
admirals Asif Sandila, Tanveer Faiz, Abbas Raza and Tayyab Ali Dogar.
Reportedly, Secretary Defence Syed Athar Ali was supporting Vice Admiral
Abbas Raza due to the Secretary’s close association with Raza. Abbas
Raza is third in the seniority list and is presently working as the
Commander Pak Fleet. It is learnt that the President Asif Ali Zardari
had finalised Abbas Raza’s name for his appointment as Chief of Naval
Staff but the military establishment opposed this move; reportedly on
the pretext that it wanted the naval chief appointment on the basis of
merit considering the seniority factor.
A
decision in principal was subsequently taken by the Presidency to chose
Vice Admiral Asif Sandila for filling in the naval chief slot,
reportedly a couple of days ago. Principal Staff Officer Vice Admiral
Tanveer Faiz is second in the seniority list while Air Defence Commander
Vice Admiral Tayyab Ali Dogar is fourth in line.
The incumbent outgoing Naval Chief Admiral Noman Bashir is due to retire tomorrow (Friday).
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Boeing has announced that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar
Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin low-rate initial
production (LRIP) of the APG-82(V)1 radar system.
Boeing and radar supplier Raytheon also performed extensive flight tests
to validate the design and development of the system. The RMP leverages
prior radar development programs on F-15C and F/A-18E/F aircraft to
significantly reduce cost and integration risk for this new radar.
"This is a great day for the F-15E and for the U.S. Air Force," said
Maj. Brian Hartt, U.S. Air Force RMP program manager. "The F-15E RMP
couples new technology with improved system reliability to position the
F-15E for many more years of service to the warfighter."
The RMP development effort is undergoing an aggressive 14-month,
110-sortie flight test program at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nellis Air
Force Base, Nev., and Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Boeing and Raytheon
will perform data reduction analysis throughout the test phase to
verify that the system performance meets the rigorous specifications
that make the APG-82(V)1 radar state-of-the-art.
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| Chinese AWACS ZDK-03 Karakoram Eagle |
PAF have received the first of the four planned Chinese AWE&C aircraft ZDK-03 "Karakoram Eagle".
The plane have reported to have landed at Masroor Airbase Karachi.
a separate squadron is being st up for the four planned Chinese ZDK-03.
the procurement will help PAF establish a new regime of situational
awareness and control.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi
announced on Friday that Tehran would soon unveil a new cruise missile
called 'Zafar (Triumph).
"We unveiled the Qader cruise missiles in the Week of Sacred Defense and
we plan to showcase Zafar which is a new cruise missile in the near
future," Vahidi told reporters in the Western city of Hamedan today.
"We also have other plans in area of ballistic missiles which will be
unveiled once their production phases are complete," he added.
Iran has made giant progress in arms production, specially in area of missile technology, in the last decade.
Iran's latest cruise missile production, Qader (Mighty), was displayed
to the public during the military parades marking the Week of Sacred
Defense in September.
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| Pakistan China Friendship |
ISLAMABAD Pakistan —
As relations with Washington plummeted in the
aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden in May, Pakistan’s leaders
turned to China, which is seen here as an enduring all-weather friend,
an alternative to the troublesome and overbearing Americans.
Over the years, Beijing has sent military assistance to Pakistan,
provided crucial help in initiating Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program
and cooperated closely on intelligence. Sturdy Chinese-Pakistan
relations are seen as a hedge against India, a rival to both nations. In
recent months Pakistani officials have gone to Beijing seeking Chinese
investment in a naval base and weapons, as well as trade deals worth
millions of dollars.
But on closer examination, Pakistan’s ability to use China to offset its
collapsing relations with the United States may be far more limited
than it appears, raising the prospect that Pakistan will be left on the
world’s periphery once the Americans wind down the war in Afghanistan
and vastly reduce their presence in the region.
A rising China with global ambitions is unlikely to supplant the United
States in Pakistan, according to Chinese experts on Pakistan, as well as
Pakistani and American officials. And while Pakistan’s latest
flirtations with Beijing have been received cordially, Pakistani
officials have walked away from their junkets with far less in hand than
they might have hoped.
As Pakistan’s economy continues to decline, and the nation is beset by
terrorist attacks, some Pakistanis are asking whether China will prove
so helpful after all.
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| Rare Materials Plant Karnataka India |
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| Rare Materials Plant Karnataka India |
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| Rare Materials Plant Karnataka India |
India has got a new military uranium enrichment plant at a secret location in Karnataka,Plant called Rear Material Plant. A huge boost to their nuclear stock pile.
This was disclosed by ISIS ( Institute for Science and Industrial Security ).
This plant is not listed.
Now USA has to defend their agreement.
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| Indian Air Force |
India is gradually building powerful military capabilities in tune with
its expanding geopolitical interests, which are no longer limited to the
swathe stretching from the Persian Gulf to Malacca Strait, even as the
eastern and western fronts are being strengthened to deter the twin
Pakistan-China threat.
After the over Rs 3,00,000 crore plan to build a potent
three-dimensional Indian Navy for the future, reported by TOI last
month, it was IAF's turn on Monday to assert it was on the path to
transform into a true aerospace power with the capability to rapidly
deploy and operate around the globe.
"No other air force has attempted to modernize at such a fast pace in
such a short span of 15 years," said Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar
Browne, indicating a doctrinal shift in the run-up to IAF's 79th
anniversary on October 8.
But he was quick to emphasize this did not mean "an expeditionary force"
on the lines of the US Air Force. "We are not going to fight other
people's wars. But yes, IAF must have the wherewithal to meet the
requirements wherever India's strategic interests lie," said the IAF
chief.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) invitation to India
in the first week of September to be a partner in its ballistic missile
defence (BMD) programme is being analysed, according to V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister.
“We are analysing the report. It is under consideration,” he said on
September 30 after the successful launch of the Agni-II ballistic
missile from the Wheeler Island on the Orissa coast.
India has so far conducted six interceptor missile tests as part of its
quest to establish a credible shield against ballistic missiles launched
from adversarial countries. Of these, five interceptor tests, including
the first three in a row, were successful.
The first interceptor missile test took place in November 2006.
These six tests featured a missile launched from the Integrated Test
Range (ITR) at Chandipur on the Orissa coast, mimicking the path of a
ballistic missile coming from an “enemy country” and an interceptor
launched from the Wheeler Island destroying the incoming missile in
mid-flight.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the author
of India's BMD programme and Dr. Saraswat is the programme's architect.
He is DRDO Director-General.
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| General Kayani |
President Obama’s national security adviser met with
Pakistan’s top military officer in a secret meeting in Persian Gulf last
week to deliver ‘a tough message’ regarding the Haqqani network, reported The New York Times (NYT).
According to a senior administration official quoted in the report,
it was safe to assume that the Haqqani network was discussed during the
secret meeting and that the Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq
Pervez Kayani was stressed towards taking a direct action against the
militant network.
Earlier, the US officials met with the leaders of Haqqani network in efforts to talk the militant organisation into ending the war in Afghanistan.
According to the NYT
report, both the meetings were an indication of “Obama administration’s
complicated and seemingly contradictory policies in Afghanistan and
Pakistan”, as well as the efforts of the US to rebuild its deteriorating
relationship with Pakistan.
The report states that the US State Department is willing to
designate the Haqqani network as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation,” but
some military commanders are holding back the decision fearing that it
might “alienate the Haqqanis and drive them away from future talks.”
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian military officials announced here on
Tuesday that the country has developed a technology to jam enemies'
military and spy satellites.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Commander of Khatam-ol-Anbia Air
Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli stressed the necessity
of developing and using the latest electronic defense systems for future
electronic warfare.
Pointing to three electronic warfare systems unveiled today, the
commander said that necessary grounds have been prepared to bring iran's
air defense capability to the cyber space.
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing passive sensors
that will allow aerial platforms to locate the source of hostile fire
from the ground.
The company has revealed first details of a
system called the optical hostile fire source locator, or OTHELLO, which
has been developed by its ELTA Systems subsidiary.
IAI said
OTHELLO can detect and precisely locate the source of hostile anti-tank
guided missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and cannon, and automatically
transfer data to weapon systems that can neutralise the threat.
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| F-15 |
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| F-15 |
Boeing has backed off from previous forecasts that the 40-year-old
F-15 production line would shut down next year in the absence of new
orders, adding that there are a "number of pending" orders for the type.
"It is premature and inappropriate for us to even speculate on when
the production line might close," Boeing said in a statement responding
to a question.
On 21 October last year, the Obama administration notified the US
Congress of a possible sale of 72 F-15Es to Riyadh, but the deal with
Saudi Arabia has now been pending for almost a year.
The proposed deal included significant capability upgrades for the nation's existing F-15SAs.
The 2010 notification signalled that the administration intended to
move forwards with the sale, despite objections from Israel.
The Israeli government had openly expressed concerns that the sale of
upgraded F-15Es to Saudi Arabia could erode its qualitative military
advantage in the Middle East.
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ITT has received a $49 million contract to supply pod-housed
electronic warfare equipment for the Pakistan air force's Lockheed
Martin F-16 fighters. The acquisition is being made using the US
government's Foreign Military Sales mechanism.
The US manufacturer has described the system involved as being
identical to the ALQ-131 advanced integrated defensive electronic
warfare system (AIDEWS) already integrated with the F-16 for the US Air
Force and other international operators.
ITT said it has delivered 134 systems so far from an order book of 160, spread across six export buyers.
Carried beneath the fuselage of an F-16, the AIDEWS pod will provide
protection by detecting incoming radar-guided surface-to-air and
air-to-air missiles.
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Major General Anders Silwer, Commander Swedish Air Force visited Air Headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday.
India on Thursday cleared a repeat order worth Rs.1,350 crore ($275
million) for 650 armoured recovery and repair vehicles for its 1,500
T-72 Ajeya main battle tanks. 
A JH-7 Chinese fighter crashed Friday at an air show in northwest
China's Shaanxi Province, but no casualties were reported, authorities
said.
Rolls-Royce has completed the first lift fan for the Lockheed
Martin F-35B to be produced at a $13 million final assembly plant opened
17 months ago. 
ITT has received a $49 million contract to supply pod-housed
electronic warfare equipment for the Pakistan air force's Lockheed
Martin F-16 fighters. The acquisition is being made using the US
government's Foreign Military Sales mechanism.
