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A Lesson from Fukushima
By: Air Marshal AK Trikha |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 April 2011
Japan is no stranger to natural disasters. In living memory it has been rocked by severe earthquakes, battered by typhoons and tsunamis which have left a trail of death and destruction in their...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -III
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit |Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 06 April 2011
On the morning of 3 October Pritpal Singh rang up to say that Bijji Kaul was back at his deck, news which cheered me enormously but not enough to Want to leave my bed to go and meet him. I...
Heliportugal AW139 Supports Prince of Wales' Visit to Portugal
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 April 2011
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that a Heliportugal AW139 medium twin helicopter was used to support the visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in...
Libya: The West faces three disturbing ground realities
By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 April 2011
The Western campaign — by exploiting the fig leaf cover of the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 for protecting civilians in Libya — to work for a regime change in Libya has come face to face...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Program shows progress in First Quarter
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 April 2011
Lockheed Martin 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...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -II
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit |Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 05 April 2011
It was soon obvious that Mullik had himself become one of the ‘hawks’ on Operation Leghorn, and if a seasoned general like Sen could be so oblivious to logistical realities, it would dearly be...
Career in the Military: imperatives of attracting right material
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh |Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 04 April 2011
Throughout history, the Indian soldier fought in the defence of his motherland with unmatched valour and yet lost to almost every invader: even to those who arrived with an army of just a few...
India's Nuclear Doctrine
By: Ali Ahmed |Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 April 2011
A central tenet of India’s nuclear doctrine is No First Use. India’s is therefore a doctrine of ‘assured retaliation’. The popular understanding of India’s nuclear doctrine is that...
Boeing Vigilare System Completes Site Acceptance Testing
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 April 2011
Boeing announced that the company’s Vigilare network centric command and control system (NC3S) developed for the Commonwealth of Australia has completed site acceptance testing at the Eastern...
Boeing Delivers Qatar Airways Its 25th 777
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 April 2011
Boeing (NYSE: BA) delivered Qatar Airways its 25th 777 at a ceremony on April 1. The airplane is a 777-300ER (extended range) model, which can carry up to 335 passengers in a two-class...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl - I
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit |Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 04 April 2011
During the hurly-burly of the Goa campaign in 1959 Bijji Kaul had assumed direct supervision of border operations in NEF A in order to ease the workload of an overworked DMO. Once he became...
Samjauta Blast Probe: Messier & Messier
By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 April 2011
The investigation into the February 18,2007, explosions on board the Samjauta Express to Pakistan that killed 68 persons 43 of them Pakistanis returning home after visiting India is becoming...
Boeing: WTO Ruling Exposes Massive Airbus Advantage from Illegal Subsidies
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 April 2011
Trade court rejects nearly 80% of EU claim of improper support for Boeing; finds no U.S. equivalent for billions in illegal European launch aid provided to Airbus Final rulings in U.S. and EU...
Cricket World Cup and Politics over Terror
By: Col US Rathore |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 April 2011
The tenth edition of Cricket World Cup has taken South Asia by storm – four host nations, forty-eight matches between fourteen teams at thirteen venues makes it truly a mega sporting event....
Lockheed Martin rolls out first special operations of MC-130J
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 March 2011
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first aircraft in a new fleet of MC-130J Combat Shadow IIs for the U.S. Air Force’s Special Operations Command (AFSOC) during a ceremony. Lt. Gen. Donald C....
AgustaWestland Expands AW139 Training Capacity
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 March 2011
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the next phase in its growth of AW139 global training and flight simulation capacity, in response to the continuing success of the...
Some reflections on India's Defence Policy
By: Brij Raj Singh |Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 31 March 2011
India remembered Kargil a few weeks back. We all recall with pride the sacrifices our soldiers and airmen made in this conflict ten years ago. Kargil no doubt was a military success but it...
Boeing - GECAS finalize order for 10 777-300ERs
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 March 2011
Boeing and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) finalized an order for 10 777-300ER (extended range) airplanes. The order is worth approximately $2.8 billion at list prices. The new 777-300ERs...
EADS and Eurocopter plan to consolidate activities at Dugny in France
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 March 2011
On March 25, 2011, EADS and its subsidiary Eurocopter Group officially received the backing of the French authorities for their joint project to transfer some activities from Eurocopter’s La...
1971: Making Bangladesh a reality - III
By: Major K.C. Praval |Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 30 March 2011
Akhaura Pakistan’s 27 Brigade held the Akhaura-Brahmanbaria area. Akhaura, just across the border from Agartala, was an important rail-junction. For that reason the Pakistanis had paid...