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December 2010 - India Special Weapons News
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- India-Myanmar discuss intelligence sharing IRNA 31 Dec 2010 -- Action against insurgent groups along the international border, tightening of intelligence sharing mechanism, arms smuggling and drugs trafficking were high on the agenda at the 16th Home Secretary level talks between India and Myanmar in New Delhi on Thursday.
- India deploys four warships in Arabian Sea IRNA 29 Dec 2010 -- India has deployed four warships in Arabian Sea to check piracy incidents.
- India launches first indigenous Aerostat surveillance system IRNA 29 Dec 2010 -- India's first indigenously Aerostat Surveillance System has been successfully launched at Agra.
- Controversy brewing over French plan to build N-plant in India IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- Controversy is once again brewing over the plan to build a mega nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in Maharashtra with the state government rubbishing the concerns raised by the opposition and environmentalists over the safety of the French project.
- India, Lanka to develop defence cooperatiion, conduct Navy exercises IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- India and Sri Lanka Tuesday decided on a series of measures to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries.
- Indian Defence Secretary in Sril Lanka to mull defence cooperation IRNA 27 Dec 2010 -- Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar arrived in Colombo on Monday to discuss ways to develop defence cooperation with Sri Lankan officials.
- India likely to gift some military equipment to Sri Lanka IRNA 25 Dec 2010 -- As a goodwill gesture, India is expected to gift some military equipment such as shoulder-fired missiles and radars to Sri Lanka when Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar undertakes a two-day visit there from Monday.
- Failure reported in India’s satellite launch vehicle for second time IRNA 25 Dec 2010 -- Launch of India's latest communications satellite GSAT-5P onboard homegrown GSLV-F06, powered by Russian cryogenic engine, failed Saturday when the rocket developed a snag soon after lift-off from the spaceport at Sriharikota in Hyderabad state.
- India's GSLV rocket exploded before Russian booster launch RIA Novosti 25 Dec 2010 -- India's GSLV rocket exploded before the Russian-made 12 KRB booster was launched, a source in the Russian research centre that developed the booster said on Saturday.
- Indian security personnel killed in gunbattle with Maoists IRNA 25 Dec 2010 -- A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel attached with the elite anti-Naxal battalion COBRA was killed and four others injured in a gunbattle with Maoist ultras inside a forest in Naxal-hit Purulia district of West Bengal, Saturday.
- Indian security personnel killed in Maoists attack IRNA 24 Dec 2010 -- One Indian security personnel killed while another injured on Friday in two separate Maoists attacks.
- Russia offers India all help to combat terror IRNA 23 Dec 2010 -- Describing warm Indo-Russian ties as 'special' and not merely a 'figure of speech', Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday assured India all help in its fight against terror.
- India successfully test fires another Prithvi-II missile IRNA 22 Dec 2010 -- India on Wednesday successfully test fired another Prithvi-II missile in an hour’s gap from Orissa coast.
- India and Russia sign 30 pacts IRNA 21 Dec 2010 -- India and Russia Tuesday signed 30 pacts in several key areas such as civil nuclear cooperation and defence, including development of Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) to augment country's military capabilities.
- Russia, India sign oil, gas, nuclear energy deals RIA Novosti 21 Dec 2010 -- Russia and India have signed intergovernmental agreements on cooperating in the oil and gas and nuclear energy spheres as well as jointly developing information technologies.
- Russia, India sign design contract for prototype multirole fighter RIA Novosti 21 Dec 2010 -- Russia and India signed a contract on Tuesday to jointly develop a design for a new fifth-generation multirole fighter.
- Medvedev wants secret services to be more techno-savvy RIA Novosti 20 Dec 2010 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has urged the country's secret services to make more use of modern technology.
- Russia to develop new heavy ICBM by 2020 RIA Novosti 20 Dec 2010 -- Russia's state arms procurement program through 2020 provides for the development of a new heavy ballistic missile, a leading missile designer said on Monday.
- Russia's Constitutional Court rules in favor of Chernobyl veterans RIA Novosti 20 Dec 2010 -- Russia's Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the state must fully compensate former soldiers who have been suffering after emergency operations at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986.
- Russian-Indian second prototype T-50 fighter to fly in 2011 RIA Novosti 20 Dec 2010 -- The Russian-Indian second prototype T-50 fighter aircraft will take to the skies in early 2011, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) President Alexei Fyodorov said on Monday.
- US Fears Biowarfare Stemming From India VOA 17 Dec 2010 -- U.S. officials fear lax security at Indian laboratories could result in a biological terror attack, with fatal diseases like anthrax spreading worldwide.
- Indian Air Force Receives First Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Lockheed Martin 16 Dec 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] delivered the first of six C-130Js for the Indian Air Force at ceremonies here today. The new fleet was ordered under a $1.2 billion U.S. Foreign Military Sale (India’s first) in late 2008.
- Chinese Premier Vows Cooperation on Sensitive Issues With India VOA 16 Dec 2010 -- China and India have signed six agreements, including business deals worth $16 billion.
- India, China pledge to resolve outstanding differences IRNA 16 Dec 2010 -- India and China reached broad consensus on several issues and pledged firm commitment to resolve outstanding differences.
- Russian shipbuilders ask for $100 million to complete frigates for India RIA Novosti 16 Dec 2010 -- Yantar has asked Russia's state arms exporter for an additional $100 million to complete construction of three frigates for the Indian Navy.
- Russia and India fix T-50 fighter design contract cost at $295 mln RIA Novosti 16 Dec 2010 -- Russia and India have agreed the estimated cost of a design contract for their joint fifth-generation fighter project at $295 million.
- India, Russia register JV to produce transport aircraft RIA Novosti 16 Dec 2010 -- India and Russia have registered a joint venture, MTA Limited, to develop and manufacture a new transport aircraft in line with previous agreements.
- IAF helicopter crashes, 8 defence personnel injured IRNA 14 Dec 2010 -- Eight defence personnel, including three crew members, were injured when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed.
- India lodges strong protest with US IRNA 13 Dec 2010 -- Another incident of top Indian diplomat Hardeep Puri being patted down at Houston Airport has come to light following which India has lodged a strong protest with the US.
- Indian ballistic missile test ends in failure RIA Novosti 10 Dec 2010 -- The maiden test launch of an Indian nuclear-capable missile ended in fiasco on Friday after it plunged into the sea a few seconds after takeoff, the Indian Express newspaper reported.
- Pakistan slams exception in nuclear cooperation IRNA 10 Dec 2010 -- Pakistan has cautioned that creating exceptions for any country is not only a step backward in terms of promoting peace nuclear cooperation but also has serious implications for regional and global security.
- Russia, India may hold joint military drills annually RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2010 -- The Russian-Indian joint Indra military drills will involve three branches of the armed forces and may be held every year in the future, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday.
- Russian General Staff chief visits India RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- The chief of the Russian General Staff, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, will visit India on December 7-9 to discuss bilateral military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
- Sarkozy in India lobbying for billions of arms, reactor sales IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, seeking a slice of Indian multi-billion dollar military spending, said on Tuesday he signed agreements to sell nuclear reactors worth billions of dollars to India.
- India conducts BrahMos cruise missile test RIA Novosti 02 Dec 2010 -- India successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a military base in the northeastern coastal state of Orissa.
- India successfully test-fires "BrahMos" missile IRNA 02 Dec 2010 -- India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast.
- Army chief dismisses US perception about Indian Army IRNA 02 Dec 2010 -- Army Chief Gen V K Singh said India has no 'Cold Start' doctrine as claimed in the secret American documents.
- Spain Arrests at Least 7 With Suspected Links to Mumbai Attacks VOA 01 Dec 2010 -- Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested at least seven people suspected of ties to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
- Obama's remarks on Iran have no bearing on India's policies IRNA 01 Dec 2010 -- The US President Obama's remarks on Iran and Myanmar in his address to Parliament reflected the views of his country not India's policies.
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