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Just Missiles are not Enough
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 07 January 2013
It was a red letter day for the DRDO when the Agni V ICBM was successfully test fired on 19 Apr 2012. Indeed, it was a landmark event for the country as far as its military security is concerned....
Afghanistan: The return of the warlords
By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 07 January 2013
So President Obama retains the White House and the power but the Party General Secretary Hu Jintao leaves his throne in March 2013. Nevertheless, the rest of the world is going to see continuity...
No change in Pakistan’s Military Doctrine!
By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 January 2013
Media reports emanating from Pakistan’s civilian Government as well as from the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Army speak of an on-going review of Pakistan’s military doctrine in order...
Helicopter as a Combat Platform
By: Air Commodore KB Menon |Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 05 January 2013
The Helicopter in Battle The two widely disparate views cited above on the utility of the helicopter have influenced the use of this versatile platform in military operations. Any discussion on...
Will Xi Junior have courage for return of Dalai Lama?
By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 04 January 2013
This is the stanza of a poem written by a 17-year-old Tibetan nun, Sangay Dolma before she took the fatal decision: Dolma set herself on fire in front of a Chinese government office at Tsekhog,...
Boeing Receives Additional US Navy Order for Torpedo Defense Systems
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 January 2013
8 new systems will strengthen fleet’s integrated C4ISR defense capabilities Under a newly exercised option for the AN/SLQ-25C system contract, Boeing subsidiary Argon ST will continue to supply...
Jean-Bernard Lévy, new CEO of Thales
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 January 2013
Mr Luc Vigneron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales, having acknowledged the absence of support of the Group’s two main shareholders, tendered his resignation to the company’s...
Ballistic Missiles and NBC Weapon Programme of North Korea
By: RSN Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 04 January 2013
North Korea’s missile development programme began in the 1970s and is totally predicated on reverse engineering. To begin with, it reverse engineered Frog-5 missiles and Soviet made Scud-B...
Sky Rider to be integrated within the Digital Army Programs
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 January 2013
The “Sky Rider” Unit is upgrading capabilities: A new version of the UAS will improve visual performance • Introducing: Connecting the Unit’s airborne equipment to the DAP system...
Air defence missile IRIS-T SL tested successfully
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 January 2013
In early December 2012, a prototype of the IRIS-T SL guided missile of Diehl Defence successfully homed in on a target in a firing test performed at the Overberg Test Range in South Africa in the...
America and Al-Qaeda: Unleashing Frankenstein II
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 January 2013
Is America inadvertently rearing another monster with its ‘covert’ support to al-Qaeda cadres in Syrian rebel ranks? During World War II, the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor...
MMRCA and the Indian Air Force
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 03 January 2013
The MMRCA as a first step, will enable the IAF to hold its own against the PAF, and when it reaches its authorised strength, to face the PLAAF. The technical evaluation process has been...
Pipavav-DCNS to Build Warships
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 January 2013
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited, a leading company in the Indian Defence Sector, has teamed up with French company DCNS, a world leader in naval defence, energy systems,...
Stealth Frigates for the Indian Navy
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 January 2013
As per the Indian Minister of Defence, A.K Antony, the Indian Navy (IN) will get seven more indigenous stealth frigate warships to give the IN a stealthy power punch. INS Sahyadri, the last of the...
Embraer AEW&C Aircraft for India
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 January 2013
Taking delivery of the first Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AEW&C) built with Indian technology, India today took a major step in mounting an electronic eye in the sky....
Sale of F-16 Fighters to Taiwan
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 January 2013
In a move that could further rile relations with China, the White House is considering a change in policy toward the sale of F-16C/D fighters to Taiwan. White House Director of Legislative...
India and the South Asian Neighbourhood
By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 January 2013
India’s relations with her neighbours need to be analysed frankly and unsentimentally, without recourse to the usual platitudes when pronouncing on the subject. It is fashionable to assume that...
Bedrock of Airpower: A Sound National Aerospace Policy
By: Air Marshal B D Jayal |Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 01 January 2013
It is typical of the Indian security system, that only in times of security crises, does the nation wake up to gross weaknesses in re equipping of the armed forces. Recall the Kargil conflict,...
Elbit Systems Awarded Israel MoD contracts to Supply Various Systems
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 December 2012
Elbit Systems Ltd. (“Elbit Systems”) announced that it was awarded various contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense (“IMOD”), in a number of fields of activity for a total value of...
42 Combat Squadrons for the IAF
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 31 December 2012
The IAF has plans to build up its strength of combat squadrons to 42 over the next five years as against the current level of 34. “We are more than Pakistan at this time, it’s not just...