The Indian Navy is currently operating Viraat, a 48 year old former British carrier. To rectify this, they recently purchased a twenty year old Russian carrier. Unfortunately: Russia’s main military shipyard is at least three years behind schedule on a $1.5 billion contract to modernize an aircraft carrier sold to India in 2004, Interfax news […]
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Matt writes, in respone to David Axe’s suggestion that F-22s ought to be unleashed against Indian or British aggressor squadrons: Uh huh. But think about that. Why would the US Air Force be figh
This is the fourth of a nine part series on the Patterson School Summer Reading List. 1. China’s Trapped Transition, Minxin Pei2. The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs3. Illicit, Moises Naim4. In Sp
The modern state of Jammu was created in 1820 by Rajit Singh, Maharajah of a Sikh kingdom in Punjab. A kingdom had existed in Jammu since ancient times, as in many of the other territories that lay between the Hindu and Islamic civilizations, Jammu and Kashmir were often overrun by invaders from either side. Rajit […]
F-16s flying against Su-30s? My heart beats faster… Cope India 2002 focused on airlift operations. The 2004 joint exercise involved F-15s and a variety of Indian aircraft, including SU-30s. The