Month: February 2021

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IAF Aerobatic teams: Suryakiran and Sarang

This year at the Aero India,  Suryakiran and Sarang air display teams performed simultaneously. This was a unique experience never attempted before. IAF air displays has improved and matured over the years.

I was lucky to lead the IAF team to Singapore airshow in year Feb 2004. Both Suryakiran and Sarang Team performed at the airshow and stole the heart of millions of people attending the show. Their enthralling performance mesmerized all present. The experience gave goosebumps just being there amongst the crowd when not flying with the team.

Had made the following PowerPoint shows that year.

Please Click on the pics to play.

 

SURYAKIRAN AEROBATIC TEAM

 

Sarang Air Display Team

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SHIQURDU 6

  • Shiqurdu is a collection of thoughts. Although an odd sounding name, but felt appropriate for the collection.

 

  • These are simplified quotes in Hurdu (Hurdu being a mix of Hindi and Urdu akin to Hinglish i.e., hindi and english). Although in some cases the language has been simplified but attempt has been made to retain the thought and the poetic flavor.

 

  • These thoughts have been picked up from various publications. Credit goes to all the original writers who penned down these deep meaning messages.

 

 

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फुर्सत में करेंगे तुझसे हिसाब – ए – ज़िन्दगी ;

अभी तो उलझे हैं खुद को सुलझाने में …

 

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कभी इसका दिल रखा

कभी उसका दिल रखा

इसी कश्मकश में भूल गए

अपना दिल कहाँ रखा

 

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पन्नों की तरह दिन पलटते जा रहें हैं

खबर नहीं कि ये आ रहें हैं या जा रहे हैं

 

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भले ही संसार के लिए आप एक इंसान हैं

पर किसी एक इंसान के लिए आप ही संसार हैं

 

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कभी तो पूछो हाले दिल हमारा

हम भी कह सकें दुआ है आपकी

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CHINA THROUGH USA PRISM (Indo – China Perspective) Part – 4

CHINA : NUCLEAR CAPABILITY BUILDING

Annual Report to US Congress. Office of the US secretary of defense recently published the unclassified part of the annual report on military and security developments involving the people’s republic of china. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has been providing this report for the last 20 years.

Excerpts from US Report.

  • China’s strategic ambitions, evolving view of the security landscape, and concerns over survivability are driving significant changes to the size, capabilities, and readiness of its nuclear forces.

 

  • China’s nuclear forces will significantly evolve over the next decade as it modernizes, diversifies, and increases the number of its land-, sea-, and air-based nuclear delivery platforms.

 

  • Over the next decade, China’s nuclear warhead stockpile—currently estimated to be in the low- 200s—is projected to at least double in size as China expands and modernizes its nuclear forces.

 

  • China is pursuing a “nuclear triad” with the development of a nuclear capable air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) and improving its ground and sea-based nuclear capabilities.

 

  • New developments in 2019 further suggest that China intends to increase the peacetime readiness of its nuclear forces by moving to a launch-on-warning (LOW) posture with an expanded silo- based force.

 

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Ambition. China has a global ambition and has clearly articulated her long term vision for improving her strategic capability. Towards this aim she has developed a large scale weapons research, development and manufacturing capability including nuclear weapons. China is modernising and expanding her nuclear arsenal, and is developing the nuclear triad, made up of new land and sea-based missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft. 

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