From Jeddah: Oil over troubled water
Business Standard 1st July 08 Dateline: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia An element of farce and futility pervaded the Jeddah Energy Meeting in Saudi Ar...
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July 01, 2008
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Saturday, 28 June 2008
Front and rear cockpit display of the IJT Sitara
(Top: A close-up of the rear seat (i.e. instructor seat) Multi-Function Display, which can monitor the student pilot's HUD) (Centre: The...
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June 28, 2008
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Friday, 27 June 2008
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Russia again demands more money
(Photos: The Intermediate Jet Trainer (bottom), which has been fitted with the first AL-55I engine developed by Russia; the engine is curren...
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June 22, 2008
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Saturday, 21 June 2008
My visit to HAL. Lots of new details coming up. I'm in Saudi Arabia right now for the oil summit. Stay tuned.
Expect posts and pictures on: 1. A new glitch around the IJT's AL-55I engine 2. Pictures of the IJT's all-glass cockpit 3. An analys...
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June 21, 2008
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Friday, 20 June 2008
First Indian-built Hawk takes to the skies
(Picture: The first made-in-India Hawk being painted in Air Force colours at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore) Business Standard, 21...
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June 20, 2008
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Finding the right bullies
by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 17th June 08 The unseemly squabbling between the army and the DRDO over the Arjun tank invites a wider deb...
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June 17, 2008
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Arjun versus T-90: Army avoiding trials
by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 17th June 08 India’s Arjun tank is fighting its first battle even before it enters service with the army. ...
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June 16, 2008
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Sunday, 15 June 2008
The Arjun tank acquires a growing fan club
(Photo at left: Mahajan Ranges, Rajasthan, 29th June 2006. Major General BS Grewal, GOC 33 Armoured Division, posing with his target after f...
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June 15, 2008
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Thursday, 12 June 2008
Sarang helicopter display team wins award at the Berlin Air Show
(Photo: The Sarang team flying past after a performance in the Berlin Air Show in June 08) The Indian Air Force's helicopter Display tea...
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June 12, 2008
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RAF Eurofighter squadron declared operational
[Photo: Geoffrey Lee, Planefocus Ltd] Caption: An RAF XI Squadron Typhoon releases an enhanced Paveway 2 bomb during Exercise Green Flag at ...
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June 12, 2008
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Sunday, 1 June 2008
The DRDO revolution: The DRDO’s secret technology wish list
(Concluding part of a series on the DRDO's new approach to technology) by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 2nd June 08 Symbolising the Def...
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June 01, 2008
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Friday, 30 May 2008
An Eye in the Sky: the DRDO’s plan for a MALE UAV
(Part III of a series on the DRDO and technology) (Photo: a USAF Global Hawk UAV, back in the US after a tenure of deployment in Iraq) by Aj...
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May 30, 2008
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Thursday, 29 May 2008
The DRDO revolution: Technology first, weapons later
(Part II of a series on the DRDO's new approach to t echnology) (Photos: The Akash launcher, at Defexpo 2008, with the DRDO's Chief ...
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May 29, 2008
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008
The DRDO revolution: A new engagement with the military
(Part 1 of a series on the DRDO's new approach to technology) by Ajai Shukla Business Standard: 29th May 08 The success, last December, ...
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May 28, 2008
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008
MoD embarrassment in Berlin: new offsets policy not ready
By Ajai Shukla Business Standard: 19th May 08 At 2 pm on 28th May, red-faced MoD officials in the Berlin Air Show could stumble yet again on...
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May 20, 2008
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Monday, 19 May 2008
Some killing questions about terrorism
by Ajai Shukla Business Standard: 20th May 08 The 1st of June 2006 seemed like an unusually good day for the police: three heavily armed Pak...
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May 19, 2008
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Thursday, 8 May 2008
DPP-2008: changes in offsets and FDI policy
(Part II of a two-part series on the new procurement policy) by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 9th April 08 By 15th May, the Ministry of Def...
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May 08, 2008
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DPP 2008: New rulebook for the billion dollar arms game
(Part 1 of a two-part series on India’s new defence procurement policy) by Ajai Shukla Business Standard: 8th May 08 The long wait for the g...
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May 08, 2008
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Monday, 5 May 2008
A CRPF manned by soldiers: should army soldiers be sidestepped to paramilitary forces after 7 years of soldiering?
(photo: CRPF troopers in Srinagar, J&K, after shooting an alleged militant. The towns and cities in J&K are now almost entirely held...
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May 05, 2008
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Thursday, 1 May 2008
BLOGGERS' VIEW: Should the navy equip EVERY officer with a B.Tech degree?
There have been interesting --- and passionately argued --- responses to my story, carried first in Business Standard and then on NDTV, abou...
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May 01, 2008
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