Posted by: BD on: September 7, 2007
An Air Force B-52 bomber flew across the central United States last week with six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads that were mistakenly attached to the airplane’s wing, defense officials said yesterday.
The Stratofortress bomber, based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, was transporting a dozen Advanced Cruise Missiles to Barksdale Air Force [...]
Posted by: BD on: February 27, 2007
A proud pilot sitting inside the most advanced fighter aircraft in service?
Or, a frustrated pilot locked inside the most advanced fighter aircraft in service, for five hours, because of a software bug, and cursing the sh*t out of Lockheed.
Tip: Mihir
Posted by: BD on: February 7, 2007
What’s delaying the procurement of $9 billion Multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) deal? The Hindu has some details.
On a related topic, old story but worth mentioning, India and Russia have finally decided to go ahead with the joint development of a 5th generation fighter jet (tip Mihir). This comes after India had expressed its reservations regarding [...]
Posted by: BD on: January 31, 2007
The first all-female U.N. peacekeeping unit, made up of 103 women from India, arrived in Liberia on Tuesday to help the West African nation recover from 14 years of on-and-off civil war. Washington Post
These women belong to the elite Rapid Action Force (RAF) of India, that was created by the Government in 1991 specifically to [...]
Posted by: BD on: January 19, 2007
The rumors have been confirmed, eyebrows have been raised. The ramifications of the recent Chinese anti-satellite missile test are much more than simply an arms race.
I don’t blame the Chinese though. Satellites form the spine of a nation’s communication and information systems. Protecting such assets in space is equally, if not more, important as protecting [...]
Posted by: BD on: October 18, 2006
A new space defence policy recently set by United States President George W Bush opposes any arms control treaty that would limit US actions in space, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Rediff
Related post: Space hegemony being broken
[tags]Space warfare[/tags]
Posted by: BD on: September 16, 2006
Continued from here.
Iran has a significant number of baloch people residing in the Sista-Balochistan province. The Baloch nationalist movement should hurt Iran as it hurts Pakistan. In this light, Iran’s complicity in Baloch insurgency is quite perplexing.
Balochistan is by no means a “Kashmir” for Pakistan. It’s much more than that, simply because there are so [...]
Posted by: BD on: April 1, 2006
In what appears to be a tactical move, the SriLankan army has raised a Muslim battalion to counter the LTTE. The LTTE has had bitter relations with the muslims in the villages to the east of the country. This comes when the SriLankan army is desperately trying to maintain its strength, with 50,000 soldiers [...]
Posted by: BD on: March 24, 2006
As if history text books weren’t enough, the Pakistani army is now air dropping pamphlets preaching hate against Hindus and Jews.
Pakistan’s military airdropped pamphlets this week over towns in restive tribal regions near the Afghan border urging tribesmen to shun “foreign terrorists”, saying they were part of a Hindu and Jewish plot.
The pamphlets were [...]
Posted by: BD on: March 23, 2006
India and Pakistan are inching closer to an understanding on withdrawal of troops from Siachen with Islamabad inclined “in-principle” to acknowledge current Indian troop positions on the glacier. New Delhi, on its part, will need to be more flexible on the distance to which its troops will pull back.
India, Pak closing Siachen pullout deal.
Finally, some [...]
Posted by: BD on: March 22, 2006
“Red Terror” is the obsession of Indian news media nowadays. Many news organizations are carrying in depth investigative reports on the same. NDTV’s investigation claims that naxalites can’t be treated as just another bunch of misguided youth. Misguided youth they are, but the recent acquisition of their training manual reveals the level of sophistication they [...]
Posted by: BD on: November 19, 2005
The world is getting increasingly multi-polar. At the same time monopolies are being broken. One such monopoly is in the field of space navigation systems, currently being held by GPS.
GPS is a satellite based navigation system, which is maintained by the US Air Force. The basic working mechanism revolves around the concept of using four [...]
Posted by: BD on: November 8, 2005
The Pakistani president had accused the West of adopting double standards claiming their donations were not enough. Understandably so: The UN had appealed to the international community to meet the donation target of $550 million dollars; Only $132.4 million has been received so far. Meanwhile, there was uncertainity looming over the $2 billion F-16 deal [...]
Posted by: BD on: November 6, 2005
News is covered differently by different newspapers. The tone, inferences and conclusion of a particular news report has a significant impact on the opinions we make about a particular issue. Take for example the coverage of joint exercises planned by the Indian and US air forces — Cope India 2005. The issue was about protests [...]
Posted by: BD on: November 6, 2005
I stumbled upon an article in Indian Express about the Indian Air Force’s recent plans to undergo massive upgrade.
Concerned over its dwindling aircraft fleet, Indian Air Force announced plans for massive upgradation of its entire frontline fighter fleet, barring the newly acquired Sukhoi-30MKI.
Source
Digging a bit more revealed another article in The Telegraph:
An Indian Air [...]
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