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US ties pegged on Indian appetite for technology
By: Kanwal Sibal | Date: 23 Sep , 2013
The aim of India-US dialogue is that as India rises and seeks an adaptation of existing rules, it does so in a concerted manner with the US. Our ties with the US have improved remarkably. The...
Bilateral India-Oman Naval Exercise, Naseem Al Bahr, begins in North Arabian...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Sep , 2013
The ninth edition of the bilateral Indian Navy-Royal Omani Navy biennial exercise begins tomorrow off Oman, in the North Arabian Sea. In this, the ninth edition of the bilateral exercise, Indian...
Chinese Aggressiveness: Need for appropriate response
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 23 Sep , 2013
Incursions from China continue despite protests and meetings by India. It is reported that on 20 August 2013, there were intrusions by China in the Walong- Choglagam sector in Arunachal Pradesh...
From military coup to toppling J&K government
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Date: 23 Sep , 2013
Not long ago a national newspaper, of considerable standing, ‘in headlines’ on its front page had created a stir amongst the public by raising the specter of a military coup, engineered by...
Sunset Soldiering
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Sep , 2013
What do soldiers do after retirement? This question often finds a simpering response, ‘Well, they have the canteen booze for company’. But anyone who has toured the hinterland would think...
Saab receives orders on self-protection system for the Indian Advanced Light...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Sep , 2013
Saab’s Integrated Defensive Aids Suite (IDAS) protects crew and aircraft and enhances the survivability in sophisticated, diverse and dense threat environments. The system provides a timely...
Boeing to Complete Production of C-17 Globemaster III in 2015
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2013
Boeing will complete production of the C-17 Globemaster III and close the C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach, Calif. in 2015. “Ending C-17 production was a very difficult but necessary...
Casting the politico-military Connect
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2013
During the Security Conclave held at Delhi Gymkhana Club on 3rd September, a senior military veteran asked the Chairman National Security Advisory Board that if as per him, military is a part of...
Its time for India to be Pro-active
By: Air Marshal RS Bedi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expected visit to Beijing for summit level talks with Chinese President Xi jinping on October 28, despite tension over frequent incursions by the Chinese troops...
Rolls-Royce trent 1000 powers Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner first flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Sep , 2013
Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines have powered the successful first test flight of the Boeing 787-9, the second member of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner family. The aircraft took off from Seattle at...
The Advancing Borders of the Chinese Empire
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 17 Sep , 2013
The incidents in the Depsang Plain, near the Karakoram Pass in April or more recently, in Chumar in South Ladakh, are the continuance of Nehru’s blind spot for China. There is today a huge...
Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Engine Powers Bombardier CSeries First...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Sep , 2013
Canada in February, is the first of six new engine programs using Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan™ architecture to power an aircraft. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp....
Paris: The Quiet Show?
By: Thomas Withington | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 16 Sep , 2013
While the military mood of the Paris Air Show may have been arguably more ‘low key’ than in previous years, business was still being done and announcements were still being made. Certainly,...
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A security challenge for India
By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 16 Sep , 2013
India’s military build-up, particularly of its naval capabilities and naval installations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, worried ASEAN policy makers, who saw India as a potential threat to...
Gaps in Maritime Security-I
By: VK Shashikumar | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 16 Sep , 2013
INS Viraat Cross border terrorism has taken an entirely new dimension. The Indian security establishment is on high alert to tackle the newest frontier of terror – Maritime Terrorism. The...
Triple Whammy – Terrorist Threat to South India
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 15 Sep , 2013
There is considerable commotion about the R&AW and IB warnings of threat to South India by the LeT off the coast of Sri Lanka. Last year, Daniel Benjamin, US Ambassador at Large and Coordinator...
Flying doctors take off in India with Pilatus PC-12
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2013
The Pilatus PC-12, one of the most popular turbine-powered aircraft in the market is now being used by Medanta – The Medicity for its air ambulance services launched in June this year. The Pilatus...
Boeing fulfills US Air Force C-17 production contract with 223rd Delivery
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2013
Boeing delivered the 223rd and last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter today, fulfilling the production contract more than 20 years after the first delivery. The aircraft left...
Pakistan: Peace remains a Chimera
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 13 Sep , 2013
The successful holding of elections in Pakistan earlier this year marked a significant forward movement in the country’s politics with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) handing over power to the...
MBDA & Lockheed Martin cooperation achieves first missile launch from a MK...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2013
MBDA and Lockheed Martin demonstrated the first launch of a Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) from Lockheed Martin’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) launcher using the host variant...