Ajai Shukla
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Ajai Shukla
Colonel Ajai Shukla (Retired) is a columnist, commentator and journalist who covers regional security issues in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, military technology and India’s defence economy. He writes primarily for Business Standard. He was earlier a prime-time news anchor and war correspondent with NDTV from 2001-2008. Before taking up journalism, he served in the military, in a combat arm, for over two decades before opting for voluntary retirement at the rank of colonel.
Colonel Ajai Shukla (Retired) is a columnist, commentator and journalist who covers regional security issues in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, military technology and India’s defence economy. He writes primarily for Business Standard. He was earlier a prime-time news anchor and war correspondent with NDTV from 2001-2008. Before taking up journalism, he served in the military, in a combat arm, for over two decades before opting for voluntary retirement at the rank of colonel.
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Ajai Shukla: None so blind as those who will not see
Even jihadis infiltrating across the Line of Control into J&K have been found to have better night vision devices than the lavishly funded Indian Army
MoD rejects HAL's proposal to build basic trainer
The MoD, after comparing prices, found that thousands of crores extra would have to be paid for HAL-built trainers
Indo-Russian defence relations deepen no new big-ticket buys
For Moscow, New Delhi is a crucial partner, as the latter buys 30 per cent of all Russian arms exports
IAF to order 37 more Pilatus trainers worth Rs 1,250 cr
Pilatus could eventually supply 183 basic trainers
Ajai Shukla: Rafale's July take-off
Any reports of the demise of Aero India would be exaggerated, given India's dubious status as the world's biggest buyer of weaponry
Submarine missile test a step forward
Underwater launch of B-05 missile went according to plan
New military systems brighten Republic Day parade
The most eye-popping new system on display today was the Agni-5 ballistic missile, which can carry a thermo-nuclear warhead to a target 5,000 km away
Aeronautics gala kicks off today
AERO INDIA 2013
 "Aeronautics gala kicks off today")
DefenceMin goes global in search for Kaveri partner
The process for selecting a partner that has these technologies is underway
Ajai Shukla: Mapping the changes in Pakistan
Today the country focuses mainly on its internal challenges, while India increasingly obsesses about the terrorist threat from across the border
Ajai Shukla: Making the Tejas fly
Most of this Light Combat Aircraft's problems stem from poor production, not from an inadequate design
