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The Indian State as it exists today is a consequence of the British presence in India. Prior to that, throughout history, the sub continental land mass was hardly ever a State in geographical...

PLA: Thrust on Integrated Joint War-Fighting

By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 26 December 2011

“Therefore, soldiers do not have a constant position, water does not have a constant shape, and to be able to attain victory in response to the change of the enemy is called miraculous”,...

Pak Army : Back from the Barracks

By: B Raman | Date: 24 December 2011

Gen.Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), who had taken the Army back into the barracks after succeeding Gen.Pervez Musharraf as the COAS and announced that the Army...

Army: Management of Human Capital - III

By: Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 24 December 2011

Maintaining the Image of the Army. The image that the Army has built up over the years of being the ‘Last Bastion’ has given it a place of reverence in the society. Being a part of this...

Army: Management of Human Capital - II

By: Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 23 December 2011

Human Capital Management: Management at the Induction Stage Manpower in the Army comprises all ranks including civilians manning its establishments. Manpower planning involves issues related to...

Army: Management of Human Capital - I

By: Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 22 December 2011

“Human Resource Development is an essential command function and, in this context, it needs to be understood that the soldier of tomorrow has to be an innovator who can combine imagination and...

Air Chief Flies SU-30MKI as he visits Pune Air Base

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 December 2011

Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, Chief of the Air Staff flew a one hour sortie in a SU-30 MKI at Pune airbase. Addressing the station, he said, “I wanted to be here to not only fly the SU-30...

Japanese Ministry of Defense Announces Plans to Purchase F-35 Aircraft

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 December 2011

The Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa has announced the selection of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the F-X program. The F-35 is produced by Lockheed Martin and powered by Pratt &...

Boeing South Carolina Site Achieves 787 Weight on Wheels Milestone

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 December 2011

Production achievement marks continued momentum on first 787 built at site Boeing announced that its first South Carolina-built 787 put weight on wheels for the first time on Dec. 18. “Our...

Bangladeshi miscreants pelt stones at BSF Jawan

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 December 2011

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, First Secretary, High Commission of India in Dhaka said that Reports have been received of the deaths of three Bangladesh nationals as a result of firing on the Indian...

Kim Jong-Un: Little Known Ruler of an Unpredictable State

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 December 2011

One need not be surprised by the regional and global nervousness over the death of Kim Jong-Il, the ruler of North Korea, following a heart attack reportedly suffered by him on board a train on...

Rajya Sabha recommends one rank one pension

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 December 2011

The Rajya Sabha Committee on Petition in its report tabled on 19 Dec 2011 strongly recommended the grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) to the Defence Personnel. It found the Govt contention for...

Intelligence Reform

By: Vikram Sood |Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 17 December 2011

‘Nothing should be as favourably regarded as intelligence; nothing should be as generously rewarded as intelligence; nothing should be as confidential as the work of intelligence.’ Sun Tzu, The...

WARSHIPS: Cost Reductions and Longevity

By: Cdr Douglas C Deans |Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 17 December 2011

Rising costs of Hydro-carbons, technology innovations and general inflation are an intrinsic and unavoidable part of the life cycle costs of a warship. It is evident that maritime nations will...

India-US Relations: Future Trajectory

By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 16 December 2011

The confidence of the Indian establishment that India–US relations were set on a steep upward trajectory has eroded noticeably with President Obama replacing President Bush. Even though...

Asian Security Environment: India's options

By: Anand K Verma |Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 16 December 2011

Asian security environment is in a state of deep turmoil. The single event which has occasioned it, is the giant rise of China during the past couple of decades, reaching higher and higher levels...

Liberation of Bangladesh: War in Northern Sector - I

By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 15 December 2011

The northern sector comprised the U-shaped territory between the mighty Jamuna in the west and Meghna in the east, with the Ganga forming the base. The Brahmaputra ran diagonally from northwest...

MBDA Incorporated Purchases Northrop Grumman's Viper Strike Munitions Business

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 December 2011

International guided weapons leader MBDA expands its footprint in the United States MBDA Inc., the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of missile manufacturer MBDA, has purchased Northrop Grumman...

Mexican Air Force takes delivery of Airbus Military C295

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 December 2011

The Mexican Air Force has taken delivery of a new C295 aircraft that it ordered from Airbus Military. This order is in addition to the five C295s delivered last year and that the Mexican...

EADS & DolphiTech are cooperating in the development of non-destructive...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 December 2011

EADS Innovation Works, the corporate Research and Technology network of EADS, and the Norwegian SME DolphiTech AS have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of a new non-destructive...