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The Chinese Government is organising what has been called the 1st China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, the capital of the Chinese-Controlled Xinjiang province, from September 1 to 5, 2011.The...

The Indian Army: The first challenge - II

By: Major K.C. Praval |Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 26 July 2011

A battle is the testing ground for a soldier. All the training that he receives from the day he enlists is for this supreme test, when he stakes his dearest possession — his life — against...

Evolving Maritime Challenges

By: Vice Adm RN Ganesh |Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 25 July 2011

The naval strategy of the Western powers led by the USA during the Cold War was centred on the location and tracking of Soviet ballistic missile-firing nuclear submarines (SSBNs). When the Cold...

Suicide & Suicidal Terrorism

By: B Raman |Issue: Book Excerpt: TERRORISM-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Date: 25 July 2011

Suicide protests are not unknown in history. As recent examples, one could cite the self-immolation of many Tamils in Tamil Nadu in the 1960s to express their opposition to the introduction...

Investigate the Indian Angle in Kashmir American Council

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 July 2011

There are two aspects to L’Affaire Fai, the case relating to the arrest earlier this week and the proposed prosecution of Ghulam Nabi Fai, the head of the Washington DC based Kashmiri American...

Explosion in Oslo

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 July 2011

According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, a large bomb blast has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo, killing at least one person. The offices of Norwegian...

Sikorsky Delivers 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. Army

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

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of the 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. “The war-fighter has...

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Production Aircraft Completes 1st Flight

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

The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completed its first flight on July 7, taking off from Renton Field and landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8A is the...

Maoists: Should India allow a PoK within the country?

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 July 2011

The cynics and vested interests have been portraying Chhattisgarh as a remote, underdeveloped, violence ridden region, where tribal are exploited and live like primitive humans in sub-human...

2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 July 2011

Navigation satellite begins post-launch operational tests Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for...

Forebodings in J&K over spring

By: Anand K Verma |Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 18 July 2011

The advent of spring in Kashmir is creating apprehensions in some quarters in the State. Will there be a repeat of turmoil and tension, which marked the post spring period from 2008 to 2010? In...

Naxalism: Revisiting the Principles of Fourth-Generation Warfare

By: Vinita Priyedarshi |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 18 July 2011

All warfare is guided by certain principles and established rules, and asymmetrical conflicts like Naxalism are no exception. A critical analysis of the tactics and strategy pursued by the...

Harvest of Hate

By: Wilson John |Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 17 July 2011

It is important to understand that of the multiple objectives a terrorist attack has, the least articulated and understood is the cycle of terror and hate. When groups like LeT carry out attacks,...

Indo-Pak Relations - II

By: Nilofar Suhrawardy |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 17 July 2011

Communication Revolution: Undeniably, communication revolution has added a new chapter to the field of diplomacy. Irrespective of whether their bilateral ties are tense or not, whether the...

Xinjiang, Tibet Continue to Haunt CPC/PLA Leadership

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 July 2011

The situation in the Chinese-controlled Xinjiang region of China and in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region continues to haunt the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which has...

Indo-Pak Relations - I

By: Nilofar Suhrawardy |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 July 2011

Ironically, though India and Pakistan still entertain differences over Kashmir and several other issues, prospects of their being engaged in an open and full-fledged conflict over the same may be...

Refurbished Boeing 737 Paint Hangar Opens to Meet Rate Increase

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 July 2011

Boeing has opened a new paint hangar near its Renton, Wash., facility that will help increase its Next-Generation 737 production capacity. The 737 program currently produces 31.5 airplanes per...

BPC Dixmude in Toulon for combat system integration and testing

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 July 2011

BPC Dixmude – the third Mistral/BPC-type force projection & command vessel for the French Navy – arrived in Toulon after sailing from Saint-Nazaire on 6 July. Over the coming six months, DCNS...

French Defence Procurement Agency awards Thales contract to equip Mirage...

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

Thales has been awarded a contract to supply more than 100 of its GNSS 1000-S GPS receivers to upgrade France’s fleet of Mirage 2000D aircraft within the framework of the French Army’s Global...

Boeing EA-18G Growlers Complete 1st Combat Deployment

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

EA-18G Growlers operated by U.S. Navy electronic attack squadron VAQ-132 safely returned to their home base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., on July 9, after completing an eight-month...