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Su-30Mkis To Be Upgraded To Super Sukhois

IAF is planning to enhance firepower of its fighter aircraft Su-30MKI is set to be boosted with plans afoot to equip them with missiles of ranges with around 300 km. The plan is upgrade the first 80 Su-30MKIs to the level 'Super Sukhois' which will have highly advanced radars and weapon systems, IAF sources said here. Su-30 MKIs have been inducted into the IAF in four phases. The ones to be upgraded are from the first phase and the project is likely to be completed in the next three to four years, they said. The plan is to equip the aircraft with long-range stand-off missiles upto the range of 300 km and a Request for Information was issued recently for procuring Read More...

Govt Pursuing Agusta Westland Bribery Case

Government is pursuing the allegations of bribery in a deal to procure VVIP helicopters from Augusta Westland, but no formal inquiry has been ordered into the case due to lack of "specific information" so far, Defence Minister A K Antony today said. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, he said, if any wrongdoing is found in the case, "suitable penalty measures" will be taken by the Ministry. "Defence Ministry is constantly pursuing the matter and committed to take suitable penalty measures in event of allegations being substantiated. However, in absence of any specific information in this regard, government has not ordered any formal inquiry into the c Read More...

Iaf Chief To Visit Myanmar

IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N.A. K. Browne, will undertake a four-day defence cooperation visit to Myanmar from November 26 to 29 to strengthen India's military cooperation with that country. This visit assumes great significance in the light of the improving bilateral association towards enhancing defence collaboration in areas of mutual interest between the two countries. During his visit, Air Chief Marshal Browne will call on Myanmar President U Thien Sein Vice Senior Generanl Min Aung Hlang (C-in-C Defence Services) and Gen Myat Hein (C-in-C Air) with the aim of reinforcing defence ties. India- Myanmar share a common boundary spanning 1650 kms where re Read More...

India Completes Phase-1 of Coastal Surveillance Network on Mainland

India has successfully completed the phase-1 of its ambitious plan to have a gap-free coastal surveillance network (CSN) with the installation of 36-radar chain. The completion of the phase-I of the project on the Indian mainland took place when Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh inaugurated the static sensor chain at Visakhapatnam on November 23. India has already installed a chain of 36 radars along the Maharashtra, Gujarat and Kerala coast in the phase-1 of the CSN on the mainland. Under the Phase-1 alone, another 10 radars are to be installed in the island territories of Andaman and Nicobar and the Laskhadweep and Minicoy by mid-2013. Read More...

India Signals Ballistic Missile Defence Will Be In Place Soon

India has signaled that it is ready to deploy a home-grown Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system in the near future with a successful testing of an advanced interceptor missile, prompting the defence scientists to claim a shield could be thrown over Delhi skies by 2014. The big fireworks over the Bay of Bengal when India tested its experimental BMD system resulted in elation as the trial turned out to be "bang-on accurate". The interceptor missile destroyed an incoming target missile in a direct hit at an altitude of nearly 15 km over the Bay of Bengal, demonstrating the efficacy of the system. DRDO officials said the electronically simulated target, which mimicked a missile coming from a distance of 1,500 km, was electronically hit at an altitude of 120 km. Read More...

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