Government sources said the missile is in the final stages of being inducted into the Army which will use it by mounting them on the modified armoured vehicles. The Defence Acquisition Council has last year approved the procurement of DRDO’s designed and developed NAG Missile System (NAMIS) at the cost of Rs. 524 crore.
Vikrant, weighing 40,000 tonnes, is being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited. It works on Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) mechanism similar to the present carrier INS Vikramaditya with an angular ski-jump. The ship is powered by four General Electric (GE) gas turbines. It will operate Russian origin MiG-29K fighters, which also fly from Vikramaditya
Astha, which already had links with Hizbul Mujahideen has established links with fugitive terrorist Paresh Barua of United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA). Founder of Astha, Mohammad Shahid Uddin Khan sponsored a secret meeting between Salauddin, the current leader of Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh(JMB), Paresh Barua and Ghulam Rahman of Hizbul Mujahideen in Nepal-China border.
During the visit which will last till July 12, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa is scheduled to visit various operational and training units as well as fly a sortie in Russian trainer aircraft YAK-130, a Defence Ministry statement said.
The development comes after Mekorot, the National Water Carrier of Israel, and Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Mumbai last year.
The project, initially valued at Rs 11,929 crore, was meant for the Indian private sector to enter aerospace manufacturing despite stiff PSU resistance. The C-295 planes will replace IAF’s old Avro aircraft, first inducted in the early 1960s. While Airbus will supply the first 16 aircraft, the remaining 40 will be built in India within eight years.
“India has successfully test-fired a vertical deep dive version of BrahMos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, that can now change the dynamics of conventional warfare… The upgraded version of the missile with enhanced range of up to 500 km is also ready,” CEO of BrahMos Aerospace, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, has said.
The ICG said the Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters at Kolkata received a telephonic message from Assistant Director (Fisheries), Diamond Harbour regarding distress on board Indian fishing boat ‘Tara Shankar’ with 13 crew from Kakdwip in West Bengal.
The decision was taken on Saturday in Azerbaijan’s Baku at the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) that started on June 30 and will conclude on July 10.
The operation, code named ‘Sudarshan’, was launched on July 1 and will cover the entire over 1,000-kms length of the India-Pakistan International Border. While Jammu shares about 485-kms of the sensitive IB with Pakistan, about 553-kms of the front is in Punjab. Further, it runs down towards Rajasthan and Gujarat on India’s western flank.
