Indo-US jet trainer: the Indus moment
While the F-35 JSF (right) seems unlikely to make it to India's shopping list, a joint US-India project to develop a new-gen trainer to ...
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June 27, 2011
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Monday, 27 June 2011
Senate pushes Pentagon on US-India defence ties
The USAF Thunderbirds flying the T-38, a trainer used since the 1960s. Grounded in 2008 after two fatal crashes, the USAF is now considering...
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June 27, 2011
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Friday, 24 June 2011
Pakistan in crosshairs over US' Afghanistan drawdown
US Army soldiers supervise firing training for soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA). The ANA is starting to take over security respons...
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June 24, 2011
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Eurofighter and Euroradar confirm that the Typhoon will get its AESA radar by 2015
The Typhoon, pictured here with Meteor air-to-air missiles, will receive the new CAPTOR-E AESA radar by 2015, says a company release from th...
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June 22, 2011
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Saturday, 18 June 2011
Enhancing coastal security: New interceptor boat commissioned into Coast Guard
Fast Interceptor Boat ICGS C-152, pictured here, was commissioned into the coast guard on Saturday. Manned by 11 sailors, it is capable of 4...
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June 18, 2011
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Monday, 13 June 2011
How long can India ignore the Taliban?
It is time for India to open a dialogue track with the Quetta Shoora of the Taliban, which increasingly chafes at restraints and controls im...
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June 13, 2011
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Saturday, 11 June 2011
Broadsword Book Review: Lt Gen J.F.R. Jacob, "An Odyssey in War and Peace": A failed attempt at rewriting history
An Odyssey in War and Peace Lt Gen. J.F.R. Jacob (India: Roli Books, 2011) 189 pages Rs 350/- Lieutenant General JFR Jacob’s second book, li...
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June 11, 2011
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Q&A with Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghanistan’s Minister for Mines: "India will consume most commodities by 2030" "
At an interview with Wahidullah Shahrani at his office in Kabul on 6th June 2011 by Ajai Shukla Kabul, Afghanistan Business Standard, 12th J...
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June 11, 2011
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Thursday, 9 June 2011
DRDO: Prithvi accuracy better than 10 metres
The DRDO official press release is reproduced below. SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF PRITHVI (P-II) MISSILE New Delhi: Jyaistha 19, 1933 Wednesday, Jun...
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June 09, 2011
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Monday, 6 June 2011
New Afghanistan mining projects create opportunity for India
Photo: courtesy Ajai Shukla Part of the proposed site for the 2 billion-tonne Hajigak mining project in Central Afghanistan, for which two I...
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June 06, 2011
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
Leaving for Afghanistan... hold fast!
Bye, folks! Will be in Afghanistan from 3rd to 7th June... sniffing the breeze and talking to Afghan policymakers about what could lie ahead...
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June 02, 2011
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