31st July 2008, 01:12 am
29 Jul 2008, 1639 hrs IST,Times Now
The Times of India
NEW DELHI: A TV report says that the Indian Air Force has confirmed that the Pakistani Air Force warplanes had violated Indian airspace on at least three occasions in May and June. The Indian Air Force has now got itself into operational readiness after a pattern of air space violation was seen. ( Watch )
According to Times Now , three intrusions were reported in Pathankot sector. After these intrusions, the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army - General Sekhon - spoke with his Pakistan counterpart - Major General Ahmed Pasha.
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31st July 2008, 01:06 am
Ajai Shukla / New Delhi July 28, 2008, 0:13 IST
Business Standard
On July 22 and 23, tank experts from across the world gathered in Delhi to advise the Army on designing its next generation of armoured vehicles — the Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT) and Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV).
Despite two years of labour, the Army’s tank managers, the Directorate General of Mechanised Forces (DGMF), have been unable to decide on a suitable design.
Several of these experts told Business Standard that the DGMF’s problems stem from its decision to start designing a tank all over again. Instead of building on two decades of experience in designing the indigenous Arjun tank, by moving onto an advanced version of the Arjun, the Army is going back to the start line.
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31st July 2008, 12:22 am
They need protection from sharks, and some fish have evolved scales so effective that a new MIT study says they’re strong enough for the holy grail of body armor: a flexible vest on the battlefield. With the Army watching (and paying), can the self-healing bodysuit be far behind?
By Erik Sofge
Published on: July 28, 2008
Popular Mechanics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Army-funded engineers at MIT are studying the protective qualities of fish scales to help develop lighter, more flexible armor for use on the battlefield. Though war may be a human phenomenon, the need for armor is almost universal. But some species make it better than others, which is why scientists decided to look at the interaction of different layers in the scales of Polypterus senegalus, otherwise known as the gray bichir. The fish is particularly well-armored and can repel biting attacks, but is flexible enough to swim.
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30th July 2008, 11:47 pm
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 30, 2008 11:43:56 EDT
Navy Times
The fastest attack submarine ever built, Russia’s one-of-a-kind Papa-class guided missile boat, is at last being scrapped after a long fleet career and an ignominious retirement, Russian news agencies reported Monday.
The submarine, known first as the K-162 and later the K-222 to its Northern Fleet crews, clocked a speed of 44.7 knots during sea trials in 1969, according to the nuclear watchdog Bellona. The ship served as a technology demonstrator for the subsequent high-speed, deep-diving Alfa class.
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30th July 2008, 09:46 pm
By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
1 hour, 32 minutes ago
Yahoo News
WASHINGTON - If doctors pledge to first do no harm, U.S. presidents seeking peace in the Middle East could do the same. The Bush administration is trying to keep Israel and the Palestinians talking through the waning months of President Bush’s term, because not talking is worse.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heard out the complaints of both sides during a long joint meeting in her office Wednesday, amid political turmoil in Israel that complicates the already slim hope for a peace deal this year. Like past sessions, this one yielded no breakthroughs but passed the low-bar test of preserving momentum.
President Clinton’s eleventh-hour summitry failed, but the Bush administration isn’t ruling out another U.S.-backed initiative before its time is up. Rice called the joint meeting “very fruitful,” and said she is still pursuing a wide-ranging deal between Israel and the Palestinians this year.
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29th July 2008, 09:44 pm
Press Clipping
2 June 2008
Saab Systems
In less than six months, Saab Barracuda has delivered prototype camouflage systems fitted to the Australian Army for the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks and M88A2 Hercules Armoured Recovery Vehicles, giving them higher survivability on the battlefield.
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28th July 2008, 12:09 am
Swiss Information Service | Jul 28, 2008
Defence Talk
The first candidate for the Partial Tiger Replacement programme (PTR) landed Emmen this morning. With the arrival of the Swedish Gripen aircraft in Switzerland, the air and ground tests for the PTR programme will begin. In the course of the second half of the year, the two other candidates Rafale and Eurofighter will follow.
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27th July 2008, 11:59 pm
Press Release
Boeing
ST. LOUIS, July 24, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Raytheon has joined its EP-X industry team. EP-X is a manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting aircraft that will replace the U.S. Navy’s EP-3 signals intelligence (SIGINT) platform.
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27th July 2008, 11:45 pm
Lima, Jul. 25 (ANDINA).- The Ministries of Interior and Defence as well as the Superintendency of Banking and Insurance will ensure the enforcement of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1822 which considers sanctions against people, companies and entities listed in the list of members and collaborators of Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
According to a ministerial resolution, signed by Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaunde and published today in the official gazette El Peruano, the norm approved at the UN, establishes that all States shall take said measures against terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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27th July 2008, 11:40 pm
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Associated Press
Fox News
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Two bombs exploded minutes apart in a packed Istanbul square Sunday night, killing 16 and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest attack against civilians in Turkey in almost five years.
The city’s governor called it a “terror attack,” but officials did not blame any specific group and no one immediately claimed responsibility. CNN-Turk television, citing security sources, said police suspect Kurdish rebels may be behind it because intelligence reports had suggested the rebels were planning a bombing campaign in Turkish cities.
“There is no doubt that this is a terror attack,” Gov. Muammer Guler told reporters.
The first bomb went off in the residential neighborhood of Gungoren in a busy square closed to traffic where people congregate at night, witnesses said. A number of people had rushed over to see what happened and help the victims when a second, more powerful blast hit close by about 10 minutes after the first. Many of the casualties were from the second explosion, witnesses said.
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