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If we look in the past or even in the current situation no state has ever been a threat towards national and international security. On the other hand, despite their disregard for international...

As the Western Powers Withdraw: Afghanistan at a Crossroads

By: EN Rammohan |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 24 January 2015

The withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has left the troubled country in an undecided state. NATO alone had 1, 30,000 troops on the ground. By the year’s end this number will become...

Aerial Weapons Systems for the Indian Air Force

By: Gp Capt B Menon |Issue: Vol. 29.4 Oct-Dec 2014 | Date: 24 January 2015

In the foreseeable future extending up to the next 20 years or so, the IAF will have to prepare for the eventuality of a hostile adversary continuing a low intensity campaign using expendable...

Bengaluru’s Terror Horror

By: S A Hemantha Kumar |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 23 January 2015

By synchronising serial IED blasts IM had plans to draw North-South Blood Corridor on Republic Day Bengaluru-Hyderabad-Nagpur-Bhopal-New Delhi was the “bloody” route The success of...

Lockheed Martin Leaders Visit Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Facility

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 January 2015

A team of senior Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] executives led by Patrick Dewar, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin International, visited the Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited...

Chinese Wild Claims in Arunachal

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 22 January 2015

The Chinese are not happy at all. Why? Because the Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida dared to speak about what Beijing calls “a Chinese territorial area adjacent to India as Indian...

India's Long Range Missile

By: Arun S Vishwakarma |Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 21 January 2015

Indian doctrine of minimum credible nuclear deterrence envisages “No First Use” (NFU) policy and a triad of nuclear counterstrike capability. Its current land based Agni-2 missile range is...

Military Courts: Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Intervention

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 21 January 2015

On 6 January 2015, the National Assembly of Pakistan approved the 21st Constitutional Amendment and Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2015. The President of Pakistan, Mr Mamnoon Hussain, gave assent...

Defence Minister Hands-over HAL Made Tejas to IAF; Calls for Out of Box...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 January 2015

Bengaluru, January 17, 2015 Defence Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar handed over the first series production Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas made by HAL to the Indian Air Force at a ceremony at HAL...

Non-state Actors versus Conventional Armies

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa |Issue: Vol. 29.4 Oct-Dec 2014 | Date: 20 January 2015

Planet Earth seems to be spinning faster on its axis, or is it that events with serious ramifications on global geo-political dynamics are emanating around the world with uncontrolled ferocity?...

New Batch of Soldiers Pass Out from 39 Gorkha Training Centre, Varanasi

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 January 2015

A fresh batch R-207 of 225 recruits of 39 GTC, took oath during an impressive attestation and passing out parade on 17 Jan 2015 at 39 Gorkha Training Centre, Varanasi. The Gorkha recruits were...

Army Modernisation Plan Adversely Hit as Budget Cut by Rs. 5,000 crore

By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 January 2015

Modernisation of the Indian Defence Forces is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges, technological changes and available sources. The process is based on a 15...

NE Insurgency: The Religious Dimension

By: Brig SP Sinha |Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 19 January 2015

Before the advent of Christianity, the hill tribes of Assam practiced animism. An important consequence of the spread of British administration in the hills of Assam was undoubtedly the arrival...

Defence Acquisitions: Mismanage Projects and Lose Money

By: Vikram Taneja |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 18 January 2015

As observed by an alarmed Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, the estimated losses accrued due to time and cost overruns in Naval acquisitions/ developmental projects amount to a...

Ceasefire violations: Hostile Pakistan is facing international isolation

By: Col Jaibans Singh |Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 17 January 2015

The cross border firing by Pakistan along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir is attaining unacceptable proportions. The Indian Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh, in the course of...

Landing Craft Utility Ship for Indian Navy Launched at Garden Reach...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 January 2015

The third ship of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk IV project, Yard 2094, for the Indian Navy was launched at an impressive ceremony at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE),...

Defence Offsets – dialoguing US

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 January 2015

Media reports that the US is pushing for change in India’s offset policy for defence and that this issue may come up for discussion during President Obama’s upcoming visit. The changes that...

Beyond the Paris Incidents

By: Brig Deepak Sinha |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 January 2015

In the movie, Lord of War, Nicholas Cage as the arms dealer Yuri Orlov says “Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947,...

HAL Hands-over the First Overhauled Su-30 MKI; Defence Minister Lauds the...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 January 2015

Bengaluru/Nashik, January 9, 2015: HAL handed the first overhauled Su-30 MKI (SB 027) aircraft to the India Air Force through the Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar at a ceremony held at HAL...

Strategic perspectives on China’s South Asian connectivity

By: Col R Hariharan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 January 2015

China’s presence in South Asia is now firmly established. Most of the South Asian countries including India are trying to take advantage of China’s desire to increase its trade and economic...