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Four ships of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet entered Shanghai today on a four day port visit. The four IN ships Rana, Shivalik, Karmukh and Shakti under the command of Rear Admiral P Ajit...

China-Pak spy web in Northeast

By: VK Shashikumar |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 12 June 2012

India’s Defence Minister, circumspect at most times, surprised senior army officers by publicly admitting that China was demonstrating “increasing assertiveness”. He was addressing the...

Boeing receives its 1st International Cybersecurity contract

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

Sojitz Corporation places order for advanced network assessment The Boeing Company announced today (11June 2012) that Sojitz Corporation, a global trading company headquartered in Tokyo, has...

India & SCO: Need for Caution

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 June 2012

India, like Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, is presently an observer of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), which has completed 10 years. Like Pakistan and Iran, it has sought full...

Siachen: The Frozen Frontier in pictures

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 June 2012

The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best of friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit this place. Rugged high peaks with heights from 19,000 ft to 27,000 ft. INDIAN...

JIMEX 12: First exercise between India and Japan

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 June 2012

The first Bi-lateral maritime exercise between India and Japan ‘JIMEX 12’ (Japan India Maritime Exercise) will commence tomorrow, 09 June, off Tokyo. Units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence...

Islamabad’s Obsession with Ballistic Missiles

By: NK Pant |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 08 June 2012

News reports from Pakistan heralding forthcoming test firing of nuclear capable surface-to-surface ‘Nasr’ missile which has a range of 180 km and boasts of high degree of accuracy signal the...

Counter and Neutralise ISI

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 June 2012

The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), which had refrained from any major terrorist attack in India, including Jammu & Kashmir, after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, has been let loose again by the...

TAPI Pipeline: Moving away from Iran

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 June 2012

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline agreement signed on May 23 is a follow-up to the December 2010 agreement but essentially a rerun of the aborted 1990s game with a few...

Lockheed Martin delivered upgraded P-3 Orion to US Customs and Border Protection

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 June 2012

Lockheed Martin delivered the fifth P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more than 50 days ahead of schedule. “Our Greenville team...

French RAID Team Reveals Robot’s Role in Toulouse Counterterrorism Operation

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 June 2012

Commandos from the elite French counterterrorism team R.A.I.D. (Recherché Assistance Intervention Dissuasion) killed Mohamed Merah, an Islamic extremist who had shot three French soldiers in...

Saint-Gobain Announces Upcoming EN Certification for Hazmat Apparel

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 June 2012

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced today that the ONEGlove® protective glove will soon be certified to EN standards for use with Hazmat and CBRN protective ensembles. Under the...

Elbit Systems Presents: New Cyber Simulator

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 June 2012

Elbit Systems announced that it has completed the development of a new cyber security simulator. Elbit Systems’ cyber simulator was developed specifically for the training of government,...

Boeing, Raytheon and Harris to Pursue GPS Control Segment Sustainment Contract

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 June 2012

Teaming arrangement reflects best of GPS sustainment experience The Boeing Company is leading a U.S. industry team that includes Raytheon and Harris Corporation to pursue future development and...

France orders naval ammunition from Diehl

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 June 2012

Diehl Defence has received an order fromFranceto develop and qualify modern naval ammunition. It constitutes a refinement of the 76 mm naval ammunition employed worldwide. The new ammunition is...

Boeing Delivers Final Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft to Australia

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 June 2012

The Boeing Company delivered the sixth and final Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).”I would like to congratulate Boeing in...

Indian Army’s Counter-Insurgency Operations in J&K

By: Bhashyam Kasturi |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 03 June 2012

The Indian experience of tackling insurgency is both varied and rich. This is so both in terms of area and terrain and in terms of groups or organisations pursuing a particular...

Mercedes-Benz to supply the German Armed Forces with 110 Zetros GTF...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 June 2012

Mobility and protection from the series-production programme Convincing cab-behind-engine design Powerful drive and uninterrupted tractive power First vehicles to be delivered within six months...

The IAF at 79: The Challenges Ahead

By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Date: 01 June 2012

As the IAF strives to confront many challenges, it rightly means to transform itself into a capability-based force, rather than an adversary-centric one. In future, the service may have a critical...

Limits of Saudi Counter-Terrorism Co-Operation with India

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 June 2012

One should avoid over-playing the so-called geo-strategic significance of Saudi counter-terrorism co-operation with India in the wake of the arrest of Zabiuddin Ansari aka Abu Jundal aka Abu...