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Indian Army Day 2012 Photogallery |
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Future Wars Require Strong Army Aviation |
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January
2012
New Delhi. The Defence
Minister, while speaking at a seminar organised
by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies last
year, had said that the government was aware
of the pace of military modernisation by
countries in the neighbourhood and stressed
the point that modernisation and transformation
of India’s conventional forces must focus
on capabilities to enable reacting on a
real time basis.
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Indian Army's Modernisation |
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January
2012
New Delhi. The Indian army,
with personnel strength of 1.1 million soldiers,
has kept the nation together through various
crises, including insurgencies in Jammu
and Kashmir and the many of the north-eastern
states, for over six decades since independence.
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Nuclear
weapons not for war: Indian Army chief |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Amid reports
of Pakistan and China augmenting their nuclear
arsenals, Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh
has rejected the threat of a nuclear war,
saying such weapons primarily have a "strategic
significance".
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Army's
Chinar Corps celebrates 96th Raising Day |
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January
2012
Srinagar. Raised this day
at Port Said in Egypt in 1916, the Srinagar-based
Chinar Corps of the Indian Army celebrated
its 96th raising day Jan 12.
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Guns
procurement caught in snakes, ladders game:
Army chief |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Bogged down
by delays in procurement of guns to bridge
critical gaps in its artillery, Indian Army
chief General V.K. Singh says that the purchase
of these weapon systems is caught in "a
snakes and ladders game" in which there
are "no ladders".
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The
Indo-Pak Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 |
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December
2011
Introduction: India has
fought three wars with Pakistan. All the
three were initiated by Pakistan and India
responded with alacrity and military precision.
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1971
War: BBC Report, An error or a plant? |
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December
2011
Without doubt, the erroneous
BBC report on Indian Army’s paradrop of
5000 troops – actually 540 – over Tangail
played a very, very significant role in
the fall of Dacca.
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Indian
defence research agency eyes robotic soldier,
mule |
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December
2011
Chennai. India's Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
is in the process of building robotic soldiers
and mules as a part of its unmanned fighting
systems of the future.
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President
presents standards to five tank regiments |
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December
2011
Patiala (Punjab). President
Pratibha Patil honoured five armoured regiments
of the Indian Army Nov 27 by presenting
them standards in this Punjab town.
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Indian
Army team wins gold at World patrol meet |
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November
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
has emerged the best patrolling force in
the world with a team from the Gorkha Rifles
regiment winning an international competition
also called the Olympics of Patrolling.
The gold medal is the first won by an Indian
contingent.
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Operation
Trishakti Madad |
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October
2011
Sukna. It has been a month
since the Army and Air force had mounted
a herculean task of search and rescue under
‘Operation Trishakti Madad’ in the earthquake
devastated Sikkim.
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Indian
Army plans force accretion near Pakistan,
China borders |
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October
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
has detailed plans for force accretion along
the western and northern borders with Pakistan
and China as part of its transformation
efforts.
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ALH
touches 20,000 feet and Cheetal 23,000 |
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September
2011
Bangalore. The armed version
of India’s Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter
(ALH) touched 20,000 feet in a test flight
early August while two Cheetals performed
a daring rescue at 23,000 feet a few weeks
later.
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Army
Aviation: The Arm of the Future |
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September
2011
New Delhi. India’s Army
Aviation Corps is marking its Silver Jubilee
this year with hopes of doubling its helicopter
fleet and also inducting dedicating combat
helicopters some time in the near future.
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Saab
offers man-portable missile to Indian Army |
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September
2011
New Delhi. Swedish defence
manufacturer Saab has offered its RBS 70NG
man-portable air defence system to the Indian
Army to meet its requirements for a shoulder-fired
missile.
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Defence
Spending 2011-21 set to touch $235 bn: V K
Misra |
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July
2011
It is indeed a proud day
for the IDSA when we have gathered here
from far and near on the occasion of possibly
the first ever 3-day international seminar
devoted to the myriad facets of defence
acquisitions.
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India
spends $35 b/year on Defence N S Sisodia,
DG, IDSA |
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July
2011
Together, countries of
the world now spend nearly $1600 bn per
year on defence, constituting about 2.5
per cent of global GDP. India’s own defence
expenditure exceeds $35 bn per annum.
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Indian
Army engineers summit Mount Kamet |
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June
2011
New Delhi. A team from
the Indian Army's Corps of Electronics and
Mechanical Engineers (EME) has scaled the
7,756-metre Mount Kamet in the Gharwal Himalayas
as part of an adventure expedition.
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Trials
begin of upgraded Indian main battle tank
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June
2011
New Delhi. Indian defence
scientists have started trials of an upgraded
version of the indigenous Arjun main battle
tank (MBT) that is expected to form the
backbone of the Indian Army's armoured fighting
units from 2014, a defence ministry official
says.
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Government
rejects Army's new promotion policy proposal |
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June
2011
New Delhi. The Indian government
has rejected a proposal for changing its
promotion policy for senior officers, sources
say.
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‘Balance
of interest’ than ‘Balance of power’ aim of
India’s strategic thrust |
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May
2011
New Delhi. Army is a profession
that demands the highest standards of commitment,
and needs its officers and men to focus
completely on operational preparedness,
training and habitat for the men.
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Antony
keen for operational preparedness |
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May
2011
New Delhi. With the security
situation changing due to a mix of geo-political,
economic and military factors, Defence Minister
A K Antony has asked the Army to remain
vigilant and continue to uphold the territorial
integrity and safety of citizens.
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Rising
Challenges, Declining Resources |
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March
2011
In his budget speech on
February 28, 2011, Finance Minister Pranab
Mukherjee set aside Rs 1,64,425 crore (US$
36 billion) for defence during the next
financial year (FY 2011-12).
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India,
Singapore troops hold joint exercise |
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March
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
is holding month-long joint war games with
Singapore Army troops at Babina in Madhya
Pradesh, where the two sides conjured up
a tank battle scenario to help build each
other's capabilities in mechanised warfare.
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Army
probing howitzer report leak at highest level:
Antony |
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Feburary
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
has ordered an inquiry at the "highest level"
into the leak of a secret report on the
field trials of ultralight artillery guns
to be procured from the US.
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Indian
Army refloats tenders for heavy guns |
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Feburary
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
has begun the process for acquiring heavy
guns yet again, floating tenders for both
the Towed and Tracked systems within January
2011.
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Wearable Computer for Indian soldiers |
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January
2011
Chennai. India's Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
is working on a wearable computer for soldiers.
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Army Air Defence turns 18 |
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January
2011
New Delhi. The Corps of
Army Air Defence (AAD) is 18, crossing an
important milestone of its independent existence
as a young, dynamic and a technosavvy combat
arm of the Indian Army on 10 Jan 2011.
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Exercise Topchi displays Indian artillery
might |
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January
2011
Devlali. “Artillerymen
have a love for their guns which is perhaps
stronger than the feeling of any soldier
for his weapon or any part of his equipment,”
said Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall.
And how true he was! Give a gunner a chance
and he rushes to show off his prowess.
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Exercise Topchi displays Indian artillery
might |
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January
2011
Devlali. “Artillerymen
have a love for their guns which is perhaps
stronger than the feeling of any soldier
for his weapon or any part of his equipment,”
said Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall.
And how true he was! Give a gunner a chance
and he rushes to show off his prowess.
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Forces needed in J&K for operational flexibility:
Gen V K Singh |
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January
2011
New Delhi. The debate on
the force levels needed in the sensitive
border State of Jammu and Kashmir has once
again acquired momentum what with the Centre
indicating it favours reducing the security
forces boots on the ground.
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Indian Army and Microsoft train soldiers in
digital literacy |
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January
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
held the convocation ceremony for jawans
(troops) under Project Kshamta , a unique
skill building initiative undertaken in
association with Microsoft Corporation to
provide them with digital literacy courses
to enhance their capabilities and competence.
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Indian Army: Armed With Ethics |
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January
2011
New Delhi. A wave of negative
publicity has hit the Army over the last
few years giving an impression that something
is drastically wrong with the health of
an institution that is still considered
to be the final bastion of the country and
is undoubtedly the most respected.
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Indian Army Day 2011 Photogallery |
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ARMY modernisation needs a major push |
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January
2011
New Delhi. Military strength
is a pre-requisite for peace and stability
on the Indian Sub-continent. India’s socio-economic
development, and that of its neighbours,
can continue unhindered only in a secure
environment.
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Indian Army skiis to South Pole |
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January
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Army
set up the Indian flag at the South Pole
Jan 14 to mark the 60th Indian Army Day.
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Army to observe 2011 as year for disabled
soldiers |
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December
2010
New Delhi. The Indian Army
will observe 2011 as the year for its disabled
personnel to honour the soldiers who have
been rendered handicapped while serving
the nation, Chief of the Army Staff General
V K Singh has declared.
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Lt. Gen. Hasnain takes over as corps commander
at Srinagar |
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December
2010
Srinagar. Lt General Syed
Ata Hasnain has taken over as the General
Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Srinagar-based
Chinar Corps of the Indian Army.
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Battle Field Management to see enhanced industry
partnership |
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November
2010
New Delhi. Just imagine
an Indian soldier on the battlefield taking
orders from his platoon commander, who in
turn is in direct contact with his company
commander.
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Lack of Artillery Modernisation will Adversely
Impact on Operational Plans |
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November
2010
New Delhi. While Pakistan
recently acquired M-109 A5 155mm howitzers
from the United States, the most potent
and the most sophisticated self-propelled
gun in the world, India once again cancelled
its Request for Proposal (RfP) for 1,580
towed guns (155mm, 52 calibre).
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NDC: Marking its Golden Jubilee with Pride
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October
2010
New Delhi. Sitting all
by himself in the crowded lobby of the spanking
new Field Marshal Manekshaw Centre, former
President of Bangladesh General HM Ershad
looked a picture of confidence.
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Indian Army's thrust on innovation |
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September
2010
New Delhi . “Innovat ion
is making a difference to the potential
of Indian Army and scientific achievements
go hand in hand with defence technology
advancements.
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Indian soldiers' sacrifices in liberating
Haifa remembered |
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September
2010
Haifa. A moving ceremony
to remember some 900 Indian soldiers who
laid down their lives in 1918 in liberating
this Israeli port city during World War
I was held for the first time at the Haifa
Cemetery.
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BAE Systems bids for Indian Army's artillery
gun order |
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September
2010
New Delhi. BAE Systems
has submitted a fresh bid for an Indian
Army order for 155mm towed howitzers, the
company said Aug 31, adding that it was
offering an advanced version of the gun
that had performed extremely creditably
during the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan.
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India to buy Raytheon’s Javelin anti-tank
guided missile |
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August
2010
New Delhi. India will be
buying Raytheon’s man-portable Javelin anti-tank
guided missile (ATGM) directly from the
US Government.
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Ashoka Chakra for Maj Jyotin Singh |
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August
2010
New Delhi. Major Laishram
Jyotin Singh of the Army Medical Corps has
been posthumously honoured with the Ashoka
Chakra, the highest peace-time gallantry
award.
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Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar is the new Director General,
Artillery |
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August
2010
New Delhi. Lt Gen Vinod
Nayanar, AVSM, has assumed the appointment
of Director General, Artillery.
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Lt Gen Chander Prakash is new UN Force Commander
for MONUSCO |
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July
2010
New York. UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General
Chander Prakash of India as the new Force
Commander for the United Nations Organization
Stabilization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (MONUSCO).
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Artillery modernization lagging behind: Indian
Army chief |
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June
2010
New Delhi. Chief of Army
Staff Gen V K Singh has expressed concern
again that the process for the induction
of modern artillery guns was not proceeding
at the desired pace.
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Army to place order for 124 more Arjun tanks |
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June
2010
New Delhi. The Indian Army
will soon place orders for 124 additional
Arjun main battle tanks (MBTs) to boost
its firepower after the tank outperformed
the Russian-built T-90 tanks in the recent
grueling trials in Thar desert.
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Legendary Kalashnikov assault rifle: History
and prospects |
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June
2010
Moscow. The famous Kalashnikov
rifle will continue to be the main weapon
for Russian assault forces, albeit in improved,
modernized forms.
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Gen V K Singh takes over as Army Chief |
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March
2010
New Delhi. Gen Vijay Kumar
Singh took over as Chief of the Army Staff
of Indian Army Mar 31.
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Javelin could be in the Indian Army inventory
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March
2010
New Delhi. “Out of nine
Javelin firings, three were done by Indian
gunners – one officer and two men.
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Larsen & Toubro teams with Raytheon to upgrade
T-72 |
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March
2010
New Delhi. It is one of
the highlights of the just concluded Defexpo
2010.They are the biggest and most trusted
corporate houses in the defence sector.
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Winds of change in BRO |
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February
2010
New Delhi. The highest
fatality rate in the Indian Army is not
in its infantry battalions, or in fighting.
It is in a force which is least spoken about
and bears the maximum brunt for giving connectivity
to sensitive border areas – the Border Roads
Organization (BRO).
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Its time to have Admiral of the Fleet |
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February
2010
New Delhi. In a piece published
in a national daily recently, Lt Gen SK
Sinha (retd), a former Governor of Assam
and Jammu and Kashmir, has written of how
on January 1, 1973, Gen SHFJ (Sam) Manekshaw
was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.
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Modernizing Artillery: Retrospect and Prospect
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February
2010
New Delhi. No one can dispute
the fact that in a fast moving conventional
battle the artillery arm provides both firepower
and maneuver and is an essential combat
arm rather than a supporting arm which it
had been viewed as for sometime.
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Indian Army Modernisation Needs a Major Push
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February
2010
As an ancient civilisation
but a young nation that is still in the
process of nation building, India faces
many threats and challenges to its external
and internal security.
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'Night blindness' worries Indian Army |
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February
2010
New Delhi. Indian Army
Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor has expressed concern
about the force's "night blindness" in the
area of armoured corps and mechanised infantry.
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Dealing with Two Fronts Needs Matching Capabilities
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January
2010
New Delhi. The emerging
consensus, voiced by the Army Chief, is
that a conventional war under the nuclear
overhang can only be a Limited War.
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State of the Indian Army |
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December
2009
There is a major debate
in Washington about the future role and
armament pattern of the American Armed Forces.
The Brass is keen to prepare for conventional
conflicts with peer nations like Russia
or China. Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary,
however wants them to focus on actual Low
Intensity Conflicts ongoing in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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India's indigenous defence projects and Arjun
MBT |
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August
2009
Bangalore. Indian Defence
Minister A K Antony, a stickler to rules,
while addressing a seminar held in Bangalore
in February 2009 as part of the Aero India
2009 expo, had expressed his unhappiness
over the painfully slow pace of the development
of indigenous technologies for developing
hardware and fighting machines required
by the Indian defence forces.
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Kargil: Whose war was that? |
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August
2009
New Delhi. July 26 marks
10 years after India won the limited but
high-stakes Kargil War initiated by Pakistan.
On this day in 1999, the Indian soldiers
gave the country a significant victory -
albeit at a heavy cost in life, limb and
blood.
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The Kargil conflict and its Unlearnt Lessons
|
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August
2009
New Delhi. Ten years ago,
in the summer months of 1999, the Pakistan
army had launched an ill-conceived military
adventure across the Line of Control (LoC)
into the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) and had threatened India’s territorial
integrity.
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Afghan military chief visits India |
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July
2009
New Delhi. Gen Bismillah
Khan Mohammadi, Chief of General Staff of
the Afghan National Army, paid a four-day
visit to India in July.
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Indigenous battle tank heads for comparative
trials with Russian T-90 |
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June
2009
New Delhi. With one regiment
of the indigenously built Arjun main battle
tank (MBT) delivered to the Indian Army,
the combat vehicle is now headed for comparative
trials with its Russian T-90 equivalent.
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DEFCOM INDIA 2009 |
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June
2009
New Delhi. Winning and
dominating the information battle space
has become the most critical aspect of warfare
and all military organisations are paying
heed to this aspect with alacrity.
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Nishant UAV to be handed over to Indian Army
soon |
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March
2009
Bangalore. The country
’s premier agency in the aviation sector,
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE)
will be handing over NISHANT, it’s first
indigenously made Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV), to Indian Army very soon.
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Hike
in Defence Paramilitary budget with new security
threats |
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March
2009
New Delhi. Considering
the changed security scenario in the aftermath
of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Government
has allocated Rs 1,41,703 crore for defence
sector, marking a 35 per cent jump from
the previous year’s budget provisions.
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The
1999 Kargil War: Not a Generals’ Victory |
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January
2009
New Delhi. The 1999 Kargil
War caused the biggest flutter in the Indian
subcontinent, bringing India and Pakistan
close to a nuclear holocaust.
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Artillery
Modernisation is Gathering Momentum |
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January
2009
In a future conventional
war on the Indian subcontinent, which will
be fought under the nuclear shadow, planning
to undertake deep maneuver on the battlefield
will be extremely risky. This restrictions
will lead to much greater emphasis being
placed on firepower to achieve the laid
down military aims and objectives.
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Gen
Kapoor presents Best Flight Safety Trophy
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November
2008
New Delhi. One of the oldest
Signal Regiments of the Indian Army, the
1 Army Headquarters Signal Regiment has
always been in the forefront to promote
the spirit of adventure.
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Brave
Leg Amputee treks Thar Desert |
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September
2008
New Delhi. One of the oldest
Signal Regiments of the Indian Army, the
1 Army Headquarters Signal Regiment has
always been in the forefront to promote
the spirit of adventure. It has a well established
Adventure Club which in the past has promoted
various adventure events including high
altitude trekking expeditions to various
parts of Himalayas.
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Indian
Army, Vision 2020 |
| |
August
2008
To study the past and to
understand thee present thoroughly is essential
to prepare for the future. This is true
of any people, but more so, the armed forces
and the political leadership that guides
them.
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Artillery
guns for new Weapons |
| |
May
2008
New Delhi. Despite the increasing
obsolescence of artillery guns, mortars
and rocket launchers, no contract has so
far been concluded for their replacement
even though protracted trials of several
155mm howitzers were carried out over the
last few years.
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Future
Indian Army Soldier will be Tech-smart |
| |
October
2007
New Delhi. The Indian Army
is steadily implementing a major plan to
make its units “light, rapidly deployable
and more lethal at extended ranges, particularly
in darkness”
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The
Regiment of Artillery is 180 years young |
| |
October 2007
New Delhi. The Regiment of Artillery proudly
marked its 180th Raising Day on September
28.
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Gen
Deepak Kapoor is the new Chief of Army Staff |
| |
October 2007
New Delhi. General Deepak Kapoor, till
recently the Vice Chief of Staff, has taken
over the reins of the Indian Army from General
JJ Singh, who retired at mid-day Sep 30.
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Defects
in indigenous Arjun tank rectified: Antony |
| |
August 2007
New Delhi. Admitting to defects in the
indigenous main battle tank (MBT) Arjun
that has been under development for the
past 35 years, the Indian government has
said that these had been rectified.
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World
Military Games |
| |
May 2007
New Delhi. Imagine a hundred - plus armies
from around the world battling it out in
the sports arena.
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Indian
Army's new Helicopters |
| |
April 2007
New Delhi. Eurocopter has won the Indian
Army's muchawaited deal for 197 modern light
helicopters, estimated at around US$ 550
million.
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