a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SEEl_GNYnyI/AAAAAAAAAjI/oorr_5V1gV0/s1600-h/tejas.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SEEl_GNYnyI/AAAAAAAAAjI/oorr_5V1gV0/s320/tejas.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206484410145742626″ border=”0″ //aTejas, the Light Combat Aircraft being developed by the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), is in the final stages of testing and expected to be launched by 2010, the organization’s Chief Controller W Selvaraj said today. [...]

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Israeli fighter jets scrambled to intercept a plane carrying Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair this week after his pilots failed to identify themselves, an Israeli security source said on Friday.pThe former British prime minister, who has been charged by the international community with helping the Palestinians on their way to statehood, was en route [...]

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p class=”first”Seoul, May 12 (IANS) South Korea has developed the core technology for radar-evading stealth fighters and is preparing for a test flight of a fighter equipped with the technology, WAM news agency reported Monday./ppIt has been nine years since the Agency for Defence Development (ADD) and other South Korean defence research institutes began developing [...]

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a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SCWqGDP0y2I/AAAAAAAAAiY/Sxa6RagI8bk/s1600-h/800px-Su-27_Cobra_2b.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 117px;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SCWqGDP0y2I/AAAAAAAAAiY/Sxa6RagI8bk/s320/800px-Su-27_Cobra_2b.png” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198748365796723554″ border=”0″ //aThe Pugachev’s Cobra (or Pugachev Cobra) is an aircraft cobra maneuver. It is a demonstration of the pitch control authority, high angle of attack (AOA) stability and engine/inlet compatibility at high [...]

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Ecuador’s Air Force chief says the country plans to purchase 24 Brazilian Super Tucano fighter planes to help bolster its military strength on the border with Colombia.br /President Rafael Correa has said Ecuador needs the reinforcements since Colombia’s March 1 cross-border military raid on a rebel camp.br /Gen. Rodrigo Bohorquez says the planes will cost [...]

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a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SB0d1VDvTqI/AAAAAAAAAhY/Rt0adNyK7BA/s1600-h/mrca.png”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SB0d1VDvTqI/AAAAAAAAAhY/Rt0adNyK7BA/s320/mrca.png” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196342347078520482″ border=”0″ //aNEW DELHI – Global aviation giants on April 28 submitted bids to sell 126 warplanes to India – the world’s richest fighter aircraft deal worth $12 billion. Six aeronautical companies from Russia, the United States and [...]

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a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SBp78lDvTlI/AAAAAAAAAgw/paQYKiuiK3Y/s1600-h/Ekranoplan_of_1980s.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SBp78lDvTlI/AAAAAAAAAgw/paQYKiuiK3Y/s320/Ekranoplan_of_1980s.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195601400795450962″ border=”0″ //aDuring the mid-1960s chilly height of the Cold War, US photo reconnaissance spotted a strange apparition on the shores of the Caspian Sea – a gigantic 100m-long aircraft with inexplicably truncated square wings. US Intelligence dubbed [...]

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BIDAR: THE Indian Air Force has lost its brand new Hawk-132 trainer aircraft which crashed soon after taking off from Bidar Air Force Station on Tuesday.br /br /The two pilots in the aircraft, which was recently acquired from Britain to improve flight safety record, bailed out safely.br /br /In an embarrassment to the IAF, the [...]

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