Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2012 - India Special Weapons News
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- France Lands Indian Fighter Jet Deal VOA 31 Jan 2012 -- India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from French firm Dassault in a $11 billion deal that is one of the world's largest arms contracts.
- French Rafale Wins Indian Fighter Tender RIA Novosti 31 Jan 2012 -- France’s Dassault Rafale has won a $10 billion tender for 126 fighter aircraft from the Indian Air Force.
- 14 countries to join India in naval exercise IRNA 31 Jan 2012 -- Aiming to strengthen cooperation among navies in region, Indian Navy will host 14 of its counterparts from South East Asia, Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region for eighth edition of Milan exercise in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- India, Japan Coast Guards conclude exercise IRNA 31 Jan 2012 -- Coast Guards of India and Japan concluded an exercise near Chennai simulating to counter maritime threats in Asia-Pacific region and to formulate a cooperative approach to address these concerns.
- India successfully test flies 'Lakshya-I' IRNA 31 Jan 2012 -- Indigenously developed micro-light and pilotless target aircraft ‘Lakshya-1’ was successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.
- Indian army to hold war games with top powers IRNA 30 Jan 2012 -- Top global powers, including, Russia, France, US and some neighbours such as Bangladesh, will engage in war games with the Indian army.
- India, Japan Coast Guards conduct joint exercise IRNA 29 Jan 2012 -- As part of strengthening their working level relationship and refine operating procedures, Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart conducted a joint exercise entitled 'Sahyog Kaijin XI' off Chennai port on Sunday.
- 11th Indo-Japan Coast Guards combined exercise begins tomorrow IRNA 28 Jan 2012 -- The Coast Guards of India and Japan will hold a combined excercise in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state.
- India conducts second successful test-flight of Lakshya-II IRNA 27 Jan 2012 -- Two days after a successful trial, advanced version of pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya-II was again successfully flight-tested at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) near Balasore in Odisha state Friday.
- 4 Indian naval officers indicted for leaking info on Facebook IRNA 26 Jan 2012 -- A Naval Board of Inquiry (BoI) has recommended action against four senior officers for allegedly possessing and leaking classified information through social networking websites.
- India proposes panel to address border issues with Myanmar IRNA 25 Jan 2012 -- In a bid to strengthen military ties with Myanmar, India has proposed a number of measures.
- India conducts flight trials of micro, mini air vehicles IRNA 25 Jan 2012 -- Flight trials of Micro and Mini Air Vehicles were conducted at Hoskote near Bangalore.
- Russia Hands Over Nerpa Nuclear Sub to India RIA Novosti 23 Jan 2012 -- Russia's K-152 Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine has been handed over to the Indian Navy, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Monday.
- India, China sign border management pact IRNA 18 Jan 2012 -- India and China signed an agreement for setting up a mechanism to avert any untoward incident on border with PM Singh saying good cooperation between the two countries would bring 'great changes' in the world.
- Carrier Ready for India After Eight Year Wait RIA Novosti 17 Jan 2012 -- A Russian aircraft carrier being refurbished for the Indian Navy will begin sea trials in May for the first time in two decades.
- 15th round of talks between India, China begins in New Delhi IRNA 16 Jan 2012 -- The 15th round of talks between Special Representatives of India and China kicked off in New Delhi.
- India's hypersonic missile to be ready in five years IRNA 10 Jan 2012 -- With the air-version of BrahMos missile likely to be inducted in IAF within a year, works have already been started to develop BrahMos 2, the fastest hypersonic missile in the world, which would take final shape in five years, a top scientist said.
- India clears 950 million Euro deal for missiles for Mirage2000 IRNA 04 Jan 2012 -- India cleared a Euro 950 million deal to procure 500 air-to-air missiles from a French firm for Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 aircraft fleet.
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