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New Delhi, March 23: In a bid to enhance the operational capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Defence Ministry on Thursday signed two separate contracts with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), at a total cost of over Rs 3,700 crore.

Marker down on what he hopes to do with canada going forward and also a message to other allies as he continues to try and line them up, saying, look we need to do hard things in his in his words, in order to counter the kind of aggressive influence from both russia and china and even countries like iran. and notable paula that he concluded his remarks talking about what he told to chinese president xi that the united states and he said that canada could say the same about canada what the united...

Which our partnership is exceptional. it is an incredible symbol of the faith we have in one another and the trust replacing each others capabilities. soon norad will have a new next generation over the horizon radars to enhance our early warning capacity. upgraded undersea surveillance systems. modernized infrastructure is necessary to host the most advanced aircraft. and im looking forward to continuing to work in close partnership with canada as we deliver on these needs so that our people ca...

Im not going to get into the specifics in terms of the types of force protection capabilities we have in our facilities other than to say we take force protection. very, very seriously . um, i will say, you know, as it pertains to radar. my understanding is that there was a complete sight picture in terms of radar. all that said, as is the case in any type of attack, us central command will conduct a review to assess what happened and take a look at what if any, other type of mitigating actions ...

Territory. norad is the only military command in the world. norad is the only national committee in the world. another way in which our partnership is exceptional. it is an incredible symbol of the faith we have in one another and the trust we place in each others capabilities. soon norad will have a new next generation, over the horizon radar to enhance our early warning capacity. upgrade it, under see surveillance systems. im looking forward to continuing to work in close partnership with cana...

Changed its defensive posture in the region essentially to better protect us personnel against these kinds of attacks, but parrilla also really in provided some important context for irans capabilities in the region and why it is so concerning to us officials that they are able to continue to carry out these kinds of attacks. today iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the middle east. thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, many capable of striking anywhere in the m...

The iranians train them on these capabilities, and they make it possible for them to use them fairly effectively in in these kinds of operations. the response. what does the nature of the target in the us clearly , nic robertson pointed out. clearly, the us seemed to have had a target list here because the response was nearly immediate. what do you make of the target and the level of retaliation? the us chose to take here. so the target appears to have been the basic hasakah and specifically the...

Official says that an iranian proxy forces launched some seven rockets at a military base in northern syria near the oil field. no injuries reported. this attack coming after the united states retaliated from the iranian drone strike that killed an american contractor and injured five u.s. service members. u.s. air strikes targeted an arms depot at a port in syria. eight iranian fighters were killed in that strike. there is a grave warning of the growing threat from iran. >> i ran is taking acti...

Colonel cedric leighton. colonel great to have you here. i want to take this in parts if i can. first this one way drone strike from iranian proxies. what does that tell you about their intentions and capabilities? well, john. good morning. first of all, their intentions are definitely to at least harass us forces into let their presence be known. they want to make sure that the u. s and allied forces dont forget that theyre there , and they also want to make sure that they can, in essence contr...

The use of balloons and potentially developing more specialised capabilities to shoot them down more predictably or with lower cost. the flip side is that, you know, this is not a new technology, and spy balloons are something that have been used significantly by most powers over the years. particularly during the cold war, they were played around with. there are difficulties with them, which is that its harder to control exactly where they go, even if they have limited propulsion systems on boa...