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Hypersonic BrahMos Cruise Missile Tested Successfully

India's showpiece supersonic cruise missile, the BrahMos, has now been successfully tested in a hypersonic version, though under laboratory conditions, according to BrahMos Aerospace chief execu..Read More

Indian Air Force Inducts Akash Surface to Air Missiles

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to induct two squadrons of the indigenous Akash Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM). The all-weather, multi-target missile was accepted by the IAF recently after nine s..Read More

India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Agni 3 Missile

India successfully test-fired Wednesday a nuclear-capable missile that can hit targets from Beijing to Baghdad, the Defense Ministry said.It was the third test of the Agni III missile. The first attem..Read More

India To Test 5000 Km Ranged Ballistic Missile - AGNI IV- In 2009

India will test indigenously built Agni III+ ballistic missile with a strike range of more than 5000 km in 2009. The long-range missile is currently in the design stage, VK Saraswat, Chief Controller ..Read More

DRDO To Test Agni 3 Later In April 2008

After the successful firing of Agni-1 missile on Sunday, the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on March 5 and the K-15 (Sagarika) missile from a submerged pontoon on February 26, the Defence Research ..Read More

Indian Army Holds Successful Trials on Agni Ballistic Missiles

Agni-1, India's workhorse missile with a range of 700 km, has attained full operational capability following a successful test-fire from the Wheeler Island, off Orissa coast on Sunday.At 10.15 a...Read More

Brahmos Cruise Missile Test Fired, Successfully Hits Land Based Targets

A ship-to-shore version of the supersonic Brahmos missile was successfully test fired in the Andamans today. Defence Ministry announced that the missile with a range of more than 290 kms was launched ..Read More

Trishul Missile Project Development Lifecycle Complete

Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that the development of Trishul missile system has been completed completed."Development of Trishul missile system has been completed as t..Read More

India To Test Submarine Based K-15 Ballistic Missile

India will soon conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile which can be tipped with a nuclear warhead, an official announced on Monday. The experimental missile will be fired from a..Read More

DRDO Sees Export Potential For Akash Surface To Air Missile Systems

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India hopes to get export orders for its indigenously developed all weather missile system, Akash, at an expo to be held in Delhi Feb 16.The..Read More

Lockheed Martin: United States, India May Cooperate On Missile Defense

Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's No 1 supplier, has been told India may be ready to look into possible US-Indian collaboration on ballistic missile defense, a top company official said Wednes..Read More

India, Russia To Develop Hypersonic Cruise Missiles - BrahMos 2 Project

India has embarked on project BrahMos-2, which will see the design and development of hypersonic missiles, according to Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BrahMos Aerospace. The ..Read More

United States Didn't Help Indian Missile Programme Confirms DRDO

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today emphatically denied that it had sought any American help for the country's indigenous ballistic missile defence project.Reacting to ..Read More

Indian Army To Test, Deploy Akash Surface to Air Missile System

After the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Indian Army too is hedging its bets on the indigenously developed Akash surface-to-air missile, saying it would test the weapon before deciding on its deployment...Read More

Ministry of Defence Slams Mainstream Media's Slanderous Lies - Missile Program On Track

It has been reported in a section of the media today that “Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) as a Strategic Programme stands Scrapped”.It is hereby clarified that except for ..Read More

India Developing Ballistic Missiles To Destroy IRBMs, ICBMs

By 2010 India will have an indigenous ballistic missile defence system to intercept and destroy intermediate ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), a top defence ..Read More

India To Invest US$ 250 Million Into BrahMos

India will put about $250 million into the joint Indo-Russia effort to develop a Mach 5 version of its BrahMos cruise missile. This scramjet version is already in advanced development and will enter ..Read More

Brahmos Cruise Missile Production To Double in 2008

The Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos has purchased a manufacturing plant in south India. BrahMos plans to use the new facility to turn out twice as many supersonic cruise missiles as before, a com..Read More

India Tests Medium-Range Surface-To-Air Missile

India Wednesday tested medium-range surface-to-air missile Akash twice from Orissa's Chandipur defence base, defence sources said. The multi-target missiles carrying live warhead each were test-f..Read More

India Boosting Offensive, Defensive Missile Systems

Nuclear-armed India said on Friday it was ready to jump-start production of long-range nuclear missiles which can hit targets deep in China or Pakistan. V. K. Saraswat, the chief of India's missi..Read More

Agni 4 Long Range Missile - Capable Of Striking Inland China

India announced major plans to increase its nuclear capabilities Wednesday, saying it was close to testing a ballistic missile capable of hitting targets up to 6,000 kilometres (3,800 miles) away.Such..Read More

Ashwin: New Surface-to-Surface Missile In The Offing?

Two successful interceptor missile tests carried out by Indian scientists as part of the country's ballistic missile defence program in the first week of December has led to development of a new ..Read More

Missile Defense: India Tests Supersonic Interceptor Missile

Indian Defence scientists today successfully carried out the second launch of a Single Stage Interceptor Missile against an incoming ballistic missile target of enemy represented by a modified Prithvi..Read More

Indian Missile Defense System: High Speed Interceptor Missile Tested Successfully

India Sunday tested a specially developed high-speed interceptor missile, Advanced Air Defence (AAD), over the Bay of Bengal to examine its capability to destroy a missile, defence sources said here.A..Read More

Air Force Impressed With Akash Surface To Air Missiles Performance

Over a week long field trials of indigenously developed Surface-to-Air Missile Akash in the deserts of Rajasthan have impressed the top officials of Indian Air Force (IAF), according to the Defence Re..Read More

DRDO To Develop Long Range, Subsonic Cruise Missile

Indian defence scientists have taken up a new cruise missile development programme. The missile named Nirbhay (The Fearless) is in the same class as the US's Tomahawk and will have a range that i..Read More

Indian Navy: INS Rajput, 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles

The Indian Navy has already deployed the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on the INS Rajput, P Venugopal, director, Defence Research and Development Laboratories (DRDL) and head of the B..Read More

Strategic Forces Command Conducts User Trials Of Agni Ballistic Missile

The Strategic Forces Command successfully conducted the user trial of Agni Missile A-I at Chandipur at Sea near Balasore in Orissa at 10.35 this morning. The performance parameters of the 700 km range..Read More

Pakistan May Acquire Advanced French Missiles For China

Pakistan is presently negotiating with the French Government to buy air-to-air missiles and radars for its JF-17 fighter aircraft, but there are apprehensions that this European technology could fall ..Read More

Ministry Of Defence Denies Testing Of Sagarkia Submarine Launched Missile: PTI

In the apparent run-up to its first launch of a submarine-launched missile, India today carried out "technological development tests" to validate potential underwater launch capabilities."Technology e..Read More

Sagarika SLBM Tested In Bay Of Bengal

Television news channel 'Times Now' has reported that India has tested a SLBM (Submarine-launched ballistic missile) which can be capped with a nuclear war-head and which has a range of 150..Read More

IAI, DRDO May Jointly Produce Long Ranged Surface To Air Missiles

The government has not decided on a joint venture with Israel for the production of missiles. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has earlier entered into a contract with M/s. Is..Read More

India To Test Medium Ranged (1000 kms) Nirbhay Missile in 2007

Indian defence scientists are developing a new medium-range, multi-platform missile, called the Nirbhay or the dauntless, that will add more teeth to its armory and is slated to be tested by end-2009...Read More

India, Israeli To Develop US$2.47 Billion Worth Barak II Project

India has started a 2.5-billion-dollar joint venture with Israel to develop an advanced range surface-to-air missile capable of detecting and destroying hostile aircraft, missiles and spy planes, news..Read More

India, Israel To Jointly Develop Barak II Ship Defense Missile System

India will jointly develop and co-produce a new generation of medium range surface-to-air missiles with Israel to secure the country's strategic assets from growing threats posed by aerial attack..Read More

India, Israel To Co-Develop Advanced Barak Ship Defense Missile System

India and Israel have agreed to expand their already considerable missile development cooperation with an even longer-range version of their extended-range Barak ship defense system, this time for the..Read More

New Ballistic Missiles Revealed: Agni IV May Have A Range Of 6000 Kms

India announced the launch of two major missile programmes - the extended version of the intermediate range ballistic missile Agni III, successfully tested this year, and a strategic naval missile whi..Read More

India Inducts Submarine Based Nuclear Capable Sagarika Ballistic Missile

Television news channel 'CNN-IBN' reports that India has inducted the Sagarika SLBM - Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile - into the Armed Forces.With the induction of Sagarika, India has c..Read More

Submarine Launched Version Of BrahMos Cruise Missile Under Development

The submarine launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is under development, a top official of the Indo-Russian joint venture said.The submarine launched version of the jointly developed..Read More

ECIL Supplying Mobile Autonomous Launchers To Indian Army For BrahMos Cruise Missiles

The Hyderabad-based Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has played a major role in the BrahMos system by supplying the Mobile Command Post (MCP) and the Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL).Th..Read More

BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Inducted Into Indian Army Ahead of Schedule

The surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was today inducted into the Army, making it the first force in the world to possess such a sophisticated system, as President A P J Abdul Kalam..Read More

Supersonic Brahmos Cruise Missile Inducted Into Army

The Indian army today became the first force in the world to be armed with surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile, with the induction of 290 km range Brahmos missile.With all the four test firin..Read More

Delivery Of BrahMos Cruise Missiles To Indian Army Begins

In a landmark development in the defence history of the country, the President and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam handed over a replica of the mobile autonomous launch..Read More

President Kalam Stresses On Development Of Longer Ranged BrahMos 2

President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked BrahMos team to work on developing "Mark-II" version of BrahMos hypersonic cruise missile system and also reusable class of cruise missiles."Time has come for B..Read More

More Lethal Indian Army As BrahMos Cruise Missile Inducted Today

The Indian Army is all set to induct the Super Sonic Cruise Missile - BrahMos. In an official ceremony the missile will be handed over to the army chief, Gen JJ Singh in New Delhi in the presence of P..Read More

Indian Army To Induct BrahMos Cruise Missiles On June 21 2007

After a string of successful trials, the land version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia will be inducted into the army on June 21, reports a PTI wire feed...Read More

Russia Slams American Missile Defense Programme

Days before he is to join the Group of Eight (G-8) gathering of the world's industrialized powers in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin again criticized US plans to install a missile defen..Read More

First Export Contract of Brahmos Cruise Missile To Be Signed in 2007

The first contract for the export of jointly developed Indo-Russian BrahMos cruise missile to a "friendly" country is in pipeline and could be inked by the end of this year"First contract for the deli..Read More

Trishul Surface To Air Missile Not A Failure Says Government

Trishul missile system is not a failure. Technically it has met the performance objectives as per original Qualitative Requirements (QRs) though delayed. The main reason for this delay are technical p..Read More

Indian Army To Induct Brahmos Missiles Ahead Of Schedule

With all the four test firings going without blemish, Army is planning to induct the BrahMos supersonic land attack cruise missile months ahead of schedule.The first missile sub-group to be equipped w..Read More

Air Force Overlooks Trials of Akash Surface to Air Missile System

Representatives of the Indian Air Force had participated in the development trials of the Akash Missile System conducted by DRDO, as observers and provided users inputs for improvement in the system ..Read More

Pakistan Deploying Long Ranged Ballistic Missiles Capable of Carrying Nuclear Warheads

Pakistan is preparing its next-generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles for deployment, a Federation of American Scientists (FAS) report has claimed. According to the Dawn, India's nuclea..Read More

Production Version of Prithvi Missile Test-fired from Integrated Test Range in Orissa

India on Wednesday tested its surface-to-surface medium range Prithvi-1 missile from a defence base in Orissa. The missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in the coastal distr..Read More

Missile Defense: DRDO To Test Ballistic Missile Interceptor in June 2007

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all set to conduct the second test of India's indigenous missile defense system in June 2007. The first such test - which was successfu..Read More

Indian Army To Conduct User Test Trial of Prithvi Missile This Week

Close on the heels of the successful test-firing of the Agni-III and Brahmos missiles, yet another "user's test" of the army version of the Prithvi missile is likely to take place from the Interi..Read More

Production Sample of Prithvi Missile to be Test Fired by Indian Army

One sample from the Prithvi Missile production line is to be tested by the Indian Army in the next week. This test is being done for production quality control and quality engineering in all manufactu..Read More

Indian Air Force 'Not Impressed' With Akash Surface to Air Missiles

Leading national daily 'Hindustan Times' reports that DRDO's Akash Surface to Air Missile has consistantly failed all trials conducted by the Indian Air Force. The newspaper quotes clas..Read More

Indian Army Variant of BrahMos Cruise Missile Successfully Test Fired

Yet another flight trial of the land version of the Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos- the fourteenth one to be precise, has been successful. The trial of the 290 Km range of the missile was carried o..Read More

BrahMos Cruise Missile Test Fired From Mobile Launcher

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed by India and Russia, was successfully tested from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here today.Fired from a mobile launcher at the..Read More

Agni III Submarine Launched Version To Be Developed: DRDO

Top DRDO Scientists have revealed to PTI that a Submarine Launched Version of Agni III missile is going to be developed. They also revealed that Agni III range can be extended to up to 5,000 Kms but G..Read More

Ministry of Defence Confirms AGNI III Missile's Succesful Test

As reported by India Defence in an earlier breaking news report, this mornings Agni III Test has been a complete success with all parameters having been met.Ministry of Defence Release

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Agni III Long Ranged Ballistic Missile Test Fired: Press Trust of India

PTI Wire Reports that India has test fired its nuclear capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III from the Interim Test Range at the Wheeler's Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Oriss..Read More

India To Test Nuclear-Capable Agni-III Missile Thursday

Nine months after the first attempt failed, India will Thursday again test fire the indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-III ballistic missile that can hit targets as far as in China.'The..Read More

Indonesia Interested In Acquiring BrahMos Cruise Missile

After Malaysia, another ASEAN nation, Indonesia, has evinced keen interest in acquiring Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, especially its ship-to-land versions.A visit to the Brahmos complex in New De..Read More

Agni III Long Ranged Ballistic Missile To Be Tested Next Week

According to 'Press Trust of India' the homegrown nuclear capable long ranged ballistic missile Agni-III from Chandipur Testing Range in Orissa next week, official sources said Saturday.Hect..Read More

Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni III To Be Test Fired Soon

The crucial flight trial of Agni-III, the nuclear capable long-range missile (beyond 3000 km), is expected to take place early next week, according to defence sources quote newspaper reports.It will b..Read More

Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear Capable Abdali Missile

Pakistan successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said. The surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile - which has a range of 20..Read More

Dhanush Surface-to-Surface Missile Test Fired Today

India successfully test fired its indigenous Dhanush missile - the nuclear-capable naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile - from a military base in Orissa Friday, a defence source..Read More

BVR Air-to-Air Missile Astra Test Fired Third Time in Five Days

Indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra was test fired from the Interim Test Range in Chandipur once again on Thursday, defence sources said. This is the third test firing of the missile in th..Read More

Astra BVR Missile Test Fired from Chandipur, Orrisa

Two experimental flight tests of ASTRA Missile were conducted on 25th and 26th March, 2007 from ITR, Balasore, to study the ballistic performance and control of the Missile at low altitudes and shorte..Read More

Pakistan Test Fires 700 km Ranged Nuclear Capable Cruise Missile

Pakistan successfully test-fired on Thursday a nuclear-capable cruise missile with the capability to avoid radar detection, the military said.The missile, named Babur or Hatf VII, has a range of 700 k..Read More

DRDO, MBDA to Jointly Develop Maitri Quick Reaction Missile

DRDO's premier missile laboratory - the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) - and European missile house MBDA will jointly develop a new-generation low-level, quick-reaction missil..Read More

Production Rate of BrahMos Cruise Missile to Increase 300 percent

Senior officials have indicated in newspaper reports that India is going to treble the production of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. "We plan to increase the production of the missile system by..Read More

Pakistan Test Fires Short-Range Hatf II Ballistic Missile

Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Saturday, the military said.

The Hatf-II Abdali had a range of 200 km, it said in a st..Read More

President Kalam Stresses Need for Missile Defense System

With developed countries unlikely to give up their nuclear arsenals, missile defence and space-based systems will have to be developed to guard against nuclear attacks, President A P J Abdul Kalam sai..Read More

BrahMos to Target Development of Hypersonic Cruise Missile

With many countries 'expected join race and compete with the Brahmos supersonic missile, India has to definitely go for newer and innovative technology - the hypersonic missile', Dr Shivatha..Read More

Pakistan Test Fires Long Range Shaheen Ballistic Missile

Pakistan today "successfully" test fired its 2000 km long range nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf VI also called Shaheen II."The missile test was part of the continuous process..Read More

Brahmos Cruise Missile Test Fired from Mobile Road Based Platform

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore on Sunday from a mobile road based heavy vehicle.After a vertical lift-off at 12.15 pm fr..Read More

India, Russia to Develop Hypersonic Cruise Missiles: BrahMos Chief

India and Russia are working jointly to explore possibilities of developing a more advanced weapon system than BrahMos -- probably a Hypersonic Cruise Missile, BrahMos Aerospace CEO and Managing Direc..Read More

India, Russia to Jointly Market BrahMos Cruise Missile

Dismissing as without any "basis" reports of Moscow's reservations on export of Brahmos missiles, top officials today said joint venture partners India and Russia have identified countries to who..Read More

Agni-III to be Test Fired Again: DRDO Chief

Indicating that another test of the country's most advanced nuclear-capable Agni-III missile is in the offing, top defence scientist M Natarajan today said the DRDO was close to developing a supe..Read More

Agni-III Missile to be Tested in 2007, Fault Identified: Natarajan

A test of the nuclear-capable Agni-III missile will be conducted next year after rectifying a "material-related" fault that caused the failure of its first trial in July, a top scientist said today.De..Read More

Brahmos Cruise Missile Overshadowing Russian Missiles

Several Russian missile makers have accused India of discrediting their weapon systems and spoiling their chances in the global market through the aggressive marketing of the BrahMos cruise missile de..Read More

Pakistan Test Fires Short Range Ballistic Missile

Pakistan's military successfully test-fired on Saturday a short-range range, nuclear-capable Hatf III Ghaznavi missile with a range of 290 km. It was the third test launch of a ballistic missile ..Read More

Russia Successfully Tests Missile Interceptor

Russia's armed forces successfully test-launched an interceptor missile on Tuesday, news reports said.The Space Forces launched the missile from the Sary-Shagan test-range in Kazakhstan, the forc..Read More

Brazil Looking To Acquire BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

Brazil has shown interest in becoming the first foreign nation to procure the 300-km range Brahmos cruise missile.Commander of the Brazilian army Gen Francisco Roberto De Albuqurque now on a six-day s..Read More

India Plans For Operational Missile Defense System Within 5 Years

India has developed an anti-missile defence system which could be put in place in 3 to 5 years, the country's top defence research body said on Saturday. Earlier this week, India conducted a mid-..Read More

Missile Defense: Lower Atmosphere Interceptors To Be Developed By DRDO

Buoyed by a successful missile interception in higher atmospheric zone, defence scientists are now planning to shoot down incoming warheads, much closer to ground, with a new missile named Pad.The cou..Read More

Indian Army to Induct BrahMos Cruise Missiles in 2007

The supersonic cruise missile BrahMos has been inducted into our Defence forces. After a series of successful flight trials, the missile has proved its accurate performance against ship and land targe..Read More

Trishul Missile Project Completed at the Cost of Rs. 275 Crore

The development of Trishul Missile Project has been completed. Air Force configuration has met the user requirements during its various developmental flight trials DRDO is in dialogue with Air Force f..Read More

Akash, Nag and Trishul Missiles To Be Completed By December 2007

The sanctioned cost for the development of Akash, Nag and Trishul Missiles, in 1983, was Rs. 142 crore and the same was enhanced to Rs. 1112 crore in 2006.Initially, the Probable Date of Completion (P..Read More

India to Conduct Missile v/s Missile Test on Sunday

India will for the first time fire two home grown missiles against each other Sunday to validate the capability of the weapon to achieve its design parameters, officials said.Termed the Prithvi Air De..Read More

India Tests Nuclear Capable Short Range Prithvi II Missile

India test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable missile on Sunday, a top defence official said, days after a similar test by Pakistan.The indigenously built single-stage missile, Prithvi II, which has ..Read More

Pakistan Test Fires Medium Range Ballistic Missile - Ghauri V

Pakistan today test-fired a new version of medium-range Ghauri V missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.The missile, with a strike range of 1,300 km (800 miles), was launched from an un..Read More

North Korean vessel heading to Iran detained in Indian waters

A North Korean freighter, MV-Omranili, which was on its way to Iran 'found itself' in Indian waters after an 'engine failure' and has been detained in Mumbai. The Coast Guard, the ..Read More

Iran test fires three new missiles in Persian Gulf

Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of sea missiles in a new show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, Iranian military officials said on Friday.Television showed foot..Read More

India, Russia to produce 1000 BrahMos cruise missiles by 2016

India and Russia intend to make 1,000 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles over the next 10 years through their joint venture company, with nearly 50 per cent of them expected to be sold in third countr..Read More

Additional funding worth Rs.200 crore for Astra Missile Project

The Government has extended fiscal sops given to prestigious indigenous air-to-air missile project, Astra, by six more years.The extension of the sops, in the form of excise and customs duty concessio..Read More

Trishul cancelled, DRDO to focus on Barak II development

Research and development work on the indigenous ship defence missile Trishul will be stopped in December, official sources confirmed in New Delhi on Saturday.Instead, the Defence Research & Developmen..Read More

IAI ready to cooperate with Barak deal investigation

Israel tonight said it will cooperate with India in any investigation into the alleged corruption in the Rs 1,150 crore Barak Missile deal with a firm of that country during the previous NDA rule in 2..Read More

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