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Akash Prime missile with indigenous seeker successfully tested at high altitude in Ladakh

July 18, 2025 2:11 am

The trials were done as part of the first Production Model firing trial and will further enable timely induction and enhance the Air Defence potential in high-altitude frontiers of the country, the Ministry of Defence said.

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After latest Trump-Putin phone call, Russia launches record number of drones at Ukraine

July 04, 2025 8:46 pm

Hours after the barrage that killed one person and wounded at least 26 others, including a child, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “very important and productive” phone call with US President Donald Trump.

Homegrown beyond-visual-range missile Astra successfully test-fired from LCA Tejas

March 13, 2025 3:23 pm

Air-to-air missiles with beyond-visual-range capability can help neutralise airborne assets without exposing themselves to adversary air defence measures.

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Israel Iran News Highlights: US declines participation in Israeli retaliatory action against Iran

April 16, 2024 10:32 am

Israel-Iran War Highlights: U.S. State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also spoke to counterparts including in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, stressing the need to avoid escalation.

North Korea claims progress in development of hypersonic missile designed to strike Guam

March 20, 2024 4:22 pm

In recent years, North Korea has been pushing to develop more weapons with built-in solid propellants, which make launches harder to detect than liquid-propellant missiles that must be fuelled before liftoffs and cannot last long.

High-speed expendable aerial target Abhyas successfully tested off Odisha coast

June 30, 2022 9:19 am

Abhyas offers a realistic threat scenario for practice of various weapon systems and is designed for autonomous flying with the help of an autopilot system onboard.

How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose — an aerospace engineer explains

April 16, 2022 6:56 pm

The primary reason nations are developing these next-generation hypersonic weapons is how difficult they are to defend against.

Israel successfully tests new laser missile defense system

April 14, 2022 10:42 pm

The Israeli-made laser system, designed to complement a series of aerial defense systems such as the costly Iron Dome deployed by Israel, will be operational “as soon as possible,” Defence Minister Benny Gantz said.

Developed by two Pune-based facilities of DRDO, Pinaka-ER missile and ancillary systems tested successfully

December 16, 2021 9:42 am

The Extended Range version of the Pinaka, which is primarily a multi barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system, was tested along with its two ancillary systems -- Area Denial Munitions and indigenously developed fuzes.

Missile developed to neutralise aerial threats at close ranges successfully tested for second time this year

December 08, 2021 2:40 am

The quick reaction surface-to-air-missile missile developed by DRDO was test launched from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here at about 3.08 pm from a vertical launcher against an electronic target at a very low altitude.

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Russian-made missile shakes Poland, NATO

November 16, 2022 3:02 pm

A statement from the Polish Foreign Ministry identified the missile as being made in Russia. But President Andrzej Duda was more cautious about its origin, saying that officials did not know for sure who fired it or where it was made.