Losing the island, again
I’ve always been a little suspicious about the ostensible big-brother attitude that New Delhi always just stops short of espousing in the subcontinent. Sometimes, we’re […]
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A Pantheon of Holy Cows
A brilliant column by Harish Khare in The Hindu (quite certainly one of the most sober, eloquent and insightful columnists in the country today) is
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What else Pak is getting from Washington
Thought it was a good time to do an update on all the military booty that Pakistan is getting from Uncle Sam. Here’s the full
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JF-17s At Last
Two JF-17 Thunders flew on Pakistan Day on March 23 in Islamabad. The two fighters were flown in from Chengdu on March 12 for further
Astra BVRAAM Tests Continue
The Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) will go through its a series of tests on March 26 and March 27 at Complex II
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The Sun Sets on the IAF’s Rakshak
I was looking up some old stuff the other day and came upon the rare Sept-Oct 1984 edition of Air University Review journal. A particular
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Farewell MiG-23MF of Warlords!
Just got this press release from the IAF. Reproducing it as is: Having soared the Indian skies for nearly 24 years and logging nearly 32,581
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Hasimara and Third Degree in 1998
Here is an amazing account I received from a retired Air Marshal recently about some of the things that happened in 1997-98 when the government
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First LCA Tejas Squadron at Sulur?
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi said on March 12 that the Air Force station at Sulur (Western Tamil Nadu) was being developed into
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The Tale of the Indian Navy and the E-2 Hawkeye 2000
Just over two years ago, HAL signed an agreement with Northrop Grumman Corp. to “work together on projects of mutual benefit”. This, their press release
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