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LiveFist Exclusive: Czech Manufacturer Reacts to LTTE’s Use of its Aircraft

LiveFist Exclusive: Czech Manufacturer Reacts to LTTE’s Use of its Aircraft

May 14, 2007

There’s still a great sense of wonder about the LTTE’s use of Czech-built Zlin-143 aircraft for three three audacious bombing missions it carried out on Colombo airport, Palali and fuel reserves near the country’s capital in the last two months.…

The Emotions in Selling Weapons to India

The Emotions in Selling Weapons to India

May 13, 2007

I woke a few weeks ago to a shiny stack of the assorted Indian military magazines and journals I subscribe to, and in passing, made a discovery that’s been poised at the edge of my articulating faculties for weeks. Foreign…

Canberra No More…

Canberra No More…

May 12, 2007

It was sort of weird being flown to Agra yesterday because I realised that the first time I was ever going to see an English Electric Canberra in the flesh was going to be on it’s last day in operational…

Next ABM Test in June

Next ABM Test in June

May 8, 2007

Wrote this for The Indian Express in January. Thought I’d re-post, ahead of the next ABM test next month:As part of the newly unveiled programme to equip the country’s armed forces with a full-fledged family of anti-missile systems, DRDO plans…

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