Articles in Issues
Headley's Case : Indian Distrust of FBI will increase International Terrorism
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Oct , 2010
More disclosures relating to David Coleman Headley of the Chicago cell of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) embarrassing to the USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been brought out in two...
Chinese Attitude to US : Trust - Distrust Syndrome
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
President Barack Obama has made another overture of likely strategic significance to China, which could be a new landmark in moves to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two...
Rheinmetall and Timoney's Advanced Chassis Technology for all-terrain vehicles
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RRMV) of Munich has entered a farreaching agreement with Timoney Technology Ltd. of Gibbstown, Ireland, to cooperate in the military logistic and tactical...
INS Kalpeni Commissioned into the Indian Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
The Latest Fast Attack Craft of the Indian Navy, INS Kalpeni was commissioned into the Indian Navy today by Hon’ble Mr Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala at Naval...
The African Talibans
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
The visit to India of Mr. Jean-David Levitte, the ‘sherpa’ of President Sarkozy, during the second week of October was hardly noticed. Monsieur Levitte is a very powerful man. In France, each...
Indian defence private industry should move from fringes to mainstream: Air...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
“Indian private industry should move from fringes to mainstream,” observes Air Chief Marshall, PV Naik, Chief of Air Staff while speaking at the brochure release ceremony of the 5th...
Politics at the Cost of India's Security
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2010
The indifference and lack of understanding amongst the country’s political leadership on matters relating to national security has been a part of our national culture. Several reasons could be...
The Danger Signals from Pakistan
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2010
More people were killed and more material damage was caused by the quake in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) and some parts of the North-West Frontier Province ( now called Khyber Pakhtunkwa ) in...
The train in Tibet and the Clouds over Himalayas
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2010
NEW China has no money problem. When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited debt-laden Greece last week he promised to double trade in five years and buy Greek bonds when Athens returns to...
U.S. Military places $68 Million Contract with Elbit America
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2010
Elbit Systems of America was awarded a 5-year, $68 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the US Army Contracting Command in Huntsville, Alabama, to supply the...
Obama's Gesture to China on Eve of Indian visit
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
On the eve of his forthcoming visit to India next month, President Barack Obama has made an important gesture to China. Even while supporting the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese...
No stability in Tibet-Xinjiang without Pakistan, says Chinese Writer
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
An article published on October 12, 2010, by the Chinese Communist Party-controlled “Global Times” has questioned the reported description of Pakistan as a cancer by President Barack Obama. It...
MBDA's New Bunker Buster Warhead
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
The second test firing of the Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HARDBUT) Next Generation Multiple Warhead System (NGMWS) was carried out successfully at the Biscarrosse test range of DGA Essais de...
Elbit America RPDA Computer and Tacter for U.S. Army
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
Elbit Systems of America, announced it was awarded follow-on orders from the United States Army PM Battle Command and PM Mortars for Rugged Personal Digital Assistant Computers (RPDA) and...
Going global: Rheinmetall takes over Laingsdale Engineering
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
The Defence arm of the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group continues to expand its foothold in South Africa. Rheinmetall has agreed to buy Laingsdale Engineering (Pty) Ltd of Maitland from the...
Soldier's Final Inspection in Heaven by the Lord!
By: Sgt Joshua Helterbran | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2010
The Soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. ‘Step forward now, Soldier, How shall I deal with...
Indian AWACS to participate in Indo-UK Air Exercise Indradhanush
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2010
Indo-UK Air Force Exercise named Ex-Indradhanush would be taking place at Air Force Station Kalaikunda, in West Midinapur district, West Bengal from 18 Oct 2010 till 03 Nov 2010. This would be...
Beechcraft T6C military trainer is scheduled for evaluation by the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced its Beechcraft T-6C military trainer is scheduled for evaluation by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in field evaluation trials beginning Oct. 11 at...
Impressive Parade by IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 78th anniversary today. A ceremonial Air Force Day Parade (AFDP) was held at the airbase in Hindan, near Ghaziabad commemorating the occasion. The Chief...
KMW delivers 20 upgraded LEOPARD 2 main battle tanks to Canada
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has handed over the first of 20 LEOPARD 2 A4M CAN modernised battle tanks to the Canadian armed forces yesterday, October 7th 2010. The roll-out took place in the...