Articles in Issues
Armed Force Transformation and the National Security Problems
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jun , 2014
With issues of getting India back on track economically and serious problems in keeping the navy afloat, India’s policy makers probably have little time to worry about the recent events that...
Nexter, L&T and Ashok Leyland signed agreement for MGS programme of the...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jun , 2014
Nexter Systems, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) and Ashok Leyland Defence Systems have signed a consortium agreement to collaborate for the Mounted Gun System (MGS) artillery programme of the Indian...
Employing Special Forces: A Response to Popular Fallacies
By: Saikat Datta | Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 20 Jun , 2014
In his article on ‘Special Operations Forces: Understanding the Dynamics of Change’ (refer IDR Jan-Mar ’14 Vol. 29.1) Brigadier Deepak Sinha (Retd.) makes an excellent case for setting up a...
When Nehru lied in Parliament
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2014
On October 6, 1957, a Chinese newspaper Kuang-ming Jih-pao reported: The Sinkiang-Tibet – the highest highway in the world – has been completed. During the past few days, a number of trucks...
Iraq: India wastes Army’s Special Forces resource
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2014
The ISIS onslaught in Iraq is being watched by the whole world. For India, many challenges have sprung with 46 nurses trapped in Tikrit that fell to the ISIS and some 40 Indian workers under...
Nexter and CILAS announces cooperation on laser weapons
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2014
During the EUROSATORY exhibition, Nexter Systems and CILAS announced the signing of a letter of intent for joint research work on the development of carrier-based laser weapons. This is an...
Akash Missile Flight Tested Successfully in very low altitude
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2014
Akash, missile was successfully test fired, today in very low altitude near boundary mission from the Integrated Test Range, Balasore, Odisha. This flight trial was last among the validation...
Competitive Shia-Sunni Gas Pipelines Politics?
By: Brig Amar Cheema | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2014
When combat soldiers are faced with a chemical attack, the military practice to exhale polluted air before donning a protective mask is by shouting ‘gas-gas-gas.’ By repeating the ‘G’...
Pakistan’s Domestic Jihad
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jun , 2014
Pakistan watchers would not find the current spate of terror in that country surprising because there has been a steady escalation in its lethality, its dramatic impact, geographical range and...
The three dangers to India
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 18 Jun , 2014
Very few policy makers in India dare to acknowledge the danger to the nation’s territorial integrity. The security and integrity of the nation has become hostage to vote-bank politics. Democracy...
Sagem's new Epsilon 10 navigator chosen by Renault Trucks
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2014
The new Epsilon 10 land navigator from Sagem (Safran) has been selected by Renault Trucks Défense (RTD) for its “Battlenet InsideTM” electronics suite used to digitize combat vehicles. Sagem’s...
At Eurosatory: STREIT launches four new models
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2014
When a leading armored vehicle manufacturer’s records show that not a single fatality has ever resulted from confrontations involving its products, buyers are sure to take a particular interest...
At Eurosatory: Thales’s displays Hawkei light protected vehicle
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2014
An export version of Thales’s innovative Hawkei light protected vehicle will be on display at Eurosatory, the largest international land and air-land defence and security exhibition in Paris...
At Eurosatory: MBDA demonstrates MMP system modularity
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2014
At Eurosatory 2014, MBDA is presenting two new configurations of MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée), the fifth generation land combat weapon system; one on the MPCV (Multi-Purpose Combat Vehicle) and...
OROP through its long journey
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2014
Almost every Indian would have heard of the term ‘One rank one pension’ or OROP for short. Not many outside the uniform may understand its meaning and the rationale behind this demand. OROP is...
In Bhutan too, Chinese grab land
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jun , 2014
On August 9, Kuensel, a Bhutanese publication, reported that the Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon arrived in Thimbu to ‘congratulate the new Prime Minister Tshering...
Indian Navy: The quest for blue waters
By: Sandeep Sethi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jun , 2014
More than a century ago, Alfred Mahan, an influential geo-political figure of the times and a close confidant of President Theodore Roosevelt, strongly advocated the efficacy of ‘seapower’. He...
Seven Reasons Why We Need to Disinvest in Ordnance Equipment Factories Group
By: Sanjay Sethi | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 13 Jun , 2014
The Ordnance Equipment Factories Group (OEFG) is one of the five product-based operating groups functioning under the control of the Ordnance Factories Board at Kolkata. The OEFG produces general...
IAI plans to Integrate NAVGUARD with Rheinmetall's Combat vessels
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jun , 2014
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) plans to integrate its advanced radar self protection system – NAVGUARD with Rheinmetall’s Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) for naval vessels. The...
Supergum presents Respiratory Protection Systems
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jun , 2014
Supergum develops Respiratory Protection Systems for a wide variety of needs and scenarios for Military and HLS Forces. The solutions deliver full coverage, providing the very highest levels of...