Tag: AgustaWestland deal
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VVIP Helicopter Scam: A shakeup call for India
We are caught in a terrible vicious cycle of arms import trap. The arms lobby is getting increasingly murderous. Here is the opportunity to unshackle and redeem ourselves.
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Antony desiccated the soul of Armed Forces
If Manmohan Singh delivered to his political benefactor and mentor by way of CWG, Coal and 2G; Mr Antony did not lag behind. Never before in the history of India, the three…
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Indian Defence: Sleaze, Subversion, Sabotage, Supersession and Succession
The extent of reach and influence that the ‘arms lobby’ has carved for itself under the present dispensation, can be gauged by its ability to alter the ‘line of succession’ in the…
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Is the Defence Minister India’s biggest security problem?
It is intriguing that an unprecedented number of the accidents have taken place involving Indian naval vessels during Antony’s tenure as Defence Minister. It is also intriguing that these accidents have not…