IDR Updates
Indian Dependence on Chinese Equipment & Technology
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2010
The Pakistan Railways is reportedly facing a crisis because of the unserviceability of 32 of the 69 locomotives bought from a Chinese company. It has been alleged that the Railways were forced...
SAARC – Expect no miracles
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2010
The 16th summit of the eight-nation South Asian Regional Cooperation (SAARC) concluded on March 29 in Bhutanese capital Thimphu, vowing to plant “10 million trees over the next five years”...
Thimpu talks: Downgrading terrorism as core issue once again
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2010
“Both Prime Ministers recognized that dialogue is the only way forward. Action on terrorism should not be linked to the Composite Dialogue process and these should not be bracketed. Prime...
Unsuccessful Attempt in NY for an Incendiary Attack
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2010
An unsuccessful attempt was made by an unidentified element or elements to cause an incendiary attack in the Times Square of New York on the evening of May 1, 2010. The attempt involved causing...
The Naked Truth of Naxalism
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 03 Nov , 2009
A couple hailed by the Indian Express for their stupendous social work in a village ‘Sabdo’ in Bihar were killed, because the Maoists felt that their influence was being eroded. A Maoist...
Marshall or Martial aid for Pakistan?
By: Subhash Chopra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Oct , 2009
Almost since its birth Pakistan has been lucky in finding friends who have been generous with supplies of oil, armaments and hard currency to keep its ruling classes live life in style and the...
Defence Procurement Update
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 04 Aug , 2009
Since the 1960s, the Indian Armed Forces have been the main source of sustenance fuel to the erstwhile USSR and later Russian weapons industry. Over 80 percent of our military hardware is of...
The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Vol. 23.4 Oct-Dec 2008 | Date: 03 Feb , 2009
At present, ships transiting between the coasts of India have to go all the way around Sri Lanka because of a reef called Adam’s Bridge at Pamban, near Rameswaram Island. At Pamban, the depth...
Possible Collapse of Pakistan: Quantifying the Fallout
By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 27 Feb , 2008
The overall situation appears to be quite hopeless, and under these conditions, it is only the army that can keep the country together. A military state of emergency is therefore definitely on...
Defence Industry Abroad
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 01 Sep , 2007
According to the US War Department, private sector is better equipped for defence industry because: Defence Production Division has been created in the Ministry of Defence Production to involve...
Time to Unshackle our Shipyards
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Date: 26 Apr , 2007
When Rear Admiral Ganeshan spoke to me about a seminar on Warship Building a few weeks ago, I conveyed the Navy’s wholehearted approval and support because I am convinced that we must open the...
Pakistan’s Duplicity
By: B Raman | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 26 Apr , 2007
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, while talking to some TV channels in New Delhi, hoped India will share the outcome of the probe into the Samjhauta Express blast before the...
FDI in Defence Industry
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Jan , 2007
The Government of India has been taking a number of steps to achieve the target of procuring 70 per cent of its defence requirements from indigenous sources by 2010. Despite its best efforts...
Fight the Terrorist Like a Terrorist
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 16.3 July-Sep 2001 | Date: 22 Oct , 2001
The Ghost That Came Back to Haunt. These statements are true. First, While exiting Afghanistan, America left behind 5 billion dollars worth of sophisticated arms in the hand of terrorists. This...
Threats from Pakistan
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 16.3 July-Sep 2001 | Date: 13 Aug , 2001
In spite of the fact that Pakistan is militarily considered a Secondary Threat by New Delhi, hostilities spearheaded against us constitute sixty per cent of the sum total. It originates with...
Dismantle the Moghul Darbar!
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 14.4 Oct-Dec 1999 | Date: 04 Nov , 1999
Elders continue to glibly state that Pakistan being our neighbor, we cannot wish it away. Therefore, we have to learn to live with it. For the size and the resources of India, the fact is that...