Cuba claimed its own the arms found on board a North Korean ship that Panama impounded, saying the missile system parts were to be repaired and returned.

Director-cum-actor Veernala Ramakrishna was arrested on Wednesday night for possessing illegal weapons.

The cops, who found two automatic pistols and ammunitions on the filmmaker, have booked him un

Public sector HMT is eyeing aturnover of Rs 1,000 crore in the next five years and plans to foray into aerospace and manufacture of weapons and missile components, a top company official today said.

Naxals have now developed a fully hi-tech weapons testing laboratory similar to the ones used by the defence forces and the DRDO.

This has been revealed during investigations by the National Investi

Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a US securit

Islam forbids atomic weapons and other arms of mass destruction, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Wednesday ahead of his country's nuclear talks with world powers in Baghdad.

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Not just the ministry of defence, but the Union home ministry has gone into an overdrive to fill the shortage of arms and ammunition in police forces across states.

The issue gained prominence during

Attaching the highest importance to prevention and control of crimes against SCs and STs, the Union home ministry has told states that 'arms licences should be provided to members of SCs and STs' in '

India has become the world's biggest importer of arms, displacing China by accounting for 10 per cent of global arms sales volumes.

The United States has powerful bombs at the ready in the case of possible military action against Iran and work is under way to bolster their firepower, the air force chief said on Wednesday.

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