Tag: Rocket

One of the army’s most potent fire support systems, the Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER) Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), was successfully tested with rockets built by the private sector, announced the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Saturday. The Pinaka MLRS has been successfully ...

India has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which can reach almost all of China, just weeks after it was reported that Beijing undertook a successful hypersonic missile test this summer. In a statement on Wednesday evening, India lauded the first test of its Agni-5 missile. The missile was ...

NEW DELHI: Warning that China is becoming very aggressive, and would soon step into Afghanistan after friendly overtures to Iran and Turkey, General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said India needs an integrated national security architecture to deal with two hostile neighbours, non-contact technological warfare and internal security challenges. Taking ...

NEW DELHI: India is looking at "creating a rocket force", Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday even as he underlined the need for extensive use of niche technology to combat various national security challenges, including possible aggression by China. In an address at an event, ...

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.7 a.m.: An expert advisory panel recommended Tuesday that the U.K. government offer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over age 50 ...

IS-K claimed responsibility for rockets fired at the Kabul airport US officials said 5 rockets were intercepted  US is looking into reports of civilians killed in Kabul airstrike This article was last updated at 20:07 UTC/GMT. For coverage of Sunday's events in Afghanistan see here. UN adopts 'safe' departure resolution ...

KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday pledged to allow an international investigation into human rights abuses, including murders and detentions reportedly carried out by the group in the Spin Boldak district of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province after it was captured in recent weeks. “Any entity wishing to go to the area ...

Kabul: At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday (July 21) shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha (Bakrid). There were no injuries and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds, ...

ST LOUIS : The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully hot-tested the four RS-25 rocket engines of the Space Launch Vehicle (SLS) for the Artemis manned missions to the Moon program in an eight-minute firing.“They clearly got the full range they were after: The applause says a lot,” ...

Isro launches sounding rocket On Friday night, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched a two-stage sounding rocket (RH-560) to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics. Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota was used to launch the rocket. “The launch of sounding rocket (RH-560) to ...