Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
The Russian Navy’s has a huge maintenance problem which they haven’t been able to address. Many of its blue-water ships, including its only aircraft carrier, never leaves port without an ocean-going tug in attendance – to power the naval vessel in the event of engine failure.
And then the ultimate ignominy – Russia’s largest
floating dry dock, also considered one of the largest floating docks in the world, sinks after an accident. As the dock was sinking, two of its large tower cranes collapsed. One of these falling tower cranes made a gaping hole in the hull of Russia’s sole aircraft ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’, above the waterline.
The Russian Navy’s has a huge maintenance problem which they haven’t been able to address. Many of its blue-water ships, including its only aircraft carrier, never leaves port without an ocean-going tug in attendance – to power the naval vessel in the event of engine failure.
And then the ultimate ignominy – Russia’s largest
floating dry dock, also considered one of the largest floating docks in the world, sinks after an accident. As the dock was sinking, two of its large tower cranes collapsed. One of these falling tower cranes made a gaping hole in the hull of Russia’s sole aircraft ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’, above the waterline.