Siachen talks: samosas and chai, but no meeting of minds
Pak Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Athar Ali, flanked by Pak High Commissioner, Shahid Malik, calling on Defence Minister AK Antony. ...
Broadsword
May 31, 2011
14
Home Top Ad
Breaking
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
Indigenising defence: the 70:30 fallacy
The belly of a Kolkata class destroyer at Mazagon Dock Ltd, awaiting the fitment of a propulsion train that has been sourced from overseas b...
Broadsword
May 30, 2011
16
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Army watches as Siachen dialogue resumes
As the two defence secretaries meet today, we wonder whether what was bought with blood and guts will be bartered for a later regret. ...
Broadsword
May 29, 2011
35
Friday, 20 May 2011
AIR MARSHAL NAK (CHARLIE) BROWNE WILL BE THE NEXT CHIEF OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE
An official photograph of Air Marshal Charlie Browne, who will head the Indian Air Force (IAF) from 1st August 2011. A veteran Jaguar pilot,...
Broadsword
May 20, 2011
18
Friday, 13 May 2011
Rejected MMRCA vendors fight to return
A Eurofighter Typhoon takes off for an aerobatics display at the Aero India 2011 show in Bangalore last February. The Typhoon and the Dassau...
Broadsword
May 13, 2011
36
Sunday, 8 May 2011
BAE Systems rethinks decision on artillery contracts
The FH-77B 05 howitzer, which BAE Systems had decided not to offer the Indian MoD in its January tender. Now, acknowledging the draw of the ...
Broadsword
May 08, 2011
7
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Pawan Hans grounding stalls China border roads
Right: The track that is being upgraded into the Thingbu-Mago-Chuna road. Below: A view of Mago village, the first inhabited Indian village...
Broadsword
May 07, 2011
8
Thursday, 5 May 2011
BROADSWORD QUIZ (Level "Difficult"): So how did Uncle Sam take down bin Laden?
Everyone gets to theorise... let's see how far out of the box you can go. There is a strict 400-word limit on your post. Please stick to...
Broadsword
May 05, 2011
52
Monday, 2 May 2011
Osama conspiracy theories
Images of the house outside Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces on Monday, 2nd May 11 by Ajai Shukla...
Broadsword
May 02, 2011
35
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Osama is dead
Osama bin Laden, killed this morning by US Special Forces at a compound outside Abbotabad, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, c...
Broadsword
May 01, 2011
28
Fighting to keep fighting: the bumpy road to army modernisation
The BAE Systems M777 ultralight field howitzer at the Defexpo 2010 in New Delhi. India is buying 140 of these under the US Foreign Military ...
Broadsword
May 01, 2011
13
