Indian Armed Force Programs: Large budget increases
Incredible India is the campaign slogan used to attract tourists to this South Asian nation that punches below its weight on the international arena. This 59-year-old pacifist republic, home to more than one-sixth of the worlds...
By Kim Chipman
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama urged Iranian leaders to show the countrys true greatness by opting for peace over terror or arms and forge new diplomatic ties with the U.S. and the world.
We have serious differences that have grown over time, Obama...
The article below was posted about 15 months ago in rediff news, ( posting it today as most of us ( including myself ) have't read this earlier )
so it is for those who have't read it earlier
The difference between India's failure against Pakistan's success in their respective missile...
originally posted on asia defence on march 04, 2009
In its annual analysis "The Market for Tanks," the Forecast International Weapons Group projects that the international market will produce over 6,500 main battle tanks, worth in excess of $26.76 billion, through 2018. However, while...
pls remove if duplicated thread
originally posted on march 15 , 2009 on asia defence
It has been more than a week since a new version of supersonic cruise missile was test-fired but the Army is still to make up its mind on whether it was successful or not. The result of the test carried...
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Pakistan's president and opposition leader over the weekend U.S. aid could be at risk unless they defused a crisis over a top judge, U.S. officials said on Monday.
In a surprise move, Pakistan's...
From The TimesMarch 17, 2009
What worked in Iraq won't help Afghanistan
Rory Stewart has witnessed both our major conflicts. Here, in an extract from a speech at Chatham House, he suggests a new way forward
The situation in Afghanistan is somewhat aggravating and a little surreal. We have...
IndianArmyChannel wrote: Tamil Tiger Terrorists [LTTE] - Recruited by RAW, Trained by Indian Army
For years, the Government of India has hid from its citizens and the International Community how it was deeply involved in harboring, financing, arming and training the world's most dangerous...
VOA News - Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Begins to Emerge
Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Begins to Emerge
By Al Pessin
Pentagon
13 March 2009
President Obama is expected to announce his strategy for Afghanistan before the end of the month, after a fairly secretive, two-month...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/opinion/13Gelb.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&em
Published: March 12, 2009
ONLY if our troop levels hit 100,000 and fighting floods over into Taliban havens in Pakistan will Washington be likely to look hard at the alternative policy for Afghanistan withdrawing...
12 Best Tank in the World
12 Best Tank in the World
Monday, 01 December 2008 01:37 administrator
12.... PT-91
The PT-91 Twardy is a Polish main battle tank. It is an extensive modernization of the T-72M1 and first entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at...
Mullen says Kayani not in favor of coup
Updated at: 1331 PST, Friday, March 13, 2009
WASHINGTON: US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen said like Pervaiz Musharraf, General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani not in favor of military coup.In an interview to US television...
India test-fires BrahMos missile
Updated at: 1142 PST, Wednesday, March 04, 2009
NEW DELHI: India test-fired new version of cruise missile BrahMos in Pokhran on Tuesday. Indian media is avoiding to give the details about success or failure of the missile.