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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/05/iran-nuclear-experts-killings Covert war against Iran's nuclear aims takes chilling turnSophisticated cyber-worms, motorcycling assassins: but who is behind the increasingly sinister campaign against the Iranian energy programme? Xcpt: Julian Borger and Sa...

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SoKo threatens a "socko"! South Korea warns it will hit North with air strikes if they attack again South Korea will hit back with air strikes at the North and "punish the attacker thoroughly" should the regime launch another assault, the defence minister-designate has warned. ht...

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Scandalous tale of Berlusconi's buxom Bulgarian babe..Phew!!! Berlusconi government 'brought Bulgarian actress to Venice Film Festival for £336,000 Silvio Berlusconi is facing allegations that his government misused 400,000 euros (£336,000) of taxpayers' money to bring a glamorous Bulgarian actress ...

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The unsinkable sub,the Paki Agosta! http://tribune.com.pk/story/82255/the-submarine-affair/ The submarine affair French President Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out when asked about alleged 1995 Pakistani arms kickbacks. PHOTO: REUTERS The issue of kickbacks involved in the grant of a contract on Agosta sub...

Philip

More on the CIA spying! I wonder which of our dear countrymen are trembling in the western suits/kurta-pyjamas/kholapuris/dhotis/turbans/florsheim's/rubber chappals-et al,waiting for the Wikileaks on India to hit cyberspace. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cia-drew-up-spy-list-21499...

Philip

Is Mossad targetting Iran's nuclear scientists? A Time magazine article suggests Israeli intelligence is behind recent attacks http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/julian-borger-global-security-blog/2010/dec/02/iran-nuclear-weapons Time magazine is running this slightly strange story, without byline or d...

Philip

This looks like a real "gamechanger"! US deploys 'game-changer' weapon to Afghanistan It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo," but this latest dream weapon is real – and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban's worst nightmare. ht...

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There is no way that Russia can "balance" relations with Pak in the manner with which the US does,as the US-Paki military relationship is a v.special one,that has as its base a fundamental understanding that the US will never allow India to gain an overwhelming superiority over Pak militar...

Philip

Intriguing that "options for more" than the 300 mentioned exists.SU-30MKIs,FGFAs,MMRCAs and LCA/AMCAs appear to be the future inventory of the AIF which should in number be about 1000-1250 at least.

Philip

Future ATVs will neccessarily have to be larger and possess a larger number of missile silos to counter China.This would mean a new design of a boat at least 10-12000t.The first ATV will be a deterrent mainly for Pak.The configuration also means that future SSGNs could be based more or less like the...

Philip

X-posted in the Intl. thread,excerpts posted there.Valuable read. http://www.economist.com/node/17601487?story_id=17601487&fsrc=rss A special report on China's place in the world The fourth modernisation China is becoming a military force to reckon with in the western Pacific. How should America...

Philip

For those who may have misssed this in another thread.

this is the season for the birds to migrate south.I am ecstatic! A little bird told me news of a feathered friend which performed fabulously in the heights in high company.

Philip

Military planning is framed differently from diplomacy. Diplomats are interested in what they think states intend to do, but military planners have to work with what they think states can do. Intentions change and states can mislead. If you are charged with defending your country, you need to be ab...

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China's 4th modernisation,its navy and sub fleet.

http://www.economist.com/node/17601487? ... 7&fsrc=rss

A special report on China's place in the world

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Pipelineistan! How could Russia, China, and Iran not interpret the war in Kosovo, then the invasion of Afghanistan (where Washington had previously tried to pair with the Taliban and encourage the building of another of those avoid-Iran, avoid-Russia pipelines), followed by the invasion of Iraq (tha...

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Last heard singing like a canary in Colombo as state guest!

Philip

Viv,latest news from AWST about the JSF is that aaprtf rom delays in development,it is becoming frighteningly expensive,Congressional current estimates at $133m apiece when in production! Now that is about a min. of 50m+ cheaper than a Raptor,$180-200m,but simply unaffordable to India both for the I...

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Shiv,call me please.

Philip

There are so many scamsters these days that one forgets names! Who was that judge from Tamilnadu (Dinakaran?) who had amassed huge tracts of land by deceit and refused to leave? The "rising dampness" of corruption in the country has reached such a height that the Wikileak references to Rus...

Philip

Some sensational allegations about Berlusconi taking kickbacks from Putin and claims that Russia is run like a "mafia state".Well,one wouldn't expect anything less from Russia's Cold War rival,but Berlusconi does run Italy like the Godfather! http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Berlusconi took Puti...

Philip

Has anyone posted the detailed article on India's intel sat capabilities .It was I think not too long agoi in an AWST or JDW issue.Makes v.interesting reading.

Philip

I was told that that the ****** of the &^@@$ were top****** and that the ***** was done in the *******of the ****! I'm sure that you now get the picture! There are enough clues. The latest test of B'mos-3 meant for "mountain" terrain,indicates perhaps why the induction of extra heavyli...

Philip

Excellent news and not too soon either! One can't also wait too long to see the second ATV hit water and the Chakra,first Akula2/3 commissioned.

Philip

To prevent another "Pinochet" pincer movement by enemies of a state guest,Britain is going to bring in legislation which will make it mnandatory for govt. approval before such cases are filed in the courts,to avoid embarrassment whenever a foreign VVIP comes-a-visiting. Whatever the legal ...

Philip

Tx. Amit for that news item on J&K and India's stand.If we just keep quiet,we suffer the risk of the Chinese "takeaway".I was recently told that thousands of sqkm. of Indian territory in the N.East is in Chinese control.We have to challenege every claim on our territory and as they say...

Philip

"Igzackly!",said the great Obelix.The great "numbskull",oops!Sorry...Zardar has said as much,that his sister should succeed him if he is assassinated. Leaks about Pakistan confirm many theories By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent Thursday, 2 December 2010 Pakistan yesterday ma...

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Scandal Swedish style! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8174045/Swedish-queens-family-made-fortune-from-Jewish-factory-seized-by-Nazis.html Swedish queen's family 'made fortune from Jewish factory seized by Nazis' Sweden's royal family has been rocked by allegations that the f...

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ws/worldnews/wikileaks/8173716/Wikileaks-Vladimir-Putin-warns-USA-to-stay-out-of-Russian-internal-affairs.html Wikileaks: Vladimir Putin warns USA to stay out of Russian internal affairs Vladimir Putin has told America to stay out of Russia's internal affairs, angrily deriding a leaked US diplomatic...

Philip

Poor Pakse-Raja! Anney-Pao! Oxford Union has cancelled his visit,because of demos from Eelamists protesting aganst his alleged "war crimes".Frankly,I don't know why he is wasting his time trying to attend such events.He should stick to his official agenda and move on,denying the Eelamists ...

Philip

Russia is supposedly testing a new lightweight ejector seat,on a rail track as ejecting it from aircraft is extremely expensive. If posted already (Kaveri tests in Russia) ,my apologies. http://indrus.in/articles/2010/11/11/russia_tests_engine_for_india04879.html Russia tests engine for Indian fight...

Philip

I don't know why the C-17 thread was locked,it was a good thread,perhaps a new one on "transport aircraft and helos" should be started. You know this is the season for the birds to migrate south.I am ecstatic! A little bird told me news of a feathered friend which performed fabulously in t...

Philip

Sri.Mani Shankar Iyer has himself remarked that the Congress has moved far to the right.If it had any strong Leftist inclinations,they are diluted greatly as of now.Those partymen who espoused socialist thinking have been mostly sidelined as the Congress sold off a huge part of the country to the US...

Philip

Shiv has lamented about the decline in American morality in its forign policy.Perhaps "morality" in foreign policy is really an anchronism,but there is the element of trust and a very elegant diplomatic code of conduct that used to be practised in the last century.WW2 to large extent destr...

Philip

More news on the hit. Yossi Melman: Mossad, MI6, the CIA and the case of the assassinated scientist http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yossi-melman-mossad-mi6-the-cia-and-the-case-of-the-assassinated-scientist-2146995.html , 30 November 2010 Three events – not seemingly related – to...

Philip

I watched the "Barking mutt" on telly.She wasn't her usual cool and collected smiling assassin.She lost her cool most of the time and reminded me of the old saying,"the guilty flee when no man pursueth".Had she smiled and said that her conversations were all par for the course in...

Philip

'Battle of the Begums' brings Bangladesh to a standstill
By Andrew Buncombe in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

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http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=3&t=5691 New Cold War in the offing? Dmitry Medvedev warns of Cold War-style arms race Dmitry Medvedev has warned the world will be plunged into a new Cold War-style arms race within a decade unless Moscow and the West can strike a de...

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Zardari reiterated that Singh was unaware of what it took to "change the mind-set of Pakistan's "establishment," given Pakistan's short history of fragile democratic regimes toppled by the military. This is exactly what a well-known,in-the-know Pak individual told me some time ago,wh...

Philip

JSF problems.Oversight in design has made the engine too large to be carried at at sea! This will definitelt rule it out for the IN even if it were affordable and available soon. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/11/navy-jsf-engine-too-big-112910w/ Xcpts: JSF engine too big for regular transport at...

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Amit,I was a good "leggie" in my salad days! Racist reporting against the nation from media abroad is absolutely reprehensible.No waffling about that.It is not that "we" cannot "do it",but as was excellently put out during the CWG crisis,there is a vast difference betew...

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