Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2007 - India Special Weapons News
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- India's PFBR to begin functioning by 2010: Kakodkar IRNA 27 Apr 2007 -- India's indigenous prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) that can produce 500 megawatts of power at rates cheaper than existing atomic reactors will begin functioning by 2010.
- Russia, India start anti-terror naval exercise in Pacific RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2007 -- Russia and India have launched a three-day joint naval counterterrorism exercise in the Sea of Japan, the press service of Russia's Pacific Fleet said Tuesday.
- India successfully tested BrahMos cruise missile IRNA 23 Apr 2007 -- India Sunday successfully tested BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed by India and Russia, from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa.
- India Launches Italian Satellite as Part of its First Commercial Space Mission VOA 23 Apr 2007 -- India has ventured on its first commercial space mission by launching an Italian satellite into space
- India launches first commercial satellite for Italy RIA Novosti 23 Apr 2007 -- India has launched its first rocket with a third-party payload on a commercial basis, IANS news agency reported Monday.
- US Lawmakers Call on India to Halt Military Cooperation with Iran VOA 20 Apr 2007 -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked India to cease its growing military cooperation with Iran
- Russia, India set to conduct naval maneuvers in Pacific RIA Novosti 17 Apr 2007 -- Russia and India will conduct joint naval counter-terrorism exercises in the Sea of Japan on April 24-26, the press service of Russia's Pacific Fleet said Tuesday.
- India, China to hold talks on boundary next week IRNA 14 Apr 2007 -- India and China will hold another round of high-level talks on boundary question here from next Saturday as part of efforts to settle the dispute that has been nagging their relations for decades.
- India to develop ICBM with 5,500-km range in three years: DRDO IRNA 14 Apr 2007 -- With the successful launch of the nuclear -capable Agni-III, India has achieved the capability to develop an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) to strike at targets 5,500 km away within the next two to three years, top defense scientists said.
- India refuses to comment on US remarks against it IRNA 14 Apr 2007 -- Indian government refused to comment on a media report quoting unidentified US official as saying that New Delhi was greedy and demanding too much in the civil nuclear deal.
- India declares readiness to discuss Nuclear-doctrines military CBMs, with Pak IRNA 13 Apr 2007 -- India has declared readiness to discuss nuclear doctrines and military confidence-building measures (CBMs) with Pakistan as it emphasised that the two neighbours had an opportunity to "remake" their relationship "fundamentally".
- Indian army claims success in anti-ULFA operation IRNA 13 Apr 2007 -- The Indian army Friday claimed it had achieved a major success in its operations against the ULFA (United Liberation Front for Assam) in northeastern state of Assam by breaking the backbone of the banned group's strike force, the "28 battalion".
- Indian security forces to target Maoist leaders IRNA 13 Apr 2007 -- Rattled by unabated attacks by Maoist guerrillas, security forces are wondering if they should kill the long underground leaders of a four-decade-old insurgency that shows no signs of ending.
- India Tests Missile Capable of Carrying Nuclear Warhead to Beijing VOA 12 Apr 2007 -- India has successfully test-launched a ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads across much of Asia and the Middle East
- IAF Chopper crashes Over Siachen glacier in Kashmir IRNA 11 Apr 2007 -- A military helicopter belonging to Indian Air Force, with two pilots on board, crashed today in Siachen Glacier and both the occupants are feared dead.
- India successfully test fires "Agni-III nuclear capable" missile IRNA 11 Apr 2007 -- India Thursday successfully test fired its nuclear capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III from the Interim Test Range(ITR) at the wheeler's Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast.
- Indian Space Organization studying proposal on mission to Mars IRNA 11 Apr 2007 -- Indian Space Research Organization is studying a proposal on a mission to Mars and is confident of undertaking a trip to the red planet within five years of the Indian government giving the nod, ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said on Wednesday in Bangalore the capital of south Indian Karnataka state, PTI reported.
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