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An analysis of recent events related to Maoist terrorism shows that the four-decades-old phenomenon has entered its most dangerous phase. The abduction of two Italian nationals, Paolo Bosusco and...

Boeing Provides 1st Tactical Cross-domain Capabilities for Predator - Reaper...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May 2012

Boeing has completed the first delivery of its tactical cross-domain technology, eXMeritus HardwareWall, to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for integration into the Ground...

INS Dweeprakshak Commissioned on Kavaratti in Lakshadweep

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 April 2012

INS Dweeprakshak, the latest Naval Base of Indian Navy was commissioned at Kavaratti in the Lakshadweep archipelago today by Vice Admiral KN Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Naval...

Tawang China's fixation

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 April 2012

“At 14,000 feet above the sea, the presence of a certain mystery can be felt, like having stepped into heaven…” is how a “In Search of Greener Pastures” – a touristy blog run by two enterprising...

Internal Security: Centre Playing Politics?

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 April 2012

Individual States can control regional terrorism or insurgency with a limited spread. We have had success stories as in the case of Al Ummah in Tamil Nadu. But terrorism or insurgency of a...

India's new stealth frigate INS Teg

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 April 2012

INS Teg, is a modern and contemporary Warship with advanced technologies incorporated in every facet of design to make her stable, stealthy, fast and formidable. A versatile and capable vessel,...

Al Qaeda after the death of Laden

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 April 2012

There is an air of nervousness all over the world where there is a strong US presence regarding the dangers of Al Qaeda-inspired attacks on US nationals and interests coinciding with the first...

Can China afford a war?

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 April 2012

James Clapper, the Director of the US National Intelligence recently told a Senate Committee on intelligence that the Indian Army was strengthening itself for a “˜limited conflict with China:...

How Bofors Affairs Transformed India

By: Lt Gen M Mayadas |Issue: Book Excerpt: How Bofors Affairs Transformed India | Date: 26 April 2012

Important factors considered by the TEC while comparing the characteristics of the four gun systems. Range. During the 1981 trials in India, the Bofors achieved a range of 15 kms, during which,...

India's Spy Satellite RISAT-1

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 April 2012

Radar Imaging Satellite-1 (RISAT-1) is a state of the art Microwave Remote Sensing Satellite carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload operating in C-band (5.35 GHz), which enables imaging...

F-35A completes first In-Flight Refueling mission with external weapons

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 April 2012

Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the program’s first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air...

The Match with Pakistan

By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar |Issue: Vol 20.2 Apr-Jun 2005 | Date: 24 April 2012

We should not blame our cricketers or our hockey players for our dismal record against Pakistan. It is something to do with our national psyche. This hypothesis is validated if we look at the...

PM's Conference on Internal Security - Q&A

By: Col R Hariharan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 April 2012

Prime Minister has said Left Wing extremism remains a major challenge to the internal security of the country? What are your views? The Prime Minister had highlighted Left Wing extremism (LWE) as...

Addressing Hafiz Saeed

By: Rajinder Puri |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 April 2012

The obsession with Hafiz Saeed displayed by politicians and media during President Zardari’s recent visit was amusing. Hafiz Saeed is not the issue. He is the symptom of the issue. That issue...

Maoist Tactics: Wanted cool thinking, not Bravado

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 April 2012

The Maoists have been increasingly resorting to abduction as one of their tactics for cowing down the State and society and for demonstrating their ability to enforce their will on the State. The...

China's surprise Military Strike Capability

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 April 2012

We don’t need Agni-V, the intermediate range ballistic missile that we successfully tested on April 19, 2012, to give ourselves a deterrent capability against Pakistan. We need it only for a...

India's Tibet?

By: Prakash Nanda |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 April 2012

The act of self-immolation by the Tibetan protestor Jamphel Yeshi on March 26 in New Delhi against the visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao has hit the international headlines. In contrast,...

Is General Kayani's smile genuine?

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 April 2012

During a visit to the site of the devastating avalanche near Skardu in Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on April 18, 2012, which killed about 125 military personnel and 15 civilians, Gen...

Coastal Security Paradox

By: Rear Adm AP Revi |Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 19 April 2012

A constabulary role and coordination between the civil agencies lie wholly outside the scope and capability of the Indian Navy. The IN should not even consider venturing into those domains as it...

MBDA's Viper Strike Scores Multiple Direct Hits from KC-130J Harvest HAWK

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

MBDA Incorporated’s GBU-44/E Viper Strike munition scored multiple direct hits from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Harvest HAWK aircraft during developmental testing at Naval Air Warfare...