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India’s Geo Political Compulsions Will Play a Major Role in IAF’s Jet Deal
As India identifies the next supplier to IAF, the aircraft deal has become the mother of all deals. The eventual supplier will not only enhance its influence but also reap rich financial rewards. In terms of number of aircraft, this is perhaps the single largest contract ever. India is spoilt for choices. Although India purchased British...
Defence Procurement Procedure 2016: An Analytical Overview
After a prolonged delay, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) released the revised Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) on March 28, 2016.1 The document, coming into effect from April 01, 2016, is applicable to all projects which would be given in-principle approval (or the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN)) thereafter.2 It is, however, to be noted that...
Siachen Day: Operation Meghdoot - A chronicle of unparalleled courage
In April 1984, the gallant soldiers of the Indian Army, by establishing their writ over the Siachen Glacier, accomplished a feat of valour that has no parallels in the annals of the military history. Colonel Narendra Kumar, a reputed mountaineer and Commandant, of the Indian Armys’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) came across a map in...
A Road to the Border in Arunachal
It is regrettable that the national media hardly reported an event has the most crucial strategic implications for India. On April 6, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened a new road to one of India’s most remote villages, near the frontier with China (Tibet). The BRO explains: “The area is located in an extremely remote area with...
Baloch Liberation Charter: A contract for freedom from a repressive Pakistan
Balochistan is situated in Central Asia and is considered to be the gateway of world’s economy due to its poignant geostrategic location. It has approximately 1000km long coastline which includes the most important port of Gwadar where Pakistan and China trying build one end of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at the cost of the many poor...