Articles in Issues
Kargil and the Decade Since
By: Rohit Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 18 Nov , 2010
It has been ten years since valiant Indian soldiers achieved the impossible feat of evicting Pakistani intruders from the dizzy heights of Kargil. Frontally assaulting peaks over 15,000 feet in...
The Chinese vision of Sino-Pak strategic partnership : II
By: Prof. Priyadarshi Mukherji | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 18 Nov , 2010
China’s Maritime Ambitions China’s ambition for maritime supremacy in the South Asian region can be seen in a military website6 dated 26 February 2009. In the report titled “The Indian...
China defends decision to dam the Brahmaputra
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2010
In continuing disregard of India’s major concern over the implications of the daming of the Brahmaputra River in order to construct a hydel power station at Zangmu in the so-called Tibet...
Changing Face of Terror
By: Dr Anil Kumar Singh | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Phenomenon of terrorism as a global menace is of recent origin. History of terrorism is as old as the human civilisation. However, recent decades have witnessed exacerbation in occurrence of...
Anti-India mindset entrenched in Pakistan
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
New Delhi, India – If a recent report in the leading U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal is to be believed, the Obama administration is to intensify efforts to make India resolve its tensions...
Honeywell will provide APUs to the Canadian Forces for its CH-147 helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that Boeing has selected the 36-150 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for CH-147 helicopters that will be delivered to Canada. “Honeywell engines and auxiliary power units are...
Boeing Delivers UK Royal Air Force's 7th C-17 Globemaster III
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
The Boeing Company delivered the United Kingdom’s seventh C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today during a ceremony at Boeing’s final assembly facility in Long Beach. “The...
India and Aung San Suu Kyi : Quo Vadis?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
In her speeches, statements and interviews since her release from house arrest by the military Junta , Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar pro-democracy leader, has already given some indication of her...
KMW Training & Simulation selected by the Norwegian Armed Forces for LEOPARD 2
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
German KMW Training & Simulation has been selected by the Norwegian Armed Forces to deliver the BATSIM® Classroom for the main battle tank LEOPARD 2. The BATSIM® Classroom provides state of the...
Is Copy-Cat of Mumbai 26/11 Possible in Indonesia?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Is a copy-cat act of terrorism similar to the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai possible in Indonesia? That is a question that needs examination following the disclosures made by the Indonesian...
Transformational Technologies for Navy of the Future
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow\'s Nest | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Singapore is a unique city-state of our times, which stands as a beacon for democracy, order and stability in this region. I am pleased to be here as a guest of the Republic of Singapore Navy,...
60 military aircrafts crash in last three financial years
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
As many as 60 military aircrafts including fighter jets and helicopters have crashed in the last three financial years. The Defence Minister A K Antony told Lok Sabha that 48 persons including...
Lockheed Martin F-35 begins flying Block 1 Software
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. “Block 1,” the first of...
Honeywell enhances passenger comfort and productivity in Boeing Business Jets
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that its Ovation Select Cabin Management System has been selected for installation in two different Boeing Business Jets, providing customers with superior in-flight...
SELEX Galileo unveils the Mirach 100/X after the successful completion of...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
An intensive research and development programme that included project, modelling, simulation and test activities has borne fruit in the form of the Mirach 100/X Aerial Target, unveiled today by...
The normalization of relations between India and Israel: II
By: Moshe Yegar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Rising India | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
The First Signs of Change As has been pointed out already, in December 1991 India was among the countries that voted in favor of the annulment of the U.N. resolution, which equated Zionism with...
ULFA's niche war
By: Col Rajinder Singh | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
Mr Hiteshwar Saikia told me: “These ULFA boys do not understand that they can not achieve their aim. They can only create hardships for the people of Assam. Where will they get such a large...
Role of China as Pakistan's nuclear and missile patron
By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
As fighting intensifies in the Swat Valley and other tribal regions in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, the worsening security situation in the Af–Pak region coupled with the seeming...
Airbus CEO and OCCAR Programme Manager join parachutists in jump from A400M
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
A ten-man team of parachutists who jumped from the new Airbus Military A400M airlifter yesterday included Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, and the A400M Programme Manager at the OCCAR...
Rheinmetall Defence on course for sustainable growth
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
At Rheinmetall Defence, the first nine months of the fiscal year were strongly marked by increasing internationalization and the targeted expansion of operations, for example through the joint...