India cannot choose its geography and devise regional strategies to dovetail into the Western Indian Ocean hypothesis conceived in the Pentagon, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
India has the ability in all respects to be a great power and address our security challenges in the best national interests, says Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
India should remember that Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations will remain special due, not least, to bonds of all Muslims with The Holy Land. They would also be strategic enough, irrespective of whether the ambassador is a military man or a career civilian appointee., notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
In what is being termed as a strong message to New Delhi, Pakistan Navy fired a range of missiles including anti-surface missiles from the recently acquired F-22P frigate, air-to-surface missiles from the P-3C aircraft and sub surface-to-surface missiles from Agosta 90B submarines.
A bomb went off outside a Pakistan navy office in the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring three others.
Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that militants may use an explosives laden vehicle to target the US Embassy in Islamabad. According to an intelligence report, two stolen vehicles, one of an army officer and the other owned by the Pakistan Navy, are likely to be used in the terror attack.
'The PLA will not voluntarily withdraw from Indian territory.'
A major terrorist attack on the Pakistan naval dockyard in Karachi was foiled by security forces who killed two militants and captured four others, a top naval official said on Monday.
A Pakistan Navy spokesman said that the transfer of USS McInerney, an Oliver Perry class frigate, is being done under the Foreign Military Funding, according to which Pakistan would 'not have to pay a single dollar for the frigate.'
Pakistan has signed a $65 million deal with the United States for the "hot transfer" of refurbished American frigate USS McInerney by August 31.
Pakistan will receive the first of four F-22P frigates, equipped with modern weapons and anti- submarine helicopters, from China in August this year while the second warship is slated for delivery in December.
Pakistan will acquire at least eight modified diesel-electric attack submarines from China by 2028 in a nearly $5 billion (Rs 33,479 crore) agreement, said to be the biggest arms export deal for the Communist giant.
There are ample indications to show that the newly launched Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent headed by Indian-born Asim Umar will seek to lay siege on India through waters rather than land.
An agreement was reached in Islamabad during a meeting between Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Xu Ziqin, President of state-owned China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Company Limited -- the trade arm of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
Three terrorists attempted a forced entry into the hotel. A guard at the entrance challenged them after which the terrorists opened fire and killed him, the army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said.
Pakistan will not participate in the shooting World Cup in New Delhi after a top official of the national federation confirmed that its marksmen had not been issued visas
Sub Lieutenant Hammad Ahmed and four other naval officers have been sentenced after being convicted by a Navy tribunal for their involvement in the September 6, 2014 attack on Karachi Naval Dockyard.
'Pakistan needs to understand that the Indian Navy has become much stronger with the commissioning of the Khanderi
Three senior officers of the Pakistan navy have been penalised after a court martial found them guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty during a deadly Taliban attack on a key naval airbase in Karachi last year, which also destroyed two US-made surveillance aircraft.
Terming the proposed induction of two nuclear submarines into the Indian Navy as a "cause of great concern", Pakistan has said it is taking "necessary measures" to restore the strategic balance in the emerging situation.
The Indian Navy said it was in a high state of readiness to "deter, prevent and defeat" any "misadventure" by Pakistan in the maritime domain.
Pakistanis on Wednesday reacted with revulsion and anger to the "silencing" of investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, whose body was found days after he went missing in the wake of authoring a report that alleged al-Qaeda had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy.
Senior analyst B Raman explains why the Pakistani navy has been the favorrite target of jihadists.
The Pakistan government has announced that a Supreme Court judge will probe the killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who was abducted and killed shortly after he wrote an article about the alleged infiltration of the Pakistan Navy by the Al Qaeda.
Journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, slain two days after he filed a report alleging the possible infiltration of the Pakistan Navy by Al Qaeda, had spoken to close friends about relocating abroad with his family after receiving several threats in recent months.
The recent attacks against military installations in Pakistan, including the recent attack on the Mehran naval base, point to the role of some insiders. However, renowned Pakistani commentator Amir Mir says the jihadist elements with the military are sprinkled on among the lower-rung.
US supplied surveillance jets were the "prime targets" of Taliban militants who possibly received "inside support and help" for their Rambo-style attack on Mehran naval airbase in the Pakistani port city of Karachi
Pakistani intelligence agencies have taken into custody a former naval commando, who was court-martialled earlier, and two other persons for their alleged involvement in a terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi that killed 10 security personnel.
The P-3, which costs $36 million per unit, is the primary maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft operated by the Pakistan Navy. Its roles include anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance, search and rescue, drug interdiction, economic zone patrol, airborne early warning and electronic warfare.
Fifteen hours after brazenly storming into Pakistan navy's key Mehran airbase in the heart of the port city of Karachi, security forces were finally able to topple a group of heavily-armed Taliban militants after they destroyed two US-made surveillance aircraft and killing 13 security personnel.
The United States will replace two P-3C Orion maritime surveillance planes of the Pakistan Navy that were destroyed in a terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi last month, according to a media report on Saturday.
Exposing Pakistan Navy's link to the Al Qaeda cost journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad his life. But sources say there's more to it than what meet the eye. Shahzad next expose was on ISI men who were linked the Osama bin Laden, which left the spy agency with no choice but the eliminate him, says senior analyst B Raman.
This is the seventh consecutive day that Pakistan has targeted forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC).
India was continuously keeping an eye on the movement of the Pakistani military but after Indian Air Force hit the Jaish terrorist factory in Balakot, one of the most advanced Pakistani Agosta-class submarines - PNS Saad - vanished from the Pakistani waters, a senior government source said.
Nearly 40 Pakistan government websites, including Pakistan Navy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Assembly, Pakistan's Military Account and the Ministry of Science and Technology, have been hacked by a group that has identified itself as the Indian Cyber Army.In an email sent to media outlets earlier, the hackers' group claimed to have gained root access to the server hosting the websites.The hackers did not deface the websites.
The MV Suez's 22-member crew, including six Indians, were on Sunday transferred to a Pakistani warship when the Egyptian merchant vessel, which was recently released by Somali pirates after payment of ransom, began taking on water in the Arabian Sea.
India on Monday expressed sadness over the loss of lives in the terror attack in Karachi even as it issued an advisory to all states to step up vigil.
Pakistan Air Force Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said it is better if India showed restraint and solved the Kashmir issue to prevent escalation of tension.
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