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During the past decades, the US had been unswervingly steadfast in its belief that Iran had been an “axis of evil” – one which had stubbornly resisted to honour its obligations under the...

Roads to the Border ...and tourism

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 13 March 2015

While we regularly come across articles about the Border Road Organization (under the Ministry of Defence) struggling to build roads in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, China is going faster and...

Quest for Oceanic Dominance: Militarization in the Indian Ocean

By: Anant Mishra |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 March 2015

Oxford dictionary describes Militarization as “preparation for an immediate combat situation or a violent conflict by nations or arms groups”. It can be of many forms, from raising armed...

Airbus will supply intelligent systems ensuring protection against roadside...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 March 2015

Airbus Defence and Space will equip vehicles of the German Armed Forces with an electronic system for the protection against improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The German procurement authority...

MBDA announces the appointment of Dave Armstrong as UK Managing Director

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 March 2015

MBDA is pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Armstrong MBE to the role of MBDA UK Managing Director and EGD Technical (Executive Group Director). The appointment will become effective on 1...

India and the Maldives: Not Just Another Day in Paradise

By: Brig Deepak Sinha |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 March 2015

On the night of 3rd November 1988, paratroopers from the elite 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, India’s only true-blue rapid deployment force, launched Operation Cactus in response to pleas...

J&K: Addressing Security Concerns in a Changing Environment

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 March 2015

After the successful holding of elections yet again in J&K, and the establishment of a new government in the state, the stage is set for allowing political initiatives to complete the...

Women in the Armed Forces: Misconceptions and Facts

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 09 March 2015

The recent debate about the entry of women officers in the armed forces has been highly ill- informed and subjective in nature. People have taken stands and expressed opinion without analysing...

Indigenisation of the Indian Aerospace Industry

By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja |Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 08 March 2015

A National Aerospace Policy, that caters to the interests of all stakeholders, duly synchronised where necessary, is the need of the hour along with an Aeronautics Commission and a dedicated...

Threats to India in the coming years

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 07 March 2015

Disturbed internal conditions in most countries of South Asia can be attributed mainly to unabated terrorist activities and organised crime. India has been facing sporadic communal, ethnic and...

India’s Foreign Policy Dilemma

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa |Issue: Vol. 29.4 Oct-Dec 2014 | Date: 06 March 2015

India is today at a point of inflection. A cautious myopic vision will spell doom. The MEA needs to be confident enough to take onboard all instruments available in the country to consolidate...

Threat from Nepal's Instability

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 March 2015

Nepal shares a 1751 Km land boundary with India and 1414 Km with China (Tibet). Although landlocked and surrounded by these two Asian giants, Nepal’s geographic, economic and cultural...

MBDA names Jérôme Dufour as Director of Communications

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 March 2015

Jérôme Dufour has been appointed MBDA’s new Director of Communications and will take up his role on 9th March, 2015. He will report directly to Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA, and takes over...

Fighting International Terrorism: Taming the Beast

By: Atul Razdan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 March 2015

The Thesaurus describes an “Act of Terrorism” as the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political, religious or...

Reliance Infrastructure Acquires Pipavav Defence and Offshore

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 March 2015

Reliance Infrastructure Limited today announced the acquisition of Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited, together with sole management control. Reliance Infrastructure,...

China’s Air and Space Strategy

By: Air Commodore Ramesh Phadke |Issue: Book Excerpt: Rise of China | Date: 05 March 2015

“As for the revolution in soldiery, the competition between the military forces is moving to outer space here…. This is historically inevitable, and this development cannot be reversed. The...

Kashmir’s Historic Moment: Giving Peace a Chance

By: Brig Amar Cheema |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 March 2015

Despite its splendour and idyllic environs, Kashmir continues to evoke images of conflict, dissent and discord- the conflict which has been raging for decades, both ‘for’ and ‘within’ the...

Sagem wins another contract from MBDA for SIGMA 30

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 March 2015

Sagem (Safran) has signed a contract with European missile manufacturer MBDA to integrate SIGMA 30 navigation and pointing systems on several VL MICA surface-to-air weapon systems for...

1,000-Kg Guided Glide Bomb Tested by DRDO

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 March 2015

On December 19, 2014, India successfully tested a 1000-kg guided glide bomb designed and developed by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The bomb, which was dropped...

Joint Production of Fighters and Helicopters

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 March 2015

India and Russia are moving forward to establish a joint manufacturing facility in India for producing the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). This aircraft is...