Air Marshal Anil Chopra

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Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retired) is an Indian Air Force veteran fighter test pilot and is the former Director-General of the Center for Air Power Studies in New Delhi. He has been decorated with gallantry and distinguished service medals while serving in the IAF for 40 years. He tweets @Chopsyturvey 

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US and Israel-led global concerns over Iran’s nuclear program center on its high-level uranium enrichment (up to 60%) and dwindling international oversight. While Iran...

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Iran, with a much inferior air force and highly depleted fighter aircraft assets, could force the world’s greatest air powers, the USA and Israel,...

Air Marshal Anil Chopra

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Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retired) is an Indian Air Force veteran fighter test pilot and is the former Director-General of the Center for Air Power Studies in New Delhi. He has been decorated with gallantry and distinguished service medals while serving in the IAF for 40 years. He tweets @Chopsyturvey