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Pakistan's growing nuclear capabilities 22 Aug 2013 | 12:14 pm
- Click to enlarge. - In the realm of speculation - it is hard to be sure whether Pakistan has a thermonuclear capability (ie. H bombs). While Pakistan's industrial and likely scientific base sug....
China's, India's and Pakistan's Future Nuclear Rivalry 21 Aug 2013 | 12:14 pm
Click on map to expand to clarity. The following are excerpts from an article Nuclear Weapons Stability or Anarchy in the 21st Century: China, India, and Pakistan, dated February 25, 2011 by Thomas W...
Pakistani support for HDW 214 Submarine buy? 21 Aug 2013 | 12:08 pm
Comment - China's very Kilo looking Yuan Class Type 041 Submarine (above). China may sell some (at donation prices?) to Pakistan. Having bought three French Agosta's Pakistan is unlikely to want to .....
Has Pakistan deployed any Shaheen-2's? 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Shaheen-2 on parade again but is it deployed on trucks or in silos?. - The Shaheen-2 (Urdu for 'hawk') has been on parade often enough, but is it actually deployed by Pakistan. - MissileThreat desc...
Pakistani Nuclear Forces 2011 - Megatons of Comfort 21 Aug 2013 | 11:57 am
Click on chart to download readable full size version. (Graph courtesy of FAS Strategic Security Blog) Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris of FAS Strategic Security Blog report (17 July 2011) t....
India helped US U-2s spy on China and Russia 19 Aug 2013 | 01:34 pm
A taxiing U-2 in its earlier 1960s configuration. Perhaps of the type that operated out of Charbatia Air Base in Orissa State, Eastern India, 1964-1967. From the excellent US website IntelNew...
Launch of INS Vikrant, India's first locally built aircraft carrier 18 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
INS Vikrant, India's first locally built carrier, at its launch on August 12, 2013. The lack of an island and other essentials indicate it will need 3 or 4 more years until construction ends. Then 3 t...
Tragic loss of 18 crew on INS Sindhurakshak 17 Aug 2013 | 06:06 am
INS Sindhurakshak officers and family in happier times. - Regarding the tragic loss of 18 crewman due to explosions on INS Sindhurakshak. Based on previous incident-explosions on diesel-ele...
More non-state based cyber-warfare between Indians and Pakistanis 13 Aug 2013 | 04:54 pm
The Oslo (Norway) based Norman Security group reported cyber-warfare between non-state Indian entities dubbed HangOver against Pakistani users in this report http://blogs.norman.com/2013/security-r...
INS Arihant's reactor goes critical. 10 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
What INS Arihant may look like. - The reactor of India's locally built nuclear submarine INS Arihant has reportedly gone critical - meaning it started working - today. See http://indiatoday.intod...
