BY DOUG TSURUOKA EDITOR AT LARGE
US expert says Beijing’s efforts will be modest and fueled by national pride and domestic politics, as well as being a cover for anti-satellite testing
BY ASIA TIMES STAFF
The S-400 batteries, now being delivered, will also allow China to shoot down planes near the Diaoyu Islands
M SHAMSUR RABB KHAN
In 1968, the year when the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the premier external intelligence agency of India, was founded, the powerful prime minister Indira Gandhi instructed its head, Rameshwar Nath Kao, to imitate the working culture of Mossad. Indira Gandhi was a woman of substance, a diehard nationalist who aspired to take India to a greater plane, and she aimed to ensure the security of India. Kao, or Ramji as he was known among...
Modi govt saddling India’s military with more bureaucracy
PRAKASH KATOCH
Recent media reports indicate that India's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has decided to allow private companies to manage and operate all Army Base Workshops (ABWs) and station workshops in eight cities across six states. The scheme is called GOCO (Government Owned, Contractor Managed). Ostensibly, the move is part of a major restructuring by the government of India to modernize the military. It claims that this will sharpen the teeth (fighting units), while shortening the tail...
India successfully launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday. The nuclear-capable Agni-V ICBM was fired from Abdul Kalam island off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha. - CNBC