INS Arighaat: The submarine lends more power to the MAD scenarioIndia's nuclear strike capabilities receive a boost as it commissions its second SSBN, INS Arighaat, into the Navy. With nuclear-powered su...
30 Aug, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
China's rapidly expanding nuclear weapon stockpile remains opaqueChinese military spokesmen have neither confirmed nor denied the expansion of the ICBM force, and the authors of the Bulletin of the Atomic...
27 Feb, 2024, 09.26 AM IST
India behind China and Pakistan in nuclear-warheads but not worriedThe nine nuclear-armed countries together possess an estimated 13,080 nuclear weapons, with Russia (6,255 warheads) and the US (5,550) leag...
15 Jun, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
China tests latest submarine-launched ballistic missile: ReportThe scheduled test was normal, China's Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday, when asked about the alleged test launch of a JL-3 su...
28 Jun, 2019, 12.50 PM IST
India finalizing plans to order three more Scorpene submarinesFaced with an ageing underwater combat arm even as China and Pakistan bolster their fleets, India is now finalizing plans to order three mo...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.18 PM IST
Chinese submarine visits Pakistan; India concerned over PLAN presence in IORChinese submarines have now reportedly begun to make forays to even Karachi after making similar visits to Colombo over the last one year.
12 Jul, 2018, 04.08 PM IST
India suspicious as Chinese submarine docks in Sri LankaIt is also going to soon induct another five advanced JIN-class nuclear submarines equipped with the new 7,400-km JL-2 missiles.
28 Sep, 2014, 11.17 AM IST
Move to fast-track two submarine projects gathers steamSources said the finance ministry has asked the defence ministry to "club" the separate projects to "draft a single note" for the requisite...
14 Jul, 2014, 12.08 PM IST
Pakistan surges ahead of India in nuclear stockpile: ReportPakistan's nuclear arsenal continues to surge ahead with 100-120 warheads as compared to India's 90-110. China has more than double that nu...
17 Jun, 2014, 11.46 AM IST
China expanding operational deployments in Indian Ocean: PentagonChina is steadily spreading its wings in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) with its rapidly-growing Navy being equipped with advanced nuclear s...
07 Jun, 2014, 10.50 AM IST
China’s military might on upward trajectory: PentagonChina is pursuing "long-term comprehensive" military modernization designed to "fight and win short-duration, high-intensity regional milit...
09 May, 2013, 07.24 AM IST
- Panic over China's four new nuke ballistic missiles
China continues to deploy four new nuclear capable ballistic missiles, including one that can be launched from submarines (SLBM).
04 Nov, 2011, 04.55 AM IST
- Pentagon warns India of expanding military might of China
New Delhi can ill-afford to ignore China's increasing trans-border military capabilities, its assiduous strategic encircling of India and h...
26 Aug, 2011, 08.33 AM IST
- Night launch for N-capable Agni-II on Monday
India is all set to test its 2,000-km-plus Agni-II missile from the Wheeler Island off Orissa coast again on Monday. Significantly, the nuc...
23 Nov, 2009, 11.32 AM IST
- India surprised by Chinese fuss over Agni-V
The Indian defence establishment has been left baffled by a brouhaha being generated in China over the yet-to-be-tested Agni-V ballistic mi...
17 Oct, 2009, 01.06 AM IST
- China-specific Agni-III to be tested today
In a move to somewhat bridge the stark strategic imbalance with China in terms of nuclear and missile arsenals, India is all set to test it...
07 May, 2008, 09.27 AM IST
- 3,500km range Agni-III to be testfired this month
India plans to test-fire its most ambitious strategic missile Agni-III, which can hit high-value targets deep inside China with a strike ra...
02 Apr, 2008, 08.25 AM IST