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Bringing the Taliban to Power By conducting a proxy-war on behalf of the Western nations and Saudi Arabia against the Soviet military, Pakistan morphed into a central hub that attracted a...

Three cheers for AFSPA

By: Prakash Nanda |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 November 2011

By no stretch of imagination, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah can be considered a competent administrator. His record in office has been pathetic, to say the least. Yet, he does...

Nexter Systems-Renault Trucks Defense cooperation

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 November 2011

Nexter Systems and Renault Trucks Defense have signed a cooperation agreement to offer a unique solution to fulfil the request for proposal for the VBMR programme. The VBMR programme is intended...

Jihadis will capture the Pak Military - II

By: Ramtanu Maitra |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 08 November 2011

Encouraging Sunni Militants: The Rise of Shia Iran There were still other factors in and around Pakistan that contributed to the transformations that Gartenstein-Ross addressed. For instance,...

Protecting Public Sector Shipyards

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 07 November 2011

India wants to develop its warship building capacity at an exponential rate. It is well nigh impossible for DPSU shipyards to meet the complete requirement of the Navy and the Coast Guard in the...

Jihadis will capture the Pak Military - I

By: Ramtanu Maitra |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 07 November 2011

The military brass who have begun to embrace the jihadis may have other interests in mind, as well. For instance, Pakistan’s military has been in power, or directing those in power from its...

'Is war around the corner?'

By: Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh |Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 November 2011

A few month’s back, Bharat Verma, Editor of the Indian Defence Review, in an article, had predicted that China may attack India by 2012. Frankly, at that time, I did not agree with this...

KMW gets the order for logistic support to the Brazilian Army

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 November 2011

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Europe’s market leader for armoured wheeled and tracked vehicles, and the Brazilian Army signed a comprehensive Industrial Logistic Support (ILS) contract. For a...

Tibetan unrest spreads

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 November 2011

The unrest of Tibetan monks, which has so far led to 10 attempts to commit self-immolation — seven of them successful resulting in deaths — in Western Sichuan, is now showing signs of spreading...

Armed Forces to leverage latest defence technologies

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 November 2011

The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has called upon the Armed Forces to forge strong partnerships with the industry and the academia to secure the goals of national security. In a message read...

IAF: Meeting the Challenges - I

By: Air Marshal BK Pandey |Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Armed Forces | Date: 02 November 2011

Planning for Modernization of the IAF Festivity during the 75th anniversary of the Indian Air Force in October 2005 was overshadowed by the concern over its depleting combat power. Obsolescence...

Big scope for India-Italy Defence Industry Cooperation: Pallam Raju

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

The Minister of State for Defence Dr. MM Pallam Raju has said that there is tremendous potential for defence cooperation with Italy. Addressing a roundtable on ‘Indo-Italian Defence...

The Jihadi War - II

By: Col Harjeet Singh |Issue: Vol 23.2 Apr-Jul 2008 | Date: 01 November 2011

Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name used by the US government for its military response to the 11 September 2001 attacks on the country. Holding the Taliban...

Cobham Partners with Carson Helicopter to Retrofit Sikorsky Aircraft with...

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

Cobham and Carson Helicopters have announced a partnership to provide an advanced suite of avionics for Sikorsky S-61, S-76, and UH-60 derivative helicopter retrofits. The Integrated Systems...

Convergence of Terror

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 November 2011

The insurgencies that impacted the Indian landscape till early this decade were generally in isolation. Though, they, like all insurgencies had external links, but the internal linkages between...

The Jihadi War - I

By: Col Harjeet Singh |Issue: Vol 23.2 Apr-Jul 2008 | Date: 31 October 2011

The lack of success in operation enduring Freedom in Afghanistan results from the US-led coalition’s failure to develop and implement, jointly, a coherent strategy for its conduct that...

DCNS and Thales have overcome a new hurdle for the automatic deck-landing of...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 October 2011

DCNS and Thales today announced the launch of a supplementary phase for the Technology Demonstration of a system for automatic landing and deck-landing of UAVs (D2AD), which has just been...

Withdrawing AFSPA - A welcome move?

By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 October 2011

Omar Abdullah’s decision to withdraw AFSPA from some parts of J&K should be taken as a welcome move. However it would have been far better for him to have first discussed this issue, within the...

The communication gap in Defence Procurement

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 27 October 2011

Despite repeated assertions of the Government that the huge potential of the private sector must be tapped to achieve self sufficiency in defence production, little progress has been achieved on...

The Final Frontier

By: Gp Capt AS Bahal |Issue: Vol 20.4 Oct-Dec 2005 | Date: 27 October 2011

“Space is the final frontier that India must conquest, if it has to rightfully emerge as a leading economic and military powerhouse.” The chinese were the first to develop a rocket in...