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Topic: Missiles

US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine because Putin ‘bombs everybody’, says Trump

American president did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the EU.

From Kheibarshekan to Sejjil, a look at Iran’s missile arsenal as conflict with Israel escalates

New Delhi: Air raid sirens continued to sound over Jerusalem Monday amid an ongoing barrage of ballistic missiles from Iran. Sunday's salvo targeted Ben...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, 2 partners are frontrunners to develop Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield

Musk’s rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of the Golden Dome.

Japan, US to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency, news agency Kyodo reports

Under the plan, the U.S. would deploy missile units to the Nansei Islands of Japan's southwestern Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, and to the Philippines, the report says.

‘Day not far when China coerces India with use of missiles,’ says Lt General PR Shankar (Retd)

Delivering a lecture for Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), Lt General P.R. Shankar (Retd) says while India did not require a rocket force, it certainly needed ‘integrated thinking and jointness’.

Man ‘honey trapped’ by ISI handler to share info on missiles, drones held in Gujarat

Accused Pravin Mishra gave out specifics of missile technologies he had gleaned while working with DRDO supplier, says CID.

SubscriberWrites: The cost-benefit analysis when countering cheap weapons

The offensive weapon always has an advantage as it comes first (otherwise where is the need to develop a counter) and destruction is always cheaper than construction.

India receives fresh batch of Igla-S air defence system from Russia, to be deployed at LAC

Order for Igla-S was placed last year to fulfil Army's current requirements. With improved interception range of up to 6 km, Igla-S provides advantage over older Igla-1M systems.

As ‘hypersonic’ Kinzhals are ‘shot down’, why Russian missiles could be underperforming in Ukraine

Experts believe outdated technology & speed variance are central to underperformance of weapons like Kinzhal. Other missiles deployed by Moscow are Kalibr, Iskander-M among others.

Ukraine claims it shot 29 of 30 missiles launched by Russia in an overnight attack

The Ukrainian military further confirmed that one person was killed in the attack on the southern city of Odesa.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?