Rapid Fire 2010-11-18: India’s Private Sector

* Hijacked: China is denying a claim made in a report [PDF] by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that it hijacked US Internet traffic, including Pentagon traffic, for 18 minutes in April. * India’s Defence Minister AK Antony says change is coming to India’s defense industry, including a more even playing field for the private sector. * Billions for Boeing: The aerospace giant has taken out a $2.38 billion, 364-day revolving credit agreement. * USAF F-22A crashes in Alaska on a nighttime training mission. Wreckage found, but so far, not the pilot. * Bad days for South Africa’s navy. First, one of its U209/1400 submarines can’t go to sea for lack of a trained crew. Then, one of its MEKO 200 frigates, touted as “[the] perfect ships for our type of coast”, breaks its engine in conditions that Rear-Adm. Bernard Teuteberg describes as “particular to the sea states we operate in.” * Russia delivers a total of 20,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and over 2.5 million rounds of ammunition to Afghanistan, for use by police units in and around the capital, Kabul. The betting pool is now open: how many of those rifles will remain in police hands by […]