DEBKAfile - Asia

International

Regional

Asia

Found 8 headlines

Two questioned after bomb blast injured 12 British, Chinese and Japanese tourists in Maldives capital Male Saturday

October 1, 2007, 4:30 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile: US and Indian navies have been holding joint exercises in the proximity of the islands, at the meeting point of the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. It was the first bombing attack ever in the Maldives. Witnesses report seeing nails scattered at the site of the blast. The Indian Ocean archipelago, with a Muslim population of 330,000, is south Asia's top luxury destination.

At least 12 British, Chinese and Japanese tourists injured in bomb blast in Maldives capital Male

September 29, 2007, 4:04 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile: US and Indian navies have been holding joint exercises in the proximity of the islands, at the meeting point of the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.

DEBKAfile Reports: India proposes collaborating with Israel on a new unmanned combat helicopter to counter Chinese C-802 missile

August 18, 2007, 9:53 AM (GMT+02:00)

An unmanned combat helicopter of the type Israel and India will develop

Israel’s outgoing Navy commander Maj. Gen. Dan Bashat discussed the project during his talks with his opposite number Adm. Sureesh Mehta in India last week, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. Adm. Mehta estimated that the Indian Navy could use 40-50 helicopters of this kind.

Indian and Israeli warships face the same threat since Pakistan acquired C-802 shore-to-sea missiles from China. Both have therefore opted for the same antidote, a sophisticated unmanned combat helicopter.
More...

Pro-Taliban Islamists end truce with Pakistan government in North Waziristan as two suicide bombers kill 11 soldiers Sunday in second attack in two days

July 15, 2007, 10:36 PM (GMT+02:00)

Saturday, 24 Pakistani soldiers died in a similar attack in the same region bordering Afghanistan. President Pervez Musharraf has sent thousands of troops to the northwestern frontier to crack down on Islamist militants preparing a jihad against his government for killing 86 radicals in the battle of the Red Mosque in Islamabad last week.

India test-fires supersonic BrahMos cruise missile

April 23, 2007, 11:06 PM (GMT+02:00)

The test was carried out Sunday at a military launch base in Orissa, in Balasore district. The missile, which has a range of nearly 300 km and carries a conventional warhead of 300 kilos has maximum speed of 2.8 Mach

Found 8 articles

North Korea: Proliferating for Profit

December 26, 2002, 11:46 AM (GMT+02:00)

North Korean missile capable of delivering nuclear warhead

On December 20, DEBKA-Net-Weekly ran an exclusive report on the dual rationale behind what appears to be North Korea’s nuclear blackmail. Firstly, Kim is determined to retain his independence of action in foreign and state policy. Second, by weaving his munitions industry and nuclear weapons production into Middle East and Gulf flashpoints, he gains leverage on world issues and breaks down the pressures on him by spreading his wings far from his frontiers. This makes it hard for Washington to deal with the North Korean nuclear program as a purely Asian issue.
In full

The Sensitive Frequent Travelers

October 14, 2002, 2:06 PM (GMT+02:00)

Indian PM Behari Vajpayee

A shocked Indian prime minister, Behari Vajpayee, condemning the terrorist brutality perpetrated in the Indonesian resort island of Bali, urged the international community to end the practice of “conflicting views on terrorism.” Speaking in London, on Monday, October 13, the Indian leader denounced Western double standards. “The problem,” he said, “is that Western countries see their own terror better and do not see our terrorism as quite so serious.”
In full

Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa Behind Bali Bombings

October 13, 2002, 2:22 PM (GMT+02:00)

No group claimed responsibility for the two car bombs that turned the Indonesian island paradise of Bali into a fiery inferno Saturday, October 12, killing close to 200 and maiming many hundreds. But the hand of al Qaeda was hard to miss.
In full

Pakistan Downs Indian Spy Drone Made in Israel

June 8, 2002, 10:49 AM (GMT+02:00)

According to DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s military sources in New Delhi, a group of Israel electronic warfare experts is helping the Indian army set up and operate six early warning stations along the 750-km Line of Control dividing disputed Kashmir, for picking up movements of military forces, armed men and explosives on the Pakistani side, and jamming the electronic surveillance instruments Pakistan trains on Indian territory. These stations are backed up by smaller electronic tracking and command centers, some mobile, and 10 bases operating Israel-made unmanned aerial vehicles armed with anti-tank weapons systems capable of demolishing fortifications, as well as reconnaissance.
In full

In Full-Scale War, India and Pakistan Plan Deep Reciprocal Invasions

June 1, 2002, 5:18 PM (GMT+02:00)

Two of the three wars fought by India and Pakistan since independence were over divided Kashmir. The fourth conflict looming ever closer focuses once again on the perennial dispute between the two nuclear neighbors. Yet DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that, if the match is lit, the two belligerents are planning to take the combat beyond Kashmir and deep into each other’s heartlands. The vulnerable areas of India are Punjab in the north opposite Pakistani Punjab, Ganganagar in HaryanaState in the center on the fringes of the IndianDesert and Rajasthan in the south. Pakistan sees danger to its northern towns of Gujranwala and Lahore, its central region of Bahawalpur and Sind in the south.
In full

Page: 1 2 3 4