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Tragic loss of 18 crew on INS Sindhurakshak
INS Sindhurakshak officers and family in happier times.- This news story has been carried internationally including US (Yahoo), UK (BBC) news outlets and wire services (including REUTERS). There has...
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Launch of INS Vikrant, India's first locally built aircraft carrier
INS Vikrant, India's first locally built carrier, at its launch on August 12, 2013. The lack of an island and other essentials indicate it will need 3 or 4 more years until construction ends. Then 3 to...
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India helped US U-2s spy on China and Russia
A taxiing U-2 in its earlier 1960s configuration. Perhaps of the type that operated out of Charbatia Air Base in Orissa State, Eastern India, 1964-1967. Earlier U-2s had secretly operated from...
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Has Pakistan deployed any Shaheen-2's?
Shaheen-2 on parade again but is it deployed on trucks or in silos?.-The Shaheen-2 (Urdu for 'hawk') has been on parade often enough, but is it actually deployed by Pakistan. -MissileThreat describes...
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Is a India - Pakistanwater war imminent?
A sketchy Nimoo-Bazgo Layout PlanAn interesting post on Australia Online Opinion, April 17, 2012 paints India in a rather bad light. Haven't made up my mind whether this is really justified.A prominant...
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Pakistani support for HDW 214 Submarine buy?
Comment - China's very Kilo looking Yuan Class Type 041 Submarine (above). China may sell some (at donation prices?) to Pakistan. Having bought three French Agosta's Pakistan is unlikely to want to...
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China's, India's and Pakistan's Future Nuclear Rivalry
Click on map to expand to clarity.The following are excerpts from an article Nuclear Weapons Stability or Anarchy in the 21st Century: China, India, and Pakistan, dated February 25, 2011 by Thomas W....
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Pakistani Nuclear Forces 2011 - Megatons of Comfort
Click on chart to download readable full size version.(Graph courtesy of FAS Strategic Security Blog) Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris of FAS Strategic Security Blog report (17 July 2011) that...
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Pakistan's growing nuclear capabilities
-Click to enlarge.- In the realm of speculation - it is hard to be sure whether Pakistan has a thermonuclear capability (ie. H bombs). While Pakistan's industrial and likely scientific base suggests it...
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Intelligence collection on Syria
Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol an area in northwestern Syria. Picture and Source: Agency France Press-Much has been revealed to the international press on signals intelligence (sigint)...
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The timing and nature of a Western Intervention (specifically the US, UK and France) are unclear - today. Western naval forces (surface ships and most probably submarines) that can launch cruise...
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Rossetti - Great Artists
The Beloved by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1865-1866). This work is currently at the Liverpool (UK) Museum, on loan from Tate Gallery, London. In The Beloved, Rossetti looked beyond the Caucasian type of...
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Vietnam's Kilo Subs Steadily Being Built by Russia
A Kilo 636 Submarine of the type Russia is building for Vietnam. -Vietnam's Thanh Nien News.com reports July 05, 2013...
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Obama's Syrian strike strategy
Obama's decision to pause on any strike decision until after 9 September is realistic. Obama is shrewdly deferring to Congressional responsibility. It is now up to Congress-people to consult their...
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US intelligence coverage of Pakistan - from WashPost
The US keeping tabs on Pakistan's nuclear capability.----As the following Washington Post article of 2-3 September 2013 is available to and has been read by millions of readers internationally over the...
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Weapons for likely Syrian strike
For those who follow high-tech weapons the following are some of the US military assets that may form part of the armada that may well strike the Syrian regime.Guided missile destroyersThe US currently...
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Pakistani PM Sharif supports development of new nuclear weapons
April 19, 2011 test of Hatf-IX (NASR) one of Pakistan's newest limited yield, small warhead, battlefield range ballistic missiles (BRBMs) . Catchy soundtrack for such a cold business!-------- Between...
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The second Agni 5 test, any MIRV?
Unclear what payload Agni V can carry at the maximum 5,000 km range.---------------- Agni 5's second test.Notably the second Agni test was for one warhead but what about the three warhead MIRV...
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Article on Pakistan's Swat Valley
The Swat Valley (above) could have been like a Switzerland of South Asia.--------------------- The reality. The Swat Valley is apparently too dangerous for Pakistan's Army. -Australian journalist...
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General VK Singh and the messy end of TSD covert action unit
General (retd) VK Singh's (right) involvement in politics has made him a political target. His enemies are using the messy demise of TSD and allegations of political payoffs against him....
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