September 2008 - Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.

Sunday, 28 September 2008

Broadsword will spend the next one year on the India-China border

Maps above: the Sino-Indian border. The disputed areas are shaded maroon. I will be living and working over the coming year near the border ...

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Tuesday, 16 September 2008

shipbuilding

The Indian Navy’s Dhruv: falling between two stools

by Ajai Shukla Prodded by questions from visitors to this blog, I have spoken in some depth to the Indian Navy as well as to the designers o...

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Sunday, 14 September 2008

DRDO announces successful test firing of Astra Air-to-Air Missile

(Ph otograph courtesy DRDO) The Astra air-to-air missile being test fired from a ground-based launch platform on 13th Sept 08. The DRDO has ...

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Thursday, 11 September 2008

Indian Navy

The naval version of the Dhruv ALH

Your many enquiries have been noted about the naval version of the Dhruv, the problems it is said to have experienced, and the Navy's ap...

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Tuesday, 9 September 2008

strategy

Chopping prices in the chopper market: Part 3 of a three-part series on India's thrust in helicopter building

(Photos: courtesy Ajai Shukla) Right: An elevated view of HAL's Dhruv assembly area. The new ALH squadron being raised has its hangar al...

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Monday, 8 September 2008

strategy

Light Combat Helicopter to fly soon: Part 2 of a three-part series on India's new thrust in helicopter building

Left and Below: computer images of the final LCH design, produced by HAL's in-house integrated design centre. Below: a mock-up of the LC...

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Sunday, 7 September 2008

strategy

The great helicopter challenge: (Part 1 of a three-part series on India's new thrust in helicopter building)

(Photos courtesy: Ajai Shukla) The first prototype Weapon Systems Integrated (WSI) version of the Dhruv ALH. HAL will produce 60 ALH-WSIs fo...

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Sunday, 28 September 2008

Broadsword will spend the next one year on the India-China border

Tuesday, 16 September 2008

The Indian Navy’s Dhruv: falling between two stools

Sunday, 14 September 2008

DRDO announces successful test firing of Astra Air-to-Air Missile

Thursday, 11 September 2008

The naval version of the Dhruv ALH

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Chopping prices in the chopper market: Part 3 of a three-part series on India's thrust in helicopter building

Monday, 8 September 2008

Light Combat Helicopter to fly soon: Part 2 of a three-part series on India's new thrust in helicopter building

Sunday, 7 September 2008

The great helicopter challenge: (Part 1 of a three-part series on India's new thrust in helicopter building)

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