End this MMRCA hara-kiri
The J-20 fighter prototype, a 5th generation combat aircraft built by China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry, made its first flight on 11th J...
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October 31, 2011
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Sunday, 30 October 2011
Broadsword interview: Ashok Nayak, CMD, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Nayak says: "It will be very difficult for an outsider to manage HAL" by Ajai Shukla HAL Bangalore Business Standard, 31st Oct 11 ...
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October 30, 2011
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Friday, 28 October 2011
BAE Systems careful in expanding HAL role in Hawk
The Eurofighter undergoing final assembly at Warton, Lancashire. BAE Systems is dispensing with the capability to build Hawks at Brough, but...
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October 28, 2011
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
Update: The search for a crashed IAF Mig-29 and missing pilot
The IAF press release that I have posted below conveys an idea of the difficulties that are being encountered in locating the MiG-29 that cr...
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October 27, 2011
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
The Indian Navy's second Project 28 corvette, INS Kadmatt, launched in Kolkata
The MoD press release on the launch of the second anti-submarine corvette, INS Kadmatt, which is being build under Project 28, is pasted bel...
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October 25, 2011
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Monday, 24 October 2011
21 more Hawks for IAF's Surya Kiran aerobatics display team
Procurement of Hawk trainers has begun for the Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team, one of only three in the world that fly n...
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October 24, 2011
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Managing Pakistan
In the Pakistan of today, India has no good options. All it can do is to keep a dialogue going while keeping its powder dry by Ajai Shukla B...
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October 18, 2011
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Monday, 17 October 2011
New warship projects stalled by MoD’s JV freeze
The new modular yard being constructed at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai. Built in partnership with Fincantieri, its completion next year will mark MD...
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October 17, 2011
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Friday, 14 October 2011
Myanmar largest Indian aid recipient after Afghanistan
Myanmar's president Thein Sein, on a groundbreaking visit to India, inspects an honour guard at Rashtrapati Bhavan (India's presiden...
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October 14, 2011
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Thursday, 6 October 2011
Agni-5 missile to fly half-way to Antarctica
The Agni-2 roaring off the launch pad at Wheeler Island last week. This same test range will witness a full-range test of the Agni-5 in Dece...
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October 06, 2011
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Cooperation as well as friction at the Russia-India defence meeting
Apex Russia-India defence meetings are increasingly characterized by frank speaking. The press release pasted below tells the story in typic...
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October 04, 2011
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Antony arrives in Moscow for apex defence meet
One of the more interesting MoD press releases, describing Defence Minister AK Antony's visit to pay homage at Victory Park, the Russian...
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October 04, 2011
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Monday, 3 October 2011
Down to the last friend
With Pakistan-US ties in trouble, Islamabad is banking heavily on Beijing. But how substantive is the "all weather friendship"? Th...
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October 03, 2011
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