ndia and Russia were scheduled to sign four agreements on space and defence cooperation during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to Russia.
India joined Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system on Wednesday, becoming the fourth non-EU country to join the program that rivals the U.S. Global Positioning System.
India has served notice that it intends to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile to achieve worldwide reach with its nuclear arsenal.
India is building up a satellite-based Military Surveillance and Reconnaissance System that will become operational by 2007, allowing it to keep watch on developments in its area. "The program is in the advanced stages of development and is planned to be operational by 2007," Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Parliament recently.
India's Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched the world's first stereographic satellite that will directly generate three-dimensional maps. These have been achievable only indirectly, by combining data from a large number of satellite passes over the same place.
India is planning to setup a strategic Aerospace Command to prepare for possible warfare in outer space.
Pakistan and India may be working on developing biological weapons, according to a new report from the U.S. National Defense University.
Warming relations between the United States and India has opened the door for space cooperation between the two nations. Taylor Dinerman suggests that India could play an even greater role in space in the future.
A bid by India and the United States to expand space ties will bring the world's two largest democracies closer and provide a platform to launch global projects to benefit developing nations according to analysts.
India's new President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam called today for India to develop nanotechnology -- including nanobots -- because it will revolutionize warfare. "This is probably the starting gun of the nano arms race. Every government will have to take this seriously," said Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Director of Research Chris Phoenix.