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I-Derby-ER missile will replace Russian R-77 in the Indian Air Force fleet. NEW DELHI: In two years from now, the Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30 fighters may be re-armed with Israeli Derby air-to-air missiles after the jet's Russian-made R-77 missiles were found wanting in air combat operations over the Line of Control on February 27 this year. Sources in the Indian Air Force told NDTV, "We already have the missile as part of the SPYDER (Surface-to-Air Missile) system. Integration (with the IAF's Su-30s) is the next step.'' Retaliating to the IAF strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed training facility in Balakot on...

NEW DELHI: A top-level Israeli military delegation will be in India next week on a hush-hush visit to discuss counter-terrorism and anti-infiltration strategies in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said the delegation, to be led by Israeli deputy chief of general staff, Major General Moshe Kaplinsky, will be visiting some places in J&K, including the 16 Corps headquarters in Nagrota, which is responsible for guarding the line of control south of the Pir Panjal range. The Israeli visit comes at a time when the LoC has suddenly become hot with terrorists making concerted efforts to sneak into India from across the...

Army reports fresh shelling along Poonch borderPress Trust of India Poonch, January 20, 2005|11:22 ISTTen mortar shells were fired on Thursday night followed by light machine gun (LMG) fire from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Hamirpur post in Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district close on the heels of the first violation of ceasefire two days back. Brigadier Dhruv Katoch of 16 Corps headquarters Jammu said that the small mortars and LMG firing lasted for 15 minutes from 1955 hours. However, there was no casualty or damage to property in the shelling and firing, he said....

NEW DELHI/JAMMU: In what appears to be the first serious violation of the ceasefire along the border since November 2003, Pakistani troops reportedly fired 20 rounds of mortar shells at Durga near Poonch town in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday night. The firing went on for two hours and all army posts along the Line of Control have been put on alert. Army officers said there appeared to be an attempt to aid cross-border infiltration of militants from Pakistan. "The Pakistani army fired at our Durga post between 6.30 and 8.30 pm. We have not retaliated and have asked...

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