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Pakistan Army shoots down Indian 'spy drone'

15/8/2015

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Written by Kamran Yousuf, The Express Tribune with The International New York Times​
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army on Wednesday said it had shot down an alleged Indian ‘spy drone’ after it intruded Pakistani territory near Bhimber along the Line of Control.
​“The spy drone is used for aerial photography,” said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a brief statement. The incident comes just days after ice breaking meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Russia... ...

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Several Indian and Pakistani Generals were Italian POWs

15/8/2015

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Written by BDJ Desk
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Indian Army Chief Gen Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam
​During the Second World War, all these officers were POWs in an Italian POW Camp No P.G. 63 located at Aversa which is a town in the Province of Caserta in Campania southern Italy, about 15 kilometers north of Naples... ...

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Game changers? Chinese submarines in the Indian ocean

15/8/2015

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Written by PK Ghosh
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​If media reports are to be believed, the alarm bells in the Indian Ministry of Defence have been ringing again – the ministry was once again taken aback when a modern Yuan-class 335 conventional submarine crossed the Arabian Sea and entered Karachi port on May 22 for a week... ...

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An Iran deal, at last

15/8/2015

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Written by Robin Wright, The New Yorker
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A euphoric moment, but no party got all it wanted. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS IMO/PHOTOTHEK VIA GETTY
​After nineteen days of marathon negotiations and four missed deadlines, Iran and the world’s six major powers announced a nuclear deal in Vienna this morning. The exhaustive and elusive diplomacy—sustained by an unsettling combination of Twizzlers, gelato, string cheese, and Rice Krispies treats—was dicey to the end. Secretary of State John Kerry wasn’t sure that the often volatile talks would succeed, until Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, showed up at Kerry’s working quarters, in Room 103 of the opulent Palais Coburg, just before midnight Monday... ...

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August 2015: from editor’s desk

15/8/2015

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Written by Abu Rushd
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Bangladesh Army is now a highly trained and well groomed fighting machine. Within last couple of years lot many armaments and equipment were inducted including long desired Main Battle Tanks, two more infantry divisions were raised and abundant of development works were taken care off... ...

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Indian air base in Tajikistan

15/8/2015

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Written by Ananya Senjuti
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Ayni Air Base, Image Credit: Google Earth
​India is trying to lease the Ayni Airbase outside of Dushanbe,Tajikistan. Though for the last one decade rumor has been circulating that India to get an air base in Tajikistan, but with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Tajikistan in July 2015 this rumor springs to life again... ...

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India-Pakistan arms race heats up - 2

15/8/2015

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Written by Fakhrul Islam
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​IAF vs PAF

​To tell candidly, India being a regional power has somehow lost its edge over Pakistan in terms of air force capabilities. Indian official reports suggest that with the present shaky and obsolescence systems, IAF can’t even raise a minimum deterrent against PAF... ...

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Development of Chabahar Port and the strategic turf

15/8/2015

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Written by ​Sitwat Waqar Bokhari, CRSS
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​The landlocked Afghanistan has been using the port of Karachi in Pakistan for its international trade for decades but with the development of the strategically located Chabahar port of Iran, the situation has taken a turn to the disadvantage of Pakistan. Chabahar port is located in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, some 72 kilometers west of Pakistan’s Gwadar port... ...

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The BRICS: beyond the hype

15/8/2015

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Written by Daniel Chardell, The National Interest
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The BRICS grouping—comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is as contentious as it is misunderstood. Skeptics dismiss the BRICS out of hand, arguing that the coalition is all talk and no action. Enthusiasts, on the other hand, maintain that the BRICS portend a new global... ...

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BAF receives K-8s from China

15/8/2015

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Written by BDJ Desk
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​In the process of modernization, Bangladesh Air Force has already procured 09 nos Hongdu K-8 (Karakorum -8 /JL-8) Jet Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft from Peoples Republic of China, which are replacing ageing Cessna T-37s in operational use... ...

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