April 2023 - Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.

Sunday, 30 April 2023

Chinese strategist, Hu Shisheng, explains reasons for border tensions with India

Hu Shisheng wrote on Weibo that there were four reasons for China's attack in Galwan that killed 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified n...

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shipbuilding

With indigenisation growing in warship building, Navy chief asks for third aircraft carrier

By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 30th April 23 Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, the tri-service chief, said the conce...

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Saturday, 22 April 2023

nuclear

Naval warship intercepts short-range ballistic missile fired by simulated enemy

A Prithvi short-range ballistic missile is fired to serve as a target for an endo-atmospheric interception by a ballistic missile intercepto...

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Sunday, 16 April 2023

Morale

Military investigation: 4 army jawans were killed in Bhatinda in revenge for extended sexual harassment

The four army jawans who were shot dead on April 12 while they were asleep in Bhatinda were killed by an insider, after he was allegedly s...

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Friday, 14 April 2023

Private Sector

L&T gets order to build prototype of light tank

India's answer to the PLA's Type 15 light tank (above) will be optimised for the extreme cold temperatures and high altitudes of Lad...

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Friday, 7 April 2023

MMRCA

HAL inaugurates third assembly line for Tejas fighters, raises capacity to 24 fighters yearly

HAL must build 40 Mark 1 and 83 Mark 1A fighters by 2028, so that the assembly lines are then free for building six squadrons of Tejas Mark ...

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Thursday, 6 April 2023

West Asia

20 years after Iraq: Defining India-US relations

Along with my intrepid cameraman, Akhai Shimray, a quick snapshot at the gateway to Mosul, Iraq By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 7th April ...

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Sunday, 2 April 2023

strategy

Part 5: Defence Secretary says India can make do with a defence spend of 2% of GDP

“Guns versus Butter” The concluding part of a 5-part series on the Standing Committee on Defence report, which says that India will not be...

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Sunday, 30 April 2023

Chinese strategist, Hu Shisheng, explains reasons for border tensions with India

With indigenisation growing in warship building, Navy chief asks for third aircraft carrier

Saturday, 22 April 2023

Naval warship intercepts short-range ballistic missile fired by simulated enemy

Sunday, 16 April 2023

Military investigation: 4 army jawans were killed in Bhatinda in revenge for extended sexual harassment

Friday, 14 April 2023

L&T gets order to build prototype of light tank

Friday, 7 April 2023

HAL inaugurates third assembly line for Tejas fighters, raises capacity to 24 fighters yearly

Thursday, 6 April 2023

20 years after Iraq: Defining India-US relations

Sunday, 2 April 2023

Part 5: Defence Secretary says India can make do with a defence spend of 2% of GDP

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