Articles in Issues
Boeing Phantom Ray Completes Low-speed Taxi Tests
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. “Phantom Ray did exactly what it was supposed to...
The Subverted Indo-Bangladesh Border : II
By: VK Shashikumar | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 21 Nov , 2010
Illegal Migrant 1, Name Withheld: “We paid the dalals (human traffickers). The amount varies depending on the security environment extant on that day when the illegal crossing over has been for....
Security threats facing India
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 23.2 Apr-Jul 2008 | Date: 20 Nov , 2010
Threats are a matter of perception. Their assessments take into account capacities, not so much intentions, of a potential adversary. For an accurate reading, the short term and long term...
Selecting Military's Top Brass
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Nov , 2010
Indian armed forces have many unique organisational features. Most of them have been discussed frequently in public debates. One lesser known aspect is total lack of meritocracy in higher...
Chinese avionics & missiles for Pakistan
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Nov , 2010
The Chinese Communist Party controlled “Global Times” has reported as follows on November 18,2010: Pakistan inks deal for Chinese missiles by Xu Tianran in Zhuhai and Chris Dalby in...
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...