F-16 didn’t down India’s MiG-21 Bison, says top Chinese military expert

SOURCE: HT A top expert with the Chinese defence forces has said it wasn’t Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) US-made F-16 that shot down India’s MiG-21 Bison during last month’s dogfight when the two air forces had scrambled jets along the Line of Control (LoC).MProfessor Jin Yinan from the elite National Defence University (NDU) of the […]

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MBDA to develop the next generation of the MICA air-to-air missile for Dassault Rafale

SOURCE:  Air Recognition The MBDA MICA (Missile d’interception, de combat et d’autodéfense / Interception, combat and self-defense missile) is a multi-target, all weather, fire-and-forget, short- and medium-range missile system. It is intended for use both from air platforms as individual missiles, as well as by ground units and navy ships, which can be equipped with […]

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IC-814 hijack: Army had 3 battle tanks ready at Amritsar airport, was waiting for orders, says retd Brigadier

SOURCE: INDIAN TODAY The Indian Army was ready with battle tanks in Amritsar to take on the terrorists who had hijacked the Indian Airlines flight IC-814. When the flight landed in Amritsar running short of fuel, the Indian Army was getting battle ready with three tanks lined up for a showdown at the Amritsar airport, […]

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China “deploys” troops closer to Indian border: Russian media

SOURCE: ET China has deployed a contingent of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to the Thar region of Sindh province in Pakistan which is about 90 kilometres away from Pakistan’s international border with India. Indian military personnel had noticed the movement of Chinese troops close to the border, leading Russian media outlet Sputnik reported.”The move […]

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Indian Army destroys Pakistani base in Akhnoor sector

SOURCE: ANI Pakistan on Sunday violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Srinagar’s Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting effective retaliation by the Indian Army. A video shared by ANI shows Pakistani base destroyed in Indian firing in Akhnoor sector(J&K). According to sources quoted by ANI the upside down Pakistan flag shown […]

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Freedom of Balochistan fundamental to regional peace

SOURCE: SUNDAY GUARDIAN LIVE In 1839 when the British forces attacked Balochistan, the Baloch ruler Khan Mehrab Khan, instead of accepting the occupation of the British, resisted the foreign forces. He along with many of his other companions were killed during this resistance and became immortal in Baloch history. After the invasion, the British drew […]

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Virtual SIMs used in Pulwama terror attack; India to approach US for help

SOURCE: PTI A request would be sent to the US to seek details from a service provider of “virtual SIMs”, which were used by the JeM suicide bomber behind the Pulwama attack and his Pakistan and Kashmir-based handlers, officials said. Piecing together probe from the site of the terror strike, searches carried out by the […]

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