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The public clamour for Indianisation of the armed forces in the early 1930s led to the establishment of the Indian Sandhurst Committee. Along with other recommendations the committee insisted...

1971 War: The Navy in War-I

By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 December 2011

In their heyday of empire building the British consolidated their possessions by the gun power of the Royal Navy. Being essentially a trading nation, they shipped raw materials from the colonies...

Boeing expanding Pilot Training Program in Africa

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 December 2011

Boeing is expanding its partnerships in Africa, announcing an agreement to jointly offer a comprehensive pilot training program with 43 Air School (Pty) Ltd., Africa’s largest flight training...

Lockheed Martin tests new scalable warhead on GMLRS-Plus rocket

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 December 2011

Lockheed Martin tested a new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) ‘scalable effects’ warhead, which enables users to select the range of the warhead’s detonation power depending on...

Afghanistan: Strategic Alliance vs Strategic Depth

By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 December 2011

Historically, Afghanistan has been the most difficult country for military campaigns and equally difficult to govern. The nature of terrain, the climate and the tribes that inhabit the land make...

Bangladesh Army Chief visits India

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 December 2011

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne presenting memento to General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen, Chief of the Army Staff, Bangladesh at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) on 1st December...

The March to Dacca - II

By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 December 2011

The unexpected speed of the operations towards Dacca in this sector emboldened the Army Commander to allot 340 Mountain Brigade Group, then engaged at Bogra under Thapan, to harden the punch...

The March to Dacca - III

By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh |Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 December 2011

Exploiting Niazi’s pessimistic conclusions about the outcome of the war, the Indians stepped up their psychological warfare. A personal message from Manekshaw was repeatedly beamed by All India...

Boeing upgrade the visual systems in the F-15C

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 November 2011

The Boeing Company received a $20 million contract in September from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the visual systems in the F-15C Mission Training Centers. Twelve MTCs, located at Langley Air...

Kuwait Naval Forces renew partnership with DCI

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 November 2011

DCI, a service provider with activities on the entire spectrum of defense and domestic security, has a special partnership with the Kuwait Naval Forces that have entrusted DCI-NAVFCO for many...

Threat from China

By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Vol 23.2 Apr-Jul 2008 | Date: 27 November 2011

New Delhi’s portrayal of the humiliating defeat at the hands of Chinese in 1962 as ‘betrayal’ and ‘surprise’ is untrue. The pacifist Indian leadership that was crying hoarse from...

Eurofighter flying over UAE

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 November 2011

Clear blue skies, an RAF Typhoon, a Spartan C-27J, the world’s most famous aviation photographer and a team of enthusiastic pilots and crew – independently, they are all incredible assets at an...

Network Centricity comes to fore in Exercise Sudarshan Shakti

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 November 2011

Exercise Sudarshan Shakti, a joint exercise of Southern Army and South Western Air Command has entered its crucial phase. The training was progressively structured to build on from the smallest...

Avoidable Unpleasantness in India-China Relations

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 November 2011

Avoidable unpleasantness has recently crept into India-China relations over issues which should not have been over-dramatised by China thereby injecting a certain distrust into the relations...

New Country Director of Thales India

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 November 2011

Mr. Eric LENSEIGNE has taken over as the Country Director & Managing Director of Thales India Pvt. Ltd. He will be based in New Delhi. Eric holds Master’s Degrees in Electronic & Signal...

India and the Afghan Imbroglio

By: Air Marshal BK Pandey |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 23 November 2011

In all likelihood, in collusion with Pakistan, China is all set to arrive in Afghanistan in a big way drawn essentially by the huge mineral resources there that remain unexploited and access to...

Pakistan's Emergence as the Epicentre of Terrorism

By: Anand K Verma |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 November 2011

The idea of Pakistan survives on the premise of enmity towards India. This premise came into existence well before Pakistan became a reality. Some in Pakistan believe that the country started...

Boeing, Lion Air Announce Historic Commitment for up to 380 737s

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 November 2011

Airline to order 201 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900ERs worth $21.7 billion When finalized, order will be the largest ever for Boeing Deal to include purchase rights for an additional...

IAF's inaugural flight of AN-32 lands at Vijayanagar

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 November 2011

Hon’ble Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, General (Retd) JJ Singh accompanied by Air Marshal S Varthaman, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command inaugurated the Advance Landing Ground...

Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1000G engine as one of the 50 Best Inventions...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 November 2011

TIME Magazine has named Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G engine as one of “The 50 Best Inventions of 2011,” describing it as “the most important development in aviation in 2011.” Pratt &...