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India-Pakistan
India, Israel to develop anti-aircraft missiles
2008-02-28
Yet more evidence that India knows who its friends are in troubled times ... and who amongst its friends can actually help.
NEW DELHI - India will jointly build a surface-to-air missile with its second biggest weapons supplier Israel and hopes for such collaborations with other countries, the defence minister said Wednesday. ‘A project has been finalised with (state-run) Israeli Aerospace Industry for the joint development of a futuristic long range surface-to-air missile,’ Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced in parliament.

He did not give details of the project but others said New Delhi earlier this month had approved the 625-million-dollar joint venture with the Jewish state to build the anti-aircraft missiles for the Indian navy.

Antony said India’s ambitious missile development programme launched in 1983 was nearing its completion following the successful trials and mass production of an array of ballistic and guided missiles. ‘The country’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme has not been abandoned, but it is now near completion,’ Antony said. ‘India has received a number of offers for the joint collaboration in various kinds of missiles from various countries,’ Antony said without giving details.

Antony meanwhile said India was giving up a project to locally build a short-range surface-to-air missile called Trishul (Trident). The project has been dogged by frequent failures during trials in the past few years.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  But the Paleos need not worry... a statement from the Indian foreign ministry will express support - tea and sympathy and all that...
Posted by: john frum   2008-02-28 06:04  

#3  And India's former President, a Muslim, proposes greater space cooperation...

Kalam proposes joint investment in space by India, Israel

Tel Aviv (PTI): India and Israel should consider jointly investing up to USD one billion in selected areas in space technology based on their mutual core competence, former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam said here on Wednesday.

"India and Israel should consider investing in equitable proportion to the tune of $ 1 billion investment for implementing certain selected missions based on the mutual core competence," Kalam, the keynote speaker at Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences here, told an august audience while laying out his 'World Space Vision 2050'.

Pointing towards the large number of satellites in the geosynchronous orbit leading to a "clutter", Kalam, a renowned rocket scientist, emphasised on the need of immediate steps to enhance cooperation between the space-faring nations.

As a first step towards achieving these goals, Kalam suggested that the Indian and Israel aerospace agencies should consider establishing a world knowledge platform to enable joint design, development, cost effective production and marketing of the aerospace systems and products.
Posted by: john frum   2008-02-28 06:01  

#2  ION, REDDIT > NASA TO SMASH TWO SPACECRAFT ON MOON'S SURFACE ON PURPOSE. IMO, PDeniability > says mission is ostensibly officially for USGovt-NASA purposes other Year 2030, Comet APOPHIS?, + WORLD SEEING MASSIVE MOON EXPLOSIONS???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-02-28 01:46  

#1  WAFF.com > IRANIAN OFFICIAL: THE COUNTDOWN FOR THE END OF ISRAEL HAS BEGUN.

NASA has said that the NORTH ARCTIC WILL BE ICE FREE BY 2013, + ARCTIC DOOMSDAY SEED VAULT, both of which have gener affirmed old dreams/visions of mine, and which basically has also indirectly = roundaboutly narrowed the timeline scope for ISRAELI INTEL.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-02-28 01:00  

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