Articles in Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012
1962: The Nehruvian Blunder
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 21 Nov , 2016
In any future conflict, New Delhi’s political will and the capabilities of the Indian military should be such that China and Pakistan are hard-pressed to defend Tibet and Lahore respectively...
Taking on the Dragon
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 06 May , 2014
A defeat in a future conflict with China will be a disaster for India. Apart from the economic ruin, it will substantially damage India’s standing in the comity of nations and degrade her...
Pipavav-DCNS to Build Warships
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited, a leading company in the Indian Defence Sector, has teamed up with French company DCNS, a world leader in naval defence, energy systems,...
Stealth Frigates for the Indian Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
As per the Indian Minister of Defence, A.K Antony, the Indian Navy (IN) will get seven more indigenous stealth frigate warships to give the IN a stealthy power punch. INS Sahyadri, the last of the...
Embraer AEW&C Aircraft for India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
Taking delivery of the first Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AEW&C) built with Indian technology, India today took a major step in mounting an electronic eye in the sky....
Sale of F-16 Fighters to Taiwan
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
In a move that could further rile relations with China, the White House is considering a change in policy toward the sale of F-16C/D fighters to Taiwan. White House Director of Legislative...
India and the South Asian Neighbourhood
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
India’s relations with her neighbours need to be analysed frankly and unsentimentally, without recourse to the usual platitudes when pronouncing on the subject. It is fashionable to assume that...
42 Combat Squadrons for the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 31 Dec , 2012
The IAF has plans to build up its strength of combat squadrons to 42 over the next five years as against the current level of 34. “We are more than Pakistan at this time, it’s not just...
Northrop Grumman Awarded NATO UAS Contract
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 31 Dec , 2012
Northrop Grumman signed a $1.7 billion contract to provide five Block 40 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system. Operating under NATO...
Russia and Israel Set to Build New Drone
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 31 Dec , 2012
Russia and Israel are negotiating to build an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as a joint venture project. The aim is to initiate technological cooperation and to develop a product that will be used...
Air Power against the Maoists
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 30 Dec , 2012
Employment of air power to search and destroy targets has been carried out on a very large scale in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the US forces. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Combat...
Disputes in the South China Sea
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 25 Dec , 2012
Prior to analysing the dispute it is important to understand the UN Law of the Sea. The 1982 Convention on the Law of Seas has numerous guidelines pertaining to islands, the continental shelf,...
Pretending “Soldiers”
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 19 Dec , 2012
Playing a ‘soldier’ has always been a very enticing engagement amongst children. Even grown-ups of prominent status like the tag of being a ‘military- man’, as evidenced by their urge to...
Tank Ammunition from Russia
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 17 Dec , 2012
The Indian Army is currently facing a critical shortage of ammunition for the Indian Army’s fleet of T-90 and T-72 tanks after the blacklisting of the supplier of the Fin Stabilized Armour...
Boeing and Embraer to Partner on KC-390
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 17 Dec , 2012
Boeing and Embraer have entered into an agreement to collaborate on the KC-390 program, under which the companies will share some technical knowledge and evaluate markets where they may join their...
Rafale MMRCA for the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 17 Dec , 2012
India’s hunt for the acquisition of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) is coming to a close with the Ministry of Defence giving the green signal to the evaluation process that led to...
Surveillance Drones and National Security
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 17 Dec , 2012
The increase in acquisition of unmanned aerial surveillance drones by the government is paying dividends for law enforcement authorities. Yet it is exacerbating angst over terrorist attacks from...
Military Application of Unmanned Rotary Wing Aircraft
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 14 Dec , 2012
The term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is being slowly replaced by UAS as in many of its variegated missions, the aircraft is not carrying any payload from one place to another and is thus not a...
China’s Space Programme & Its Implications for India
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
China has already sent eight astronauts into space on four manned missions. Budgetary constraints and technology denial regimes have been cited as the primary causes of tardy progress in India....
Higher Defence Management through Effective Civil-Military Relations
By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 10 Dec , 2012
“He (the soldier) is thus the very basis and silent, barely visible cornerstone of our fame, culture, physical well-being and prosperity; in short, of the entire nation building activity. He...