Articles in Issues

Airbus Military A330 MRTT for Royal Air Force visits UK for first time

Airbus Military A330 MRTT for Royal Air Force visits UK for first time

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

The Airbus Military A330 MRTT Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) for the Royal Air Force is today visiting the United Kingdom for the first time. The aircraft, one of two now flying...

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1971: India's Military Plan-I

1971: India's Military Plan-I

By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 18 Apr , 2011

On the map, Bangladesh looks like the head of a female stag with stunted horns pointing towards Siliguri, and its narrow neck is represented by the Agartala bulge. The country is landlocked on...

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Boeing to Promote Innovative Solutions at Army Aviation Exposition

Boeing to Promote Innovative Solutions at Army Aviation Exposition

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Apr , 2011

The Boeing Company will showcase a wide array of aviation, training, support and technology solutions at the 2011 Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Annual Professional Forum and...

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MBDA demonstrates VL MICA proficiency against stand-off weapons

MBDA demonstrates VL MICA proficiency against stand-off weapons

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Apr , 2011

In a scenario representing the protection of a sensitive zone against weapons launched from a secure distance, VL MICA has once again demonstrated the high level of its operational...

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After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism - II

After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism - II

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 16 Apr , 2011

In 2004, the Government of Dr Manmohan Singh created two posts of National Security Advisers — one for external security, which was held by the late JN Dixit, and the other for internal...

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Counter-Insurgency Operations in Northeast - II

Counter-Insurgency Operations in Northeast - II

By: Brig (Dr) SP Sinha | Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 16 Apr , 2011

Counter-Insurgency Operations in Nagaland       By the beginning of 1953, situation in Nagaland had turned volatile. Phizo toured the district and exhorted the people not to pay taxes....

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Misreading Pakistan

Misreading Pakistan

By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2011

The recently revealed WikiLeaks documents mentioned, among others, how the then national security advisor M K Narayanan had indicated once to his American interlocutors, and that too, in the...

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Nepal deporting Tibetans to China secretly

Nepal deporting Tibetans to China secretly

By: Nidhi Bhardwaj | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2011

When Chen Bingde, the Chinese army chief, and his 15-member delegation landed in Kathmandu on March 23, 2011, he brought him a loyalty-trust proposal for the pro-China ruling coalition of the...

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Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Implications for India

Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Implications for India

By: Tejas Patel | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2011

As India awaits the arrival of its new aircraft carrier, reports have emerged that China is ready to launch its first aircraft carrier. According to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, the...

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After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism - I

After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism - I

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 15 Apr , 2011

The 26/11 attack has been the subject of study by the intelligence and security agencies of many countries in order to examine whether the modus operandi (MO) used by the terrorists in Mumbai...

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Follow the orders from Beijing

Follow the orders from Beijing

By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2011

The present regime in Beijing is really allergic to democracy.  Though since ancient times democracy has been recognized as the best way to get the ‘masses’ to participate to the governance of a...

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Lockheed Martin awarded $176 Million contract extension

Lockheed Martin awarded $176 Million contract extension

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2011

Lockheed Martin has received the second two-year option of the U.S. Air Force Industrial Product-Support Vendor (IPV) contract. The estimated value of the two-year option period is $176...

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Rheinmetall wins important Bundeswehr force protection orders

Rheinmetall wins important Bundeswehr force protection orders

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2011

Germany’s Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply the Bundeswehr with innovative force protection technology, which will soon be...

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Pakistan: The Same Old Story - II

Pakistan: The Same Old Story - II

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 14 Apr , 2011

The JUD, which played an active role in the humanitarian relief and rehabilitation operations in the PoK after the earthquake of October, 2005, is playing a similar role now in organizing relief...

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Pakistan: The Same Old Story - I

Pakistan: The Same Old Story - I

By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 13 Apr , 2011

The US pressured India into not retaliating against Pakistan after the attempted attack on the Indian Parliament by Pakistani terrorists on December 13, 2001, and promised that Pakistan would be...

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The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - II

The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - II

By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 12 Apr , 2011

Operation Tasha: The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was inducted in Sri Lanka in July 1987, as per the Indo–Sri Lanka Accord, to end the ethnic struggle that claimed many lives and ruined...

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China's First Aircraft Carrier

China's First Aircraft Carrier

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2011

The following post has been extracted from the China Forum blog of the “China Daily”. The abbreviation SCMP in the post stands for the “South China Morning Post” .Pics of the aircraft carrier...

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Chinese troops sited in Nepal too!

Chinese troops sited in Nepal too!

By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2011

The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hong Lei denied the presence of the PLA troops in POK. Unfortunately, Chinese soldiers are not only present in POK, but also in large number in Nepal....

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The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - I

The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - I

By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 11 Apr , 2011

India’s role in the world order has been gradually expanding. From its fledging origins in the early-50s, to the exalted perch at which it finds itself now, there has been a virtual inversion...

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China's Destructive Policies

China's Destructive Policies

By: Ashok Kapur | Issue: Book Excerpt: Rising India | Date: 11 Apr , 2011

Three great powers –the USA, the USSR and PRC – have interfered on an extended basis in Indian foreign and military affairs since India gained independence. Combined with the harm done to...

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