Defense News Mail; 04 Aug 2014

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Regards Colonel Ashok Kumar Singh; Veteran twitter @ashokkmrsingh Skype : ashokkmrsingh  Rs 30,000 cr India-France missile development plan in troubled waters Shared by Indian Defence defenceforumindia­.com - Rs 30,000 crore India-France missile development plan in troubled waters - The Times of India NEW DELHI: An India-France proposed joint venture expected to be worth around Rs 30,000 crore to develo... LIVE UPDATES: Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo; IDF officer: Op not over yet - Diplomacy and Defense Israel News Shared by news.google.com www­.haaretz.com - Israel entered day 27 of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza on Sunday, after beginning to scale back its offensive the day before, pulling some forces out of the enclave. The army continued its atta... ITAR-TASS: World - UK PM, NATO chief, SACE to discuss containment strategy Shared by en.itar-tass.com en­.itar-tass.com - BRUSSELS, August 04, 6:29 /ITAR-TASS/. UK Prime Minister David Cameron would meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Philip M. Breedlove, NATO's Supreme Allied Commandrr in Europ... Iraq jihadists seize another town from Kurdish forces Shared by spacewar.com www­.spacewar.com - Jihadists raised their black flag in Iraq's northern town of Sinjar Sunday in a second straight day of advances against Kurdish forces, sparking mass displacement the UN called a humanitarian trage... US Congress approves funding for Israel's Iron Dome Shared by spacewar.com www­.spacedaily.com - The US Congress on Friday approved $225 million for Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, credited with destroying missiles fired by Hamas before they could reach their targets. House of ... 37 civilians, 59 'terrorists' killed in earlier China attack: Xinhua Shared by spacewar.com www­.spacewar.com - Chinese state media said Sunday that 37 civilians and 59 "terrorists" had been killed in an attack earlier in the week in Xinjiang, home to China's mainly Muslim Uighur minority. The total toll mak... Experts: China Still Lags West in Advanced Aircraft Technologies | Defense News Shared by Defense News www­.defensenews.com - TAIPEI — Whether Chinese aviation companies belong in the Defense News Top 100 will remain a puzzle as long as transparency remains clouded. But the recent arrest of Chinese citizen Su Bin in Canad... Russia Sanctions: India Defiant, Finland Nervous | Defense News Shared by Defense News www­.defensenews.com - WASHINGTON — In the days following US and European Union sanctions against Russia, it was unclear what sort of economic impact they would have on nations that do defense deals with Moscow. But acro... Asian Defence News: Nepal Army Shared by asiandefencenews.com www­.asiandefencenews.com - A Nepal Army brave Gurkha battalion presents guard of honors to visiting Indian PM - Photo eKantipur on Twitter Asian Defence News: Israel Air Force Strikes Terror Tunnel Shared by asiandefencenews.com www­.asiandefencenews.com - August 3, 2014 Israel Air Force Strikes Terror Tunnel at Sunday, August 03, 2014 Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Sukhoi to sign another contract with India on FGFA Shared by Indian Defence defenceforumindia­.com - ITAR-TASS: Russia - Sukhoi to sign another contract with India on fifth generation multi-role fighter Russia’s Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer plans to sign another contract with India in the framewor... China-India energy rivalry in spotlight as Modi visits Nepal Shared by spacewar.com www­.spacedaily.com - Energy will be high on the agenda when India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Nepal on Sunday, eager to claw back lost ground in the race for resources with China. A vast network of fast-f... GPS-guided shell in full-rate production Shared by spacewar.com www­.gpsdaily.com - Raytheon's Excalibur Ib precision guided artillery projectile has entered full rate production for the U.S. Army, the company announced. Approval of full-rate production by the Army came with a $52... Navy asked for direct purchase of two Amur-class subs from Russia ? Shared by Indian Defence defenceforumindia­.com - According to a report by Defensenews.com, Indian navy has asked Indian government to clear a proposal to buy Two modern Diesel Amur class submarine from Russia , Emergency purchase has been request... New Brahmos Cruise Missile- Range 500kms - Page 18 Shared by Indian Defence defenceforumindia­.com - NEW DELHI: Indo-Russian joint venture firm BrahMos Aerospace today said it is developing a smaller version of the 290-km supersonic cruise missile for enabling its deployment on submarines and smal... BBC News - China earthquake: Troops join search in Yunnan province Shared by BBC News (World) www­.bbc.co.uk - China has sent 2,500 soldiers to the southwest province of Yunnan after an earthquake killed hundreds of people. At least 367 people died and more than 2,000 were injured when the magnitude 6.1 ear... Press Information Bureau English Releases Shared by PIB India pib­.nic.in - The Cabinet Secretary Shri Ajit Seth has chaired three emergency meetings of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) since yesterday afternoon.  Two meetings were held yesterday.  One meeting w... BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Army 'heading for victory' - defence minister Shared by BBC News (World) www­.bbc.co.uk - Ukraine's defence minister has said his forces are gaining ground significantly against rebels in the country's east. Valeriy Heletey told the BBC there would be victory "very soon". He blamed the ... Don’t take your soldiers for granted – The Express Tribune Blog Shared by PakistanMilitaryNews blogs­.tribune.com.pk - *Saf Shikan post is one of the few posts at Siachen glacier that is inaccessible by animal transport. Hence, all the transport of ammunition and food items is done through man-portering, mostly bec... Mohammed Deif, the shadowy figure who heads Hamas’s military wing - The Washington Post Shared by news.google.com www­.washingtonpost.com - GAZA CITY — On a narrow, rubble-strewn Gaza street, where an Israeli airstrike recently obliterated the home of a top Hamas leader, a group of boys and men praised a shadowy, middle-age man most Pa... Questions of Weapons and Warnings in Past Barrage on a Gaza Shelter - NYTimes.com Shared by news.google.com www­.nytimes.com - JABALIYA, Gaza Strip — An examination of an Israeli barrage that put a line of at least 10 shells through a United Nations school sheltering displaced Palestinians here last week suggests that Isra... Airstrike Near U.N. School Kills 10 as Israel Shifts Troops in Gaza - NYTimes.com Shared by news.google.com www­.nytimes.com - JERUSALEM — As Israel began to redeploy significant numbers of its troops away from populated areas of Gaza on Sunday, an Israeli Air Force missile struck near the entrance of a United Nations scho... Israel Scales Back Forces in Gaza - WSJ Shared by news.google.com online­.wsj.com - Israel began scaling back its forces in Gaza but pulled out of cease-fire negotiations and warned that its military offensive might continue beyond the mission of plugging up Hamas militants' cross... Business as usual with Gaza, despite war and blockade - Business Israel News Shared by news.google.com www­.haaretz.com - “We’ve been working with exporters from Gaza continuously since Operation Protective Edge began, even during the shelling,” said A., an Israeli customs agent working with food importers from the St... Modi woos Nepal with HIT mantra, shows expert diplomatic skills - Firstpost Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran www­.firstpost.com - Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing bilateral visit to Nepal (the first by an Indian PM in 17 years though there were six Heads of State and nine prime ministerial visit from Nepal to India duri... Strong quake kills at least 150 in southwest China - LA Times Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran www­.latimes.com - A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province has killed at least 150 people and injured more than 1,400. China's official Xinhua News Agency says at least 150 people died in Sunday's qua... US: Spy plane flew over Swedish airspace to avoid Russian military Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran www­.foxnews.com - The U.S. military acknowledged Sunday that an Air Force spy plane slipped into Swedish airspace without permission last month to avoid a possible encounter with a Russian aircraft. The statement by... AJK PM responds to Indian army chief with strong words - Pakistan - DAWN.COM Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran www­.dawn.com - MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed on Sunday condemned a recent provocative statement by the Indian army chief, forewarning that such a tone could lead ... Mohammed Deif, the shadowy figure who heads Hamas’s military wing - The Washington Post Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran www­.washingtonpost.com - GAZA CITY — On a narrow, rubble-strewn Gaza street, where an Israeli airstrike recently obliterated the home of a top Hamas leader, a group of boys and men praised a shadowy, middle-age man most Pa... Syndicate Bank, Bhushan Steel, Prakash Industries Shares Slump amid CBI Probe - NDTVProfit.com Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran profit­.ndtv.com - Syndicate Bank shares fell as much as 7 per cent to a low of Rs 134.70 on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested the state-run lender's chairman SK Jain in an alleged bribery cas... Syndicate Bank, Bhushan Steel, Prakash Industries Shares Slump amid CBI Probe - NDTVProfit.com Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran profit­.ndtv.com - Syndicate Bank shares fell as much as 7 per cent to a low of Rs 134.70 on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested the state-run lender's chairman SK Jain in an alleged bribery cas... India faces complex challenges of terrorism, Maoism: Kiren Rijiju - The Economic Times Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran economictimes­.indiatimes.com - HYDERABAD: India faces complex and manifold challenges in its way to achieving its rightful place in the world with problems like terrorism and Left wing extremism persistently threatening to disru... Afghanistan may not be over for us if the Taliban rebuild, says general - Telegraph Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran www­.telegraph.co.uk - After more than a decade of intense fighting in Afghanistan, which has claimed 453 lives and left hundreds more troops seriously injured, British forces are now making the final preparations for th... Indian Strategic Studies: Break EU-Russia Deadlock Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran strategicstudyindia­.blogspot.com - Putin has countered this by saying that 1) For the last 25 years since Ukraine became independent there was relative peace and no rebels. This was because Russia supported all of Ukraine by giving ... Indian Strategic Studies: Black economy now amounts to 75% of GDP Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran strategicstudyindia­.blogspot.com - 4 August 2014 Black economy now amounts to 75% of GDP The HinduIndia’s black economy could now be nearly three-quarters the size of its reported GDP. Driven substantially by the higher education se... Defense Blogs for News Mail: BUREAUCRACY RIDICULOUSLY HIGH-HANDED IN SANCTIONING VETERANS’ DUES BY ANIL BHAT Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran defenseblogs­.blogspot.com - “But would this be closure to their agony?”, asks Maj. Singh, who is well versed with the attitude and tendencies of  our babus. Since this cynical question was asked by Maj. Singh before the unpre... Indian Strategic Studies: "The United States, India, and the Rise of Geoeconomics" Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran strategicstudyindia­.blogspot.com - 4 August 2014 "The United States, India, and the Rise of Geoeconomics" Author: Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Robert D. Black... Videos Shared by youtube.com Shared by Col Ashok K Singh Veteran Shared by RT More videos → World Airstrike hits UN school in Gaza as Israeli troops start redeploying along border Shared by news.google.com U.N. 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