‘Tarkash’ Stealth Frigate Launched
Jul 4, 2010
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The second of the three follow on Talwar class stealth frigates being built by Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia was ceremoniously launched on 23 Jun 10. The frigate, christened ‘Tarkash’ during the ceremony, belongs to the elite Talwar Class of ships, three of which namely Talwar, Trishul and Tabar are already in service with the Indian Navy. The first follow on ship, christened ‘Teg’ was launched on 27 Nov 09. Their mission in Navy spans the entire spectrum of Naval warfare, viz Air, Surface and Sub-surface. The ships are capable of operating in Blue waters, and are at the forefront of the Indian Navy task forces. |
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IAF Will Field 242 Sukhoi 30 MKI
Jul 4, 2010
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The Cabinet Committee on Security cleared one of the biggest defence orders of recent times as per the Times of India valued at almost Rs 15,000 Crore for an additional 42 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters. This will take the Sukhoi fleet of the Indian Air Force to 272 when all the aircraft are delivered by around 2018. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will begin manufacture of the 42 aircraft sometime in 2014, each costing in the range of Rs 350 Crore. The Su 30 order book started with 50 fighters, followed by licensed production of 140, to which another 40 were added. The present order for 42 fighters is up scaled from 40, with two more added to make up for the two crashed fighters. |
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Exercise ‘GARUDA’ – A New Step in Indo French Air Force Cooperation
Jul 4, 2010
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The Indo-French Air Exercise Ex Garuda at Istres Air Base in Southern France concluded on 25 of June 2010. During the Ex Garuda, the Indian Air Force and French Air Force were engaged in various missions ranging from close combat engagement of large forces, slow mover protection, and protecting and engaging High Value Aerial Assets. “The focus of the Air Exercise is learning from each other’s best practices. The Air Defence operations would be central to our various maneuvers. |
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Increased Interaction, Hopeful Trajectory
Jul 4, 2010
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Indo Pakistan relations were in the limelight during the month of June with a number of high level interactions indicating an increase in the intensity of engagement. While the overall tenor of the relationship remained even, tangible achievements were limited and trust building seemed to be focus. |
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Indian Response to Iran Sanctions
Jul 4, 2010
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The fourth round of UN sanctions on Iran has posed a dilemma for the Indian policy establishment particularly when India wanted to upgrade the relationship after it had been lying fallow for long. Thus there were a number of high profile visitors from India who had been to Iran including the External Affairs Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the Dy National Security Advisor. |
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Emerging Public Private Partnership in Defence
Jul 4, 2010
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The CII-Deloitte report on "Prospects for Global Defence Industry in Indian defence market" highlights some important issues in the days ahead in the Indian defence industry. Four key domains vis maritime, land , aerospace and electronics have been identified in the Report. |
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DRDO to Carry out BMD Test in August
Jul 4, 2010
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The DRDO plans to carry out endothermic test for the BMD system in August 2010. Phase-I of the two-tier BMD system, designed to track and destroy hostile missiles both inside (endo) and outside (exo) the earth's atmosphere is expected to be deployed by 2012 as per a report in the Times of India. |
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Joint Doctrines
Jul 4, 2010
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Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal PV Naik released two Joint operational doctrines, namely Joint Doctrine for Perception Management and Psychological Operations and Joint Doctrine for Air and Land Operations. |
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"Tarkash" Stealth Frigate Launched
Jul 4, 2010
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The second of the three follow on Talwar class stealth frigates being built by Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia was ceremoniously launched on 23 Jun 10. The frigate, christened "Tarkash' during the ceremony, belongs to the elite Talwar Class of ships, three of which namely Talwar, Trishul and Tabar are already in service with the Indian Navy. The first follow on ship, christened "Teg" was launched on 27 Nov 09. |
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Exercise 'GARUDA' ' A New Step in Indo French Air Force Cooperation
Jul 4, 2010
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The Indo-French Air Exercise Ex Garuda at Istres Air Base in Southern France concluded on 25 of June 2010. During the Ex Garuda, the Indian Air Force and French Air Force were engaged in various missions ranging from close combat engagement of large forces, slow mover protection, and protecting and engaging High Value Aerial Assets. |
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India's Internal Security Management: Putting People First
Jul 4, 2010
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India's internal security management has undergone a full cycle from, "masterly inaction," adopted by former Home Minister Mr. Shivraj Patil to the proactive approach of the current Home Minister Mr. P Chidambaram. A new trajectory appears to be in the offing given the recent discourse on tackling resurgent Left Wing Extremism. |
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Police Capacity Building
Jul 4, 2010
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Police capacity building has been the foremost challenge for Mr P Chidambaram as the country's Home Minister, while he has developed the capacity of core forces which can tackle terrorism in urban areas as the NSG and also first responder forces with each state government there is no progress so far in developing substantial capacity of central police forces and also there are major gaps in numbers of state police. |
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Review of Internal Security Developments
Jul 4, 2010
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The month of June witnessed serious disturbances in Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir. So far as Manipur is concerned, Naga groups imposed a blockade on NH-39 with effect from April 24, 2010 protesting the holding of elections to the Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in Manipur. On May 5, 2010, there was a stand-off between NSCN (IM) and the Government of Manipur on the issue of Shri Muivah's visit to his ancestral village, Somdal. |
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Technology Perspective and Road Map 2010
Jun 6, 2010
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The Technology Perspective and Road Map 2010 issued by the Ministry of Defence identifies strategies for attaining national defence objectives such as Strategic Deterrence, Full Spectrum Capability, Sea Control, Aerospace Capabilities, Special Operations, Logistics, Defence Cooperation, Media, Personnel and Leadership and Use of Technology. |
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Army Commanders Conference – May 2010 : The Core Issues
Jun 6, 2010
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Army Commanders’ Conference was held at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army) chaired by Army Chief General VK Singh. The Army Chief General during his address reviewed the regional security situation, in which he spoke of the asymmetric means adopted by non state actors and terrorists to achieve their objectives. |
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Defence Indigenisation with Limited FDI: A Paradox
Jun 6, 2010
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The Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy, under the Ministry of Commerce in a discussion paper proposed to raise FDI in defence production to 74% with the aim of ensuring technology transfer and replacing imports worth some $8 billion. Defence production at present has a 26% FDI cap. |
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DRDO Relations with the Services
Jun 6, 2010
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The Debate on relationship between DRDO and Services was thrown open by remarks of the DRDO chief Dr VK Saraswat when he said that self-reliance in critical defence technologies cannot be achieved by the premier defence R&D organization alone. In a terse statement at an award ceremony, he called upon the three Services to overcome their temptation to induct the latest weaponry from abroad. |
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Ex Yodha Shakti and Azm Nau III
Jun 6, 2010
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Exercise Yodh Shakti is an annual training exercise undertaken triennially for each corps of the Indian Army. This time the South Western Command a newly raised formation HQ was engaged in Yodh Shakti when a simultaneous exercise was on in Pakistan and in roughly opposing theatres. |
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Coastal Security : Continued Concerns
Jun 6, 2010
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The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony asked the top brass of Navy and the Ministry to take immediate steps to ensure that proposals and assets approved by the Government for Coastal Security are put in place at the earliest. |
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An Indigenous LCH in the Sky
Jun 6, 2010
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The maiden flight of the indigenously manufactured Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited took to the skies during the month. Chief Test pilot Unni Pillai and Hari Nair put up a spectacular flying display of the LCH on its maiden flight. |
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