Articles in Issues
David’s Sling, an Affordable and Lethal Solution against Air Defence Threats
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 04 Sep , 2012
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, in partnership with Raytheon USA, has designed David’s Sling, an affordable and lethal solution against long-range artillery rockets (LRAR), short-range...
War against Lashkar-e-Taiba
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 04 Sep , 2012
If Pakistan does not take strong measures against the fundamentalist forces and terror groups and their influence and power grows, it may lead to the collapse of the state. Presently, Pakistan...
MBDA Germany opens new Simulation and Integration Centre for Air Defence Systems
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
MBDA Germany has opened a new simulation and integration centre for air defence systems at its Schrobenhausen site. With approximately4,000 m²of usable space, this building offers a modern...
Rheinmetall expands its global naval presence
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
Rheinmetall Defence’s takeover of the stabilised weapon platform activities of Britain’s EM Digital reinforces the Düsseldorf-based Group’s portfolio of advanced naval systems and...
Robotic Fighting Systems by DRDO
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
India’s premier defence research umbrella organisation, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is in the process of building robotic soldiers and mules as part of its...
Dassault Tops EADS for Indian MMRCA Tender
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
French aerospace major Dassault with its offer of the Rafale jet fighter has emerged as the most preferred bidder for India’s biggest military contract worth over $10 billion for 126 Medium...
Northrop Grumman to Supply BCNs on Global Hawks
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $47.2 million contract for the purchase and integration of two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two existing Block...
Pratt & Whitney Engines for F-35 JSF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $1.12 billion contract from the Department of Defence (DoD) of the US to supply its F135 production engines to power the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter....
India’s emerging defence doctrine
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 13.3 Jul-Sep 1998 | Date: 02 Sep , 2012
India is a unique country, with all the favourable geographical attributes of an offensive orientation. It is separated from the rest of the Asian landmass by the formidable chain of mountains...
Pakistan Army’s official take on 1971 War
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Sep , 2012
With 1971 commenced the most tragic year of our history. Failing to resolve a political problem by political means, a Martial Law regime, manipulated by some megalomaniac politicians, resorted to...
Pakistan : The Next Battlefield
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 17.2 Jul-Sep 2002 | Date: 01 Sep , 2012
Ten years later, the forecast made in 2002 by the writer appears to be coming true-Editor. War on Terrorism will zero in on Pakistan as the next battlefield on two counts. First,...
Hyderabad Operations - 1948
By: Maj Gen VK Srivastava & Col GD Bakshi | Issue: Book Excerpt: Infantry: A Glint of the Bayonet | Date: 01 Sep , 2012
Hyderabad – one of the largest and richest princely states had a greater number of Hindus as subjects than Muslims. By 15 August 1947, the Government of Hydrabad had not reached any settlement...
The New Great Game
By: Col Harjeet Singh | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 01 Sep , 2012
The “Great Game” was a term prevalent in the 19th century, for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. It...
Flight of People of Northeast
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Aug , 2012
India has great cultural wealth. A multi-religion, multi-language population comprising several ethnic groups makes us rich. We can truly boast of enjoying the unity in diversity. However, this...
Mumbai Attacks: An Infidel Country Like India
By: Dr Prem Mahadevan | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 29 Aug , 2012
The 2008 Mumbai attacks appear to have been a joint operation between two factions of the Lashkar that had been drifting apart due to policy disagreements. One was a ‘loyalist’ faction led by...
Is it time to 'junk' NAM?
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Aug , 2012
The NAM Summit in Teheran (August 26 to 31) provides an occasion for some general reflections on the movement, its salience today and India’s role in it. For those who have always decried the...
China: a new kind of superpower in the making
By: Bhaskar Roy | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 28 Aug , 2012
“The USA can defend its close allies in the Asia-Pacific region. But India cannot depend on the USA to bail it out. Washington has its complex foreign policy objectives whether correct or...
India's options in Afghanistan - The Iran factor
By: Aditi Malhotra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Aug , 2012
While The WikiLeaks “revelation” has not uncovered anything radically new, it has highlighted the prevailing intricacies and complexities of the conflict. Pakistan’s “offer” of...
Boeing-built US Army Apache Fleet Surpasses 3.5 Million Flight Hours
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Aug , 2012
Apache attack helicopters deployed around the world are ready and relevant, meeting soldiers’ requirements Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Team Apache suppliers worldwide are applauding the news that the...
Vice Admiral Sinha appointed C-in-C West
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Aug , 2012
The Government has appointed Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, presently Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) as the next Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief...