Articles in EDR Vol. March/April 2012
Force command and control – a ‘technological devolution’
By: Gilles Ebbutt | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 31 Oct , 2012
Command and control (C2) of military forces differs according to the environment in which they operate – ground, maritime or air – but in all cases it is fundamentally about the coordination and...
UAVs gaining currency with Indian Armed Forces
By: Guilem Monsonis | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
Drones are on the rise in the Indian armed forces. Identified as an essential tool for modernization, in recent years UAVs have become a staple of Indian border surveillance. Constrained for a...
The IAF: Combining Numbers and Quality
By: David Saw | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 28 Oct , 2012
The Indian Air Force (IAF) was established on 8th October 1932, a state of affairs that came about due to the passage of the ‘Indian Air Force Act’ by the then British colonial administration....
New standards for Towed Guns
By: Mark Huntiller | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 23 Oct , 2012
Many experts and talented observers predicted that towed guns would be completely replaced in coming decades by automotive-mounted arms, with truck-mounted pieces and howitzers seen as the...