Articles in Issues
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...
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...
Afghanistan - Future Uncertain
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2013
Events in Afghanistan had gathering momentum in March and quite apparently preparations for end 2014 were now looking serious and urgent. Closely following the visit of Defence Secretary Chuck...
Cyber War: A grave cause of concern
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2013
Cyber warfare refers to politically motivated hacking to conduct sabotage and espionage. It is a form of information warfare sometimes seen as analogous to conventional warfare although this...
Army: Wings Must Grow
By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 13 Apr , 2013
The government approval for the Aviation arm of the Indian Army to acquire attack helicopters is the outcome of decades of dialogue, representations, haggling and persistence. The resistance by...
How to Resolve the Problem of Roles and Missions
By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 11 Apr , 2013
A national daily recently reported that highly classified documents pertaining to weapon system requirements and acquisition plans of all the three services along with those of surveillance...
Why the North Korean stand off?
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Apr , 2013
There are both contemporary and historical reasons behind the North Korean threat to launch an offensive against South Korea and strike at U.S. bases in Guam and Hawaii. North Korea (Democratic...
Airlift Capability of the Indian Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 09 Apr , 2013
In the context of a resurgent and globalised economy, India’s security interests in the future would no longer be confined to its national boundaries or be limited to the region between the Gulf...
Countering Artillery Shells, Rockets and Missiles
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 08 Apr , 2013
Victory in a conflict in the current century will be decided by Asymmetry in Fire Power. Israel and the US have constantly used technology to multiply their capabilities. The Hamas operating...