Articles in Net Edition
Indian Armed Forces: Challenges for Modi
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2014
MODI, MOODI, MOOODI, is not one of the chants by the crowd which we all have heard in India during past six to eight months during the course of political campaign of 2014. This euphoria was not...
Silent Subterfuge – LoC to Border?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May , 2014
Media reports quote the Special Representative of the Prime Minister on Pakistan saying that India and Pakistan should ensure the LoC is like border. The Special Representative was reportedly...
Spy vs Spy: When R&AW lost
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May , 2014
A spook spends his working life in a cloistered world—protecting himself, his relatives, his feelings and his joys and sorrows from unwanted curiosity. The special bonds that one develops in this...
Non Implementation of One Rank One Pension
By: Maj Gen Satbir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May , 2014
The UPA Govt announced the grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) to all defence personnel with lot of fan fare and earned lot of gratitude and accolades from the defence fraternity. During the...
Pakistan: The Art of Lying
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 May , 2014
John F Kennedy had said, “No matter how big the lie; repeat it often and the masses will regard it as truth”. However, wisdom speaks that quotes more often are like guidelines that cannot be...
India to Provide Helicopters to Afghanistan
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May , 2014
As per the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Salman Khurshid, India as agreed to provide helicopters to war-torn Afghanistan in the near future. Apparently, this decision of the Government of...
Airbus A-330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for Singapore
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May , 2014
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has opted to acquire six Airbus A-330 MRTT flight refuelling aircraft under a new contract with the European aerospace major Airbus Defence and Space. The...
F-35 Lightning II for South Korea
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May , 2014
As part of its F-X fighter jet acquisition programme, South Korea has taken a decision to procure the F-35 Lightning II fifth generation combat aircraft built by Lockheed Martin...
Withdrawal from Siachen – a manifestation of Prithviraj Chauhan syndrome!
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May , 2014
Siachen is in the news again.Having served at the glacier, one is aware of the ground realities. It is being suggested that ‘demilitarization’ of the glacier will act as a catalyst to foster...
SonAir takes delivery of a new EC225 from Airbus Helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2014
Airbus Helicopters’ EC225 presence in the African oil and gas heli-lift market will expand following delivery of an additional workhorse rotorcraft to SonAir, which is to deploy this long-range...
Royal Brunei Airlines selects the A320neo
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2014
Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) has signed a contract with Airbus covering the firm order of seven A320neo aircraft plus three options, under the latest phase of its fleet modernisation programme....
Boeing Delivers 100th EA-18G Growler to US Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2014
Boeing delivered the 100th EA-18G Growler to the U.S. Navy, marking a major milestone in the program that has transformed airborne electronic warfare capability for the U.S. and its allies. A...
Creation of Bangladesh: Shining Moment or Strategic Blunder
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2014
“DURGA ASTRIDE A TIGER”. This is how Atal Behari Vajpayee described Indira Gandhi immediately after India’s lightening victory in the 1971 war, which resulted in creation of Bangladesh. ...
China: LAC impasse and Army-ITBP spat
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2014
First the facts – Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has five battalions deployed in Eastern Ladakh including those on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). ITBP does not have its own integral...
Siachen is not low hanging fruit
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2014
History’s lessons, the immutability of geography and the politics of any region will determine how nations behave with each other. Nations cannot up and away and change location from a difficult...
Has NFU stumped the BJP manifesto?
By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2014
It would be reasonably in order to assume that the BJP manifesto was drafted after much deliberation and debate involving all the intellectuals of the party and many outside. It would also be...
New Breed of Babus in the Indian Army
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 May , 2014
The army in India was not a mere replica of the British army at home, in terms of higher organisation, staff and command arrangements. It was led by the C-in-C in India, who was, in turn,...
Nexter & MBDA showcase cutting edge European Armament Technology
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Apr , 2014
A Pre-Eurosatory press visit was organized by the Defence Industries of France from April 22 to 25, 2014. This visit was coordinated by the DGA and conducted by the Nexter Group. It gave an...
Siachen was accepted as Indian Territory in 1949!
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Apr , 2014
The Boss of Pakistan says: “It’s time to resolve the Siachen issue”, but what General Kayani forgets is that the Siachen issue was ‘solved’ long ago, in fact, in July 1949. I reproduced here an...
Employment of INS Vikramaditya for Military Diplomacy and Power Projection
By: Maj Gen Rajesh Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Apr , 2014
INS Vikramaditya a $2.33 billion refurbished aircraft carrier was acquired recently from Russia in November 2013 and is based at Karwar Naval Base on India’s Western Sea Board. This 44,500 ton...