IDR Updates
After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism – II
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 16 Apr , 2011
In 2004, the Government of Dr Manmohan Singh created two posts of National Security Advisers — one for external security, which was held by the late JN Dixit, and the other for internal...
MBDA demonstrates VL MICA proficiency against stand-off weapons
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Apr , 2011
In a scenario representing the protection of a sensitive zone against weapons launched from a secure distance, VL MICA has once again demonstrated the high level of its operational capabilities....
Boeing to Promote Innovative Solutions at Army Aviation Exposition
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Apr , 2011
The Boeing Company will showcase a wide array of aviation, training, support and technology solutions at the 2011 Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Annual Professional Forum and...
Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Implications for India
By: Tejas Patel | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2011
As India awaits the arrival of its new aircraft carrier, reports have emerged that China is ready to launch its first aircraft carrier. According to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, the...
Nepal deporting Tibetans to China secretly
By: Nidhi Bhardwaj | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2011
When Chen Bingde, the Chinese army chief, and his 15-member delegation landed in Kathmandu on March 23, 2011, he brought him a loyalty-trust proposal for the pro-China ruling coalition of the...
After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism – I
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 15 Apr , 2011
The 26/11 attack has been the subject of study by the intelligence and security agencies of many countries in order to examine whether the modus operandi (MO) used by the terrorists in Mumbai...
Misreading Pakistan
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2011
The recently revealed WikiLeaks documents mentioned, among others, how the then national security advisor M K Narayanan had indicated once to his American interlocutors, and that too, in the...
Rheinmetall wins important Bundeswehr force protection orders
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2011
Germany’s Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply the Bundeswehr with innovative force protection technology, which will soon be...
Lockheed Martin awarded $176 Million contract extension
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2011
Lockheed Martin has received the second two-year option of the U.S. Air Force Industrial Product-Support Vendor (IPV) contract. The estimated value of the two-year option period is $176...
Follow the orders from Beijing
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2011
The present regime in Beijing is really allergic to democracy. Though since ancient times democracy has been recognized as the best way to get the ‘masses’ to participate to the governance of a...
Pakistan: The Same Old Story – II
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 14 Apr , 2011
The JUD, which played an active role in the humanitarian relief and rehabilitation operations in the PoK after the earthquake of October, 2005, is playing a similar role now in organizing relief...
Pakistan: The Same Old Story – I
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 13 Apr , 2011
The US pressured India into not retaliating against Pakistan after the attempted attack on the Indian Parliament by Pakistani terrorists on December 13, 2001, and promised that Pakistan would be...
The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order – II
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 12 Apr , 2011
Operation Tasha: The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was inducted in Sri Lanka in July 1987, as per the Indo–Sri Lanka Accord, to end the ethnic struggle that claimed many lives and ruined...
Chinese troops sited in Nepal too!
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2011
The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hong Lei denied the presence of the PLA troops in POK. Unfortunately, Chinese soldiers are not only present in POK, but also in large number in Nepal....
China’s First Aircraft Carrier
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2011
The following post has been extracted from the China Forum blog of the “China Daily”. The abbreviation SCMP in the post stands for the “South China Morning Post” .Pics of the aircraft carrier...
The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order – I
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 11 Apr , 2011
India’s role in the world order has been gradually expanding. From its fledging origins in the early-50s, to the exalted perch at which it finds itself now, there has been a virtual inversion...
Trends in China’s South Asia Policy
By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 08 Apr , 2011
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India and thereafter to Pakistan in December 2010 can be ascribed to as being a ‘withering’ one as far as India is concerned and an ‘all-weather’...
A400M contract amendment finalised with customer nations
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
EADS and Airbus welcome the conclusion of contract amendment negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations. The contract amendment was signed today in Seville by Patrick...
SELEX Galileo to expand its presence in Brazil
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is attending Brazil’s 2011 LAAD Defence and Security Exhibition in line with the Company’s strategy to expand its presence in the region and to develop...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Program
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2011
F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142 flights. Additionally, the F-35B short...