India on GLONASS GPS
After failing to secure
a berth in the US and
European Global
Positioning Systems
(GPS) because it failed
to get guarantees of
uninterrupted service
contract, India gained
access to the Russian
Global Navigation
Satellite System (GLONASS).<More>
Russia Uranium Pilfered?
Georgia revealed that
its agents posing as
Islamic rebels arrested
a Russian businessmen
trying to sell
weapons-grade uranium
hidden in his jacket a
independent reports
quoted US authorities
confirming that the
uranium was 90% enriched.<More>
MiG-35 on IAF Radar
The impending 126 IAF
fighter aircraft
contract is seeing
spirited competition
from Russia’s MiG-35,
the enlarged and more
advanced version of the
MiG-29/MiG-33 family and
seen as a potential
replacement for the
MiG-29 and Su-27.<More>
Jintao Travels to Africa
Again
Chinese President Hu
Jintao is traveling to
Africa again that the
African Development Bank
(ADB) says is focused on
trade and to strengthen
bonds with ignored
nations and population
and making “Africa one
of the major areas of
attention.”<More>
SLG Criticized for
Military Emphasis
As donor nations pledged
large sums of money to
help civil-war torn Sri
Lanka, donor nations
also criticized the
government’s
overemphasis on military
option and widespread
skepticism over the
recent splitting of the
Opposition for political
gain.<More>
IPI Agreement Closer to
Reality
As US-Iran relations
nosedived over
accusations of meddling
over Iraq and Tehran’s
nuclear program, India,
Pakistan, and Iran
seemed to have agreed on
a price to transport
natural gas to India
over the
Iran-Pakistan-India
pipeline project.<More>
US-China IPR Spat
As trade gap between the
United States and China
widened, the countries
appeared to be on
collision course over
intellectual property
rights (IPR) with
Washington accusing
Beijing of
counterfeiting American
goods.<More>