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Future of Air Dominance
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 33.3 Jul-Sep 2018 | Date: 21 Feb , 2019
The USAF and the US Navy are leading the evolution of next-generation platforms and technologies. Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, USAF Research Labs, Boeing ‘Phantom Works’,...
“Thales strategy of developing its industrial footprint in India is in line...
By: IDR INTERVIEW | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 21 Feb , 2019
Indian Defence Review Interview Please elaborate on Thales’ journey in supporting the modernization of the Indian Armed Forces? Present in India since 1953, Thales has been a reliable partner...
Saab at Aero India: Brings ready-for-tomorrow defence and security solutions
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Feb , 2019
Saab attending the Aero India show at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru from 20-24 February 2019. Saab presents a wide portfolio of products and systems from the air, land and sea domains....
Will India Retaliate !!!
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
India is in deep trouble. It has positioned itself as a country vulnerable to threats and blackmail of all sorts. This disallows it to retaliate against its enemies in any meaningful way. The...
Lockheed Martin unveils ‘F-21’ Fighter Jet for India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
Lockheed Martin emphasized its commitment to India by unveiling the F-21 multi-role fighter for India. Specifically configured for the Indian Air Force, the F-21 provides unmatched Make in India...
Resolute action, not bombast, required in terror attacks
By: Sudip Talukdar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
Forthright action should now replace the sheer bombast that drives political and social discourse in India, regarding wanton acts of terror against soldiers, security men and civilians alike. What...
The LCA Tejas Programme: Leading to Indigenous AMCA: Quo Vadis?
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 33.4 Oct-Dec 2018 | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
The LCA programme trundles along with new delays added at irregular points in time. Not only is the FOC unattainable yet, even the HAL assembly line is nowhere near producing 16 aircraft a year as...
“Kalyani Group is very well poised and prepared to undertake indigenous...
By: IDR INTERVIEW | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
Indian Defence Review interview What are your capabilities when it comes to manufacture of indigenous aircraft, helicopters and UAVs in India? Kalyani group has invested sizeable resources in...
Airbus large-scale presence at Aero India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
From flying and static displays of its best-in-class products to showcasing its cutting-edge aerospace services, Airbus has planned one of its biggest-ever participation at Aero India. Static &...
Nepal: Action Paralysis on Transitional Justice and Dahal’s Threats to...
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 19 Feb , 2019
13 years have passed since the so-called People’s war ended and yet nothing has happened to the poor victims of conflict who are still looking for Justice. Over 16,000 lives were lost in the...
Kashmir – Let Truth Be Told
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2019
“Nero fiddled while Rome burnt.” In July of the year 64 CE (Common Era) a great fire ravaged Rome for six days destroying seventy percent of the City and leaving half its population homeless....
Hosannas to a Gadfly
By: S.N. Misra | Date: 18 Feb , 2019
George Mathew Fernandes was an ace trade unionist, free thinker and a minister, who held portfolios like communication, industry, railways and defence. He organized an All India Railway strike in...
‘Article 370 is a very misconceived Article’
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2019
Claude Arpi’s interview with Jagmohan, Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Minister. It was recorded in 2007. Claude: Sir, there are rumors that India and Pakistan will soon have a...
The Indian Air Force in a Two-Front War
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 33.2 Apr-Jun 2018 | Date: 18 Feb , 2019
China has been aggressively modernising its Armed Forces with the aim to match the United States (US) for ultimate world dominance. China’s defence budget is nearly four times that of...
Pulwama attack: Need for a radical review of internal security, foreign policy
By: Commodore C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 17 Feb , 2019
The suicide bomber terror attack on a paramilitary convoy in the Pulwama district February 14 that killed more than 40 troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force and injured many others is the...
Reaction to Pulwama attack and the Kashmiri sentiment
By: Farooq Wani | Date: 17 Feb , 2019
The Pulwama terrorist attack points to a dangerous new trend of militants jettisoning ambushes for tactics that aim to wreak maximum destruction on security forces while suffering minimum...
Pulwama Car Bombing – another Surgical Strike or Chemotherapy?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Feb , 2019
The car bombing of a CRPF convoy on February 14, 2019, 30 km short of Srinagar in Pulwama has claimed the lives of 44 CRPF personnel with more than 30 others injured. J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik...
Pulwama : Hard Measures Except All Out War
By: Navtej Singh | Date: 16 Feb , 2019
The death of over 40 CRPF personnel (estimates vary from 41 to 44 personnel) in one of the deadliest Fedayeen attacks in over two decades has sent the visual media into a tizzy. All the TV...
Myanmar: The Dragon on a ‘Roll’
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 16 Feb , 2019
Events in Myanmar are moving at a bewildering pace both in the ethnic front and in moving towards Constitutional amendments. There is an indirect benefit for India too with the Myanmar Army acting...
Pulwama Terror Attack: Challenge by Jihadists
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2019
The deadly car bomb suicide attack on a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) near Awantipora in Pulwama claiming the lives of more than 40 troopers and leaving a score of them injured is...
