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

Thursday, 29 September 2011

After Shourya and Prithvi II, successful launch of Agni-II from Wheeler Island

An action sequence from Wheeler's Island of this morning's test launch of the Agni-II missile by the army's Strategic Forces Com...

Broadsword September 29, 2011 18

US military

India’s P8I Poseidon maritime aircraft flies

The P8I Poseidon's first flight at the Boeing facility near Seattle. The Indian Navy team that attended, below By Ajai Shukla Business S...

Broadsword September 29, 2011 8

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

shipbuilding

Pipavav warship joint venture put on hold

The dry dock in Pipavav Shipyard. Nikhil Gandhi, Pipavav chief, regrets that the MoD has cancelled MDL's JV with Pipavav. Says Gandhi: &...

Broadsword September 27, 2011 6

Monday, 26 September 2011

On the heels of Saturday's Shourya missile test, India tests the Prithvi P-II missile

As the DRDO works on a new generation of solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles, the liquid-fuel Prithvi P-II seems slated to remain in s...

Broadsword September 26, 2011 1

Sunday, 25 September 2011

US military

US-Pak crisis follows Rabbani killing

Pakistani army chief, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in the days when Washington still believed that Pakistan could be salvaged. That is changing...

Broadsword September 25, 2011 7

strategy

DRDO announces successful test of Shourya missile in canister mode

Earlier Broadsword reporting on the Shourya/Shaurya: DRDO chief, Dr VK Saraswat, to Broadsword: “We have designed the Shaurya so that it can...

Broadsword September 25, 2011 6

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

strategy

Business Standard debate: Age row: Is the army chief right?

The argument against: Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar (Retd) Former Judge Advocate General of the Indian Army The last few months have seen Army Chie...

Broadsword September 21, 2011 16

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

strategy

North-east India - an emerging gateway

If India is to capitalise on improved Indo-Bangla relationship and the potential to physically connect with mainland Asean, New Delhi must r...

Broadsword September 20, 2011 13

Sunday, 18 September 2011

strategy

Army chief readies for legal battle with MoD

Indian army chief, Gen VK Singh, taking over from his predecessor, Gen Deepak Kapoor. The controversy over Singh's birth date was furthe...

Broadsword September 18, 2011 28

Friday, 16 September 2011

strategy

India signs defence R&D agreement with UK

Dr VK Saraswat, the head of DRDO, exchanging a letter of arrangement (LoA) with Sir Mark Welland, who heads the UK's Defence Science and...

Broadsword September 16, 2011 12

Thursday, 15 September 2011

strategy

Antony faces trouble for statement on army chief's age

A copy of the Military Secretary's Branch letter that confirms that all General VK Singh's senior promotions (from brigadier to majo...

Broadsword September 15, 2011 41

US declares Indian Mujahideen a Foreign Terrorist Organisation

A US State Department press release, designating the Indian Mujahideen as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, is pasted below Terrorist Design...

Broadsword September 15, 2011 8

Thanks to Shiv Aroor for the new look Broadsword!

All you folks who like the new look on this blog... join me in thanking my friend and colleague, Shiv Aroor, who has generously given of his...

Broadsword September 15, 2011 22

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Private Sector

Defence ministry flouts norms for BEL

The Samyukta electronic warfare (EW) system, built by DRDO, with important contributions from the Indian private sector. The MoD is now tryi...

Broadsword September 11, 2011 15

Friday, 9 September 2011

Broadsword compliments: best 2011 amateur photo of a Eurofighter Typhoon

Note: a photo from Aero India 2011 won the third prize... but this one is a deserving winner This is the amateur photo of the year of a Euro...

Broadsword September 09, 2011 6

Thursday, 8 September 2011

India's fifth C-130J delivered. Might this aircraft be used someday for taking out Pakistan's nukes?

Lockheed Martin's press release is pasted below for those interested... India - Just One More to go MARIETTA, Ga. , Sept. 08, 2011 – The...

Broadsword September 08, 2011 12

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Private Sector

With HAL overloaded, IAF turns to private sector

IAF procurement head to Business Standard: "$50 billion could be spent on new aircraft between 2007-2011." By Ajai Shukla Business...

Broadsword September 07, 2011 8

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