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Guns, Helicopters and the Treaty
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 27 Apr , 2013
The United Nations general assembly has approved the arms trade treaty on April 2, causing India some discomfiture. India participated actively in the negotiations but could not endorse the final...
India-China Military Standoff – A Question of Sovereignty and Peace
By: Karan Kharb | Date: 26 Apr , 2013
Being at war with itself, India has neither the intent nor the courage to deter her enemies from nibbling at the ‘disputed’ borders and regurgitate at the negotiating table. Pakistan and...
End the neglect of the Military
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 26 Apr , 2013
Growing threat perceptions call for urgent sprucing up of the military machine which has been grossly neglected in India so far. The Pakistan Army’s strategy in the near future will be based...
Russia ready to negotiate with India on MiG-35 fighters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Apr , 2013
Russia is keen that India buys its MiG-35 fighter aircraft, a top Russian official said. The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RAC MiG) has proposed to India to consider the possibility of...
Chinese Incursion in Ladakh exposes Indian Army war machinery’s (Un)...
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Apr , 2013
Surprisingly, in a deep incursion, Chinese troops have entered the Indian Territory in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and erected a tented post without digging any trenches,...
Pakistan’s Elections : Internal Dynamics
By: Danvir Singh | Date: 24 Apr , 2013
As Pakistan goes to elections in May 2013, the world is likely to witness an unprecedented transition of power between the successive democratically elected civilian governments. To extrapolate...
Let’s not get too relaxed on China
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 24 Apr , 2013
Reports of Chinese soldiers intruding 10 kilometres into Ladakh challenge once again our assumptions about the stability of the situation on the unsettled India-China border. Our expanding...
China: Hum Dekh Rahe Hain – We Are Watching!
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Apr , 2013
Commenting on the latest Chinese intrusion in Ladakh, Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid echoed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s famous cliché “Hum Dekh Rahen Hain, Hamen Dekhna Hoga, Hum...
India-China Border Dispute
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Apr , 2013
The continuing (since April 15,2013) Chinese troop intrusion ( about 20 troops) 10 kms into Indian territory near Burthe in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) area of Eastern Ladakh in the western sector...
Courage in Question
By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Date: 22 Apr , 2013
Retrospective downgrading of military awards taints service ideals – Air Marshal Brijesh D Jayal The highlight of an annual Republic Day parade is the opening, with the nation honouring yet more...
1965 War:True Story of 2/Lt Baljit Singh- I
By: Colonel Baljit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Apr , 2013
The incidents narrated ahead are based on the experience of 2nd Lieutenant Baljit Singh, 3rd Madras Infantry Battalion, 69th Infantry Brigade, who had participated in the legendary 1965 Indo-Pak...
Defence Ministry Finalises New Procurement Policy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Apr , 2013
With the twin objective of infusing greater efficiency in the procurement process and strengthening the defence manufacturing base in the country, the Defence Acquisition Council, the apex...
Reigniting Kashmir
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: fairobserver.com | Date: 19 Apr , 2013
John Quinton, American writer once wrote, “Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.” Appears happening in Kashmir, at least on...
China’s arms sales to Pakistan unsettling South Asian security
By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 19 Apr , 2013
Underscoring its primacy as Pakistan’s primary benefactor in the realm of arms transfers, China’s recent upward swing in conventional arms sales to Islamabad has ruffled feathers as far as...
Boeing Successfully Completes 1st Flight of Newest UK Chinook Helicopter
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Apr , 2013
Boeing recently completed the first flight of the newest CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. The March 15 flight, at the Boeing helicopter facility near...
DCNS begins sea trials with FREMM multimission frigate for Royal Moroccan Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Apr , 2013
The FREMM frigate built for the Royal Moroccan Navy put to sea for the first time on 17 April. This key milestone marks the launch of sea trials, which will be conducted over the next few weeks...
Cassidian produces the world’s most advanced Eurofighter
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Interview in www.sify.com | Date: 18 Apr , 2013
The Eurofighter IPA 8 (Instrumented Production Aircraft 8) test aircraft has achieved an important production milestone at Cassidian in Manching: with the mounting of the right wing, the...
Aero-Engines for Future Military Aircraft
By: Air Marshal Sumit Mukherjee | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 18 Apr , 2013
The development of aero-engines over the years has followed a path of rising propulsive and thermal efficiency. The design innovation of the ‘by-pass’ concept to enhance performance and...
Indian Military in Afghanistan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 17 Apr , 2013
A study released by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, USA on 14 Jan 2013 has totaled the direct spending by the US on the war in Afghanistan for the period FY2001 to FY2013 as...
MBDA Marte missile release trial from Airbus Military C295
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2013
Airbus Military and MBDA have successfully demonstrated the release of an instrumented Marte MK2/S anti-ship inert missile installed under the wing of the C295 maritime patrol aircraft. This...