Articles in Issues
Trends in China's South Asia Policy
By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 08 Apr , 2011
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India and thereafter to Pakistan in December 2010 can be ascribed to as being a ‘withering’ one as far as India is concerned and an ‘all-weather’...
IPKF's Performance in Sri Lanka
By: Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande | Issue: Book Except: Assignment Jaffna | Date: 08 Apr , 2011
The Long War Used as we are to wars of a fortnight or three weeks, the Cl Ops against the LTTE in Sri Lanka, which went on for nearly two and a half years, proved indeed tough – and to many,...
Boeing to Feature Advanced Maritime Solutions
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
At this year’s Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will display a broad range of proven and emerging maritime and air capabilities to support U.S. Navy readiness...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Program
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142 flights. Additionally, the F-35B short...
SELEX Galileo to expand its presence in Brazil
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is attending Brazil’s 2011 LAAD Defence and Security Exhibition in line with the Company’s strategy to expand its presence in the region and to develop...
A400M contract amendment finalised with customer nations
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
EADS and Airbus welcome the conclusion of contract amendment negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations. The contract amendment was signed today in Seville by Patrick...
A Lesson from Fukushima
By: Air Marshal AK Trikha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Apr , 2011
Japan is no stranger to natural disasters. In living memory it has been rocked by severe earthquakes, battered by typhoons and tsunamis which have left a trail of death and destruction in their...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -III
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 06 Apr , 2011
On the morning of 3 October Pritpal Singh rang up to say that Bijji Kaul was back at his deck, news which cheered me enormously but not enough to Want to leave my bed to go and meet him. I...
Heliportugal AW139 Supports Prince of Wales' Visit to Portugal
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2011
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that a Heliportugal AW139 medium twin helicopter was used to support the visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in...
Libya: The West faces three disturbing ground realities
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2011
The Western campaign — by exploiting the fig leaf cover of the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 for protecting civilians in Libya — to work for a regime change in Libya has come face to face...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Program shows progress in First Quarter
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2011
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142 flights. Additionally, the...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -II
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 05 Apr , 2011
It was soon obvious that Mullik had himself become one of the ‘hawks’ on Operation Leghorn, and if a seasoned general like Sen could be so oblivious to logistical realities, it would dearly be...
India's Nuclear Doctrine
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
A central tenet of India’s nuclear doctrine is No First Use. India’s is therefore a doctrine of ‘assured retaliation’. The popular understanding of India’s nuclear doctrine is that...
Boeing Vigilare System Completes Site Acceptance Testing
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
Boeing announced that the company’s Vigilare network centric command and control system (NC3S) developed for the Commonwealth of Australia has completed site acceptance testing at the Eastern...
Boeing Delivers Qatar Airways Its 25th 777
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
Boeing (NYSE: BA) delivered Qatar Airways its 25th 777 at a ceremony on April 1. The airplane is a 777-300ER (extended range) model, which can carry up to 335 passengers in a two-class...
Career in the Military: imperatives of attracting right material
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
Throughout history, the Indian soldier fought in the defence of his motherland with unmatched valour and yet lost to almost every invader: even to those who arrived with an army of just a few...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl - I
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
During the hurly-burly of the Goa campaign in 1959 Bijji Kaul had assumed direct supervision of border operations in NEF A in order to ease the workload of an overworked DMO. Once he became...
Samjauta Blast Probe: Messier & Messier
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Apr , 2011
The investigation into the February 18,2007, explosions on board the Samjauta Express to Pakistan that killed 68 persons 43 of them Pakistanis returning home after visiting India is becoming...
Boeing: WTO Ruling Exposes Massive Airbus Advantage from Illegal Subsidies
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2011
Trade court rejects nearly 80% of EU claim of improper support for Boeing; finds no U.S. equivalent for billions in illegal European launch aid provided to Airbus Final rulings in U.S. and EU...
Cricket World Cup and Politics over Terror
By: Col US Rathore | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2011
The tenth edition of Cricket World Cup has taken South Asia by storm – four host nations, forty-eight matches between fourteen teams at thirteen venues makes it truly a mega sporting event....