Armed Forces
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Armed forces participation to add colour to R-Day parade
India | Jan 22, 2014, 08:58 AM ISTMumbai: Army vehicles with Bofors gun, Naval band and display of Pechora missile by the Air Force will be the highlights of this year's Republic Day parade at Marine Drive here, Minister for Protocol Suresh
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Know how the deadliest assault rifle AK-47 was invented
India | Nov 16, 2013, 05:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: AK-47 was designed and manufactured by Russia towards the end of World War 2 in 1943. Russians made this gun in order to encounter the heavy forces of Germans. The weapon proved its
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'India's military restraint must be from position of strength'
World | Nov 13, 2013, 10:27 AM ISTWashington : Endorsing the policy of “military self-restrain” of successive Indian governments in the face of provocation from Pakistan, a top American analyst has said that henceforth India must ensure that it does not act
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World's top ten weapon buyers,India is at no.1
India | Feb 05, 2014, 07:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Conventional weapons include small arms, light weapons, sea mines, land mines, non-nuclear bombs, shells, rockets, missiles and cluster munitions. These weapons use explosive material based on chemical energy.The conventional arms industry has grown
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Know more about India's top secret weapon KALI 5000
India | Sep 09, 2015, 05:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: KALI-5000 is India's answer to any uninvited incoming missiles and planes. Moreover, the beam can also be used to cripple the enemy satellite and UAVs in no time.KALI stands for Kilo Ampere Linear
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Seven abandoned military secret weapons projects
World | Nov 07, 2013, 06:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nations and governments spend huge amounts to have better weapons. As a result many countries have produced dozens of deadly efficient weapons.The reason for producing these weapons is the arms race on order
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Chinese fleet to conduct open sea drill
World | Oct 24, 2013, 07:42 AM ISTBeijing : A vessel formation with China's Nanhai Fleet Wednesday sailed across the Bashi Channel toward its destination in the West Pacific Ocean for a combat drill, a military officer said."With a more complicated hydrological
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Femme fatale: Watch in pics women soldiers from around the world
World | Nov 03, 2013, 07:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: It was from the beginning of the 1970s that most Western armies began to admit women to serve active duty in Armed forces though the history of women in the military is more
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PAC slams armed forces for gross misuse of Golf courses
India | Oct 16, 2013, 07:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Slamming the armed forces for the “gross misuse” of Golf courses under them, a parliamentary panel has asked the Defence Ministry to hold an inquiry into the prohibited activities on defence land and
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Watch in pics the firepower of South Korean Armed Forces
World | Oct 02, 2013, 06:13 AM ISTNew Delhi: Today South Korea displayed its longest-range missile capable of striking at all of North Korea and other sophisticated weapons at a massive military ceremony at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, South Korea. About
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Top 10 Next Gen Fighter Aircraft
World | May 08, 2014, 07:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: The world is now said to be on the fifth generation of fighter aircraft. A fifth-generation jet fighter is a fighter aircraft classification used in the United States and elsewhere encompassing the most
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Rare pics of women fighting World War Two
World | Aug 17, 2013, 06:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: Before the war, it was generally expected that a working man was the main provider for his family. But nowadays, women are recruited to many jobs which would previously have been considered too
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Top 10 Dangerous Weapons on earth
World | Apr 26, 2014, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Weapons have always been a necessary need for humans, earlier they were designed in order to protect themselves from wild animals or to facilitate food and other necessities.With the increased power of military
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Armed forces to hold recruitment camps in Naxal-hit areas
India | Jun 06, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTKolkata, June 6: In a bid to prevent Naxalites from recruiting youth in their cadre, the armed forces would organize special recruitment camps in remote Maoist-hit areas, Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh today
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Russia to spend $300 mn on training special forces
World | Apr 24, 2013, 09:57 PM ISTMoscow, Apr 24: The Russian defence ministry will allocate 10 billion roubles (about $300 million) on training programmes for special forces, the commander of the Airborne Assault Forces (VDV) said Wednesday.The special forces will be
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Top Five Special Operations Conflicts of US Army
World | Mar 04, 2013, 06:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: US is the most powerfull nation of thw world so are its armed forces. The army is headed by the Secretary of the Army, and the top military officer in the department is
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A look at the Indian Air Force Fighter Jets
India | Oct 08, 2013, 09:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Air Force has aircraft and equipment of Russia, British, French, Israeli, U.S. and Indian origins with Russian aircraft dominating its inventory. The primary role of the fighter aircraft in the Indian
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Pak military conducting 'Saffron Bandit' exercise
World | Jan 25, 2013, 05:34 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 25 : Against the backdrop of a spike in tensions with India, the Pakistani military is conducting a combat exercise involving fighter jets and ground troops with a top General saying the armed
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Missiles that Indian armed forces have
India | Jan 23, 2013, 06:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: India's missile and nuclear weapons programs have evolved as elements of its strategic response to more than 60 years of wars and skirmishes it has fought with Pakistan and China. Deep tensions and
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Armed forces to pitch for three new commands before PM
India | Oct 19, 2012, 02:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 19: India's armed forces will Friday make a joint pitch before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and members of the cabinet committee on security (CCS) on setting up three new commands to meet