Articles in Issues

1971: The blitzkrieg in East Pakistan - II

1971: The blitzkrieg in East Pakistan - II

By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 22 May , 2011

Eastern Sector :The eastern sector comprised the area east of the Meghna in the destricts of Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Comilla and Chittagong, and Chittagong Hill Tracts. The approach to Dacca lay...

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How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - VI

How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - VI

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 22 May , 2011

Terrorism & Bush Jr Administration Terrorism was an important theme during the presidential election campaign of George Bush Jr in 2000. It figured in his election platform and in the studies...

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Air Marshal NAK Browne will be the next Chief of Air Staff

Air Marshal NAK Browne will be the next Chief of Air Staff

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2011

Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal NAK Browne will be the next Chief of Air Staff on the retirement of Air Chief Marshal PV Naik from government service on July 31, 2011.  Born in Allahabad on...

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UTair'sTraining Center joins Eurocopter Global Training Network

UTair'sTraining Center joins Eurocopter Global Training Network

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2011

Andrei Martirosov, CEO UTair Aviation, and Vladimir Demkin, director of Personnel Training Center (PTC) received from Derek Sharples, Eurocopter Executive Vice President for Support and...

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MBDA's PARS 3 LR successfully tested on German Tiger

MBDA's PARS 3 LR successfully tested on German Tiger

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2011

Three firings, three hits! This is the impressive score of the test firing exercise conducted with the PARS 3 LR guided antitank missile system. For the first time, the test firings with...

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A Shoddy Counter-Terrorism Data-Base

A Shoddy Counter-Terrorism Data-Base

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2011

More than two years after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai and the setting-up of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Government of India continues to have a shoddy...

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Sea Viper support contract awarded to MBDA

Sea Viper support contract awarded to MBDA

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2011

MBDA has been awarded a £165M contract to provide the support for Sea Viper, the Royal Navy’s latest and most modern weapon system. Sea Viper is a world leading area air defence missile system...

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How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - V

How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - V

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 19 May , 2011

Indian Efforts to secure US support In addition to stepping up counter-terrorism operations by the Security Forces on the ground, the Government of India has also been trying, since 1991, to draw...

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Genel Havacilik A.S. Orders a GrandNew Helicopter

Genel Havacilik A.S. Orders a GrandNew Helicopter

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2011

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that Genel Havacilik A.S. of Turkey has placed an order for a GrandNew light twin helicopter. The aircraft will be used to perform VIP transport...

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Boeing KC-767 Tankers for Italian Air Force

Boeing KC-767 Tankers for Italian Air Force

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2011

The first two Boeing KC-767 advanced aerial refueling tankers for the Italian Air Force (ItAF) formally entered into service during a public ceremony near Rome. The ItAF accepted delivery of the...

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EADS invites young talents and experienced professionals to Le Bourget Air Show

EADS invites young talents and experienced professionals to Le Bourget Air Show

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011

More than 20 workshops, more than 1000 participants expected EADS CEO Louis Gallois and other top executives to attend the workshops Recruitment targets of more than 4000 permanent recruits...

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Eurocopter X3 hybrid helicopter exceeds its speed challenge

Eurocopter X3 hybrid helicopter exceeds its speed challenge

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011

Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has delivered on the promise of pushing the frontiers in rotary-wing aviation by surpassing its original speed target of 220 kts. demonstrating the...

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Pak Army & ISI: Dangerous mix of Humiliation & Desperation

Pak Army & ISI: Dangerous mix of Humiliation & Desperation

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011

A dangerous mix of humiliation and desperation is the prevailing mood in the Pakistani Armed Forces and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden in a...

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India and US enhance partnership in joint anti-terrorism

India and US enhance partnership in joint anti-terrorism

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on May 13 concluded a two-week seminar on the role of police leaders...

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How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - IV

How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - IV

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 17 May , 2011

The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM): During the 1980s, many ostensibly humanitarian relief organisations came into being in Pakistan through which Western and Saudi intelligence agencies could funnel...

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 All eyes on Gilani's visit to China

All eyes on Gilani's visit to China

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2011

 All eyes in Pakistan are on the four-day visit to China from May 17,2011, by Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. The dates of the visit were finalized some weeks ago to enable him to participate...

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Pakistan:Hit,Hit,Talk,Talk!

Pakistan:Hit,Hit,Talk,Talk!

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 May , 2011

 Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is presently in Afghanistan on his way to Pakistan. His visit to Pakistan has been triggered off by the discovery of...

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 An Intelligence failure, not an ISI failure!

An Intelligence failure, not an ISI failure!

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May , 2011

The success of Osama bin Laden in evading detection and arrest by the Pakistani security agencies for nearly six years since 2005 when he lived in a house near the Pakistan Military Academy...

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Pak nukes now became an embarrassment and a problem

Pak nukes now became an embarrassment and a problem

By: Sunita Joshi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May , 2011

Abbotabad Raid : The Decision Nearly 3 years ago, in July 2008 the author came across a book that dealt with the likely locating of Osama Bin Laden (OBL for short) in a Pakistani city. The book...

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AgustaWestland and the European Defence Agency Launch Synthetic Helicopter...

AgustaWestland and the European Defence Agency Launch Synthetic Helicopter...

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May , 2011

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with the European Defence Agency for the provision of an Interim Helicopter Tactics Training Service....

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