North Korea ‘ ready ’ for intercontinental ballistic missile tests
Russia is preparing to supply cutting-edge S-400 ‘ Triumf ’ longrange air defence missile systems to India .
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said pre-contract preparations are underway on the supplies of S- 400 anti-aircraft missile complexes to India .
Russia last year signed bigticket defence deals worth nearly USD 10 bn ( around Rs 60,000 crore ), including an agreement for the game-changer S-400 Air Defence System , for replace its aging helicopter fleet with Kamov choppers and building new advanced frigates .
The S-400 is a new generation anti-aircraft system , which can be equipped with very longrange missiles ( up to 400km ),
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Indian national Uzma Ahmad , who was forced to marry a Pakistani national returned to India following an Islamabad High Court order via the Attari- Wagah border on Thursday .
" You can go to Pakistan easily , but you can ' t come out of it . Pakistan is like death well . Once you are stuck , you are stuck ," Uzma said while sharing her harrowing experience in a press conference on Thursday .
A resident of Delhi , Uzma is in her early 20s and was forced to marry Tahir Ali on gunpoint on 3 May . Uzma had met Ali in Malaysia . On Thursday , she gave a detailed account of her experience in Pakistan and how she went to Islamabad and took refuge in the Indian High Commission for 20 days before she could return home .
" I had gone to Pakistan for sightseeing . But none of that happened . I had gone there on 1 May and had plans to return on 10 or 12 May . The situation changed all of a sudden . When I reached there I realised it was a very strange village . The people were strange and spoke a strange language . Nothing was right there . I don ' t have words to explain it . If you search Guner , you will find out that it was under Taliban control from 2008 to 2010 and military exercises are conducted there .
" Tahir tortured me emotionally as well as physically . He even threatened to harm my child through his relatives in Delhi . He weapons , including tactical and strategic aircraft , ballistic missiles and hypersonic targets such as the US F-35 fighter jet .
India is interested in getting five systems of the most modern air defence system , capable of firing three types of missiles , creating a layered defence .
S-400 can engage up to 36 targets simultaneously with as many as 72 missiles at altitudes of five meters to 30 km .
India is expected to get five such systems to deploy along its borders with Pakistan and China .
The system is currently deployed in Syria , where Russia is targeting the Islamic State .
China inked a deal with Russia in November 2014 for the supply of six S-400 systems .
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threatened to kidnap my child and kill her if I didn ' t do as they said . They beat me . It was because of my daughter that I signed ( the marriage contract ). It was because of fear that I signed . But I managed to escape the place ," she said .
" If I was there for three-four more days I would not have survived . They would have either sold me or used me in some risky operation . Most people from Guner work in Malaysia . They bring girls from there . Every house has two-three wives . I don ' t want whatever that happened to me to happen to anyone else . There are many girls who are not able to escape the place ," she added .
According to JP Singh , an Indian High Commission official , who managed her case , she reached the Indian High Commission on 5 May and told them that she was an Indian national . " I remember her scared face when she came to the window . It was a troubling time to make a decision and it was a difficult decision too . It was difficult because it was not easy to keep someone inside the
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North Korea ‘ ready ’ for intercontinental ballistic missile tests
Seoul : North Korea on Wednesday said it is ready to test launch intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBM ), one day after the US successfully tested a defence system to intercept such projectiles . The North Korean army is ready to conduct a real ICBM test at any time and place , if ordered by its leader Kim Jong-un , according to an article in the Rodong Sinmun , the official daily of the country ’ s ruling Workers ’ Party . In his New Year address to the nation , Kim said the country was in the final phase of developing an ICBM that would allow it to target the US with a nuclear weapon in the future , with the aim of aiding the survival of the communist regime . In the editorial cited by state news agency KCNA , which also included Pyongyang ’ s analysis of the US test , the North said no foreign forces could stop its progress in becoming a nuclear and missile power in the East . Pyongyang said it will continue to strengthen its self-defence capacities in view of the hostile policy of the US , and warned the Donald Trump administration to choose the “ correct ” option between life and death , Efe news reported .
Washington said on Tuesday it successfully intercepted a dummy ICBM on the country ’ s west coast , amid escalating tensions with North Korea . Repeated weapons tests by the North — the last of which took place on Monday — have led to increased tensions on the peninsula , and a heated exchange of rhetoric with the Trump administration , which has also hinted at possible preemptive strikes . On Tuesday , Pyongyang said Washington was seeking to unleash a nuclear war , and accused it of sending atomic bombers close to its territory following the latest missile test .
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Ka-226T helicopters — Kamov 226T choppers will replace India ’ s aging Cheetah and Chetak choppers . Kamov is a light multipurpose helicopter designed for work in difficult conditions like high mountains , hot climate and marine areas . It allows for reconnaissance , targeting and monitoring of transportation .
Frigates — An intergovernmental agreement for four frigates through partnership between Russian and Indian shipyards were also signed last year , when President Vladimir Outin visited India .
While two frigates will come from Russia , two others will be constructed at an Indian shipyard with Russian cooperation .
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says Indian national Uzma after return
commission . But once I saw her face , it became easy to keep her inside . It was a learning experience for all of us ," he said .
" The High Commission trusted me instantly . When I told them that I am Indian and have come from India , he ( Singh ) immediately took me inside . I was safe inside ," said Uzma who spend 20 days inside the Indian embassy before she was cleared to leave Pakistan .
According to reports , soon after she was taken inside the embassy , Ali filed a petition in Islamabad . Uzma petitioned the Islamabad High Court on May 12 that she was forced to marry . She filed another petition soon , asking " she be allowed to return home urgently as her daughter from her first marriage in India suffered from Thalassemia — a blood disorder ". Ali petitioned the court requesting that he be allowed to Uzma . The court allowed the meeting but Uzma refused , the Times of India had said .
" Lots of girls think that it ' s Muslim culture and you will be safe . I will tell them not to go to Pakistan . Even men are not safe there . I am happy that I am here . All girls who have gone there even via arranged marriage are in a very bad condition . My experience has told me that there ' s no place like India . Women have a lot of power here ," Uzma said on Thursday .
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