IDR Updates
IAF upgrading facilities in northeast: Air chief
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Nov , 2010
Kalaikunda (West Bengal), Nov 2 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) is upgrading its capabilities in the northeastern region of the country by revamping eight advance landing grounds and improving...
Terrorist Tentacles in India
By: Wilson John | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 03 Nov , 2010
Investigations into the recent terrorist attacks and the subsequent chain of arrests and seizures in different parts of India, particularly rural Maharashtra, have revealed a growing alliance...
Media: the Force-Multiplier
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 16.1 Jan-Mar 2001 | Date: 03 Nov , 2010
Media can mar or make the war efforts. Enhance or rubbish the image within minutes if the communication skills remain poor. There was a time when whatever little the military public relations...
India’s sea-blindness
By: Cdr Gurpreet S Khurana | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 03 Nov , 2010
Despite lessons from the past when India was subjugated by major sea powers, modern India is not particularly known for a maritime outlook. Recent events go further to underscore the...
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor performs Air Demo for first time over Dallas
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Nov , 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor performed its precision aerobatics at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 30-31, marking the first time the aircraft has demonstrated its aerial capabilities in...
Fifth Generation Fighters for India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Nov , 2010
According to the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal PV Naik, the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), the state-of-the art stealth fighters will be inducted into the Indian...
BAE Systems M777 Howitzer Programme
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Nov , 2010
BAE Systems has received an order for 93 additional M777 howitzers, taking the order book to 955 systems and taking sales for the programme to over £1bn. The US is buying 58 guns for the US Army...
Need to Bridge Inter-Services Trust Deficit
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Nov , 2010
Existing trust deficit amongst the three services is adversely affecting national defence preparedness and is the primary impediment in achieving the goal of jointmanship. Lack of mutual trust...
Tawang: Locals boycott Chinese goods
By: Maj Gen GD Bakshi, (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Oct , 2010
A youth camp of 645 young college students of some 28 colleges and technical institutions of Arunachal Pradesh was held at Itanagar. The Camp was conducted from 11-16th October 2010. It was...
Reevaluating our Pakistan Policy
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Oct , 2010
The recent round of talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan has failed. Indian home secretary G K Pillai has been made the villain for the failure by both the foreign...
Euphoria in Indo-Pak Relations
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Oct , 2010
Current mass euphoria in Indo-Pak sentiments, brought by the current cricket series and some recent political developments, is destined to dissipate as certain abiding realities of the Pakistani...
Mine Clearing System SOUVIM-2 developed by MBDA
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2010
The mine clearing system, SOUVIM 2, has been developed by MBDA for mobility support missions. These missions are served by carrying out the rapid opening of long stretches of mined routes at the...
Second Airbus Military tanker for RAF makes maiden flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2010
The second A330 MRTT Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) for the UK Royal Air Force has successfully completed its maiden flight from the Airbus Military facility at Getafe, Madrid following...
The China Factor in Kashmir
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Oct , 2010
The truism is that China has all along been a player in J&K. However, in order to maintain goodwill and peace with China at all costs, the Indian policy makers have deliberately been downplaying...
PLA conducts first air ground live ammunition drill in Tibet
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Oct , 2010
Citing the People’s Liberation Army Daily, the “People’s Daily” of China controlled by the Communist Party of China reported as follows on October 26,2010: “Near the foot of the snowcapped...
China gets tough with protesting Tibetan students
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Oct , 2010
After having failed thus far to pacify protesting Tibetan students in the Qinghai province who are angry over the introduction of Mandarin as the medium of instruction in the Tibetan schools,...
Al Qaeda – Taliban in Europe
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Oct , 2010
On August 15, 2007, the Pakistani authorities handed over to Germany Tolga Durbin, a German citizen of Turkish origin, who belonged to the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an Uzbek terrorist...
Elbit Systems Awarded Contract for Night Targeting System Upgrade for AH-1W...
By: IDR News Network | Date: 26 Oct , 2010
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) announced today that its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded a $45.5 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite...
SESM Modern Powerpacks for T-72 and T-90
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Oct , 2010
Until today, the T-72 remains one of the most popular MBTs worldwide. Introduced in the 70s with a remarkably compact design, various modifications and upgrade programs (protection, night...
KMW’s DINGO for a safe recovery
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Oct , 2010
The multitudinous and extremely variable DINGO 2 family from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has welcomed a new arrival. The company presented the armoured DINGO 2 recovery vehicle at the EUROSATORY...