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India is not sitting idle any longer and has begun to initiate moves to have its presence felt in the South Asian countries, barring Pakistan. Under the new administration led by Prime Minister...

IAI will Present an Impressive Array of Technologies at Aero India 2015

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 February 2015

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will display a variety of cutting-edge defense solutions at the upcoming Aero India air show, to be held in Bangalore, India, from February 18-22, (Hall A, Booth...

Children of a Lesser God

By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi |Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 11 February 2015

The Indian soldiers, on account of their faith in the officers who lead them, their innate goodness and the discipline that has been ingrained in them have a great capacity to accept and absorb...

IAF’s Trainer Fleet: Need for Revamp!

By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev |Issue: Vol. 29.4 Oct-Dec 2014 | Date: 09 February 2015

Up till mid-2009, for basic training, the IAF was using the HPT-32, a piston-engine aircraft produced indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This aircraft was in service with the...

Another Milestone: Maiden Flight of LCA Naval Prototype 2

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 February 2015

Bengaluru, February 7, 2015 Naval LCA-Tejas programme got a major fillip today when the second LCA Naval prototype took to skies from HAL here today. The Naval Prototype (NP2) made its maiden...

BAE systems’ Aero India showcase underscores commitment to Make in India

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 February 2015

Encouraged by Prime Minister Modi’s call to Make in India, BAE Systems’ showcase at the tenth edition of Aero India extends its Make in India commitment to a range of platforms and...

Turbulence in South and West Asia

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 06 February 2015

Increase in cross-border firing, attempts to attack coastal areas and targeting army camps in Kashmir show a new aggressive posture of the Pakistan army. The dramatic rise of the Islamic State in...

Foreign interference in J&K: A challenge for new government

By: Col Jaibans Singh |Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 05 February 2015

Recent statements by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) indicate that both have agreed upon the shape their coalition, which is likely to be announced soon,...

V-22 Osprey: Options for India

By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan |Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 04 February 2015

The Boeing V-22 Osprey is the only operational tilt-rotor aircraft that combines speed, payload capability and reach of a fixed-wing transport aircraft with hover-landing capability of a...

Col MN Rai at the Last Post…

By: Ashutosh Bhatia |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 February 2015

“Listen to me…. Are you listening…. I am saying something to you…” As the mortal remains of Late Col Munindra Nath Rai were finally being lifted for performing last rites at the capital’s Brar...

Specter of ISIS on South Asia

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 February 2015

The terror attack on Charlie Hebdo office in Paris made global headlines, as did its aftermath with three million copies of the magazine’s subsequent issue with more cartoons sold like hot...

LCA –Tejas Passes Cold-Weather Test at Leh

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 February 2015

Bengaluru, February 2, 2015 HAL has made successful extreme cold weather trials in Jan 2015 on LCA- Tejas at Leh. “The aircraft made three consecutive starts using indigenous gas turbine...

The Himalayan Sentinel and a Strike Corps

By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee |Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 02 February 2015

The Indian Army remains handicapped in terms of its war making potential and lack of military infrastructure along the ever-vulnerable Indo-Tibet Border. The military men’s cause was first...

Saudi Arabia's Threat Perception

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 02 February 2015

The discovery of oil in 1938, in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia came just six years after the formation of the state. Post World War II, Saudi Arabia assumed great strategic significance as...

A Lesson in Ethics by an Army Officer

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 January 2015

It was the summer of 67. I was all of sixteen years old, had just finished my schooling from a prestigious boarding school and was on a sabbatical working out what to do with my life. My father...

Obama’s Visit: A Paradigm Shift in Strategic Partnership

By: Danvir Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 January 2015

President Obama and the First Lady came to India this week on a state visit from 25 to 27 Jan 2015. This visit underscored the importance of the fact that the USA and India are true global...

Integrated Air Defence for the Indian Airspace

By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja |Issue: Vol. 29.4 Oct-Dec 2014 | Date: 29 January 2015

Events such as the Purulia arms drop, use of hijacked airliners as a lethal arm of terrorism, disappearance of a civil airliner from the radar screen and proliferation of tactical and intermediate...

PM's remarks at the NCC Rally

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 January 2015

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today called upon NCC cadets to plan a unique nationwide celebration of the first International Yoga Day on June 21st. Addressing cadets from across the...

The Dud of banning JuD – Zebra can’t change stripes

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 January 2015

Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s High Commissioner was recently centre stage on one of our national TV channel. The competition for TRPs being never ending it didn’t really matter that Basit...

Afghanistan's Strategic Culture and Threat Perception

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 27 January 2015

Afghanistan has geographical interface with energy-rich West Asia and Central Asia as also with nuclear capable China and Pakistan. Its direct interface with India is precluded by Pakistan...