April 2011 - Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.

Friday, 29 April 2011

(Sorry, forgot to post yesterday): Only Dassault, Eurofighter left in IAF fighter selection

Right: A view of Aero India 2011, with a Eurofighter doing aerobatics in the distance. Left: Rafale taxies for take off. As Broadsword repor...

Broadsword April 29, 2011 17

Monday, 25 April 2011

US military

DRDO explosive kit snapped up by US company

The chief of DRDO's High Explosives and Materials Research Laboratory with the representative of the US firm that will commercialise its...

Broadsword April 25, 2011 7

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

strategy

Q&A: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, GOC 15 Corps, Srinagar

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain in his office at Badami Bagh military station, Srinagar. He does not sit too long in this office, preferring to move...

Broadsword April 20, 2011 12

Monday, 18 April 2011

strategy

Another summer of unrest in Kashmir?

Street protesters running away from teargas during last summer's widespread agitation across the Kashmir valley. The protests took off a...

Broadsword April 18, 2011 15

region

Army general’s battle for hearts in Kashmir

Lieutenant General Ata Hasnain, GOC 15 Corps, at a Jan Sunwai (or Awaami Sunwai) in a village in the Kashmir valley By Ajai Shukla Srinagar ...

Broadsword April 18, 2011 3

Sunday, 17 April 2011

region

Moderates to probe Showkat killing

Differing forms of Kashmiri alienation. A press conference by hard line women's leader Asiya Andrabi, and a common man during last year&...

Broadsword April 17, 2011 7

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Broadsword Quiz: Level "Ultra-easy". Where am I?

Just in case you were wondering about the silence from me over the last couple of days... here I am. The question is where?

Broadsword April 12, 2011 115

Sunday, 10 April 2011

strategy

Tatas bag record deal to modernise air force bases

In a project that is called the Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI), Tata Power SED will be paid Rs 1094 crore to upgrade 30 str...

Broadsword April 10, 2011 10

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Broadsword quiz: level "easy": what is this?

What do these photographs depict. Most accurate and complete answer wins! Cheers...

Broadsword April 07, 2011 87

Monday, 4 April 2011

Morale

Promoting crisis within the military

An ongoing spat between the MoD and Army HQ is keeping key positions empty. A codified army promotion policy will put an end to such face-of...

Broadsword April 04, 2011 14

Sunday, 3 April 2011

Software

Designers insist Tejas will belie all sceptical questioning

A test pilot readies for a Tejas test flight. The National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) Bengaluru is trying to speed up flight testing, to comp...

Broadsword April 03, 2011 30

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Friday, 29 April 2011

(Sorry, forgot to post yesterday): Only Dassault, Eurofighter left in IAF fighter selection

Monday, 25 April 2011

DRDO explosive kit snapped up by US company

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Q&A: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, GOC 15 Corps, Srinagar

Monday, 18 April 2011

Another summer of unrest in Kashmir?

Army general’s battle for hearts in Kashmir

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Moderates to probe Showkat killing

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Broadsword Quiz: Level "Ultra-easy". Where am I?

Sunday, 10 April 2011

Tatas bag record deal to modernise air force bases

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Broadsword quiz: level "easy": what is this?

Monday, 4 April 2011

Promoting crisis within the military

Sunday, 3 April 2011

Designers insist Tejas will belie all sceptical questioning

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