SURYA GANGADHARAN

Journalist of over 25 years; foreign affairs/defence/security/industry; editing own magazine; previous avatars CNN IBN, NDTV, The New Paper S'pore

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Russia ends embargo on arms supplies to Pak

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@rakeshkhar nothing like seeing you on twitter after chicken burgers

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Just read Carlotta Gall's The Wrong Enemy. It's like a refresher with a few more details thrown in. Coll's Ghost Wars is far better.

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Chinese troops numbering 245 have arrived in Mali on UN peacekeeping duty. This is the largest ever Chinese military commitment to the UN.

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India Pak flag meeting at Chakan da Bagh. As usual nobody knows where we are going with this thing

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@DefenceandTech Indian Army marks 66 years today.

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Army Chief's presser mostly old stuff, some new, not much about acquisitions though

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@adgpi Indian Army finally enters the Twitter Age! Congrats

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India is looking at 10-15 yrs for the first prototype. The Israelis say do it in 5-7 yrs. Presumably they will help.

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There's been a fair bit of debate and brainstorming on that involving the army, DRDO and industry. Most notably last year.

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The indigenous T-90 is actually assembled in India from imported components. The real test for Indian army and industry is the future tank

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I would welcome comments/observations from Indian army officers (serving or retired) on how the Americans are handling the Afghan war

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More US troops for Afghanistan, that's the buzz from Washington. Uncle Sam at our doorstep with tactical nukes and more to spare!

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The only spoiler apparently is Mullah Omar who doesn't want to do a deal. There's also Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Sirajuddin Haqqani and others

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India believes the only good Taliban is a dead one! Whether we like it or not the new Afghan govt will reach out to the Taliban.

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Hamid Karzai or Abdullah Abdullah India is close to both. But they believe there's a good Taliban somewhere who can be bought!

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Waiting for Hillary Clinton to make her appearance in Delhi. I could think of better ways to spend a Sunday than in the office.

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Salman Khan rushes his pet dog to hospital, apparently it's in a critical state.