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US bomber loaded with nuclear missile by mistake

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 [...]

Locked in by Lockheed

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

Upgrade with Care 2

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 [...]

Powerpuff Girls

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 [...]

Space Hegemony – III

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 [...]

Space hegemony revisted

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]

Mystery of Zahedan – II

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 [...]

SriLanka raises muslim battalion

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 [...]

Politics of hate

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 [...]

Sense prevails

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 [...]

Charity begins at home II

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 [...]

Space hegemony being broken?

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 [...]

Double standards eh?

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 [...]

It’s all about the coverage

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 [...]

Upgrade with Care

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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