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  • 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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    This section contains research stories and opinions. Not all the articles in the section are written by me. I frequently reproduce articles from Power and Interest Report and other sources.

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    News clippings on Space, Strategic Affairs and Defense with India centric focus.

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    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.

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    Links to my favorite aviation, defense and space resources.

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    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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  • Are Indian Fighter Pilots better than US Fighter Pilots?
    The first bilateral dissimilar air combat (DACT) exercise between the U.S. Air Force and the Indian air force in more than 40 years, Cope India 2004, took place at Gawalior, India in Feb this year. Did the IAF pilots out perform the USAF pilots during the exercise.

  • Tejas LCA
    Because of delays in its planned induction, the Tejas does not adequately address the current and future threats faced by the IAF. There is a strong case for encouraging the IAF and ADA to think beyond the Tejas

  • Photos - MiG-29 OVT at MAKS-2005
    Photos of the super maneuverable MiG-29 OVT performing at MAKS 2005

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  • India's nuclear deterrent. Flawed? Really?
    I have received a fair amount of flak for my harsh comments on the adequacy of India's nuclear deterrent.

  • Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark attack helicopter
    The Russian Kamov Ka-50 attack helicopter is one of the contenders for IAF's $500 million RFP for 22 attack helicopters.

  • Israeli Air Force rehearses attack on Iran
    U.S. intelligence analysts say that the Israeli Air Forces carried out a dress rehearsal for a 100 fighter jet strike against Iranian nuclear facilities earlier this month.


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