Military & Aerospace
Navy needs more Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jan , 2012
Since a few years now, India has been working towards procuring three aircraft carriers, commensurate with the mission and request of the Indian Navy to defend India’s sea coast and sea...
Younger Fighting Forces for Greater Combat Effectiveness
By: Air Commodore Jasjit Singh | Issue: Vol 18.1 Jan-Mar 2003 | Date: 02 Jan , 2012
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old-bold pilots —- Anonymous One of the most important lessons of the Gulf War II, even though not so easily visible on a casual...
POW in China: Humiliations Galore
By: Lt Col KN Bakshi, VSM | Issue: Book Excerpt: I Was A Prisoner of War in China | Date: 30 Dec , 2011
Though we stared long and hard, we could not see anyone. It seemed that no one had come to receive us. The usual compliment of military personnel was there, with their glum faces and their...
PLA: Thrust on Integrated Joint War-Fighting
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 26 Dec , 2011
“Therefore, soldiers do not have a constant position, water does not have a constant shape, and to be able to attain victory in response to the change of the enemy is called miraculous”,...
Air Chief Flies SU-30MKI as he visits Pune Air Base
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2011
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, Chief of the Air Staff flew a one hour sortie in a SU-30 MKI at Pune airbase. Addressing the station, he said, “I wanted to be here to not only fly the SU-30...
Rajya Sabha recommends one rank one pension
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2011
The Rajya Sabha Committee on Petition in its report tabled on 19 Dec 2011 strongly recommended the grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) to the Defence Personnel. It found the Govt contention for...
Liberation of Bangladesh: War in Northern Sector – I
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 15 Dec , 2011
The northern sector comprised the U-shaped territory between the mighty Jamuna in the west and Meghna in the east, with the Ganga forming the base. The Brahmaputra ran diagonally from northwest...
Liberation of Bangladesh: War in Northern Sector – II
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 12 Dec , 2011
Lt Col Sultan Mahmood, Commanding Officer 31 Baluch Battalion, who was responsible for the area, explained when questioned after surrender that he withdrew his troops from Bakhshiganj to build...
Parliament Delegation Witnesses the Might of Indian Army at Exercise...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Dec , 2011
A delegation of Parliamentarians of India, visited Rajasthan and witnessed the Southern Army along with South western air command(SWAC) in action as part of one of the largest exercise of Indian...
The Military Must Find Its Voice
By: Col Harjeet Singh | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 05 Dec , 2011
…military professionals must speak out; they must counsel political leaders and alert the public that there is no such thing as a war fought on the cheap. The Army must make the price of...
The March to Dacca – III
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
Exploiting Niazi’s pessimistic conclusions about the outcome of the war, the Indians stepped up their psychological warfare. A personal message from Manekshaw was repeatedly beamed by All...
The March to Dacca – II
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
The unexpected speed of the operations towards Dacca in this sector emboldened the Army Commander to allot 340 Mountain Brigade Group, then engaged at Bogra under Thapan, to harden the punch...
Bangladesh Army Chief visits India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne presenting memento to General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen, Chief of the Army Staff, Bangladesh at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) on 1st December...
India and US Sign Aviation Safety Agreement
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2011
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the completion of a bilateral agreement between the United States and India that will allow for the reciprocal certification of aviation...
Special Powers for Armed Forces : We need clarity, not emotions
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2011
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, better known as AFSPA, has been brought out of wraps at various opportune times – opportune for those who have either something to gain, i.e. the...
IAF’s Exercise Mahagujraj to be conducted from 20 Nov to 13 Dec 2011
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2011
An Indian Air Force exercise in South Western Air Command (SWAC) named Exercise MahaGujRaj-2011 is planned to be conducted in its area of responsibility (AOR) from 20 Nov to 13 Dec 11. The...
‘Is war around the corner?’
By: Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 Nov , 2011
A few month’s back, Bharat Verma, Editor of the Indian Defence Review, in an article, had predicted that China may attack India by 2012. Frankly, at that time, I did not agree with this...
The Final Frontier
By: Gp Capt AS Bahal | Issue: Vol 20.4 Oct-Dec 2005 | Date: 27 Oct , 2011
“Space is the final frontier that India must conquest, if it has to rightfully emerge as a leading economic and military powerhouse.” The chinese were the first to develop a rocket in...
Pakistan military’s Swat offensive
By: Col Rajinder Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 03 Oct , 2011
Most people and even some military minds do not appreciate the difference between fighting a conventional war and an unconventional war. The former is against a known enemy with well-defined...
IAF flying into the Future
By: Air Commodore Jasjit Singh | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 21 Sep , 2011
As one of the less than half a dozen air forces of the world which have remained independent from the very birth, the Indian Air Force has rendered a yeoman service in the defence of the country...