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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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