future - kill
unknown actor in a scene from the film' future kill', 1985 .
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future - kill
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future - kill (1984). stars: edwin neal, marilyn burns. director - ronald w. moore. moria - the science - fiction, horror and fantasy film review .
future - kill aka night of the alien and splatter – is a 1985 science fiction horror film directed by ronald w. moore, and stars edwin neal and marilyn burns from the texas chain saw massacre, and gabriel folse .
tags: 1985, edwin neal, film, future - kill, gabriel folse, h. r. giger, marilyn burns, movie, night of the alien, reviews, ronald w. moore, sci - fi, splatter
just as perplexing as everything else going on in this film is the name: future - kill. why is it called that? the film’s title sequence features a computer screen and electronic sound effects, but no such technology is featured in the movie. it’s as if they were trying to pull in the mad max crowd with punks in silly costumes and a title that kind - of - sort - of implies a post - apocalyptic setting, but its lies. all lies. future - kill takes place firmly within the present of 1985 .
sometimes, when someone gives you advice, you really ought to take it. i was advised never to watch future - kill by multiple sources, under the impression that it was so absolutely appalling that it could injure me spiritually. i love bad movies, so i figured “what the hell? ”
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future naval ships are being constructed with
suitable facilities
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the mileage one gets out of a movie like future - kill is going to almost solely depend on their willingness to indulge the movie’s ruddy, lo - fi aesthetic. none of the characters are particularly likable, to the point that you’re actively rooting for splatter to massacre the meatheads – until the mutant sexually assaults a woman, reminding us that he is, in fact, the bad guy. yet future - kill remains undeniably diverting for its brief runtime (which had to be padded with extra hijinks in order to reach feature length). it’s no lost gem, but moore’s lone feature will do the job if you’re in a pinch for an era - specific horror freak out .
now there are bad movies and there are bad movies. future - kill ranks among the type of bad that has no redeeming value, not even from a humor standpoint. i think i’d sooner subject myself to rock ‘n’ roll nightmare or r. o. t. o. r. than a repeat viewing of this sorry excuse for entertainment .
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as far as gore goes, future - kill can’t even manage to deliver on that. most of the violence involves the frat boys tackling mutant punks and punching each other a lot. the lighting is so incredibly dim that even if there was any blood you’d have a hard time seeing it. splatter, for all his promotion of that clawed - gauntlet, doesn’t kill all that many people. i’d say he’s a victim of hype… but what hype? the goriest scene in the film is splatter’s ultimate demise. it actually is pretty cool, though woefully short and hardly worth the eighty - five minute wait .
in future - kill, it’s hard to tell whether or not the apocalypse has already occurred, or if we’re anticipating earth’s eventual fiery demise. frat boys still walk the planet, popping collars before tarring and feathering their rivals, so evidence seems to suggest the latter. nevertheless, downtown austin is overrun by purple - haired, chrome - masked mutants, all of who protest impending nuclear doom. reality – at least as we know it – is on the brink of utter annihilation .
a long, dark urban nightmare ensues, complete with a punk pixie guide (alice villarreal) to the mosh pit clubs these sewer cretins call home (with a show - stopping performance from local rockers, max and the makeups, along the way). this climaxes in a funhouse - style showdown inside of a run down industrial high - rise; each room bathed in a different shade of neon. where the rest of this concrete jungle trek is drab and dimly lit, future - kill comes alive during this final day - glo stalk and slash sequence. it’s far from stunning, but again glimpses moore’s modestly ambitious filmic vision. it’s a movie that makes the most of its meager means, playing like a demo reel for future ragers that never arrived .
debuting writer - director ronald w. moore asks us to believe that in the near future a leak in a nuclear lab has contaminated a portion of the inner city of a major american city but that the area has not been cordoned off .
future kill receives a top - notch transfer from subversive, who have cleaned up the imagery considerably. while grain and speckling are obvious, the picture is considerably better than any other available prints, and a grungy look simply instils more of a mood into the dirty action. this new 16x9 widescreen transfer lends the movie somewhat of an improved scope, lending something to the viewing experience, while audio is satisfying, doing its job professionally (albeit the track isn' t as exceptional as many of subversive' s other releases) .
not as inventive, or as frightening as the cover suggests, future kill is far from the atrocious experience that many critics have claimed. this freak show is exciting in a goofy, slip - shod manner. a bumbling ode to the' old dark house' genre (albeit on the streets) with the structural trappings of an exploitation slice - and - dice movie (and the look of a cheap italian futuristic terror opus), this urban potboiler is admirable for its enthusiasm if nothing else, and is worth a look as a favorite of the bygone days of 80s video stores .
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it all starts with the cover art. paintings by h. r. giger will get me every single time, and this is a really cool one, a brooding man whose eyes are hidden in the shadows cast by his brow, his wickedly bladed and spiked mechanical right hand splayed like an eagle’s talon in front of his face. then turn the box around, and the jacket copy woos you with the information that stars of the texas chainsaw massacre may be seen on the tape within. don’t be fooled, though. future kill / splatter may not exactly suck, but neither will it live up to any expectation you may have formed while contemplating whether or not to watch it .
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sometime in that post - apocalyptic near future so beloved of low - budget filmmakers, a small group of fraternity pledges go off to a deserted section of the city to kidnap one of a large group of punk rockers who have occupied the area as a protest against nuclear weapons. they witness one of the punkers, neal, murdering someone with a horrible claw. he keeps... read more
“despite its numerous flaws, despite its general silliness, i still found myself enjoying future - kil l. why? i’m not quite sure. was it the texas chainsaw alums? was it the “pew pew pew! ” title placard? was it the escape from new york - like plonky synth soundtrack? it could be all of those things, or it could be none of them. ” final girl
odd future are quickly becoming my favorite act around and here is just another reason why. after killing “sandwitches” for about 2 minutes, tyler goes nuts and has the whole crowd chanting “wolf gang” without even asking. although i don’t want to ruin the energy and gusto of the performance, so hit the jump to watch the video for yourself. make sure to stick around until the very end. swag .
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on elevation to flag rank in jan 2016, rear admiral mukul asthana assumed the duties of director general project varsha at new delhi, where he was involved with the development of future infrastructure for the indian navy. he is a recipient of the prestigious nausena medal and commendations by the chief of the naval staff and the flag officer commanding - in - chief, eastern naval command. he was also conferred with the tenzing norgay national award by he the president of india in 2006 .
the navy chief said if china plans to use the pakistani port of gwadar in balochistan as a base for its peoples \' liberation army navy (plan), india will have to reassess the threat assessment and devise ways to deal with it .
chinese private companies have acquired a majority stake in gwadar. nor is there any information on whether gwadar is going to be a naval base or a commercial harbour... if in future there are pla navy warships stationed in gwadar, it will be a matter of concern, and we will have to look at that and mitigate .
a television trailer for director ronald w. moore' s 1985 thriller which reunited edwin neal and marilyn burns, co - stars of the original
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austin splatterpunk goes diy with ronald w. moore' s sole feature film .
the alamo drafthouse is a brand built on weird. beyond being situated in a town that has long aspired to remain eccentric in the face of all normality, it’s easy to forget that the original alamo started as something of a private screening club, running prints of the odd and obscure into all hours of the night *. though the company has obviously grown into an internationally recognized chain of first run movie palaces, the drafthouse ritz in austin, texas remains committed to showcasing genre repertory programming, namely via its terror tuesday and weird wednesday showcases. this column is a concentrated effort to keep that spirit of strangeness alive, as programmers joe a. ziemba and laird jimenez (often pulling from the extensive agfa archives) are truly doing satan’s bidding by bringing atx weekly doses of delightful trash art .
rising up from the sewers of philadelphia, jacob knight is a man out of time currently residing in austin, tx. when not lamenting the disneyfication of our current culture, he' s usually enjoying a whiskey, watching some form of disreputable trash cinema, or drunkenly perusing one of the few remaining video stores. no matter what, do not @ him .
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from this point on, the movie basically turns into a punk rock version of the warriors. the surviving frat boys, who were separated into two groups when their little scheme went awry, have to find a way home through the city where nobody trusts them, and with splatter’s minions (whom he appears to have hired off the set of some paramilitary action movie set in the jungles of south america) hot on their heels. the least neanderthal of them succeeds in befriending one punk chick by saving her from being raped by the cops. she agrees to lead the guys to safety, and spends the rest of the film helping them avoid splatter and his misplaced salvadoran guerillas .
is it good? well, not especially. will it put you to sleep? probably not. watch it for the scene at the club, and for the scene in which the slutty mutant girl discovers why splatter never shows any interest in the ladies .
a group of protesters who call themselves
mutants
have taken over the inner city streets of a large city. they dress weird to try and show the effects of toxic poisoning. one of the mutants, splatter, has really been affected. a group of fraternity boys decide to go into the mutant territory and kidnap one of the mutants as a prank. they inadvertently get framed for the murder of the mutant leader and are hunted through the abandoned buildings and dark streets by a crazed splatter and his gang .
when frat boys are hated by the whole fraternity, the five trouble makers are sent out on a phony kidnapping for eddie pain, the leader of a seemingly harmless protest group called anti - nuke mutants. protestors dressed in bizarre fashions and make - up to draw attention to their cause on stopping nuclear technology. but eddie' s top guard splatter (played by edwin neal) kills one of the frats, and eddie as well. now the frat boys are lost in the city, their car is destroyed, and they' re wanted by every mutant. now their only hope is julie and eddie' s girlfriend dorothy (played by marilyn burns) who is hell bent on taking revenge on eddie' s killer splatter .
the star of
the texas chainsaw massacre
returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun - happy guards .
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the poster for the film was designed by renowned artist h. r. giger (alien) .
texas university frat boys are held responsible for the accidental killing of the anti - nuke mutants’ leader and must flee through the hostile parts of downtown dallas, aided by friendly mutant julie. they’re mercilessly hunted by the psychopathic splatter (ed neal), the mohawk sporting mutant seeking revenge for the killing of his leader…
“there is a certain ed woods feel to the way the movie was made. when you look past the movie to some of the background you really get the feeling that moore was part hustler / part con artist. h. r. giger who did the art work for alien was somehow persuaded to do a cover for the movie, apparently he was moved by moore’s tearful assertion that the movie would be nothing without great cover art. i have to disagree with that, the movie is still nothing even with great cover art. ” bleak cinema
“the acting is sub - par, the direction is bored, the music simply hurts to sit through and ed neal’s outfit is ridiculous. i really don’t get why he agreed to the role, other than to do a favor for a friend and try something different, since it’s so unlike neal’s personality it’s almost laughable. a cold - hearted killer he is not. ” dread central
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director ronald w. moore seeks to combine the plot of the warriors with some slasher film aesthetics. while this might sound like a cool idea, don’t be fooled; the result is a boring, tedious mess .
the film attempts to bank on nostalgia from the texas chainsaw massacre, casting two players from the film and even promoting their presence in the trailer. edwin neal, the hitch - hiker from “texas chainsaw massacre” stars as the film’s main villain: splatter. despite a gaudy appearance, it’s a far more subdued role than the off - the - wall hitch - hiker and really doesn’t suit neal’s strengths. his single shining moment in the film is a painfully protracted scene in which a hooker tries to give him a blowjob, only to become horrified by his irradiated junk. be grateful the following screencap isn’t of higher resolution .
the other texas chainsaw alumni featured here is marilyn burns who starred as sally hardesty in that much better movie. here, she plays splatter’s love - interest, though she conspires against him. there’s a reason burns’ filmography can just about be counted on one hand: she’s a terrible actress. the silly punk outfit and hammy dialogue don’t do her any favors, either .
not a lot of people are going to recommend this film to you, and i can hardly blame them. it is bad in a way that makes it a chore to sit through and scarcely entertaining on any level (so many minutes of characters running down alleys and streets). most of the time, you can’t even muster up the enthusiasm to laugh at it .
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as if this weren' t incredible enough, the contaminated area has become overrun by a young gang of anti - nuclear protesters, the very people you' d suppose would be most aware of the dangers of hanging around the area. (would dr. helen caldicott take up residence inside three mile island ?) what' s more, they' ve gotten themselves up in punk attire in a harebrained attempt to call attention to their cause .
some prankish fraternity boys enter the desolate area to kidnap one of the anti - nuke punkers, only to run afoul of the dreaded splatter (edwin neal). a victim of
radium poisoning ,
he hides his mutilated body in futuristic armor that includes an artificial arm with retractable spikes in its fingers .
neal and others on both sides of the camera are
texas chain saw massacre
alumni, but this inept venture, a cheap shot that attempts to combine pious anti - nuke sentiments with the usual exploitation picture gore (which got it an apt r rating), is never going to repeat the earlier film' s phenomenal success. as one disappointed viewer at a thursday evening invitational preview in north hollywood was overheard remarking ,
i' d demand my money back if we' d had to pay to get in .
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director / screenplay  ronald w. moore, additional material written by john h. best, edwin neal & gregg unterberger, producers  john h. best & gregg unterberger, photography  jon lewis, music  robert renfrow, pyrotechnic effects  michael osullivan, makeup effects  robert a. burns & kathleen hagan, art direction  marcos gonzales. production company  magic shadow productions .
was a film i spent years trying to locate. around the time that the film was made ,
a good deal of coverage. it always seemed to hold a great deal of promise  it was advertised with a poster from none other than cult artist h. r. giger, best known for creating the creature in
proves to be a considerable letdown. (marilyn burnss role, for instance, only amounts to a campy cameo as an urban guerrilla near the end) .
director / writer ronald w. moore  who should not to be confused with ronald
( 2003 - 5)  clearly had ambitions of making a cyberpunk film. alas moores (lack of) budget causes such ambitions to fall flat. the action scenes are cheaply and unconvincingly directed. moores attempts to create a futuristic atmosphere amounts to no more than highlighting a series of 1980s new wave fashions and a general punked - out look. indeed, outside of the character of the armoured cyborg splatter ,
could almost entirely be set contemporary. to moores credit, the character of splatter does work with some modest effect  edwin neal at least has some presence and comes accompanied by some cheaply effective effects, even if most of the films budget appears to have been blown on obtaining these .
was made in austin, texas  somewhat of a hotbed of redneck americana  that has allowed street gangs, the dispossessed and political protestors to all be tarred with the same brush .
splatter' s elite guard (as byron' mr. ned' blandford )
a group of protesters who call themselves
mutants
have taken over the inner city streets of a large city. they dress weird to try and show the effects of toxic poisoning. one of the mutants, splatter, has really been affected. a group of fraternity boys decide to go into the mutant territory and kidnap one of the mutants as a prank. they inadvertently get framed for the murder of the mutant leader and are hunted through the abandoned buildings and dark streets by a crazed splatter and his gang. written by josh pasnak
this film was shot all over austin, texas without any permits. see more »
when splatter' s head guard bursts in on the group near the end of the movie, he yells ,
no, it' s not over !
the next shot, you can hear him say ,
... over ,
but his lips aren' t moving. see more »
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radiation - scarred punkers hunt down fraternity pledges in the post - apocalyptic wastelands of earth .
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basically, how do you get rid of cell phones? or make them useless? anytime someone is in the dark, people just bust out their phone and use the flash. or could just call the police or anyone at anytime .
how do you truly create helplessness these days when almost everywhere you go is under surveillance? almost everyone / teen has their phone on their persons 99% of the time .
the way i' ve seen cell phones addressed is usually the user is so isolated that they don' t get reception. on occasion i' ve seen the leader of a group collect all cell phones on some pretext .
yeah i hate the whole' no reception thing', the only time i haven' t had a signal is on airplanes, i' ve been camping and still had a signal, its weak, but there. never liked this idea
i' ve been plenty of places with no reception, some pretty close to civilization of the a quiet, creepy little town persuasion. but we' re still talking bfe in the grand scheme of things; eastern and central oregon aren' t on most people' s radars .
and fwiw, i can' t get a signal in ikea. no one can ...
as someone who lives in an area with no reception (except for a 3' somewhere in my driveway) i understand it happens, but it often seems forced .
i' ve lived in 2 houses in the past couple years that didn' t get reception, so i have no trouble believing it in movies. these weren' t exactly out in the middle of nowhere either .
there are plenty of other ways to make these devices useless too. get them wet, fall down and break them, forget to charge them (my wife' s ipad is basically always dead )
i always like when they make it part of the plot that they can' t get or don' t want help. like in the collector, the main dude can' t call the police or anything cause he himself is a criminal
people can forget their phones by accident. it wouldn' t be dumb as long as it wasn' t just sprung from nowhere, and saw the character leave their phone on their desk or whatever before they leave .
also, phones are fragile. they can get broken, smashed, fried to bits, drowned... not to say that every phone should end up broken though .
what if a character has forgotten to charge their phone? that would render it useless as well. or, what if it was dropped by accident after a chase scene? how about stolen ?
the
no reception
trope that horror movies have adopted have overused them, yes, but there' s a reason why it works: it' s supposed to portray the idea of the characters being isolated, lost, unable to get help immediately, and those same qualities are what are (or should be) reflected in the movie. by the same token, just randomly saying,' i have no reception' is cheap .
computers are useless without power. so there' s that. they' re also just as easily broken .
gps usually goes hand - in - hand with phones and computers. therefore, get rid of one, you get rid of gps .
honestly, if it doesn' t add to the story, there should really be no need for broken technology .
nah, they' re stupid. if i was to make a horror movie today it would take place in the 70' s to 80' s because i don' t want to see any modern technology. look at the carrie remake, that had vital plot points moved along through texting. instead of having character dialogue, we are staring at a cell phone screen. that' s disgusting .
i' ve been working on a story with an almost i am legend scenario where the main character is essentially the thing that the ghosts and monsters fear. they are the ones looking for help, so no need to worry about all of that nonsense .
a technological solution to a technological problem. and if you' re dealing in supernatural horror, you don' t even need that .
if the antagonist is paranormal, you can pull from the thousands of real - world accounts that claim electronics go haywire near these entities. from the bermuda triangle to even bigfoot, everything including old spring watches and even compasses tend to stop working if a person is in proximity to them .
a human antagonist could use technology to jam the equipment, or the isolation of the locale. underground areas and metal buildings still wreak havoc with cell phone communication .
regarding the cell phone flash, this can be used to great effect if done properly. reflecting eyes in the dark, showing monsters for a split second and then surrounding protagonists in darkness is terrifying .
girl house makes the killer a computer programmer and uses the house against the girls. he only let' s people watch the feed (turns off network going out). nobody knows where the house is so they can' t just go there and help. he also uses the cameras to systematically see where his next victim will be .
just create characters that are too stupid to use convenient and readily available help .
it' s pretty easy. just set it in the 60s, 70s or 80s. hell, early 90s .
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rolls - royce has opened a new defence service delivery centre (sdc) in asia, located at the manyata embassy business park in bengaluru. co - located with the rolls - royce engineering centre, the sdc will offer localised engineering support to improve frontline capability of indian air force (iaf) and indian navy (in) aircraft, and to hindustan aeronautics limited (hal) .
annual underlying revenue was £13. 8 billion in 2016, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. the firm and announced order book stood at £80 billion at the end of 2016 .
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rolls - royce employs almost 50, 000 people in 50 countries. more than 16, 500 of these are engineers .
the group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. in 2016 we recruited 274 graduates and 327 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes .
in a bid to strengthen army’s infantry and held it in operations in jammu and kashmir, army has started the process to procure around 1, 500 anti - materiel lightweight rifles capable of damaging targets like battle tanks, low - flying helicopters and bunkers. the process to procure such kind of sophisticated weapons was pending for the past quite some time .
official sources told the excelsior that a request for information (rfi) for purchasing the rifles which should have a range of at least 1. 8 kilometers with a calibre of 12. 7 mm / 0. 50, has been issued. the light weight rifles will boost operational capabilities of the troops both along the borders as well as hinterland .
“the light weight rifle was a long pending demand of the army. earlier also, the process had been initiated to procure this weapon by floating the request for information. however, the previous efforts didn’t materialize due to varied reasons. this time, the process to purchase the weapon would be set into motion after may 15 when the deadline for request of information will be over, ” they said .
“the ammunition which should be available for the rifles include armour piercing incendiary and tracer, saboted light armour penetrator, armour piercing explosive incendiary and high explosive armour piercing incendiary, ” sources said, adding all these requirements have been made cleared in the request for information floated by the army headquarters .
the interested manufactures have been asked to respond to the rfi by may 15. the procurement of the anti - materiel rifles has been long overdue after the government had scrapped a deal for it in 2005 .
at present, the army is using south african weapons which are not very light and that is why, it was decided to procure the lightweight rifles whose weight will not be more than 15 kg each. south african firm denel was banned by the then upa government in 2005 after allegations that it had paid kickbacks to secure a deal with the indian army in 2002 to sell 1, 000 ntw - 20 anti - materiel rifles, along with 3, 98, 000 rounds of ammunition .
under the deal, 700 rifles were to be purchased directly and the remaining 300 license - produced in one of the factories of india’s state - owned ordnance factory board. only 400 rifles had been inducted into the army and the remainder put on hold after the 2005 blacklisting .
an anti - materiel rifle (amr) is a rifle that is designed for use against military equipment (materiel) than against enemy troops .
as per the rfi, in case of foreign vendors, the army asked them to explain whether they will be ready to offer transfer of technology (tot) to the indian industry for licensed manufacturing of the weapons. they have also been asked as to whether tot will be offered for sub - systems. the manufacturers have also been asked to give details about cost of annual maintenance, product support package and training of the crew .
state - run ordnance factory, in association with the defence research and development organisation (drdo), had developed an anti - materiel rifle called 'vidhwansak’ in 2007. the rifle was offered to the indian army but it chose not to induct it due to weight issues. sources pointed out that the army was in search of very light weapons, which would be easy to carry and operate by the army jawans .
ccording to sources, the defence ministry was very keen that the army requirements for the frontiers as well as the hinterland are met expeditiously and it was in this context that global request for information has been floated to purchase the light weight rifles .
sources said the army is confident of getting encouraging response globally for the light weight rifle .
bangladesh prime minister sheikh hasina arrived in india on a four - day visit on friday. during the trip she will hold wide - ranging talks with her indian counterpart, prime minister narendra modi, who was at the airport to receive her as a special gesture .
during hasina' s visit, which is her first after modi assumed office in 2014, the two sides will sign at least 25 pacts in various key sectors including civil nuclear cooperation and defence but any agreement on the teesta water sharing is unlikely to be inked .
modi and hasina, who is staying at the rashtrapati bhawan, will hold comprehensive discussions on saturday. india is also set to announce a line of credit of $ 5 billion to bangladesh for military supplies .
apart from a
courtesy call on
by external affairs minister sushma swaraj, hasina' s schedule on friday included events at the bangladesh high commission .
officials said ,
it will be a visit without water”, indicating that a pact on teesta river waters is not on the cards .
the central government will not go ahead with the agreement on teesta without taking west bengal chief minister mamata banerjee on board and she has been opposing it stridently citing water crisis in the state .
however, the two sides are looking at inking a framework agreement on civil nuclear energy which will provide for extensive cooperation in the sector including setting up of nuclear reactors in bangladesh by india .
it will be a very special visit. we hope the visit will take the ties between the two countries to new level ,
sripriya ranganathan, joint secretary in the bangladesh - myanmar division of the external affairs ministry told reporters .
on the teesta pact, she said the “agreement remains work in progress... we have not reached a closure on it .
the teesta deal was set to be signed during the then prime minister manmohan singh' s visit to bangladesh in september 2011, but was postponed at the last minute due to objections by mamata banerjee .
teesta water is crucial for bangladesh especially in the leanest period from december to march when the water flow often temporarily comes down to less than 1, 000 cusecs from 5, 000 cusecs .
issues like combating terrorism, containing radicalism and enhancing security cooperation between the two countries are likely to figure prominently, besides stalemate over the teesta pact during talks between modi and hasina .
the west bengal chief minister has accepted an invitation by the government to attend the launch of some projects between the two countries as well as a lunch to be hosted by modi in honour of hasina .
on the agreements, ranganathan said another pact on formalising regular defence engagements will also be signed. to boost trade, the two sides are likely to announce setting up of another set of trade facilitation huts along the borders in the northeastern region .
hasina will visit ajmer on sunday and will meet indian business leaders on monday .
minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises babul supriyo is the minister - in - waiting for the bangladesh pm .
a total of 48 military aircraft and 21 helicopters were lost to crashes since 2011 in which 79 people were killed, the government told lok sabha today. for a country that features among the world' s top five defence spenders, armed forces personnel losing lives in crashes and malfunctioning machines is a stark irony .
a total of 48 military aircraft and 21 helicopters were lost to crashes since 2011 in which 79 people were killed, the government told lok sabha today .
replying to a question, minister of state for defence subhash bhamre said all such incidents and accidents are thoroughly investigated and preventive actions taken based on probe reports. the figures bear a stark reminder to a report by a parliamentary panel that slammed the ‘ad - hocism’, and the ‘casual and lackadaisical’ approach of the government in allocating inadequate amounts for the defence budget .
the ministry of defence (mod) has asked public sector company hindustan aeronautics limited (hal) to ramp up production, speed up existing under - development projects and start out - sourcing work for light utility helicopters (luh) and light combat helicopter (lch). hal, produces some 22 - 24 advanced light helicopters (alh), the dhruv, annually and some 200 of these are flying .
the requirement is huge. the armed forces have projected the need for some 700 helicopters. the three armed services need 484 of the luh - type to replace cheetah / chetak fleet of helicopters for which the army requires 259, iaf 125 and navy around 100 such helicopters equipped with anti - submarine warfare (asw) capabilities. the army and the iaf need some 180 attack helicopters. the coast guard and other paramilitary forces have their own requirements which are nearly 100 copters .
the mod wants hal to produce up to 85 - 90 copters per annum of these three types – the dhruv, luh and lch. hal is making a 5. 5 - tonne - class lch, which is currently under development and undergoing weapons integration. prototypes of the lch and the lch are ready but need operational clearance. out - sourcing of some work had been suggested on the lines of global manufacturing practices .
some 100 copters – are needed annually to meet the needs of the three armed forces, the central armed police forces, the coast guard and smaller friendly nations. while hal continues to be a major player, some of the production can be given to a selected private partner .
israel has been supplying india with various weapons systems, missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles over the last few years, making india one of israelâ€™s largest buyer of military hardware .
israel aerospace industries has been awarded a $ 2 billion indian military hardware deal, considered to be “the largest defense contract in israel’s defense industries’ history. ”
iai announced on thursday that it has signed a mega - contract worth more than $ 1. 6 billion to provide advanced medium - range surface - to - air missiles (mrsams) to the indian army. the balance of some $ 400m. in contracts has been awarded to rafael advanced defense systems .
according to iai, the mrsam provides the “ultimate protection against a variety of aerial threats. ” it was jointly developed for the indian army by iai and india’s defense research and development organization (drdo) in collaboration with rafael and iai / elta. several indian companies and other private vendors also took part in its development .
in its existing version, mrsam is operational with the indian air force, indian navy and israel defense forces. the system includes an advanced phased - array radar, command and control, mobile launchers and missiles with advanced active radar radio frequency (rf) seekers, the company said .
iai will also supply additional long - range surfaceto - air missile (lrsam) air and missile defense systems for indian aircraft carriers .
iai president and ceo joseph weiss stated: “over the past 25 years, iai has worked with the indian defense industries and armed forces in many areas as part of our strategic partnership. the current contracts represent an enormous expression of confidence by the government of india in iai’s capabilities and advanced technologies. ”
weiss added that “this contract award also recognizes the professionalism of all of israel’s defense industries. we at iai are proud to be leading this flagship project after a long and joint development process. ”
president reuven rivlin spoke with weiss and congratulated him on the signing of the deal with india. according to rivlin’s office, the two men spoke about the foundations for the deal during rivlin’s visit to india four months ago and of the importance it played in strengthening the aerospace industry in israel .
the deal comes three months before indian prime minister narendra modi is due to arrive in israel for a state visit. his visit, which will coincide with the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations, comes at a time when the arms trade between the two countries is growing .
in june, more than 50 indian defense companies will be showcased at the isdef exhibition in tel aviv, at the largest national pavilion at the exhibition .
in february, ahead of the aero india exposition in bengaluru (bangalore) which saw over a dozen israeli companies showcasing their military technology, the defense ministry’s international cooperation director, brig. - gen. (res .) michel ben - baruch, said there has been a “strengthening of cooperation between israel and india in many fields” in recent years, with the most prominent area being defense technology .
israel has been supplying india with various weapons systems, missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles over the last few years, making india one of israel’s largest buyers of military hardware. over the last five years, bilateral non - defense trade between the countries has averaged $ 4. 6b. per annum and defense trade has seen annual sales worth more than $ 1b .
india is one of the largest importer of arms, with a 14% share in global imports between 2011 and 2015, according to the stockholm international peace research institute. after russia and the united states, israel is the largest source of key defense equipment for india as well as in other areas, such as agriculture and water management .
dynamatic technologies signed a cooperation agreement with magal security systems ltd. this new cooperation aims to answer the indian increasing market demand for high - end security products and solutions for critical infrastructure, among other, to provide combined integrated border management solutions (cibms) aimed to address the challenges in securing our borders .
magal s3 has unique experience in perimeter security technolog ies and complex technological security projects, among other, defending israel' s borders, whilst dynamatic technologies has been a partner of indian defence and security establishment for over 3 decades .
udayant malhoutra, ceo & managing director of dynamatic technologies commented .
we intend to bring in smart perimeter and security management technologies that include intrusion detection and prevention on a real time basis. these technologies will be offered to military establishments to prevent infiltration by terrorists. additionally, these systems can be used to secure ports, airfields, industrial buildings, commercial establishments and other critical assets across the country. this furthers
dynamatic' s initiatives to successfully indigenise critical military industrial capabilities under the national
make in india
program. magal s3 has unparalleled knowledge and experience in integrated border security and we are excited to be working jointly with them .
saar koursh, ceo of magal - s3 commented ,
we are very pleased with this cooperation. we are confident that this cooperation will enable us to increase our presence in the indian security and hls market, eventually position ing ourselves, together with dynamatic as first choice turn - key contractors and solution providers for indian governmental and private sector customers. we are confident that combining dynamatic and magal - s3 proven technological capabilities, past experience and knowledge of the indian market, will benefit both - dynamatic and magal - s3. last but not least, we were pleased to learn that both managements share sim ilar set of values, a factor that will most likely increase synergy and anticipated cooperation .
india is putting in place a comprehensive defense mechanism to shield its airports against potential terror attacks after an assessment that extremist groups might choose soft targets, such as
vulnerable
public installations and aviation hubs .
the federal civil aviation ministry, which directly owns most of the airports through its operational arm, has asked the central industrial security force (cisf) to prepare the security plan. cisf, raised in 1969 and a part of india' s central armed police force, is responsible for security at many of india' s civil aviation centers .
the home ministry has put airports on the list of installations that are' vulnerable' to terror attacks. a counter - terrorism plan would list all that is required to be done, in the case of a terror attack and prepare airports against terror attacks. we have asked cisf to prepare that report ,
said an official in the aviation ministry .
a counter - terror plan will list out the standard operating procedures in the event of a terror attack at any of our airports. there are 98 operational airports in india, of which 26 are categorised hypersensitive. of the 56 airports categorised as sensitive, cisf manages 37, while the rest are managed by the respective state police.
future-kill is a 1985 comedy science fiction-horror film about a group of frat boys who are hunted in a futuristic city by mutants . the film was directed by ronald w. moore , and stars edwin neal , marilyn burns , and gabriel folse . the poster for the film was designed by renowned artist h. r. giger . 
future-kill is a 1985 comedy science fiction-horror film about a group of frat boys who are hunted in a futuristic city by mutants. the film was directed by ronald w. moore, and stars edwin neal, marilyn burns, and gabriel folse. the poster for the film was designed by renowned artist h. r. giger.
future-kill is a 1985 comedy science fiction-horror film about a group of frat boys who are hunted in a futuristic city by mutants. the film was directed by ronald w. moore, and stars edwin neal, marilyn burns, and gabriel folse. the poster for the film was designed by renowned artist h. r. giger.