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American aerospace and defence major Boeing is gearing up to test a new land-based 10KW solid-state laser weapon called the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) that can shoot down...

Future Indian ICV Project

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 April 2013

The Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV), intended to replace the Indian Army’s 2,600 BMP-2 vehicles at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore, slated to be India’s biggest-ever indigenous...

Hurdles in Defence Industrial Growth

By: Karanpreet Kaur |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 30 March 2013

The policies of the Government of India, the desire of armed forces and expectations of the indigenous industry for establishing a defence industrial base have yet to be fulfilled despite efforts...

More than 7,000 Boeing airplanes worldwide include China built parts

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 March 2013

China becomes first country outside of U.S. to take delivery of 1,000 Boeing airplanes Boeing and China Eastern Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airplane for China,...

AgustaWestland announces new contracts valued EUR 110 million in South East Asia

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 March 2013

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has announced new orders, valued about EUR 110 million, at LIMA exhibition (Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace), that is taking place in...

India a mere spectator in the Great Game!

By: Danvir Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 March 2013

The Great Game or the Geo Strategic power play, in Afghanistan, started somewhere in 1813, post Russo-Persian treaty. Since then over the two centuries, this region has witnessed varied players;...

Revoking AFSPA would be a folly

By: Sunita Vakil |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 30 March 2013

The new phase of violence that has swept Kashmir once again highlights the fact that the overall situation remains on knife’s edge. Militants disguised as cricketers killed five paramilitary...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in China

By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary |Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 28 March 2013

China’s massive UAV developmental work has unhealthy implications for India. Soon Chinese capability will be of the latest standard and massive in size. If and when integrated in a manner...

Third Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASW) for Indian Navy

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 March 2013

The third Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette for the Indian Navy (IN) designed under Project-28 (P-28) by the Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, being built by one of India’s leading...

Boeing, Bharat Electronics Expand Partnership in India

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 March 2013

Follow-on order to manufacture F/A-18 Super Hornet subassemblies Boeing and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) are expanding their partnership through a follow-on contract involving the manufacture...

Is there an endgame in Afghanistan?

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 March 2013

The visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit to Kabul had been greeted by two suicide attacks on March 9 that left 18 dead. The Taliban were obviously leaving their calling card. But...

Anti-Lanka vote was a bad idea

By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 March 2013

India has ended up looking opportunistic and unprincipled, a victim of its internal political wrangling, with a government in New Delhi not fully in control of foreign policy. India has once...

China rises, India falters

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 25 March 2013

In a recent conversation with President Zardari, China’s newPresident, Xi Jinping declared that his country supported Pakistan in its efforts to maintain national sovereignty and independence...

AFSPA cannot be revoked as of now: Gen Bikram Singh

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 March 2013

Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, said that AFSPA is an enabling Act and should not be taken away at the moment. It is important to remain on guard.

Jihadis Refocusing on Kashmir

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 March 2013

Defence expert Bharat Verma says 12th March attack on the Srinagar CRPF camp is a sign that jihadi forces are now again focusing on Kashmir as they are freed from the Afghan conflict, thanks to...

Need a Muscular Indian Strategy in Afghanistan

By: Pinaki Bhattacharya |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 19 March 2013

Even at the cost of sounding bellicose with that expressed need in the title of this paper, this writer will argue that Afghanistan stands as a shining example of the success of the country’s...

India's Network Centric Warfare Programme

By: Raveen Janu |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 19 March 2013

If a perusal is done of the military doctrines of the major advanced powers, one aspect that has a common theme across the board is information dominance. Network centricity is the backbone...

RFID in Netcentric Warfare Logistics

By: Manoj Shergill |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 19 March 2013

The emergence of Net Centric Warfare (NCW) in the modern day conflicts has impacted the way the combat forces are logistically supported with increasing dependence on Geographical Information...

Defence Budget far from Threat Perception

By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 March 2013

There is an overall decrease in the defence outlay of almost all countries in the world including India except China and Pakistan. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research...

Why New Delhi wants to forget 1962?

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 March 2013

While the Indian National Congress is still able to remember the role of former prime ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi in the India-Pakistan conflicts of 1965 and 1971, it has...