ET Defence Bulletin: Stories you should not miss (December 27, 2016)
This is a list of the top defence stories of today.
By ET Online | Updated:
NEW DELHI: Below is a list of the top defence stories of today.
India
1) China today hoped that India's testing of the nuclear-capable Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile safeguarded South Asia's strategic balance even as Beijing maintained that the two nations are not rivals, but partners.
2) Agni-V with China in range tested; next in line is Agni-VI, with manoeuvring warheads.
3) Kanchanbagh is address for India's Agni V might.
5) Opinion- Move quickly to douse storm over new army chief; only option with government is to make Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi CDS.
Regional
6) Military exercise with China will not change ties with India: Nepal.
7) China could try to play Dhaka against New Delhi during river water negotiations on Brahmaputra, which flows from the Tibetan region to India's Northeast, coursing into Bangladesh.
International
8) Opinion- By tweeting US will expand nuclear forces, Donald Trump may be targeting not Russia but China.
9) US, Russian military talks on fights against Islamic State quietly proving useful.
India
1) China today hoped that India's testing of the nuclear-capable Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile safeguarded South Asia's strategic balance even as Beijing maintained that the two nations are not rivals, but partners.
2) Agni-V with China in range tested; next in line is Agni-VI, with manoeuvring warheads.
3) Kanchanbagh is address for India's Agni V might.
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4) In the first test of a new blacklisting policy of the government for arms firms indulging in unethical practices, banned conglomerate Rheinmetall has written to the Defence Ministry, asking to be taken off the banned list. 5) Opinion- Move quickly to douse storm over new army chief; only option with government is to make Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi CDS.
Regional
6) Military exercise with China will not change ties with India: Nepal.
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7) China could try to play Dhaka against New Delhi during river water negotiations on Brahmaputra, which flows from the Tibetan region to India's Northeast, coursing into Bangladesh.
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International
8) Opinion- By tweeting US will expand nuclear forces, Donald Trump may be targeting not Russia but China.
9) US, Russian military talks on fights against Islamic State quietly proving useful.
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