Monday, April 2, 2012
DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia's Defense Ministry Wants Strike Drone
DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia's Defense Ministry Wants Strike Drone
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 2, 2012: Russia’s Defense Ministry has issued a technical specification for development of a strike unmanned air vehicle (UAV), Izvestia daily said on Monday quoting a high-level source.
Tranzas company will build the UAV's on-board electronics as well as its navigation and control systems. The airframe, which will weigh about five tons, will be produced by the Kazan-based Sokol design bureau.
The new aircraft will have a modular structure, the source said, and will be able to carry various types of equipment and armament.
Russia’s Defense Ministry sealed contracts worth an estimated 3 billion rubles ($101.9 million) with Tranzas and Sokol in October 2011 for research work into creation of strike and reconnaissance UAVs.
In late March, Russian Air Force commander-in-chief Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, told Moscovsky Komsomolets tabloid that strike drones will enter service before 2020. He did not specify how many drones will be acquired.
The United States has relied heavily on UAVs including the Predator system to carry out missile attacks on insurgents in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area.
DTN News - MALAYSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Malaysian Army Chief Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin In India Talking To Indian Army Chief General V. K. Singh
DTN News - MALAYSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Malaysian Army Chief Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin In India Talking To Indian Army Chief General V. K. Singh
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 2, 2012: Malaysian Army Chief Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin (L) talks with Indian army chief general V. K. Singh after inspecting a guard of honour in New Delhi on April 2, 2012. Abidin is on an official visit to India. (Photo - Getty)
DTN News - MALAYSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Malaysian Army Chief Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin Is On An Official Visit To India
DTN News - MALAYSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Malaysian Army Chief Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin Is On An Official Visit To India
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 2, 2012: Malaysian Army Chief Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin inspects a guard of honour in New Delhi on April 2, 2012. Abidin is on an official visit to India.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Deploy Two Nuclear Submarines
DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Deploy Two Nuclear Submarines
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 1, 2012: India will operate two nuclear powered submarines soon as it inducts the Russian Nerpa and launches the indigenous INS Arihant, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chief V K Saraswat said on Saturday.
"INS Arihant is in advanced stages. It will be ready for operations within the next few months,” he was quoted by The Economic Times as saying.
India is also testing the Sagarika K-15 missile that will be carried by INS Arihant, V K Saraswat said, adding that more than 10 test launches have been carried out in the Bay of Bengal.
The Nerpa has been leased from Russia for ten years and will be delivered next week, he said.
The Nerpa, an Akula II-class attack submarine, had originally been scheduled for delivery to India in 2008. However, that date was moved back after twenty people, mostly civilians, died during sea trials earlier that year when a fire-suppressant gas was accidently released on the sub.
DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Deploy Two Nuclear Submarines Russian Nerpa And Indigenous INS Arihant
DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Deploy Two Nuclear Submarines Russian Nerpa And Indigenous INS Arihant
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 1, 2012: India will operate two nuclear powered submarines soon as it inducts the Russian Nerpa and launches the indigenous INS Arihant, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chief V K Saraswat said on Saturday.
"INS Arihant is in advanced stages. It will be ready for operations within the next few months,” he was quoted by The Economic Times as saying.
India is also testing the Sagarika K-15 missile that will be carried by INS Arihant, V K Saraswat said, adding that more than 10 test launches have been carried out in the Bay of Bengal.
The Nerpa has been leased from Russia for ten years and will be delivered next week, he said.
The Nerpa, an Akula II-class attack submarine, had originally been scheduled for delivery to India in 2008. However, that date was moved back after twenty people, mostly civilians, died during sea trials earlier that year when a fire-suppressant gas was accidently released on the sub.
DTN News - APRIL FOOLS DAY 2012: Google's NES Prank Leads April 1st Jokes
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 1, 2012: Google led April Fools' jokes with its introduction of a new version of Google Maps which supports the ‘long neglected’
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
The new NES version of Google Maps boasts 'beautiful low-res graphics, simple and intuitive controls, and a timeless soundtrack' (Picture: Google/YouTube)
And Tatsuo Nomura, a Google software engineer, is hopeful Nintendo fans will forgive the company for not catering to their retro tastes sooner.
He wrote in a Google Maps blog: 'In our pursuit of new digital frontiers, we realised that we may have left behind a large number of users who couldn't access Google Maps on their classic hardware. Surprisingly, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was unsupported, despite its tremendous popularity with over 60 million units sold worldwide
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