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Paging Vishnu !! Boss, here's something the media needs to investigate and report as this is a serious internal challenge to national security. Twenty years, a gazillion RFP and RFI's and only rejections and blacklists. I don't believe the same MOD that is allowing other services to import what the...

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B. Raman's take on the Purulia issue PURULIA ARMS DROP: A SHAMEFUL EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN INTELLIGENCE ( Triggered by an interview of the pilot telecast by the Times Now news channel since this morning ) B.RAMAN The clandestine Purulia arms drop of December 1995 , in which an aircraft pilo...

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From Livefist FLASH! BAE-Bofors Pulls Out Of Indian 155mm Gun Procurement Effort Just received this statement from BAE Systems: While we are certain that the FH-77B05 is the most capable 52 calibre Towed Gun available, and it was specifically designed for and demonstrated to meet the Indian Army's r...

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^^ Vishnu, thanks I hope everyone can move on & focus on MRCA.

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My biggest concern with Rafale is the French reputation for greed. We have seen that consistently in the negotiations for Mirage upgrade, which has been delayed for many years now thanks to their ridiculous pricing. So am a little surprised at this gung-ho reaction on Rafale from everyone in BRF.

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I hope this thread will focus on MMRCA when the govt takes a decision .... but one never knows

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^^^ Any chance of a reciprocal gesture by USN, i.e IN vessels docking at DG in the future? Sir what you are saying will come true, over a period of time. Frankly at present I doubt if IN needs ports so deep into the Indian Ocean. Wasn't this kind of reciprocal arrangement part of the LSA we were su...

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Austin wrote:... this is not a dick measuring contest.

Sorry OT, but couldn't resist, isn't all (well almost all) human behavior driven by "my .... is bigger than yours ..."

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Re UPA Chairperson ....

Congrats ISRO, I watched a launch on TV after a long time ... & happy to know it was successful.

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Some interesting highlights from the Latin American Air Show

LAAD11: Latin America's biggest arms bazaar in photos

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@Shiv, further to our conversation in the BLR Aero India meet ... US Congressmen question wisdom of financial support for Pakistan Please check the comments ... people in the US are not blind to the duplicity of TSP, and equally I dont think anyone (in US or for that matter India) has an answer on h...

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I think Sreesanth would be a better option to Munaf.

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Biggest aircraft deal with US flies into air pocket after India questions price The last-minute hiccup has come after the ministry received several representations contending that the price being quoted to India for 10 heavy lift aircraft was inordinately high. While the contract is in the final st...

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5000 Visas to Pakistanis. Considering how many absconders we had the last time we gave Visas to the Pakistanis this seems like a pretty dumb move.

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and they know that if T is agreed then Jagan will sweep rest of AP and for a generation INC has to forget those areas. T area also may not come to INC and go to TRS which may join NDA which is not a competetion then INC which wants its merger with it. So no benifit for congress as of now for giving...

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Every day I see a zillion new posts in the thread, & I check it eagerly hoping to see some news on the status of the deal. Everyday am disappointed by the lack of any real news, but a zillion posts with the same old arguments. I request the Admins to consider limiting this thread to news about M...

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^^ I agree with Pratik on this. FWIW, Mr. Pillai, did not say there was no dispute, just that project will not be delayed. Maybe am I'm reading too much into this.

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@Stan_Savljevic, thanks for the detailed update.

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Some not so happy news for India, based on this article .... Primed to Distrust Finally, Nepal has found a prime minister in Jhalanath Khanal-a hardcore communist backed by the far more radical Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M)-which brings the long-awaited Left unity to fruition. As...

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@Shiv, I will most likely reach BLR on 11th, and would love to attend the BR meet, sent a mail to you hotmail id.

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Sanjaya Baru: K Subrahmanyam's last column He was a grand strategist who truly understood the power of prosperity and knowledge His voice was faint, almost conspiratorial. “Have you heard Obama’s ‘Sputnik moment’ speech?” he asked. “This is what I have been saying. But America needs India to make t...

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K. Subrahmanyam: A Tribute - BY MEERA SHANKAR For almost 40 years, his far-reaching influence over India's strategic thinking came not from a title but through the power of his ideas. K. Subrahmanyam, who died at the age of 82 in New Delhi, on Feb. 2, 2011, was the doyen of India's strategic commun...

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Read in full, full of obvious facts, but coming from a mainstream (ex NYT) reporter ... surprising. :) Pakistan Walks All Over the U.S. - By Joel Brinkley A few days ago, a senior judge in Pakistan refused to release an American diplomat from jail for allegedly shooting two armed men who were threat...

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Stan_Savljevic, your thoughts on the new Nepal PM will be much appreciated.

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Shiv, many thanks for the link. I had missed it.

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K. Subrahmanyam (1929-2011) - Dhruva Jaishankar To those who met him—and to thousands who came to know him through his prolific newspaper columns and regular television appearances—K. Subrahmanyam was an extraordinary individual. Growing up in a peripatetic household in provincial Madras—his father...

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^^ Great article. IMVHO, I feel that TSP tends to muddle through, gets to the edge but doesnt go over ... though I wish it does. I'm not able to foresee the sequence of events that would push it over the edge, mainly because of the two A's ... Army & Allah. Their Army for all its fault is a powe...

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A great loss to India. Wont be easy to fill his shoes. May his soul RIP.

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Re. Bison vs LCA, while I appreciate this was triggered by ACM's remark, should we not be comparing it with a more modern fighter? e.g. what Pakistan or China will throw at us?

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^^ Well for a start, before we can give, Vietnam should want it. Second, US is doing building Vietnam's nuclear capability by signing a Civil Nuclear agreement. Lastly, I'm not sure if we have nukes to spare, plus the risk of losing our carefully built reputation of a responsible nuclear power(not t...

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Vietnam Presses the Flesh in Asia Just about any overture Vietnam made or received last year was interpreted as a further move in some kind of China containment strategy, or at the least as a response to the territorial dispute with Beijing over ownership of the oil-rich Spratly-Paracel archipelago...

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Posting this from WSJ blog, not sure if there are copyright issues, mods please edit if required. Good overview What The J-20 Says About China’s Defense Sector Tai Ming Cheung is an associate research scientist at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation in San Diego...

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^^ one should not look at absolute number of deaths but take into account total no. of employees, age profile & compare that with similar data for general population and only then draw conclusions. Looking at absolute number of deaths in isolation, leads only to needless alarm and erroneous conc...

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^^Read some of my posts on the subject in TN. On the ground - its ordinary people fighting this, spending out of their pocket to prevent conversions and the cheating thats going on. TN announced a review of charity orphanages in the state- re submit license applications. Quite a few have been close...

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Is there any sustained effort by the BJP/Hindu organisations in the south to combat conversions? Andhra and TN are going the way of the North East.

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Indian elephant too slow for the Chinese dragon By KEVIN RAFFERTY Special to The Japan Times HONG KONG — The visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Delhi in December underlined the importance and immense diversity between the world's two once-and-future superpowers. Neighbors China and India, home ...

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Check out the comments at the bottom of the article. A European anti-Islam movement grows Paris conference brings together speakers from across Europe to rail against the dangers of Islamization. PARIS, France — Gerard Brazon was uneasy. Something "unhealthy" and "dishonest" was ...

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Down the nuclear rabbit hole Apologies if this is a repost, mods. Posting in full, if there are copyright issues, please edit thanks. The damage done by rogue Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan's network show that nations must put aside their individual interests to stop proliferation. By Catherine Coll...

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Strategic climate change : K. Subrahmanyam Read in full as usual great stuff from K Subrahmanyam The United States’ joining of the two World Wars, the promotion of the United Nations, George Kennan’s containment strategy, the Marshall Plan, the defence of South Korea, and the formation of NATO were...

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