Month: November 2012

By Rahul Sharma Horsepower takes on a very literal meaning at the forthcoming sale in Surrey, UK, by specialist classic vehicle auctioneers, Historics at Brooklands, on Saturday 24 November, when an extremely rare Indian artifact – a magnificent horse-drawn state carriage owned by the Maharaja of Mysore in southern India, comes to auction. The horse-drawn carriage was used to transport King Edward during his visits to India who was a great friend of the Maharajah of Mysore. The coach, which dates back to 1825 and is believed to be of British origin, was used for engagements by the Maharaja...

By Barbara Starr – CNN Pentagon Correspondent Nov 08, 2012 – Two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf on November 1, the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday. The incident, reported first by CNN, raised fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial Gulf oil shipping lanes. The drone was on routine maritime surveillance in international airspace east of Kuwait, 16 miles off the coast of Iran, U.S. officials said. The Predator was not hit. “Our aircraft was never in Iranian airspace. It was always flying...