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ST Kinetics denies blacklisting
The Singapore-based arms firm, which was earlier reported to have been blacklisted has questioned such a description of itself and has offered its books up scrutiny by Indian agencies. »
India allows tainted weapon systems’ trials
The Ministry of Defense has allowed user trials of five weapons systems that were held up due to allegations of corruption against two of the vendors involved in the trials, ST Kinetics and Israel Military Industries. »
Top Israeli defense official in India
The Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Pinchas Buchris is to arrive in India on Monday to hold meetings on Tuesday with officials from the Indian Ministry of Defense and security establishment. »
Top experts warn India’s H-bomb a dud
Top Indian defense and nuclear scientists have issued warnings of serious deficiencies in India's thermonuclear weapons capability. »
US-India ties boost Boeing’s prospects
Vivek Lall, head of Boeing’s defense unit in India, talks about how growing US-India relations have helped Boeing’s prospects, in a wide-ranging conversation. »
UK leak warns of growing Chinese tech spying
A UK Ministry of Defense document leaked by the website Wikileaks has revealed the concerns of British intelligence agencies about the focus of Chinese spies increasing in scope from stealing technology and reverse-engineering it to include the understanding of production techniques and methodologies in order to reproduce them cheaply and also warns of the... »
MoD bureaucrats worry about next boss
"Imagine Mayawati as Defense Minister," shuddered an officer, "Do we want to see cantonments converted into parks idealizing her with larger than life statues?" "Or Mulayam Singh," piped up another, "Do we stop using computers or writing in English?" »
MoD meet on Rafale rubbished
“Antony has categorically said no movement on defense contracts will take place until the formation of the new government and the presence of a new defense minister,” a source told StratPost. He also denied such a meeting took place. The Statesman has however, reported otherwise. »
‘The Ghost of Bofors resides in South Block’
An insider explains the legacy of the corruption scandal over the Bofors gun deal and how, while the Indian Army has always considered the weapon in question to be eminently satisfactory, the political and bureaucratic fallout continues to be such as to reduce any defense procurement to a crawl. »