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		<title>May Day is Armor Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Scinde Horse</em> became the first regiment on May 1, 1938 to dismount from their horses and move to tanks, the Vickers light tanks and Chevrolet Armored Cars.]]></description>
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		<title>Teg, INS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Talwar-class stealth frigate, Teg, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Yantar Shipyard at St. Petersberg, today. Here's the brochure issued at the ceremony.]]></description>
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		<title>Images: Teg to join Indian Navy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Talwar-class (Krivak-III) frigate, Teg, will be commissioned into the the Indian Navy at Yantar shipyard at St. Petersberg by Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil on Friday. This will be the first to carry the sea launched BrahMos cruise missile, instead of the Klub-N missile and will be commanded by Captain Rakesh Kumar Dahiya.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian VIP helo buy under cloud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deal for the purchase of 12 AgustaWestland AW 101 helicopters for VIP transportation is under scrutiny by the Indian defense ministry after reports surfaced that the company may have employed agents to facilitate the contract.]]></description>
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		<title>Images: INS Teg&#8217;s cold weather sea trials</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Talwar-class (Krivak III) frigate, INS Teg, is set to join the Indian Navy next Friday. Here are images of the grueling sea trials the ship and its crew underwent some months back]]></description>
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		<title>India launches Agni V LRBM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian scientists have conducted the first test of the Agni V Long Range Ballistic Missile, with a range of 5,000 kilometers. Media reports have highlighted how it enables India to strike to strike anywhere in China.]]></description>
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		<title>Lockheed Martin&#8217;s Sea Hercules unveiled</title>
		<link>http://www.stratpost.com/lockheed-martins-sea-hercules-unveiled</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin has responded with the Sea Hercules to the Indian Navy's Request for Information (RFI) for Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft, as first <a href="http://www.stratpost.com/india-approves-9-maritime-patrol-aircraft-buy" title="India approves 9 maritime patrol aircraft buy" target="_blank">reported</a> by <em>StratPost</em>.]]></description>
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		<title>Airbus bets on MRTT life cost in Indian tanker contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Cycle Cost was not a consideration in the earlier contest, in which the Airbus A-330 MRTT was selected over the IL-78, before the tender was withdrawn. This time the factor is expected to be a key determinant of the acquisition cost of the two aircraft. ]]></description>
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		<title>An alternate theory of the MMRCA process – II</title>
		<link>http://www.stratpost.com/an-alternate-theory-of-the-mmrca-process-ii</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second and concluding installment of the two-part analysis of the process of acquisition of 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) by the Indian Air Force (IAF).]]></description>
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		<title>All new F-16 might ring a bell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin’s new variant of its successful F-16 fighter aircraft, the F-16V, will have upgraded capabilities that might remind readers of the configuration offered by them for the IAF contest for 126 MMRCA, designated the F-16IN.]]></description>
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