Stop Insulting Pakistan and Pakistanis…!

Stop Insulting Pakistan and Pakistanis…!

Nariman House

What will be more insulting for Pakistan and Pakistanis that a court of USA has issued summons to ex and present Chiefs of ISI? Although these summons have no value. But will not this act of American court support on going propaganda against Pakistan? Or American govt./foreign ministry were unaware that successors of Jewish couple murdered in 26/11 Mumbai attacks have registered a case in American court? On this basis judge has issued summons to present Chief of ISI Shujaa Pasha, ex-chief Nadeem Taj, two officers of army Major Ali and Major Iqbal along with leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhnavi and Hafiz Saeed of Jamaat Dawaa.

Present Chief of ISI Lt. General Shujaa Pasha

Major General Nadeem Taj, Ex-Chief ISI

We imagine that American officials were unaware from the activities of Brookline Court. However when in last month the reports were issued that there are possibilities of issuing summon to the Chief of an extremely important institution responsible for safety of Pakistan, then American rulers always pressurizing Pakistan to “Do More” in spite of resisting any such act kept purposely silent. In reaction to American court’s summons the family of an innocent Pakistani killed in Drone attack filed a case against higher officials of CIA and also requested to stop him from fleeing out of Pakistan for murder of innocent Pakistanis. After this with the haste Jonathan left Pakistan shows that his further stay might have resulted in his arrest or other problems for CIA. However his leaving Pakistan like criminals cleared it to the whole world that CIA is involved in illegal activities in Pakistan. The statement given by Prime Minister of Pakistan after the summons from USA court also needs attention. He had issued that statement in response to Opposition’s protest in parliament, Prime Minister said, “The Chiefs of ISI will not be sent to American court without their will, if they do not want to go to America no one can force them to go”. However this is a separate discussion, but the summons to Shujaa Pasha or Nadeem Taj is just a routine court activity? Or this is just to ensure Indian supervision in the region, force Pakistan to step back from Kashmir dispute and accept Indian role in Afghanistan?

A room of Nariman House (just like as a restaurant)

Whatever the reason is, Giving ISI under control of Rehman MAlik and issuance of notification on the night of 25^th July 2008 by Prime Minister, on the night of 26^thNovember 2008 of Mumbai attaks the demand from Indian Prime Minister that Chief of ISI visits New Delhi and acceptance from Pakistani side, the accuse of Indian Foreign Minister that ISI is involved in Mumbai attacks, arrest of agent of CIA “David Headley” and struggle to prove his links with ISI and Lashkar-e-Taiba. And now summons from the American court, cancellation of bales of two police officers and their arrest in Benazir murder case, FIA’s declaration that it will include two on duty persons from ISI and MI, do not you think after looking all these that secretly some great plan to limit role of ISI in integrity of Pakistan and paralyze it is being fulfilled? Although many politicians have concerns about ISI’s political role which are based on facts and ISI should not have a political role but how much politicians are responsible for this role it should be discussed as well. In the 90s our politicians blamed agencies for their mutual disputes but the now their quarrel has gone far beyond personal problems. They are now openly humiliating each other, why? Just for being in power? But they should keep this reality in mind that all these are conditioned with integrity of country, if country is then there is politics and govt. and enjoyments of being in power…

Representatives of Jewish Organization ZAKA, going to Nariman House to receive dead bodies

Now let us come towards Mumbai's Nariman House and its inhabitants, they are trying to involve ISI in murder of those inhabitants. According to careful calculations Jews living in India number approximately to 6000 out of them 90% live in Mumbai. Mostly they are linked with education. The education standard of their schools is much better so that rich families from other provinces prefer to send their children to these schools. In the South of Mumbai on a coastal belt in well inhabited area the construction of Nariman house was completed 29 years ago (Jews call this building as “Chabad”). Nariman has been center of suspicious activities since last 29 years. Even the nearest neighbor’s are ignorant that this 6 storey building is being used for what purposes? Neighbors have been told that Nariman house is a cultural center which is used to serve tourists from abroad. However neighbors were aware that as night falls Nariman house awakes. When tourists came there and when they left, no one knew that. Neighbors also knew that young Jew “Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg” and his wife “Rivakh” are supervisors of the house and they are responsible for providing accommodation and food to tourists. Besides couple a maid “Sandra” also lived in house, she was responsible for taking care of their baby “Moshe”.

Jewish Couple: Gavriel and his wife Rivakh

According to journalist community media has been always kept in chaos about Nariman house, what happens there? When few journalists entered in this building on being invited by jews from USA, they tried to take some pictures they were stopped from doing so by saying, “In this way terrorists might be able to know the internal layout which will be beneficial for enemies”. When journalists asked who are those enemies, they changed topic. Journalists were further told that no one is allowed to take pictures even from outside. The journalists who visited this building included “Virendra Ghunawat” from local TV channel. On 27^th November 2008 when he was informed about attacks on Nariman house he went their along with his cameraman, the attacks have been launched about 24 hours ago. Building was under control of terrorists and Indian Commandoes were planning to enter into the building through helicopter from the rooftop. The police was standing at a far point. A good number of media personnel was present there. When Virendra started talks with local people a fisherman named as Vathal Tandal told him, “few days ago on the front coast of building 7 boats stopped, there were about 12 persons with harsh looks. They all were looking as local BHAI Log (Mumbai underworld persons). Boats were filled with different sized boxes and bags. They were first of all shifted to coast (Vathal Tandal helped them in unloading) afterwards they were shifted to Nariman house. Until all of the luggage was not shifted to the building few persons kept on guard”. Fisherman was astonished that all those persons riding on these boats might have been terrorists and possibly the luggage consisted of their ammunition. Fisherman raised this question to “Virendra”. This conversation was also heard by other journalists.

The conversation with fisherman was uploaded to different Indian News Websites. Vriendra also issued this conversation in the article “Mumbai Attack: Was Nariman House The Terror Hub” on a website named as “Mid day”. Virendra also included the conversation with a policeman who told gave him this information on the condition of keeping his name secret. Read in the own words of Police man.

“The role that Nariman House is coming to play in this attack drama, is puzzling. Last night residents ordered close to 100 Kilograms of meat and other food, enough to feed an army or a bunch of people for twenty days. Shortly thereafter the ten militants moved in, obviously indicating that the food and meet was ordered, keeping their visit in mind”.

Sandra along with young Moshe who succeeded in escaping from Nariman House attack

These are just two examples  otherwise local newspapers of Mumbai are filled with questions about Nariman house. After the incident important thing about that supervisors of Nariman house Rabbi Gavriel and his wife are told as American nationals, in their accuse court of Brookline has issued summon to ISI chief while after the incident their dead bodies were received by agents of extremist Jewish organization A.K.A established in Israel and were their dead bodies were taken to Israel. Moreover the journalists of Mumbai also raise this question when terrorists killed all the persons in Nariman House (their number is told as six) then how Sandra (maid) escaped with “Moshe”? Why journalists have not been allowed to talk with Sandra, why have not investigated from her, at least why Sandra has been kept away from media? Whether terrorists left her or she succeeded to flee? Sandra can tell that what language terrorists were speaking? There are hundreds of such questions which people of Mumbai want to ask from their police, investigators, secret agencies and govt. The most important question is how terrorists from Pakistan succeeded in entering into Nariman House? The neighbors of this house are ignorant about this Jewish Center then how terrorists knew about its internal layout? But no one is there to answer these questions. Why should Indian govt. reply these questions while its purpose is being fulfilled? For the whole incident Pakistan, Pakistani Secret agencies and freedom fighters of Kashmir has been accused. The world is silent over the genocide of Kashmiri people in Held Kashmir and busy in assuring India that they all will pressurize Pakistan that by punishing Pakistanis for Mumbai attacks Pakistan confesses the crime. While neither Pakistan nor any Pakistani is involved in these attacks at all but RAW of India. There is one solution of this problem that Pakistani media should raise its voice against this. It should tell the world by analyzing every moment of Mumbai drama that it is based on lie. Enough is enough stop insulting Pakistan and Pakistanis…

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Russian Air Force to receive up to 100 Sukhoi fighter jets by 2015

07:55 02/01/2011
MOSCOW, January 2 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Air Force will receive up to 100 Sukhoi fighter jets by 2015, the Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
Three state contracts with the Sukhoi design bureau on the supply of the jets have been already signed, Vladimir Drik said.
Fifty advanced Su-35 Flanker-E multirole fighters, billed as "4++ generation using fifth-generation technology," more than ten advanced Su-27SM Flanker multirole jets and five Su-30M2 Flanker-C multirole fighters are among the aircraft to be supplied.
The Russian Air Force will also receive twenty-five new Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers in the next few years, the spokesman said.

Most Chinese doubt superpower status for China

Most Chinese doubt superpower status for China

Most Chinese doubt superpower status for China

December 31st, 2010 | Global Times

Despite an increase in national pride, the Chinese public seems more cautious in evaluating the country’s relative international strength, with fewer people in this year’s Global Times survey categorizing China as a world superpower, compared with the previous four annual polls.

Despite wide acknowledgement of China’s economic might and its political and diplomatic leverage – the two major parameters in defining a superpower – only 12 percent of respondents deemed China to be a “superpower,” down by 14.4 percent from 2008.

In all, 57 percent of respondents voted China as the most promising emerging nation among BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), a 10 percent drop from last year’s result.

“The result shows that Chinese people are becoming more objective when considering these issues,” said Wu Xinbo, deputy director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University.

The diplomatic rows China encountered this year fueled public awareness about the difficult factors China will face as it continue to grow, he added.

Conducted by the Global Poll Center run by the Global Times, the poll is based on telephone interviews of a random sampling of 1,488 people in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Chongqing to analyze how Chinese see the world.

The patriotism of Chinese people is seen in the findings, with China topping the US as the most favored country to travel in.

Additionally, 19 percent of participants selected the US as the foreign country they would most like to visit, followed by France, with 21 percent saying they had no desire to visit foreign countries.

More than half of participants in the survey said China’s international status was boosted in the past year by the Shanghai World Expo, while more than 60 percent denounced corrupt officials for tarnishing China’s global image.

The poll also reflects the belief that the quality of “made-in-China” products is gradually getting better, with 80 percent of those polled expressing their hope that improvements were being made.

This positive attitude also extends outside the Chinese border, with 84 percent of respondents optimistic on the future global setting for China’s rise, seeing either improving or stabilizing ties with other major global players.

More than a third of respondents saw the relationship between China and Europe improve during the past year, with fewer negative factors such as trade friction, human rights and religious issues compared with previous years.

Ties with South Korea, drawing more attention in this latest survey, were seen stabilized without dramatic changes, with 46 percent of respondents saying the tensions on the Korean Peninsula will be eased in the coming year due to China’s diplomatic role.

Su Hao, director of the Strategy and Conflict Management Research Center at China Foreign Affairs University, told the Global Times that the result showed that Chinese people have high expectations for China to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Looking at relations with Japan, more than half of participants said the ties were unlikely to deteriorate next year.

However, the poll also shone a light on concerns, with more than 80 percent of the participants expressing their worries about Western intentions to contain China’s development, with around 40 percent calling for countermeasures to be taken against threats to China.

Among the issues of greatest concern, US intentions to strategically contain China placed ahead of trade disputes as the most important bilateral issue this year. Ties with Washington were chosen as the most significant bilateral relationship for China for the fifth consecutive year.

Jin Canrong, vice director of the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China, told the Global Times that the survey findings reflect the dynamics of this year with the US strengthening its presence in Asia.

“Some Chinese people remain suspicious of the outside world, especially the Western countries. They still don’t trust these countries,” he said.

Equipment Modernization vs. "Modernization" of the Indian Army.

Equipment Modernization vs. "Modernization" of the Indian Army.

Modernization vs "Modernization"


Piecemeal 'modernization' is of no use to anyone. All arms have gone through two and a half modernisation cycles since independence. For people with less than the usual quota of a sense of humour it amounts to a three-legged arms race in which the Joneses are driving the Javeds, Joshis and Jiangs to follow suit.

At least with the Indian Army it is not really so. It is conscious of working out an edge or even proximate ability to see that a catastrophic disadvantage does not undermine operational viability. Even the most articulate and vehement critic would agree that the army is appreciative of what the country has provided to it in material, though it is somewhat hard pressed to do so.

Equipment modernisation alone is not sufficient. Or else, any banana republic collecting martial objets d'art for gracing the palace gates of the head of state would constitute a formidable foe. Modernization of the Indian Army gives rise to paradoxes of time and meaning. It constitutes in its basic form the timeless creed of the warriors and their feeling of comradeship in war and pestilence. The individual styles of the arms actually complement each other in combat. The pivot is the ability of field commanders to accept organizational, doctrinal, and equipment changes (not in that order) plus a finer perception of the strategic issues involved. With that, is their ability to mix individual assets into a combined arms and logistics team of very high combat worth.

It is in this narrow area that modernization is usually talked about. By themselves, 'equipment' may just remain well-produced ironmongery or an intricate series of integrated circuits. But when these are synthesized in a complementary mix, they come to life - and present a threat out of all proportion to their arithmetical aggregate on inventory.

Overall, the Indian Army is adequately equipped. There certainly remain areas where improvements or 'modernization' is pending, but that does not, in any way, detract from the fact that overall the Army has achieved a dissuasive quality, in which a potential aggressor will go into lip-biting conclave before deciding upon a violent course of action.

The mechanized armies in the Western Sector are mobile, balanced groupings of high striking power. The fine synthesization of cutting-edge weaponry into high-value, capital-intensive combat groups is seen at it's best here. The T-72, BMP series Infantry Combat Vehicle, Anti-tank Guided Missiles of many varieties, Aviation, fast reconnaissance vehicles, the FH-77/B-02 Medium Gun together with a number of other field pieces indigenously designed and developed, varieties of self-propelled air defence missile and gun systems, 'Black' Electronic Warfare arrays, first-class assault bridging for dry and wet crossings are found together in supportive mixes. Here, all ballyhoo of We are the queens/kings of the battlefield' is easily given a quiet burial.

In the mountains, it is light infantry and artillery, supported by engineers, signals, helicopters and animals which make for the combined-arms approach. The most visible manifestation of modernization in equipment is in Siachen, which without these assets, can not be garrisoned much less defended. This includes a combative logistical infrastructure to prevail 'AGAINST ALL ODDS'

Pakistan vs India:Military evaluation,separating boys from men

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Background: India achieved its independence from imperial Britain in 1947, after which it was divided into two countries - India and Pakistan, as per the Mountbatten Plan. After this partition, Pakistan chose to be an Islamic republic, aligned with United States while India chose to remain politically neutral, as a secular socialist democracy. These choices turned out to the the turning points in the political and military future of both these countries.



Please note that what follows is not an evaluation of military power in combat situations, but a brief review of quantitative military balance, based on currently available manpower, equipments, infrastructure, command and strategy. Future military plans and projects are not discussed due to uncertain and volatile nature of such plans, often subject to cancellation, failure or modification. (For example, the Indian Agni 3 missile is not under consideration, as it is still under development and testing stage.)
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Military Budgets and Economic Impact

Pakistan’s defence budget for the year 2006-07 was $4.1 billion (~3% of GDP) in response to India’s hike in defence budget of 2006-07 at $20.11 billion (~ 2.5% of GDP). Pakistan’s hike in military budget would be partially funded by its government coffers and partially by borrowing whereas India’s military spending would be entirely off its own funds. India’s ambitious budget prompted Pakistan to up its own military budget, despite the country’s widespread poverty and socio-political problems. Apart from its GDP, Pakistani military also gets a considerable funding from United States. Considering that India has a far larger economy overall, its military budget is also several times larger, despite being a smaller share of India’s GDP.

Manpower and Ground Forces

As of 2005, India has the second largest military manpower in the world - at 3,773,300 personell, next only to China. Pakistan’s manpower of 1,449,000 personell, although smaller in numbers, is proportionally higher than India in terms of their population ratios. Pakistan’s ground forces are equipped with American or Chinese weapons like FIM 92 Stinger SAMs, BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles, T-82 tanks and other equipments. Indian ground forces are equipped with mostly home-made and Soviet technologies like IR guided 9K35 Strela-10 SAMs, 3rd Gen IR guided Nag anti-tank missiles, UAVs and a large inventory of tanks and support vehicles. In terms of both numbers and equipments, Indian military dominates the Pakistani ground forces.



Comparison of Air Forces

As of 2006, Indian Air Force (IAF) has over 170,000 personnel and 3,382 aircrafts, of which 1,330 are combat aircrafts operating off 61 airbases - making it the fourth largest air force in the world. India’s strike fighters consist of Russian and French aircrafts like Mikoyan MiG-29, Dassault Mirage 2000, Sukhoi Su-30 - the last one developed under dual licensing by HAL, India’s aerospace industry in Bangalore. In addition to these, Indian Air Force also owns ground attack aircrafts, reconnaissance aircrafts, UAVs and support helicopters - a majority of them either of Soviet or French origin. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has about 530 combat aircrafts and 65,000 active personnel, operating out of 9 airbases. Its strike fighters consist of US, Chinese and ageing French fighters like F-16 Fighting Falcon, JF-17 Thunder and Dassault Mirage ROSE-III. It also has transport aircrafts like Lockheed Martin C-130 and Airbus A310, however unlike India, there are no UAVs or reconnaissance aircrafts in the Pakistani Air Force.



Naval and Sea Based Forces

After the overwhelming losses in the 1971 war against India, Pakistan rapidly increased the size of its naval fleet which doubled in the 1980s after a massive 3.2 billion dollar military and economic aid by US President Ronald Reagan. At present, Pakistan’s navy owns over 45 vessels , most of them of US or European origin which include submarines, destroyers, frigates, patrol and mine warfare boats. It operates from its sole naval port in Karachi and sometimes from naval facilities in UK, USA and France. It had recently been involved in various humanitarian operations during the 2005 Tsunami in South East Asia. Indian Navy on the other hand, is a three dimensional naval force consisting of missile-capable warships, an aircraft carrier, mine sweepers and a host of marine aircrafts. Most of the warships in the Indian navy are indigenously built in its own dockyards. The navy operates from its major naval bases in Visakhapatnam, Mumbai, Goa and the Andaman Islands. Indian Navy has significant capabilities of being a true blue water Navy and is experienced both in war and peacekeeping operations in the Indian Ocean.



The Nuclear Club

India tested a nuclear bomb in 1974 using materials from Canada and technical help from Soviet Union. However, the embargo on heavy water export from Canada after the test stalled India’s nuclear ambitions till 1998, when it shocked the world by conducting five nuclear detonations termed as Shakti tests. The highest yield was by a 48 kiloton staged fusion device, which India claimed was a thermonuclear bomb but seismic data on the tests proved otherwise. In the same year 1998, Pakistan conducted a series of six nuclear detonations in a test termed as Chagai. The highest yield was reported to be about 25 kiloton from a two stage boosted device. At present Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile is slated to be around 30-40 warheads while India possesses 70-100 warheads. The nuclearisation of India and Pakistan became a turning point in the history of conflicts between these two countries with high tensions but no war, not very much unlike the US vs USSR Cold War



Ballistic and Cruise Missile Proliferation

In the nuclear delivery front, both India and Pakistan have a series of ballistic and cruise missiles in addition to ground attack aircrafts. The maximum range among India’s operational ballistic missiles is 2000 km achieved by Agni-2.(Note:Agni 3 already tested!) India’s Agni ballistic missiles are indigenously developed by its own missile defence industry known as IGMDP. The maximum range among Pakistan’s missiles is by Hatf V Gauri which is reported to do over 2200 kms. Pakistan’s Hatf missiles are based on North Korean No-Dong series of IRBMs. Both Pakistan’s Hatf and India’s Agni ballistic missiles are nuclear capable. India has also developed a supersonic cruise missile BrahMos which is by far the fastest cruise missile at Mach 2.6 and maximum range of 290 km. It is reported to be nuclear capable but it is not confirmed yet. On the Pakistan side, its Babur cruise missile has a reported range of 700 km and a maximum speed of 880 km/h (Mach 0.7). As with India BrahMos, Babur is also reported to be nuclear capable but there is no confirmation yet.



The Final Verdict

Both Pakistan and India are almost evenly matched head to head in nuclear and missile fronts,however India has strategic and technological superiority over the conventional forces of Pakistan.Indian Navy is larger in fleet and personnel size with a more varied range of ships including an aircraft carrier while Pakistan’s Navy is smaller and has no aircraft carriers. Indian’s IAF is equipped with highly capable fighters like 4.5th generation Su-30s(NOTE:India has already ordered 250 5th gen PAK FA!,built jointly by Russia and India,Pakistan has no such capabilities nor plans) and 4th gen Mirage 2000s which are technologically superior to Pakistan PAF’s F-16s and Mirage IIIs. Additionally Indian pilots are better trained and more capable in air combat than Pakistani forces as was demonstrated by its various wars with Pakistan or joint exercises with US and UK. In the area of conventional ground forces both the Indian as well as Pakistani Army is well equipped and highly trained to survive in extremities of topography and climate in combat conditions, like wars in the high Himalayas.



If a purely conventional war were to take place between both these countries, India would most likely overpower Pakistan owing to its superior military technology and infrastructure, larger manpower, more territorial area and a strategic advantage in its sea and air forces. It must also be noted that a war between these two countries will matter more than India’s conventional superiority as both these nations are nuclear powers on an equal deadlock. India has maintained a ‘no first use’ nuclear policy in the lines of a similar policy by China while Pakistan does not have any such policy, considering their only hope against India is in nuclear deterrance. It would be risky for India at the present scenario to go into any aggressive war against Pakistan as the repercussions would be serious a nuclear devastation for both countries.
India vs Pakistan - Evaluation on Military Strengths | Aby The Liberal
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Nuclear use will be a serious devastation for both,considering Pakistan's size and India's,Pakistan would be at a risk of destruction.

Don't dance upon the article,it is from a famous website and not from a Pakstani or an Indian.

II. The Arjun Mark-II, Future MBT of the IA.

Announced specs/upgrades by the DRDO

The FMBT's are intended to replace the T-72 MBTs in the Indian Army in a post-2020 situation.

"For engine development, we have formed a national team comprising members from the academia, the user, industry and the DRDO. We have also gone in for an international consultant."

"We are confident that we will be ready with the FMBT prototype in five to seven years."

"We are trying to involve all the stakeholders -- the user [the Army], quality control personnel and the production agency -- in this project and the industry will be our partner. We will go for a modular design so that we can always upgrade the tank when new technology comes in."

"The immediate task for the CVRDE [Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment] is to develop the Arjun-Mk II tank and demonstrate it to the user and go for the production of 124 numbers in the HVF (Heavy Vehicles Factory]."

"With this upgrade, the commander can carry out his hunting job at night with his thermal sight and engage targets more effectively."

"The penalty for using these bricks (explosive armor reactive panel) is that they will add 1.5 tonnes to the tank's weight. But we can prevent top attack and side attack. We can add to the tank's protection from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades."

-- S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller (Armaments and Combat Engineering), DRDO.


* FMBT's engine will be two-thirds the size of Arjun Mark I MBT's engine and will generate 1,500-horsepower. First prototype of the indigenous engine would be ready by 2016. FMBT will weigh 50 tonnes.

* Project to develop the transmission for the tank is being launched. Engine and transmission ( aka "Bharat Power Pack") will meet the FMBT's mobility requirements.

* Volume occupied by the electronics package will be low.

* A total of 93 upgrades, including the advanced air defence gun system for firing at attack helicopters. Missiles firing capability to destroy long-range targets and bring down attack helicopters.

* Panoramic sight with night vision for the tank's commander. An automatic target tracking system to add accuracy when firing on a moving target.

* Explosive reactive armor panel which will comprise explosives in metallic brick form. These bricks will be mounted all round the MBT. When the enemy ammunition hits these bricks, they will explode and retard the energy of the projectile. Tanks armor will not be penetrated.

* Improvements in material, fuel injection and filtration technologies will contribute to the reduction in the engine size without compromising on power.

* Indian Army has placed an intent for production of 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks.

* Phase I, 45 tanks will roll out with 56 upgrades, including the missile firing capability and the commander's panoramic sight with night vision.

* Phase II, the remaining 79 tanks, with all the 93 improvements, will come off the assembly line. “By 2013-14, the first batch of around 30 tanks will go out,” Dr. Sivakumar said.

* 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks would cost Rs.5,000 crores.

Israel could strike Iran without US help: WikiLeaks

Updated at: 1152 PST,  Monday, January 03, 2011  WASHINGTON: The United States has told France that Israel could strike Iran without US military support but the operation might not be successful, according to a leaked document published. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave his assessment at a meeting on February 8 in Paris with former French defense minister Herve Morin, according to a secret summary of the session that was posted on WikiLeaks, part of a massive document dump of classified cables. Asked by Morin if Israel had the capability to strike Iran without US assistance, Gates "responded that he didn't know if they would be successful, but that Israel could carry out the operation," it said. But Gates downplayed the value of any military operation against Iran, according to the document. The American defense secretary told Morin that he "believed a conventional strike by any nation would only delay Iranian plans by one to three years, while unifying the Iranian people to be forever embittered against the attacker," it said.