‘From the Regional Powers’ Archives
Pakistani JF-17 Thunder fighters to be on sale at Farnborough
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 Pakistan to offer JF-17 Thunder fighters at Farnborough Air Show NEW DELHI -- Islamabad will put its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft on sale at the Farnborough Air Show near London, a Pakistani TV channel said on Monday. According to a senior source, Turkey and a range of Middle East and African states are [...]
Two More Russian AWACS for India
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 India to purchase two more AWACS planes from Russia NEW DELHI — India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday. India ordered three A-50EI variants fitted with Israeli-made Phalcon radar systems in 2004. The first [...]
Russian military adopts the unified command system
RIA Novosti | By Ilya Kranik | 15 July 2010 New command system for the Russian military The expected changes in the command structure of the Russian Armed Forces have become reality. Yesterday President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree establishing four unified strategic commands to be based in four new military districts. Command West, [...]
Gurkha soldier removed for beheading Taliban militant
Sify News | 18 July 2010 London: A Gurkha soldier in the British troops in Afghanistan has been ordered to return and is facing court martial after he decapitated a dead Taliban fighter with his ceremonial knife to prove the militant's identity. The soldier, who is in his early 20s, initially told investigators that he unsheathed his [...]
Obama compared to Hitler, Lenin
Deccan Chronicle | 14 July 2010 Washington: The US President, Mr Barack Obama, has been compared to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin in a billboard by a local protest movement in Iowa state. The North Iowa Tea Party in a billboard in Mason City shows photographs of Obama, Hitler and Lenin with the statement: "Radical leaders prey on the [...]
Republicans Likely to Retake U.S. Congress
Pravda.ru | By Sergei Balmasov | 13 July 2010 Hawks Land at US Congress Read the original in Russian The control of the lower house of the American parliament, the Congress, could fall into the hands of Republican hawks. The Democrats who currently have the majority in Congress think that this is possible. In particular, such an [...]
Obama Mends fences with Netanyahu
People's Daily | By Wen Xian in U.S. | 14 July 2010 A change and not a change in U.S. Middle East policy U.S. President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 6, or last Tuesday, and they met at the same Oval office on March 23. The Obama administration's treatment of Netanyahu at the first [...]
Six attacks hit media stations in Russia’s North Caucasus
China Daily | 11 July 2010 MOSCOW - Six TV and radio broadcasting stations have been attacked overnight in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, local media reported Sunday. The explosions or fires occurred at various districts of republic, causing neither casualties nor disruption of normal operation of the [...]
Government doesn’t have confidence of Kashmiris: Indian Army Chief
Times of India | By | 11 July 2010 We've failed to build on the gains in Kashmir: Army chief NEW DELHI: The basic reason behind the flare up in the Kashmir Valley is the failure to build on the gains that had been made by the security forces in the troubled state, Indian Army Chief General V K Singh said Sunday. "The Kashmir situation has [...]
India allocates $11 bln to build six new submarines – paper
RIA Novosti | 11 July 2010 India's Defense Acquisitions Council has approved the allocation of over 500 billion rupees ($11 billion) for the construction of six new-generation diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy in a record military deal, The Times of India reported on Sunday. This amount exceeds the $9 billion allocated by the [...]
