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The recently revealed WikiLeaks documents mentioned, among others, how the then national security advisor M K Narayanan had indicated once to his American interlocutors, and that too, in the...

After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism - I

By: B Raman |Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 15 April 2011

The 26/11 attack has been the subject of study by the intelligence and security agencies of many countries in order to examine whether the modus operandi (MO) used by the terrorists in Mumbai...

Nepal deporting Tibetans to China secretly

By: Nidhi Bhardwaj |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 April 2011

When Chen Bingde, the Chinese army chief, and his 15-member delegation landed in Kathmandu on March 23, 2011, he brought him a loyalty-trust proposal for the pro-China ruling coalition of the...

Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Implications for India

By: Tejas Patel |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 April 2011

As India awaits the arrival of its new aircraft carrier, reports have emerged that China is ready to launch its first aircraft carrier. According to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, the...

Pakistan: The Same Old Story - II

By: B Raman |Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 14 April 2011

The JUD, which played an active role in the humanitarian relief and rehabilitation operations in the PoK after the earthquake of October, 2005, is playing a similar role now in organizing relief...

Follow the orders from Beijing

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 April 2011

The present regime in Beijing is really allergic to democracy. Though since ancient times democracy has been recognized as the best way to get the ‘masses’ to participate to the governance of a...

Lockheed Martin awarded $176 Million contract extension

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

Lockheed Martin has received the second two-year option of the U.S. Air Force Industrial Product-Support Vendor (IPV) contract. The estimated value of the two-year option period is $176...

Rheinmetall wins important Bundeswehr force protection orders

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

Germany’s Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply the Bundeswehr with innovative force protection technology, which will soon be...

Pakistan: The Same Old Story - I

By: B Raman |Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 13 April 2011

The US pressured India into not retaliating against Pakistan after the attempted attack on the Indian Parliament by Pakistani terrorists on December 13, 2001, and promised that Pakistan would be...

The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - II

By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani |Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 12 April 2011

Operation Tasha: The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was inducted in Sri Lanka in July 1987, as per the Indo–Sri Lanka Accord, to end the ethnic struggle that claimed many lives and ruined...

The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - I

By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani |Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 11 April 2011

India’s role in the world order has been gradually expanding. From its fledging origins in the early-50s, to the exalted perch at which it finds itself now, there has been a virtual inversion...

China's First Aircraft Carrier

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 April 2011

The following post has been extracted from the China Forum blog of the “China Daily”. The abbreviation SCMP in the post stands for the “South China Morning Post” .Pics of the aircraft carrier...

Chinese troops sited in Nepal too!

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 April 2011

The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hong Lei denied the presence of the PLA troops in POK. Unfortunately, Chinese soldiers are not only present in POK, but also in large number in Nepal....

China's Destructive Policies

By: Ashok Kapur |Issue: Book Excerpt: Rising India | Date: 11 April 2011

Three great powers –the USA, the USSR and PRC – have interfered on an extended basis in Indian foreign and military affairs since India gained independence. Combined with the harm done to...

Trends in China's South Asia Policy

By: Dr Monika Chansoria |Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 08 April 2011

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India and thereafter to Pakistan in December 2010 can be ascribed to as being a ‘withering’ one as far as India is concerned and an ‘all-weather’...

IPKF's Performance in Sri Lanka

By: Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande |Issue: Book Except: Assignment Jaffna | Date: 08 April 2011

The Long War Used as we are to wars of a fortnight or three weeks, the Cl Ops against the LTTE in Sri Lanka, which went on for nearly two and a half years, proved indeed tough – and to many,...

Boeing to Feature Advanced Maritime Solutions

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 April 2011

At this year’s Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will display a broad range of proven and emerging maritime and air capabilities to support U.S. Navy readiness...

Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Program

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 April 2011

F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142 flights. Additionally, the F-35B short...

SELEX Galileo to expand its presence in Brazil

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 April 2011

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is attending Brazil’s 2011 LAAD Defence and Security Exhibition in line with the Company’s strategy to expand its presence in the region and to develop...

A400M contract amendment finalised with customer nations

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 April 2011

EADS and Airbus welcome the conclusion of contract amendment negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations. The contract amendment was signed today in Seville by Patrick...