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Blog: Ex-navy chief’s letter to news mag
Written by former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash to the editor of Outlook magazine, but never published, it took issue with their coverage of the naval war room leak case and makes interesting reading as it details the admiral's side of the story. His wife's nephew, Ravi Shankaran was implicated in the case and... »
Blog: Saab’s new Gripen India website
Saab has created a new website especially focusing on its campaign to win the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft tender of the Indian Air Force. »
Blog: Eurofighter gets good vibes on MMRCA
Bernhard Gerwart, CEO of Military Air Systems at EADS Defence & Security, said, "Yesterday, I had some meetings with the leaders of the IAF and the MoD and it was more or less confirmed that we had done the flight trials very well," adding, "Mind you it's just a feeling," while pointing out the... »
Blog: LM mag’s new website out
Lockheed Martin's magazine, Code One, has unveiled a new avatar on the internet and if you've got an aviation history itch that needs scratching, the website is especially cool, as they’ve got their hands on LM's film archives, and uploaded footage of first flights of some aircraft Lockheed Martin and its predecessor companies have... »
Blog: Honorary commissions in the IAF
Tendulkar will be the 22nd person to be granted an honorary commissions in the IAF. Here's a list of those commissioned before him. »
Blog: Ex Rwandan India envoy survives shooting
The report says he was shot outside his home, in his car and says Nyamwasa's wife believes Rwandan President Paul Kagame to have been responsible for the hit. »
Blog: Football and fighters
The Brazil-North Korea pre-game rituals will include two South African Air Force Gripen fighters buzzing the stadium. »
Blog: Towards Indian GI Janes
A middle ground has to be found with the ultimate and long-term aim of making, not only officers, but all ranks of all arms and services of the armed forces, wherever feasible, open for recruitment to women. »
Blog: Another day, another scandal
The Indian armed forces have built up a regular routine for scandal. »
First person: The final countdown
The engines pounded away into your correspondent's chest, as he watched the brilliant flame that pushed the shuttle from the launch pad, at a distance of almost four miles from the press site observation area, into the clear skies above and beyond in a matter of a few seconds, and into Low Earth Orbit... »
Blog: US, Indian armies plan drills, expert huddles
The two armies to have agreed to hold three major exercises within India and the US. »
Blog: Fighter deals depend on politics
To show that political lightweight Sweden can play the game too, King Carl Gustaf is in Brazil to pitch for the Gripen. »
Blog: Rwandan envoy to India legs it after sacking
The Rwandan envoy to India, Lieutenant General Kayumba Nyamwasa, having apparently defected from the Rwandan government, has been sacked from his position as High Commissioner to India and is reported to be on the run. »
Blog: India attacked in Kabul again
The violence in Kabul on Friday which resulted from Taliban suicide bombers running amuck is largely being seen as an attack on Indian interests in Afghanistan, the third such incident; a repeat of the suicide bombings of the Indian Embassy in July 2008 and October last year. »
Blog: Antony the fighter jock!
Our man seems to be no less enthused by fighter aircraft than the average guy. Turns out, he walked unannounced into the Eurofighter stall and going straight to the Flight Simulator, clambered in, said eyewitnesses. »
