Anti-aircraft Gun

The Indian Army has deployed a sizeable number of upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns in the high mountains along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh in addition to its existing M-777 howitzers and Swedish Bofors guns, officials said.

The Trump Administration has notified to the United States Congress its determination to sell naval guns for use against warships, anti-aircraft and shore bombardment worth a billion dollars to India, in a move that would enhance the capabilities of the Indian Navy.

Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said.

The historic Red Fort, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 72nd Independence Day today, has been put under a heavy security cover, along with other critical areas in the national capital.

Security has been tightened up ahead of Republic Day with thousands of policemen and anti-aircraft guns deployed at strategic points in view of intelligence inputs about threats from terror groups to some important installations in the city.

China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, despite statements by Beijing that it has no intention to militarize the islands which are part of a strategic trade route, where territory is claimed by several countries.

On the eve of the Independence Day celebrations, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the multi-layered security arrangements in Delhi and the rest of the country. The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the chiefs of intelligence units and the Delhi police.

A multi-layer security blanket has been thrown around the national capital as India celebrates its 67th Republic Day today. French President Francois Hollande, the chief guest at this year's celebration, witnessed the grand parade in the heart of the capital along with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A multi-layer security blanket has been thrown around the national capital on Republic Day eve with anti-aircraft guns and light machine guns (LMG) positioned at vantage points in view of intelligence inputs that terror groups may target some important installations in the national capital.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat's Kutch district for an all-India conference of top police officials, high security measures have been put in place.

The Indian Army will be replacing its vintage anti-aircraft guns, decided the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) - headed by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar -- that met late this evening. The committee has cleared purchase of defence equipment worth Rs 30,000 crore, sources said.

North Korea executed its defence chief by putting him in front of an anti-aircraft gun at a firing range, Seoul's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers, which would be the latest in a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took charge.

Yemeni anti-aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying over President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's compound in the southern city of Aden today and appeared to force it away, witnesses said.

Gunmen swooped in on trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and surrounded Libya's Justice Ministry on Tuesday, cutting off roads and forcing employees out of the building in the latest instance of powerful militiamen showing their muscle to press their demands on how Libya should be run more than a year after Moammar Gadhafi's ouster.

Hundreds of Libyans converged Saturday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers.

The Indian Army has deployed a sizeable number of upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns in the high mountains along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh in addition to its existing M-777 howitzers and Swedish Bofors guns, officials said.

The Trump Administration has notified to the United States Congress its determination to sell naval guns for use against warships, anti-aircraft and shore bombardment worth a billion dollars to India, in a move that would enhance the capabilities of the Indian Navy.

Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said.

The historic Red Fort, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 72nd Independence Day today, has been put under a heavy security cover, along with other critical areas in the national capital.

Security has been tightened up ahead of Republic Day with thousands of policemen and anti-aircraft guns deployed at strategic points in view of intelligence inputs about threats from terror groups to some important installations in the city.

China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, despite statements by Beijing that it has no intention to militarize the islands which are part of a strategic trade route, where territory is claimed by several countries.

On the eve of the Independence Day celebrations, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the multi-layered security arrangements in Delhi and the rest of the country. The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the chiefs of intelligence units and the Delhi police.

A multi-layer security blanket has been thrown around the national capital as India celebrates its 67th Republic Day today. French President Francois Hollande, the chief guest at this year's celebration, witnessed the grand parade in the heart of the capital along with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A multi-layer security blanket has been thrown around the national capital on Republic Day eve with anti-aircraft guns and light machine guns (LMG) positioned at vantage points in view of intelligence inputs that terror groups may target some important installations in the national capital.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat's Kutch district for an all-India conference of top police officials, high security measures have been put in place.

The Indian Army will be replacing its vintage anti-aircraft guns, decided the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) - headed by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar -- that met late this evening. The committee has cleared purchase of defence equipment worth Rs 30,000 crore, sources said.

North Korea executed its defence chief by putting him in front of an anti-aircraft gun at a firing range, Seoul's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers, which would be the latest in a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took charge.

Yemeni anti-aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying over President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's compound in the southern city of Aden today and appeared to force it away, witnesses said.

Gunmen swooped in on trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and surrounded Libya's Justice Ministry on Tuesday, cutting off roads and forcing employees out of the building in the latest instance of powerful militiamen showing their muscle to press their demands on how Libya should be run more than a year after Moammar Gadhafi's ouster.

Hundreds of Libyans converged Saturday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers.