Su-35 Super Flanker offered to India
I was in Zhukovsky, Russia in August last year for the MAKS 07 air show where the Su-35 air superiority fighter was unveiled to the […]
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Indo-French Maitri Programme: Don’t repeat BrahMos botch-ups
The Indo-French missile programme Maitri, basically a face-saving bailout of the completely botched Trishul (Dr Prahalada was candid about this when he spoke to me
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Photos: Army chief General Deepak Kapoor in Russia + Russia, India agree to share mountain warfare training experience
An article in today’s RIA Novosti: MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and India have agreed to exchange knowledge in the training of mountain
Sevmash in soup
A report in the Barent’s Observer today. After a deluge of wake-up calls about how the Russians are murderously cheating us over the Admiral Gorshkov
MiG’s new General Director answers India questions
RAC-MiG’s new General Director Anatoly Belov, who comes in at a troubled time for the legendary corporation, gave an interesting interview to Kommersant‘s Alexandra Gritskova
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FIRE ON GORSHKOV QUARTERDECK!!
A minor electrical fire on the quarterdeck of the INS Vikramaditya broke out last week, and has apparently gutted some electrical wire assemblies, welding equipment
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First four MiG-29K/KUBs arrive September
The aircraft in the photographs is the first MiG-29KUB at the MAKS 2007 air show that I covered in August last year. As you’ve probably
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INS Vikramaditya overkill!
A Naval team is currently in Russia for the next phase of negotiations on the Admiral Gorshkov price. Thought it’s a good time to post
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Gorshkov in September 2007
If Google Earth screen data is to be believed, here’s a September 2007 satellite photograph of the Admiral Gorshkov dry-docked at the Sevmash shipyard in
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This is the Phalcon!
I don’t know if anyone’s seen these photos. They were apparently taken in January (not sure if last year or this year, but I suspect,
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