Business Standard debate: Age row: Is the army chief right?
The argument against: Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar (Retd) Former Judge Advocate General of the Indian Army The last few months have seen Army Chie...
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September 21, 2011
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
North-east India - an emerging gateway
If India is to capitalise on improved Indo-Bangla relationship and the potential to physically connect with mainland Asean, New Delhi must r...
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September 20, 2011
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
Army chief readies for legal battle with MoD
Indian army chief, Gen VK Singh, taking over from his predecessor, Gen Deepak Kapoor. The controversy over Singh's birth date was furthe...
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September 18, 2011
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Friday, 16 September 2011
India signs defence R&D agreement with UK
Dr VK Saraswat, the head of DRDO, exchanging a letter of arrangement (LoA) with Sir Mark Welland, who heads the UK's Defence Science and...
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September 16, 2011
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
Antony faces trouble for statement on army chief's age
A copy of the Military Secretary's Branch letter that confirms that all General VK Singh's senior promotions (from brigadier to majo...
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September 15, 2011
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US declares Indian Mujahideen a Foreign Terrorist Organisation
A US State Department press release, designating the Indian Mujahideen as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, is pasted below Terrorist Design...
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September 15, 2011
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Thanks to Shiv Aroor for the new look Broadsword!
All you folks who like the new look on this blog... join me in thanking my friend and colleague, Shiv Aroor, who has generously given of his...
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September 15, 2011
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
Defence ministry flouts norms for BEL
The Samyukta electronic warfare (EW) system, built by DRDO, with important contributions from the Indian private sector. The MoD is now tryi...
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September 11, 2011
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Friday, 9 September 2011
Broadsword compliments: best 2011 amateur photo of a Eurofighter Typhoon
Note: a photo from Aero India 2011 won the third prize... but this one is a deserving winner This is the amateur photo of the year of a Euro...
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September 09, 2011
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
India's fifth C-130J delivered. Might this aircraft be used someday for taking out Pakistan's nukes?
Lockheed Martin's press release is pasted below for those interested... India - Just One More to go MARIETTA, Ga. , Sept. 08, 2011 – The...
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September 08, 2011
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
With HAL overloaded, IAF turns to private sector
IAF procurement head to Business Standard: "$50 billion could be spent on new aircraft between 2007-2011." By Ajai Shukla Business...
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September 07, 2011
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Monday, 5 September 2011
Nobody’s baby: the offset orphan
Target India! By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 6th Sept 11 As this newspaper reported last week, the ministry of defence (MoD) is backtrack...
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September 05, 2011
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Sunday, 4 September 2011
The British “surge” to India: London reaches out to New Delhi
By Ajai Shukla Defence & Security of India (DSI) magazine, August 2011
India’s defence relationship with the Unite...
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September 04, 2011
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
Indian industry wary of new defence offset policy
A C-17 Globemaster III at the Boeing plant in Long Beach, California. The offsets that have been offered in connection with India's $4...
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September 01, 2011
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