Military & Aerospace
Infrastructure in the IAF: A Force Multiplier
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 04 Jan , 2014
Due to its long gestation period, infrastructure needs advance and integrated planning amongst the three services and civil agencies to ensure that the end result is cost-effective without...
Slow Pace of Army Modernization
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jan , 2014
Strange as it may seem, Indian genius can successfully launch multiple satellites or a spacecraft to Mars but seems hopelessly ill-equipped to develop a basic armament such as a rifle, carbine or...
Challenges Facing Civil Aviation in India
By: Robert S Metzger | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 01 Jan , 2014
Civil aviation in India may be taken as a study in contrasts. Despite extraordinary growth in traffic, most of India’s airlines are in a precarious condition. Despite forecasts that India will...
Military and the Media
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Dec , 2013
The Lucknow Literature Carnival 2013 held from 6 to 8 December for the first time had a full session on Defence Writing. It generated quite a bit of enthusiasm in the journalistic circles. What...
India’s First Supersonic Jet MiG-21
By: Joydeep Dasgupta | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 Dec , 2013
Every one of us wants to fly high above the sky and therefore our fascination towards the sky always remains in our dreams and therefore we keep watching aircraft and feel envy of them. There...
The Ray of Death: Directed-Energy Weapons
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 25 Dec , 2013
Why do laser guns and other DEW devices seem so much more attractive than conventional projectile weapons such as guns and missiles? For one thing, DEWs can be precisely targeted. It is claimed...
Submarines: Pride of Oceanic Depths
By: Joydeep Dasgupta | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 24 Dec , 2013
Aircraft carriers and other warships are all visible platforms on sea. However, navies worldwide operate vessels that are largely unseen, which lurk undetected beneath the sea but are capable of...
Christmas message for the Soldier
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Dec , 2013
It’was the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house, made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney, with presents to give, And to see just who, in this...
Equipping Cutting Edge Infantry
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 17 Dec , 2013
Infantry modernisation has not received due importance in past decades. This must be treated as an ‘emergent’ requirement in consideration of the emerging threats from within and outside the...
India’s Energy Security: Role of Offshore Helicopter Operations
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 13 Dec , 2013
The helicopter is the workhorse for the off-shore oil and gas exploration and production industry. The ever-increasing demand for energy, ever escalating prices of crude oil and the discovered...
Permanent Chairman COSC : MoD’s Triumph
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Dec , 2013
Whatever cooks in North and South Blocks, some scents have the tendency to seep through the walls no matter how tight the windows are shut. So one fine day comes this article that the government...
President’s Standards awarded to IAF’s 220 SQN and 32 SQN at Halwara
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Nov , 2013
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in an impressive Ceremonial Parade at Air Force Station Halwara presented Standards to two of the IAF’s Frontline Fighter Squadrons - 220...
Nuclear perfidy
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Nov , 2013
Big powers purported nuclear blindness is on the rise. Not that the malady is new – squints, Nelson’s Eye, blisters in the eyes, all compounded. The whole game is to permit selective...
No Human Occupant: The Growing Challenges of UAS Pilot Training
By: David Oliver | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 19 Nov , 2013
As UAS technology matures and prices start to drop with from Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components, more agencies are becoming interested in adopting UAS platforms and the market is on the...
First TU-142M LRMRASW squadron of Indian navy celebrates its silver jubilee
By: IDR News Network | Date: 19 Nov , 2013
INAS 312 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron of the Eastern Naval Command, based at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu, celebrated its Silver Jubilee Anniversary on today, 18 Nov. The Silver Jubilee...
The Economics of Defence: Investment vs Deterrence
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 16 Nov , 2013
Alongside the troubles concurrent and brewing, there are hopeful signs of matured realisation and some improvements in the situation. History proves that such improvements in inter-state...
Military: The Grid of Violence
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 11 Nov , 2013
Violence unleashed upon a nation can only be met by developing the capability to counter the violence. In the twenty-first century, unless societies with deep-rooted beliefs in non-violence and...
Western Fleet of Indian Navy manoeuvers in littorals off Gujarat and...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2013
A large scale annual operational exercise of the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy will conclude tomorrow off the littorals of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The week long exercise termed...
Disaster Management: Why the Army continues to take the Lead
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 28 Oct , 2013
Conceptually, the armed forces ought to be called to aid the civil authorities only when the situation is beyond the capability of the civil administration. In practice, however, the armed forces...
IAF launches its 3 G WCDMA Cellular Network Project
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2013
The Indian Air Force launched its 3 G Cellular Network named AFCEL (Air Force Cellular) today, becoming first among the services to have commissioned its own captive 3 G network. Inaugurated by...