India-China border: No question of repeat of 1962, says NSASeptember 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Downplaying the recent border intrusions by Chinese troops, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan Saturday stoutly maintained there would never be a "repeat of 1962" and there was nothing alarming about the "inroads".
Indian Navy personnel to join Russian nuke sub trialsSeptember 4th, 2009 VLADIVOSTOK - A crew of Indian submariners will take part in sea trials in mid-September of the Russian nuclear submarine which is to be leased to the Indian Navy by the end of 2009, a source said Friday. Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, damaged in a fatal accident during tests last November, resumed sea trials July 10 in the Sea of Japan after extensive repairs that cost an estimated 1.9 billion roubles ($60 million).
'N-submarines with missiles offer best second-strike chance'August 2nd, 2009 KALPAKKAM - Nuclear-powered submarines with capacity to launch ballistic missiles offer the best second-strike capability for a nation, an Indian naval officer said here Sunday. "It is the only system that offers safe second-strike capability.
N-submarine still wrapped in secrecyJuly 27th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - India's first nuclear submarine remains shrouded in secrecy -- despite its public launch. The cloak of secrecy over the project, the existence of which has been denied by successive governments since its inception in 1984, was lifted Sunday when the defence ministry took journalists for the launch ceremony at this port city.
INS Arihant a 'destabilising step' by India, says PakistanJuly 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday called the launching of India's first nuclear-powered submarine a "destabilising step" that could trigger an arms race in the region, a media report said. The induction of INS Arihant is "a destabilising step which will jeopardise the security paradigm of the entire Indian Ocean region", Pakistani Navy spokesman Captain Asif Majeed Butt was quoted as saying by Dawn News.
We have to make heart of submarine tick, says project headJuly 26th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - The head of India's ambitious project to build a nuclear powered submarine, Vice Admiral (retd) D.S.P. Verma, Sunday said that the vessel is ready and now they have to make its heart, the nuclear reactor, tick.
PM, Antony pay homage to Kargil martyrsJuly 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister A.K. Antony visited the Amar Jawan Jyoti here Sunday morning and paid homage to the Kargil war martyrs on the 10th anniversary of the armed conflict with Pakistan.
India's first indigenous nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, to launch todayJuly 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Marking a quantum leap in India's shipbuilding capabilities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Sunday launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine in Visakhapatnam, an official said. The prime minister will launch the vessel.
India's first nuclear submarine launched; historic achievement, says PMJuly 26th, 2009 VISHAKAPATNAM - India Sunday joined a select group of five nations with the launching here of the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as a "historic milestone" in the country's defence preparedness. The prime minister's wife Gursharan Kaur did the honours of launching the submarine - INS Arihant - at a function here.
PM to launch India's first indigenous nuclear subJuly 26th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine - INS Arihant, here Sunday. The submarine will be commissioned in the Indian Navy after extensive outfitting and sea trials.
Chidambaram refuses to comment on Musharraf's Kargil remarksJuly 25th, 2009 HOSHIARPUR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday refused to comment on former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's remarks that the Kargil conflict in 1999 was a "big success" for Pakistan as it forced India to start talks on the Kashmir issue.
PM to launch indigenous nuke submarine by month-endJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In what will mark a quantum leap for India's shipbuilding capabilities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine at a quiet function at Visakhapatnam by the month-end but it could be a while before the vessel is commissioned, an official said. "The construction work is complete and the submarine will be formally launched into the water by the Prime minister," the official said, adding the function will be attended by Defence Minister A.K.
India-bound Russian nuke sub repaired, resumes sea trialsJuly 10th, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian nuclear submarine that is to be leased to India and which was damaged in an accident that killed 20 people resumed sea trials Friday after extensive repairs, a defence official said. "The sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear submarine will continue for two weeks.
Russia to lease only one nuclear sub to India: officialJune 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian official Monday dismissed media reports that Russia planned to lease several nuclear submarines to India, saying the contract envisioned only the transfer of Nerpa nuclear submarine. "We will lease only one submarine.
Remains of WW I German submarine found in MontenegroJune 12th, 2009 PODGORICA - Remains of a World War I German submarine U72 were discovered in the Montenegrin waters of the Adriatic Sea, local Radio Kotor reported Friday. The submarine was sunk by its own crew in November 1918, after the capitulation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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