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Sikorsky Delivers 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. Army
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jul , 2011
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of the 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. “The war-fighter has...
Boeing P-8A Poseidon Production Aircraft Completes 1st Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jul , 2011
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completed its first flight on July 7, taking off from Renton Field and landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8A is the...
Maoists: Should India allow a PoK within the country?
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jul , 2011
The cynics and vested interests have been portraying Chhattisgarh as a remote, underdeveloped, violence ridden region, where tribal are exploited and live like primitive humans in sub-human...
2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jul , 2011
Navigation satellite begins post-launch operational tests Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for...
Forebodings in J&K over spring
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 18 Jul , 2011
The advent of spring in Kashmir is creating apprehensions in some quarters in the State. Will there be a repeat of turmoil and tension, which marked the post spring period from 2008 to 2010? In...
Naxalism: Revisiting the Principles of Fourth-Generation Warfare
By: Vinita Priyedarshi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 18 Jul , 2011
All warfare is guided by certain principles and established rules, and asymmetrical conflicts like Naxalism are no exception. A critical analysis of the tactics and strategy pursued by the...
Harvest of Hate
By: Wilson John | Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 17 Jul , 2011
It is important to understand that of the multiple objectives a terrorist attack has, the least articulated and understood is the cycle of terror and hate. When groups like LeT carry out attacks,...
Indo-Pak Relations – II
By: Nilofar Suhrawardy | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 17 Jul , 2011
Communication Revolution: Undeniably, communication revolution has added a new chapter to the field of diplomacy. Irrespective of whether their bilateral ties are tense or not, whether the...
Xinjiang, Tibet Continue to Haunt CPC/PLA Leadership
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jul , 2011
The situation in the Chinese-controlled Xinjiang region of China and in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region continues to haunt the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which has...
Indo-Pak Relations – I
By: Nilofar Suhrawardy | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Jul , 2011
Ironically, though India and Pakistan still entertain differences over Kashmir and several other issues, prospects of their being engaged in an open and full-fledged conflict over the same may be...
Refurbished Boeing 737 Paint Hangar Opens to Meet Rate Increase
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jul , 2011
Boeing has opened a new paint hangar near its Renton, Wash., facility that will help increase its Next-Generation 737 production capacity. The 737 program currently produces 31.5 airplanes per...
BPC Dixmude in Toulon for combat system integration and testing
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jul , 2011
BPC Dixmude – the third Mistral/BPC-type force projection & command vessel for the French Navy – arrived in Toulon after sailing from Saint-Nazaire on 6 July. Over the coming six months, DCNS...
French Defence Procurement Agency awards Thales contract to equip Mirage...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
Thales has been awarded a contract to supply more than 100 of its GNSS 1000-S GPS receivers to upgrade France’s fleet of Mirage 2000D aircraft within the framework of the French Army’s Global...
Boeing EA-18G Growlers Complete 1st Combat Deployment
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
EA-18G Growlers operated by U.S. Navy electronic attack squadron VAQ-132 safely returned to their home base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., on July 9, after completing an eight-month...
Israeli Carrier Israir receives its first ATR 72-500
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
The Israeli airline Israir has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-500, of a total order of two. The aircraft, equipped with PW 127M engines, is configured to transport 72 passengers. It will be...
Pakistan’s Confessions: Shouldn’t go slow on defence modernisation
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
Pakistan Defence Minister in a recent statement has acknowledged that his country just cannot match India in defence capabilities. This, it is argued, is due to the vast difference in the GDP and...
DCNS delivers MU90 torpedo simulator to German Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
DCNS has successfully delivered the SIMOPE (SIMulateur OPErationnel) MU90 torpedo simulator to the German Navy. SIMOPE is designed to prepare and simulate operational launch scenarios with the...
Indian Nuclear Command and Control – II
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
The Indian system at the political level comprises the National Security Council and the Political Council of the Nuclear Command Authority. The change from the Draft was in a Council authorising...
The Attitude of the Obama Administration
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
Despite differences over strategies and tactics in the fight against global jihadi terrorism, there has been a convergence of views between the previous administration of George Bush and the...
China’s Strategic Eggs in South Asia
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jul , 2011
China is not a South Asian power, but it has been seeking to build up for itself a strong South Asian presence which could cater to its strategic needs in the long term. It has made inroads in...