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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Q&A with Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghanistan’s Minister for Mines: "India will consume most commodities by 2030" "

At an interview with Wahidullah Shahrani at his office in Kabul on 6th June 2011 by Ajai Shukla Kabul, Afghanistan Business Standard, 12th J...

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Thursday, 9 June 2011

strategy

DRDO: Prithvi accuracy better than 10 metres

The DRDO official press release is reproduced below. SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF PRITHVI (P-II) MISSILE New Delhi: Jyaistha 19, 1933 Wednesday, Jun...

Broadsword June 09, 2011 11

Monday, 6 June 2011

West Asia

New Afghanistan mining projects create opportunity for India

Photo: courtesy Ajai Shukla Part of the proposed site for the 2 billion-tonne Hajigak mining project in Central Afghanistan, for which two I...

Broadsword June 06, 2011 8

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Leaving for Afghanistan... hold fast!

Bye, folks! Will be in Afghanistan from 3rd to 7th June... sniffing the breeze and talking to Afghan policymakers about what could lie ahead...

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Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Siachen talks: samosas and chai, but no meeting of minds

Pak Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Athar Ali, flanked by Pak High Commissioner, Shahid Malik, calling on Defence Minister AK Antony. ...

Broadsword May 31, 2011 14

Monday, 30 May 2011

strategy

Indigenising defence: the 70:30 fallacy

The belly of a Kolkata class destroyer at Mazagon Dock Ltd, awaiting the fitment of a propulsion train that has been sourced from overseas b...

Broadsword May 30, 2011 16

Sunday, 29 May 2011

strategy

Army watches as Siachen dialogue resumes

As the two defence secretaries meet today, we wonder whether what was bought with blood and guts will be bartered for a later regret. ...

Broadsword May 29, 2011 35

Friday, 20 May 2011

AIR MARSHAL NAK (CHARLIE) BROWNE WILL BE THE NEXT CHIEF OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE

An official photograph of Air Marshal Charlie Browne, who will head the Indian Air Force (IAF) from 1st August 2011. A veteran Jaguar pilot,...

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Friday, 13 May 2011

US military

Rejected MMRCA vendors fight to return

A Eurofighter Typhoon takes off for an aerobatics display at the Aero India 2011 show in Bangalore last February. The Typhoon and the Dassau...

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Sunday, 8 May 2011

US military

BAE Systems rethinks decision on artillery contracts

The FH-77B 05 howitzer, which BAE Systems had decided not to offer the Indian MoD in its January tender. Now, acknowledging the draw of the ...

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Saturday, 7 May 2011

strategy

Pawan Hans grounding stalls China border roads

Right: The track that is being upgraded into the Thingbu-Mago-Chuna road. Below: A view of Mago village, the first inhabited Indian village...

Broadsword May 07, 2011 8

Thursday, 5 May 2011

BROADSWORD QUIZ (Level "Difficult"): So how did Uncle Sam take down bin Laden?

Everyone gets to theorise... let's see how far out of the box you can go. There is a strict 400-word limit on your post. Please stick to...

Broadsword May 05, 2011 52

Monday, 2 May 2011

West Asia

Osama conspiracy theories

Images of the house outside Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces on Monday, 2nd May 11 by Ajai Shukla...

Broadsword May 02, 2011 35

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Osama is dead

Osama bin Laden, killed this morning by US Special Forces at a compound outside Abbotabad, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, c...

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Fighting to keep fighting: the bumpy road to army modernisation

The BAE Systems M777 ultralight field howitzer at the Defexpo 2010 in New Delhi. India is buying 140 of these under the US Foreign Military ...

Broadsword May 01, 2011 13

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