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Pic Courtesy-DRDO, Govt of India Last week proved to be a crowning jewel for India with India successfully test firing ICBM Agni-5 for the second time. Agni-5 propels India into the exclusive club of nations having ICBM capability, the others being USA, Russia, Britain, France and China. On the onset, let me congratulate the Indian scientists on this remarkable achievement. Now Agni-5 has been widely seen as a game changer in the security calculus of Asia. It is because for the first time, the entire China falls with in the range of this missile which will prove to be an effective deterrence against India. Agni-5 incorporates several new and advanced technology that will be incorporated into newer missile systems in times to come. First there  was ambiguity as to the designation of the Agni-5 with India choosing to tag it as Long Range Ballistic Missile (LRBM). But all doubts has been laid to rest with India conforming that Agni-5 is an ICBM meaning, it can travel in excess of 5

As Kerala starts preparing for celebrating the national festival of Onam, I wanted to dedicate this blog entirely to that celebration that is so integral to the life's of the Keralate. To the uninitiated, Onam or Thiruvonnam as it is rightly phrased is the celebration to commemorate the return of Mahabali. Mahabali is an ancient mythical king who was believed to have ruled Kerala in ancient times. In his kingdom, it is said that there was no hunger, no poverty and no sadness. People lived as equals and there was prosperity all around. He was so immensely popular that Lord Indira, the king of gods got jealous of him and coerced Lord Vishnu to do some thing. Under the persistent prayers of Indira, Vishnu adorned the guise of Vamana ( one of his avatars) and reached Mahabali's castle. Mahabali at that time was conducting a yaga for world domination. At that time, he was obliged to give whatever ones asks him to give. Vamana approached Mahabali and asked him for three fee

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New Design For Indian Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft

US isn’t the pushy one in Asia

China’s maritime dilemmas

South Korea’s developing blue water navy

http://thediplomat.com/the-naval-diplomat/2013/09/05/asean-should-reject-a-code-of-conduct-in-the-south-china-sea/

http://isnblog.ethz.ch/security/pragmatism-fear-and-geopolitics-why-moscow-still-backs-assad

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/manila-matters/1164124/0

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1884079/column-imminent-threat-of-china-brings-vietnam-and-the-us-closer-to-us