The SAMAR air-defence system – as seen at Aero India 2023 – uses Ashok Leyland vehicle mounted with refurbished R-73E missiles on rail launchersThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has inducted the Surface To Air Missile For Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system, an IAF source told Janes on 20 December.According to the source, the service also test-fired the system in mid-December at Air Force Station

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again lauded India and said that the countries around have reached the moon but Pakistan has still ‘not risen’ from the earth. The former Pakistan PM was addressing PML-N cadre in Islamabad on Wednesday.Pointing out the dire economic situation of the country, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo asserted that Pakistan

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone "a tonal shift" in the days since the unsealing of a US indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder India-designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, Canada-based CBC News reported.CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.The Canadian prime

Washington: US State Secretary Antony Blinken has said the US has deepened its partnership with India. He said the country has elevated cooperation with India, Japan and Australia through the Quad."We’ve deepened our partnership with India. We’ve elevated cooperation through the Quad with India, Japan, Australia," the US State Secretary said in his remarks at an end-of-year press availability on

New York: India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, has reiterated the country’s "unwavering commitment" to the people of Afghanistan, emphasising the need for continued international attention and support for the country, which is already combating obstacles like terrorism and natural disasters."As a contiguous neighbour to Afghanistan, a friend to its people, and

San Francisco: Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China but that the timing has not yet been decided, NBC News reported.NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.Xi warned Biden during their recent summit in San Francisco, according to three current and former US officials.In a