Rajat Pandit
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Defence Editor, The Times of India (@timesofindia). Defence|Strategic Affairs|Politics|Films|Books|Cartoons|Dogs. Views personal. RTs not endorsements!
New Delhi, India
Joined February 2011
With #NuclearWeapons once again being brandished in the #RussiaUkraineWar, here is an opinion piece I wrote in @timesofindia in March. For India, strategic realpolitik dictates that the Buddha must keep on smiling…
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New-generation #AgniPrime, which has a 1,000 to 2,000-km strike range and will gradually replace #Agni1 & #Agni2 in India’s nuclear arsenal, is also being inducted into the #StrategicForcesCommand. It’s a canister-based missile like #Agni5. One of my earlier stories on #AgniPrime
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Meanwhile, the US Department of State is adding #TheResistanceFront (TRF) as a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
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#AkashNG, with an initial interception range of 30-km that will be progressively enhanced, also on the way. It’s a #CanisterBased system with more compact missiles with advanced radio frequency seekers, launchers, multi-function radars, and C3 systems.
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India conducts successive tests of short-range #NuclearCapable ballistic missiles, the #Prithvi2 and #Agni1, in what constitutes some strategic deterrence messaging to Pakistan soon after cross-border hostilities under #OperationSindoor from May 7 to 10.
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The Army will soon begin inducting two regiments of the #AkashPrime surface-to-air missiles designed for air defence in high-altitude areas along the frontier with China, with the force testing the new weapon system in Ladakh twice on Wednesday. All the details 👇🏼
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Getting numerous anxious queries on this tweet!!! People don’t understand #BlastFromThePast.
#BlastFromThePast This day 7 years ago, the Army under Gen Bipin Rawat was contemplating doing away with the Brigadier rank to ensure better career prospects & parity with the civil services as well as to arrest its greying profile of commanders. It, of course, did not happen!
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No, India is not building an ultra-long range strategic bomber for strikes across the globe.
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#BlastFromThePast Much before the #IndiaChinaBorderStandoff erupted in April 2020 & the recent #OperationSindoor, the armed forces in July 2017 had sought a major budget hike to tackle the collusive #ChinaPakistan threat…Btw, defence budget for 2025-26 stands at just 1.9% of GDP
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Editors Guild of India @IndEditorsGuild deeply disturbed by the filing of an FIR against @ajitanjum for a legitimate journalistic exercise!
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#BlastFromThePast This day 7 years ago, the Army under Gen Bipin Rawat was contemplating doing away with the Brigadier rank to ensure better career prospects & parity with the civil services as well as to arrest its greying profile of commanders. It, of course, did not happen!
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A very happy 90th birthday to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, an erudite monk with a simple, humble demeanour and, of course, a great sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye #DalaiLama
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The Indian defence establishment has finalised a comprehensive stringent framework to ensure that drones being acquired from domestic private sector companies do not have Chinese components and electronics in them.
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RT @rajatpTOI: India needs to hike defence budget to at least 2.5% of GDP, impart greater thrust to self-reliance in military R&D & product….
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