Welcome to Vijainder K Thakur's BLOG
Aviation, strategic affairs and space research have been my enduring interests since childhood. Nothing surprising there considering by father was in the Army. I served 20 years in the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot and have a brother who served the Indian Navy for 20 years as a marine commando.

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Artilces and News Stories Coping with the Chinese threat, US F-16 sales to Taiwan will help C-17 Globmaster Combat Offload USAF to train more pilots to fly drones than fighters and bombers SAAB Erieye AWE&C: Video Did IAF Air Marshals step out of line? MMRCA: Why a potent strike capability is critical MMRCA Google Squared! India's EUMA spat with the US unnecessary? More...

News Hummingbird inspired Nano-UAV Eurocopter to field AS550 for India's LUH requirement Russia to lease just one nuclear submarine to India India plans Agni III test Sukhoi hints at Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) delay Boeing contemplates country specific RCS reduction for F-15 Silent Eagle India and Russia resolve T-90 MBT technology transfer spat Saab's Gripen sales pitch for MMRCA More...

Fact Sheets Facts Sheets on Weapon Systems

Books on Space, Defense and Strategic Affairs I feel books, as opposed to the Internet or the media, are the more reliable source of information. No one writes a book on Space, Defense or Strategic Affairs to make money - they do so out of passion or concern.

Favorite Links Links to my favorite aviation, defense and space resources.

Photographs that I have to share Photographs related to aviation, defense and space, specially those that high light Indian achievements.

Emerging Military Technologies This section provides a peek at military technologies that will be commonplace on future battlefields.

PS My weblog has a pronounced India - Defense focus. I report on Defense matters because India spends nearly 20% of its budget on Defense. Two of India's neighbors openly covet her territory and don't foresake the use of violence to get it. Under the circumstances I think it is imperative that all Indians follow matters of defence closely. Our history, distant and recent, is replete with invasions that we invited upon ourselves by not being adequately prepared.

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