Articles in Military & Aerospace

Army in our democracy

Army in our democracy

By: admin | Date: 25 Feb , 2012

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AFSPA - A Recommended Solution

AFSPA - A Recommended Solution

By: Col Vivek Chadha (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 20 Feb , 2012

The chief minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah, demanded the removal of the AFSPA1 from certain areas of the state. The indication, according to media reports, is the districts of Srinagar, Budgam,...

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Navies in the Indian Ocean

Navies in the Indian Ocean

By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 17 Feb , 2012

  To understand the role of the Navy in the 90s it may be important to review the circumstances in which the Navy was required to operate in that time “” especially with regard to the...

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Parameters for Indian Army 2020

Parameters for Indian Army 2020

By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2012

Recently under the aegis of the Army a seminar was conducted to discuss the shape, size and structure of our Army in 2020. The scope of the seminar also included an assessment of emerging...

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New technologies and trends in Submarines

New technologies and trends in Submarines

By: Vice Adm Rajeshwer Nath | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 15 Feb , 2012

“At the beginning of the last century, Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson described submarine as underhanded, damned un-English and he suggested that we treat all submarines as pirate ships in wartime...

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Burma to Japan with Azad Hind-I

Burma to Japan with Azad Hind-I

By: Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal | Issue: Book Excerpt: Burma to Japan with Azad Hind | Date: 14 Feb , 2012

 JAPAN Our first impression—and it turned out to be a lasting one—was that the people in Kyushu were quite different from the Japanese we had encountered in the occupied territories of Burma,...

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IAF Chief Leads Delegation to Singapore

IAF Chief Leads Delegation to Singapore

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Feb , 2012

Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, Chief of the Air Staff, is on a, four day Defence Cooperation visit to Singapore from 13 Feb 2012. Leading a Composite Defence Delegation to Singapore, the Air...

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Future of Aerospace Power

Future of Aerospace Power

By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 13 Feb , 2012

Let me start by being the devil’s advocate and making two points to this audience. One: that this seminar is about “Aerospace Power” and not “Air Force Power”. The army and the navy,...

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Army Revs up 'Cold Start'

Army Revs up 'Cold Start'

By: MP Anil Kumar | Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 12 Feb , 2012

Mighty Athens had set out to quash the puny but independent-minded island of Melos during the Peloponnesian War. Overcome by the urge of self-preservation, the Melians begged to the canons of...

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 IAF shifting from 'bullock cart' technology to 'Mercedez Benz' expertise

IAF shifting from 'bullock cart' technology to 'Mercedez Benz' expertise

By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2012

Primary key to India’s emergence as a successful global power lies on the ability to acquire and imbibe superior defence technologies in the knowledge-based society of the 21st century. It is...

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Selection of the Army Chief

Selection of the Army Chief

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2012

The recent debate about the date of birth of the Army Chief has been highly skewed, ill-informed and subjective in nature. It is being said that the order of ‘succession’ would get changed in...

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China preaches non-violence ...to others

China preaches non-violence ...to others

By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2012

The Chinese are apparently unhappy with the selection of the  multipurpose combat plane Rafalefor the Indian Air Force. It is what appears from an article in the People’s Daily (French...

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Indian Navy: challenges beyond the horizon

Indian Navy: challenges beyond the horizon

By: Vice Adm RN Ganesh | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 06 Feb , 2012

The Currency of Power: In the mid-1980s many commentators predicted the end of the role of military force as the “currency of power”. Subsequent decades were however marked by global changes...

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India: Back to France

India: Back to France

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Feb , 2012

< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> The Government of India must press ahead with its last-lap negotiations with Dassault Aviation of France for the finalisation of the definitive contract for the acquisition of 126 Rafale...

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