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Tim David’s late hitting against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday not only lifted Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a big total but also placed him alongside some of the franchise’s notable power-hitters in the record books.Batting in the lower middle order at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, David struck eight sixes during his innings. That effort is…
NEW DELHI: INS Aridaman, India’s indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on Friday by defence minister Rajnath Singh, news agency ANI reported.Meanhile, Rajnath Singh in a post on X hinting at the launch of the submarine said, “”It is not just words, it is power, ‘Aridaman’!”” INS Aridhaman: All about Navy’s…
Iran’s Fatah-III short-range ballistic missile; THAAD missile defence system The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has seen the principal actors—the United States-Israel on one side and Iran on the other side—deploy a wide range of weapon systems. The conflict entered its 32nd day on Tuesday, having begun on February 28 with coordinated US-Israeli strikes…
Diego Garcia base (AP photo) Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, but neither struck the US-UK military base, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing US officials.According to the report, one missile broke apart during flight, while a US warship fired an SM-3 interceptor at the second. It…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday it used a new “Haj Qasem” ballistic missile for the first time in a fresh wave of attacks against Israel and the United States, describing it as an advanced precision-guided weapon named after slain commander Qassem Soleimani.The IRGC claimed the strikes targeted sites in Beit Shemesh, Tel…
North Korea fired at least one “unidentified projectile” eastward on Saturday, according to South Korea’s defence ministry, in a move that comes weeks after Pyongyang dismissed Seoul’s latest peace outreach as a “clumsy, deceptive farce”.Seoul’s military confirmed the launch in a brief statement but did not immediately provide further details about the projectile or its…
Dubai Shock: Missile Fragments Strike Building on Sheikh Zayed Road As UAE Intercepts 10 Ballistic Missiles Amid Iran vs US-Israel War Dubai witnessed a tense moment when debris from a successfully intercepted aerial threat struck a building façade along the city’s iconic Sheikh Zayed Road, highlighting how the expanding regional conflict involving Iran, the United…
Nato air defences in the eastern Mediterranean have shot down a second ballistic missile that was fired from Iran and entered Turkey’s airspace, the Turkish defence ministry said on Monday, warning that it will take necessary steps “without hesitation”.This marks the second Iranian ballistic missile that has targeted Nato member Turkey in the last week….
Agni-3 (Image/X@alpha_defence) NEW DELHI: India on Friday successfully test-fired the intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-3 from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.The launch was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and successfully validated all operational and technical parameters.The Agni-III is an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a strike range of 3,000–3,500 km and has…
Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripath NEW DELHI: India will early next year add some sharp teeth to its sea-based leg of the nuclear triad by commissioning its third nuclear-powered submarine, which is larger than the first two and capable of carrying more long-range nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.The third such submarine, called SSBN in naval parlance,…
