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The title of the thread is misleading. Iran hasn’t blamed Pakistani intelligence or the govt or govt institutions! They have only blamed "some security agents". Meaning- certain individuals who may or may not be acting at the behest of the state or institutions of the state. Also, they have...

They are blaming US & UK too! Iran blames UK, US for attack on elite security force

Everything that goes up has to come down! But alas this time your superpower American ego too came crashing down with your ‘205 marines’. Btw, your ‘205 marines’ are still grounded. Just hope that your embassy gets them temporary visas from the Indian authorities in time...

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CABS was handing out brochures of the Indian AWACS during Aero-India 09. They had limited stock which ran out within the first few hours after the exhibition was opened to the public. I was one of the lucky guys to get my hands on one! But guess what? I misplaced mine during the event (most...

India sending Dornier aircraft to Maldives for surveillance mission 17 October 2009, NEW DELHI: As part of the overall strategy to prevent China from further spreading its influence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India is sending a Dornier aircraft to Maldives to help the country in...

Guerrilla trade Israel seeks a game-changing relation with India in exchange for counter-terror tips By Kallol Bhattacherjee/TEL AVIV Israel has very few real friends. And they are not known for their love for Palestine. Except India. India, perhaps, is the only non-West Asian country...

N-reactor sites go to French, Russian and US firms 17 October 2009, NEW DELHI: Hours after notifying its separation plan in the IAEA, India on Friday formally announced the designation of nuclear sites for light water reactors by overseas companies. The French company, Areva, will get...

Nuclear sub Nerpa to enter service in December 16/10/2009 VLADIVOSTOK, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Nerpa nuclear attack submarine will enter service with Russia's Pacific Fleet in December 2009 and will then be leased out to the Indian Navy, a high-ranking fleet official said on Friday...

There s another way of looking at it. What if the upgrade with marginal profits really costs the French so much? Why should they bring down the price and bear the losses just because we can’t afford it? Ideally, Dassault wouldn’t mind bearing the losses if India provides an assurance on buying...

DRDO to launch series of missiles Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 CHENNAI: In the next three to four months, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be launching a series of missiles “both in the ballistic missile defence area and the strategic side,” according to V.K...

Inside Pakistan As I write this, Lahore is under attack. I was there till just two days ago as part of the Indian delegation to the first regional conference of South Asian Women in Media. The first day we were there, a suicide bomber killed 49 people in Peshawar. The next day, the army...

The alleged cost of upgrades of the M2K quoted by Dassault seems too steep. If the French don't budge, the deal is most likely to fall apart. It s not that we are out of options. The Israelis will do it for half the price and if we negotiate well, they may further bring down the price. This is...

Logically, that is absolutely correct. But, the question is will the babus and the ministers in the MoD put logic before personal and political gains? No pics of the Mig 35 single seater. I just spotted one landing in HAL airport from my balcony. It was a fleeting view, just enough to...

See there is a trade off here. If you make the individual T/R module large then there will be a limitation on the total number of T/R modules you can carry in an array of given length. Now, it is left to the user to decide what is the optimum balance he needs between the size of the T/R module...

Why should superposition have a negative effect? You are assuming that there will be destructive interference always. That is not true. It will have a negative effect only when the signals are out of phase. There in lies the advantage of AESA, each T/R module can generate its own signal where...

Nuclear Fuel Complex plans Rs 1,000-cr greenfield facility Hyderabad, Oct. 15 Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), the lone supplier of indigenous fuel to power the Department of Atomic Energy’s (DAE) ambitious nuclear power programme, is setting up a Rs 950-1,000 crore greenfield fuel...

ISRO find gets European stamp 16 October 2009, MUMBAI: A European Space Agency atom reflecting analyser on board ISRO’s Moon Impact Probe has confirmed that the water molecules detected on the moon were generated from within and not from an external source. The water molecules were...

India, US accelerate talks on reprocessing n-fuel 14 October 2009 New Delhi: Indian and American nuclear energy officials have held a second round of discussions aimed at setting up a dedicated national nuclear fuel reprocessing facility in India that will handle US-supplied nuclear fuel...

Land take-over begins for 9,600 MW Maharashtra nuke plant 14 Oct 2009, MUMBAI: Work on the 9,600 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district will kick off Thursday with the process of acquiring 938 hectares of land, a top official said here Wednesday. The...