Pinaka is the unguided rocket system meant to neutralise large areas with rapid salvos. It has undergone several tough tests since 1995. It has been inducted into the Army and the present trials were conducted with some improvements.

Russia has lifted the ban on import of non-basmati rice and oilseeds from India, a move likely to give boost to exports of rice to that country following the intervention of Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma during his visit to ASEAN Ministerial meeting in Brunei last month.

Pakistan Army has conducted a series of training launches and tests during the current week for validation of new technical parameters of 'hatf IX (NASR)' with enhanced range from 60-70 kilometres and flight maneuverability.

The menace of terrorism the world continues to face and agreed to further strengthen our counter-terrorism cooperation which is an essential element of the Riyadh Declaration we signed in 2010,” External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said after a marathon meeting with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal.

An Iranian opposition group in exile has claimed it had obtained information revealing the existence of a secret underground nuclear site located in tunnels beneath a mountain 45 miles north of Tehran.

Indigenously designed and developed long range subsonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’, which can carry warheads weighing up to 300 kg, was tested from a range at Chandipur along the Odisha coast.

Indian Air Force received its first of the ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft from United States on 18 June 2013. The first C-17 Globemaster landed at Hindan Airbase in India. The IAF signed a 4.1 billion US dollar deal with Boeing to get 10 C-17 Aircraft. The deal was signed after conducting a thorough study of its capabilities of being operational under all conditions and abilities to take-off from short runways with heavy loads.

India's first indigenous anti-submarine warship (ASW) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kamorta was handed over to the Indian Navy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata on 12 July 2014.

The first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft, ordered from the United States, touched down at the Hindan airbase, near Ghaziabad on June 18, amidst much fanfare.

INS Vikrant is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first Vikrant-class aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala for the Indian Navy.