Articles in Net Edition
Indo-French bilateral exercise Ex Garuda V commences at Jodhpur
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jun , 2014
With the aim of enhancing Operational Co-operation and to validate capabilities, the Indian Air Force & French Air Force commenced the bilateral exercise “Ex Garuda V” at Jodhpur Air...
Ajit Doval – the Chanakya in the Team
By: Karan Kharb | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jun , 2014
Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumes office after a blitzkrieg electoral offensive that saw Congress and its allies vanquished as never before, the dishonest and inefficient bureaucrats in...
Article 370 and Nation-Building: A Reality Check
By: Brig Amar Cheema | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 May , 2014
“Nothing is as admirable in politics as a short memory’’ –John Galbraith Nation building is an ‘ongoing’ phenomenon and in the case of India’s quest for nationhood, it is definitely...
Diplomatic engagement in a post nuclear use environment
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 May , 2014
Strike corps exercises are usually well covered by the media. Inevitably mentioned in write ups from reporters over the past decade since Exercise Poorna Vijay has been the nuclear backdrop. The...
Will the wind blow from the East?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 May , 2014
The tides are changing. As Narendra Modi takes oath as the new Prime Minister of India, Asia is fast becoming the center of the world. Agence France-Presse reported that China and Russia signed...
Exercise Sagar Kavach conducted successfully
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 May , 2014
The bi-annual maritime coastal security exercise introduced post 26/11 was conducted on 21-22 May 2014 across the State of Gujarat and Union Territory of Daman & Diu coastline. The maritime...
Boeing Delivers 4th P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft to India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 May , 2014
Boeing has delivered the fourth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India on schedule, fulfilling the first half of a contract for eight aircraft. The aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle...
Military Diplomacy – time to bridge the void
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May , 2014
Questioned ‘why do we need military officers to engage in diplomacy, Nitin Pai, founder and fellow for geopolitics at the Takshila Institute, had replied, “Not only does the nature of...
Foreign Policy and Power Projection under Modi
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May , 2014
Narendra Modi, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, has been given massive mandate by the people in the just concluded general elections to the parliament. The BJP is poised to get a...
Boeing KC-46A Readies for Testing
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May , 2014
Boeing has begun assembling the fourth and final KC-46A flight-testing aircraft, the manufacturer’s next-generation aerial refuelling tanker replacement for the current fleet of KC-135 with the...
Predator Demonstrates Electronic Attack Capabilities
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May , 2014
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Northrop Grumman demonstrated the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft System’s (UAS) electronic attack capability during a US Marine Corps...
Demilitarizing Siachen: Trading Strategic Advantage for Brownie Points
By: Maj Gen S G Vombatkere | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May , 2014
The troubled India-Pakistan relationship has been punctuated by four military conflicts and decades-long military face-off across the IB and LOC, the most recent starting in 1984 on Siachen...
Pratt & Whitney Ships Initial PurePower Engines To Airbus
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2014
Pratt & Whitney has delivered its first ship set of PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines on schedule to Airbus for its A320neo aircraft family. The PurePower engines were assembled and tested at the...
Nexter purchases lightweight composite armour from TenCate Advanced Armour
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2014
Yesterday the French Ambassador in Denmark, François Zimeray, has visited TenCate Advanced Armour’s facilities in Vissenbjerg, following a significant order from Nexter Systems. TenCate, a...
Cooperation between Air Forces of Japan and India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2014
During Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent visit to India, both countries agreed to boost security ties in the face of China’s growing assertiveness. This move is significant...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2014
With the Indian Cabinet Committee on Security clearing a deal for 15 additional IAI-Malat Heron-I Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), the MoD is likely to sign a contract...
Air Defence Missiles from MBDA for the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2014
The IAF is close to inking a deal with European missile company MBDA for 384 ASRAAM imaging infrared homing Air-to-Air Missile as the new close combat missile for the Jaguar replacing the now...
Rebalancing the Strategic Affairs Post 16 May 2014
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2014
Narendra Modi has won a landslide victory in the general elections of 2014. The political pundits call it a titanic shift in Indian politics. The verdict of May 16, 2014 is overwhelmingly in...
Why China and Pakistan want demilitarization of Siachen
By: Karan Kharb | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2014
Siachen and Sir Creek are back on the menu again. The Track II diplomacy to bring about a rapprochement between India and Pakistan is interesting in many ways. Official bilateral conclaves having...
Leveraging India-China Strategic Partnership
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2014
Scientists have predicted that global weather would undergo 80 percent change due to El Nino. The effect is already visible through not only changed patterns of rain, heat and cold but the ice...