Cassidian signals it could contest the MMRCA decision
It seems the MMRCA contract was just too big, and the investment made by Eurofighter GmbH just too large, for them to go down without a figh...
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January 31, 2012
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Indian Air Force may get 126 Rafale fighter planes
While final negotiations between Dassault and the MoD are still to take place, it appears that the size of mega deal could be above Rs 75,00...
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January 31, 2012
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RAFALE WINS MMRCA CONTRACT...
SOURCES IN THE MoD INDICATE THAT RAFALE HAS WON THE MMRCA CONTRACT. THE FRENCH FIGHTER HAS EMERGED SOME $5 MILLION PER AIRCRAFT CHEAPER THAN...
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January 31, 2012
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Friday, 27 January 2012
INS Tarangini gets a sister sailship: the INS Sudarshini
The INS Sudarshini, the navy's second training sailship for cadets, awakens memories... of the time I spent on the INS Tarangini in 2004...
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January 27, 2012
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012
US Air Force strongly backs the F-35
(Photo courtesy global-military.com) With the F-35 under fire over time and cost overruns, the USAF has come out strongly behind the fighter...
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January 25, 2012
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Monday, 23 January 2012
Performance, not age
In selecting senior Indian commanders, age is everything. Gen Hasnain, the highly effective commander of 15 Corps (pictured talking to local...
Broadsword
January 23, 2012
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
Samtel poised to take off with air force fighter fleet
The old Su-30MKI front cockpit (left) with Thales MFDs. At right is the same cockpit with Samtel MFDs by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 23rd...
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January 22, 2012
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Friday, 20 January 2012
Coast Guard gets first Inshore Patrol Vessel built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd
Hindustan Shipyard, which could become the MoD's central yard for manufacturing nuclear submarines, has delivered its first vessel to th...
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January 20, 2012
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
Army chief’s crosshairs on Attorney General
Attorney General, Goolam Vahanvati, who has followed a long tradition of compliant AGs, by providing the MoD with a legal opinion that justi...
Broadsword
January 19, 2012
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Broadsword quiz: a comparative evaluation of these two photos
I have already figured out that these are tanks on a train. The best answers will have to go well beyond that! Let's have some identific...
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January 19, 2012
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Monday, 16 January 2012
Army chief moves Supreme Court against defence ministry
Gen VK Singh (centre) with senior army brass at the recently concluded Exercise Sudarshan Shakti in Rajasthan. Who will succeed him as army ...
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January 16, 2012
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Friday, 13 January 2012
All the Chief's Men: Quotas rule promotions in a “Mandalised” army
These NDA cadets are all equal when they start. But not so when they become officers in various arms. Skewed promotion policies will give ma...
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January 13, 2012
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Thursday, 12 January 2012
Gen VK Singh: Army able to launch faster response against Pak
At a press conference in New Delhi today, army chief Gen VK Singh, all but admitted the existence of the "Cold Start" doctrine By ...
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January 12, 2012
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Chinese tank units training in snow conditions in Xinjiang
The press caption that accompanied these photographs in People's Daily is as follows:- It is right time to conduct training when the Tia...
Broadsword
January 10, 2012
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Monday, 9 January 2012
Who after Hu... and Wen?
China's political newbies, like Bo Xilai (pictured here with family), are transforming China's political style. Bo has lobbied openl...
Broadsword
January 09, 2012
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
The Great Indian Tank Design Challenge
Translate your views into a blueprint for India's Future Main Battle Tank. Join hands in designing the Broadsword Mark I Since so many e...
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January 08, 2012
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
India ally, China foe in new US defence strategy
China, not war on terror, will be the new big focus in Pentagon planning in the years ahead. by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 7th Jan 12 Am...
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January 07, 2012
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