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United Kingdom accepts first international Lockheed Martin F-35

United Kingdom accepts first international Lockheed Martin F-35

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 July 2012

The United Kingdom accepted the first international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in a ceremony today with senior representatives of the U.K. Ministry of Defence and the U.S....

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China’s growing assertiveness and shaping the Indian response

China’s growing assertiveness and shaping the Indian response

By: Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd) |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 July 2012

“Indian elites show little evidence of having thought coherently and systematically about strategy.” – George Tanham   Nearly 200 years back, Napoleon had prophetically stated that “ let...

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DCNS and Pipavav team up to address India’s naval needs

DCNS and Pipavav team up to address India’s naval needs

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 July 2012

DCNS and Pipavav have decided to establish a strategic partnership for bringing DCNS technologies, methods and skills into Pipavav, India’s first and largest integrated defence company. The...

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Is Colonel Purohit guilty?

Is Colonel Purohit guilty?

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Vol. 23.4 Oct-Dec 2008 | Date: 18 July 2012

The article was written one month prior to 26/11 and was published in Indian Defence Review issue No. 23.4 (Oct-Dec 2008) under the the title “Spare the Army“. Going by the selective and flip-flop...

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Evolution of the Air-To-Air Missiles: Options for the IAF

Evolution of the Air-To-Air Missiles: Options for the IAF

By: Air Commodore KB Menon |Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 18 July 2012

Cannons once again found their way into the design of fighter planes. The problem with cannons is that they had to be fired at aerial targets from the astern quarters and any manoeuvring by the...

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Red Dragon in India’s North West

Red Dragon in India’s North West

By: Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd) |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 July 2012

Defence Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan held on 11-12 June 2012 at Islamabad for resolving the Siachen issue ended on expected lines with both nations sticking to their often...

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2nd Boeing P-8I Aircraft for India Completes 1st Flight

2nd Boeing P-8I Aircraft for India Completes 1st Flight

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 July 2012

The second Boeing P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight on July 12, taking off from Renton Field at 3:29 p.m. and landing two hours and 14 minutes later at Boeing Field in...

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Deliveries of key equipments for the Indian Scorpenes by DCNS

Deliveries of key equipments for the Indian Scorpenes by DCNS

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 July 2012

SEC Industries and DCNS officially inaugurated new workshop facilities and delivered, after successful Factory Acceptance Tests, the cofferdam doors coamings for the Indian P75* Scorpene...

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China: “If your sword is shorter, you should take a step forward.”

China: “If your sword is shorter, you should take a step forward.”

By: IDR News Network | Date: 17 July 2012

The International Herald Leader published an article advocating that China be aggressive to make up for its weak military position. The article stated that it is wrong for a weak party to avoid...

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Iron Dome granted outstanding award by American Defense Manufacturers

Iron Dome granted outstanding award by American Defense Manufacturers

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 July 2012

The American National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) has granted Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. an Outstanding Achievement Award for the development of “Iron Dome”. “Iron Dome” is a...

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"Unwise to lift ban on Pak TV programmes," says former RAW officer

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 July 2012

In 1989, widespread demonstrations, some of them leading to violence, broke out in Jammu & Kashmir against the Government of India. That was the time when East Europe was in turmoil with...

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A Diplomatic View of the MMRCA Deal

A Diplomatic View of the MMRCA Deal

By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 14 July 2012

The Americans seemed to have proceeded on the assumption that with India placing orders for advanced US defence equipment such as 6 C-130J aircraft and 8 P-8I long range maritime patrol aircraft,...

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India's Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) prevents procurement

India's Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) prevents procurement

By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 13 July 2012

“A comparison with other defense industries would be in order to draw some relevant deductions. Take China, Turkey, South Africa, South Korea, Israel and closer home even Pakistan. We began at...

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Agni-I Ballistic Missile Successfully Launched

Agni-I Ballistic Missile Successfully Launched

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 July 2012

India’s 700 km range ballistic missile, ‘AGNI I’ was successfully launched today from the wheeler island off the coast of Odisha. It was a textbook launch meeting all mission objectives and...

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Modular design and construction of warships

Modular design and construction of warships

By: Cdr Douglas C Deans |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 13 July 2012

Ships are built in the shortest time when a series of specific pre-planned Modules are assembled like a Lego set. A Module is an engineered assembly of a portion of the ship Platform that...

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Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions

Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions

By: Prakash Nanda |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 July 2012

Some years ago, I was in Sri Lankan capital Colombo. On learning that my home state happens to be Odisha despite my Delhi-upbringing, all of a sudden, the general manager of the hotel where I was...

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Honeytrap: Media bashing of the Army on false pretext

Honeytrap: Media bashing of the Army on false pretext

By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 July 2012

On July 11, 2012 at approximately 6 pm one of the most responsible news channel in India claimed that an officer of Indian Army was caught in a honeytrap in a five-star hotel by the...

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Boeing CH-147F Chinook for Canada successfully completes 1st Flight

Boeing CH-147F Chinook for Canada successfully completes 1st Flight

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 July 2012

The new Boeing CH-147F Medium-to-Heavy-Lift Helicopter for Canada is progressing ahead of schedule after making its first flight on June 24. “Boeing and the Canadian Department of National Defence...

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Lockheed Martin extend the Stalker UAS flight time to more than 48 hours

Lockheed Martin extend the Stalker UAS flight time to more than 48 hours

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 July 2012

Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, Inc, demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flight time to more than 48 hours. This...

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Boeing's P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy began its flight test program

Boeing's P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy began its flight test program

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 July 2012

Boeing’s first P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy began its official flight test program July 7, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle at 9:15 a.m. and landing three hours and 49 minutes...

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