IDR Updates
1971: Making Bangladesh a reality – I
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 16 Dec , 2012
The Indian cabinet met on 28 April 1971. General Manekshaw was told to attend the meeting as he was Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. Without much ado, he was told to take charge of the...
Military Application of Unmanned Rotary Wing Aircraft
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 14 Dec , 2012
The term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is being slowly replaced by UAS as in many of its variegated missions, the aircraft is not carrying any payload from one place to another and is thus not a...
Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird for Republic of Korea Army
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2012
Affordable pilotless technology could expand ROKA MD 500 helicopters' mission capabilities Boeing demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology that could be integrated onto Republic of...
Boeing Appoints Pratyush Kumar to Lead Boeing Business in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2012
Boeing named Pratyush “Prat” Kumar as president of Boeing India, effective December 14. He joins Boeing with significant business leadership experience and insight into the Indian market,...
Insensitive timing of Rehman Malik’s visit
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2012
If NaMo, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, had been well-advised, instead of raising the issue of Sir Creek, he would have raised the insensitive timing of the official visit of Mr. Rehman Malik,...
ABG Shipyard bags Rs. 485 crore order from the Ministry of Defence
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
ABG Shipyard Limited, country's largest private ship building company has bagged a repeat order from the Ministry of Defence for building an additional cadet training vessel for the Indian Navy....
Boeing’s Reusable, Unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Begins 2nd Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
Affordable, responsive vehicle delivers unprecedented capability to US Air Force Boeing today successfully returned an unmanned U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to orbit, continuing to...
Israel Weapon Industries will market the TAVOR SAR and UZI PRO Pistol...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) – a leader in the production of combat-proven small arms for governments, armies, and law enforcement agencies around the world – launches operations of its US...
China’s Space Programme & Its Implications for India
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
China has already sent eight astronauts into space on four manned missions. Budgetary constraints and technology denial regimes have been cited as the primary causes of tardy progress in India....
Chinese military official meets Maldives defence minister
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of Communist Party of China (CPC), met with Mohamed Nazim, the Maldives' minister of defence and national...
Bested by China’s Strategy
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Dec , 2012
China’s two-track policy towards India, that of targetting our territory as well as our market is proving effective. The Chinese calculate that they can periodically rile India politically...
Airbus Military A400M completes critical flight-test phase
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2012
Airbus Military has successfully completed the 300 hours of Function & Reliability (F&R) flight-testing of the A400M new generation airlifter which is a key requirement prior to full...
Higher Defence Management through Effective Civil-Military Relations
By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 10 Dec , 2012
“He (the soldier) is thus the very basis and silent, barely visible cornerstone of our fame, culture, physical well-being and prosperity; in short, of the entire nation building activity. He...
Pratt & Whitney Singapore Engine Center Celebrates 7,000th Engine Delivery
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Dec , 2012
Pratt & Whitney announced its Singapore engine center celebrated more than 30 years of operations with the milestone delivery of its 7000th overhauled engine. Pratt & Whitney is a division of...
The Long Reach of Islamic Fundamentalism
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 07 Dec , 2012
Since the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was shot by Taliban gunmen on her way to school, the pressure has been mounting both in Pakistan and Afghanistan to bring those behind the crime to...
First Eurofighter Typhoon Meteor firing trial a success
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Dec , 2012
The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile has been successfully launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the Future Enhancements Flight Test Programme. The missile was eject...
Indian Foreign Policy: Future Challenges
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Dec , 2012
I feel honoured at being asked to speak today to such a distinguished audience on a subject that is of great interest to foreign policy practitioners and commentators alike. What are the...
AFSPA: Who wants the military for internal security?
By: Maj Gen S G Vombatkere | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Dec , 2012
Parliament and Government Government can function in the interest of people only when there is peace and order in society, persons in power use people-oriented politics, and the rule of law is...
Formation of Afghanistan,Pakistan,China trilateral spells danger for India
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 03 Dec , 2012
According to the Chinese science of strategy, national interest is both the starting point and destination of military strategy. ...she had already inducted 15,000 Chinese in Afghanistan in year...
‘Navy plans to induct 5 to 6 ships and submarines every year’: Navy...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Dec , 2012
On the occasion of Navy Day on December 4, 2012, the Naval Chief Admiral D.K. Joshi announced the following in the press conference held at New Delhi: The world has acknowledged India’s...