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DefenceRepublican-led Senate rejects Trump veto, backs defense bill
The $740 billion National Defense Authorisation Act determines everything from how many ships are bought to soldiers’ pay and how to address geopolitical threats
Defence industry must evolve to meet needs of armed forces: Indian army vice chief
Saini said the character of warfare is undergoing a rapid change. The lethality and intensity powered by the latest technologies, the blurring of lines between friends and foes, combatants and ...
Defence ministry’s senior secretary Abdullah Al Mohsin dies of COVID-19
Senior secretary to the defence ministry, Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury died from coronavirus on Monday morning
World defence spending spikes as rivalries heat up
Global defence spending saw its biggest jump in a decade in 2019, driven by the US and China, a study said Friday, as rivalries and conflicts stoke military investment.The International Institute for ...
Gen Bipin Rawat named India's first CDS
Indian Army's outgoing chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, was Monday appointed India's first Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), the principal military adviser to defence minister and head of the new department ...
Russia deploys first hypersonic missiles
Russia's defence minister told president Vladimir Putin on Friday the first Avangard hypersonic missiles had been put into service, in a move hailed as a major coup for Moscow.Analysts say Russia is ...
Dhaka to receive $500m from New Delhi for defence procurement
New Delhi has provided a $500 million line of credit to Bangladesh to enable Dhaka to buy military equipment from India, reports Zee News, an Indian television channel.Bangladesh is seeking to ...
Hackers attack Indian armed forces
After the Indian Armed Forces were attacked by cyber crooks on Friday late night, the tri-services cyber wings issued emergency warning to all the defence personnel not to access mail titled -- ...
'Bangladesh agrees to allow India to construct fence in 13 places'
Bangladesh government has in principle, agreed to allow India to erect barbed wire fencing along the zero-line in at least 13 areas along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, a senior Indian ...
N Korea calls Japan PM ‘most stupid man ever known in history’
North Korea on Saturday warned Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe that he could soon see a "real ballistic missile" while excoriating him as the "most stupid man ever known in history".The colourful ...
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