IDR Updates
Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-speed Taxi Test
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2012
Hydrogen-powered high altitude long endurance aircraft approaching 1st flight Boeing announced that the Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its...
CASSIDIAN appoints Peter Gutsmiedl as first India CEO
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2012
Cassidian has appointed Peter Gutsmiedl as first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its India operations. Based in Bengaluru, the heart of India’s aerospace and defence industry, he will lead the...
Tibet 2030
By: P K Gautham | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asia 2030 - The Unfolding Future | Date: 13 Mar , 2012
Economic Tibet. China’s aim is to have an economic Tibet. Urbanisation, infrastructure building, extension of rail, roads and airports, converting grasslands to farmland will continue...
Is Myanmar-China relation entering a tricky phase?
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Mar , 2012
Myanmar’s decision to suspend the construction of the Chinese-aided Irrawaddy Myitsone hydroelectric dam project in Kachin State comes as a pleasant surprise, whatever be the reasons behind the...
Battling the Dragon
By: MP Anil Kumar | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 06 Mar , 2012
“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” —Sun Tzu, Art of War The Chinese maintain that the...
NCTC: Proposed powers have serious scope for misuse
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Feb , 2012
In a letter to the Chief Ministers, who have expressed their reservations over certain features of the proposed National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), ShriP.Chidambaram, the Union Home...
DCNS conducts first helicopter deck landing trials on FREMM Aquitaine
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2012
DCNS has achieved formal qualification of the FREMM frigate Aquitaine's flight deck for operations with the Lynx helicopter. This milestone was reached several months ahead of schedule after a...
Boeing Completes deliveries of Super Hornet
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2012
Boeing announced that it has completed delivery of 257 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the U.S. Navy. Each aircraft was delivered ahead of...
Edwards F-35A Conducts First External Weapons Test Mission
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Feb , 2012
On Feb. 16, the first external weapons test mission was flown by an F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., further expanding the program’s...
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,...
India’s Role in Afghanistan – II
By: Bhashyam Kasturi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 18 Feb , 2012
India’s Role in Afghanistan The U.S.-led invasion after 9/11 marked a turning point in the Indian investment in Afghanistan, and it has been able to steadily re-establish its presence. The...
NCTC: Creation of KGB in India?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2012
Of all the Chief Ministers, who have protested against the proposed creation of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Intelligence Bureau of the Government of India with effect...
Iran-Israel spat: National Interest is Supreme
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2012
India appears to be caught in crossfire between Iran and Israel. New Delhi should evaluate the strategic dividends that accrue from Iran and Israel before it responds to the developing crisis....
Counter-Terrorism: Need to Revisit Security Procedures
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Feb , 2012
Since 2007, five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in Iranian territory. In some of these instances, the terrorists had attached small magnetic bombs to the exterior of the victims...
Mi-17 V5 helicopter to be inducted into the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2012
Mi-17 V5 helicopter would be inducted into the IAF on 17 February 2012. This helicopter falls in the category of armed helicopter, with substantial and effective firepower with the latest and...
Lockheed Martin’s Fighting Falcon evolves with New F-16V
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2012
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new version of the F-16 at the Singapore Airshow. The F-16V will feature enhancements including an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, an upgraded...
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...
War and Oil – The Pipeline Politics
By: Rohit Singh | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 16 Feb , 2012
One has heard of the great depression that has struck the world on at least two occasions, once in the early 20th century, and the other one we are going through, currently. While the current...
Pakistan 2030: Possible Scenarios and Options
By: Col Harinder Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asia 2030 - The Unfolding Future | Date: 15 Feb , 2012
George Friedman once said that the first line of defence against Islamic radicals would be the Muslim states themselves. It could be believed that Pakistan quite accurately represents this fault...
Combat capability of the Naval Air Arm
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 14 Feb , 2012
In the four decades since independence, the nation’s naval air arm had grown substantially to emerge as a prominent fighting force. By 1991, the combat capability of the Air Arm had...