The
Book Review by Vice Admiral SP Govil
The author deserves credit for putting together this
biography of Admiral Soman covering every facet of his
life in such detail. Although bits and pieces of his naval
career can be found in the History of the Indian Navy
and other more... |
THE
INSIDE STORY OF INDIA'S 1991 LIBERALISATION AND LOOK EAST
POLICY. A REPEAT IS CALLED FOR
This article is prompted by the two articles, one
by Ramachandra Guha and other by Pratap Bhanu Mehta in
Business Standard 6th Jan telling us that PM more... |
REMEMBERING
MRS INDIRA GANDHI ON 1971 WAR'S VICTORY DAY FOR HER HANDLING
OF US TILT TO PAKISTAN AND TF 74
CLAWS arranged a meet to recall and discuss the lessons
of the 1971 war under Gen VP Malik's Chairmanship at the
Manekshaw Centre more... |
INDIAN
NAVY TO GET NUCLEAR SUB INS CHAKRA (NERPA) SOON AND BRAHMOS
MOS FIRING INS TEG IN APRIL 2012 AS PER FOREIGN INPUTS
The MOD or services in India are not forthcoming on
what India orders or acquires which all foreigners know
about as our Armed more... |
REMEMBERING
MRS INDIRA GANDHI ON DURING NAVY WEEK AND HER RESOLVE
IN THE 1971 WAR
Navy week is annually celebrated around 4th December,
to commemorate the day the Indian Navy's three Osa more... |
IAF'S
WAR HUNT IN KARACHI
India's armed forces' saw their finest hour in the
1971 war against Pakistan. Yet history has been singularly
unkind to the Indian Air Force pilots who operated from
Jamnagar. Four IAF Hunter more... |
IDU
ATTEMPT TO BRING TO YOU NAVY DAY
IDU has already posted a Navy Day SWOT Piece and IDU
salutes the Navy on Navy Day. The Navy is more... |
MARITIME
SECURITY STATUS ON NAVY DAY SWOT ANALYSIS
4th of December in 1971 marks the day in history when
India’s Navy came in to its own in battle and on that
more... |
India's
Neglected Strategic & Financial Assets---The Andaman &
Nicobar Islands. They Can Add To India's Security & As
Floating Aircraft Carriers
Gone are the days when national jurisdiction of the
country's seas was determined by the distance from the
coast a cannon ball could more... |
James
Farwell's "The Pakistan Cauldron" An IDU Book Review And
A Discussion On USA's AF -Pak The Future Post 2012
This is good time to write on Pakistan and Afghanistan
as no one knows what the future will be like in Afghanistan
and when and if the US troops reduce in the AF-PAK area
and more... |
PM
DR MANMOHAN SINGH MADE AN ERROR AT BALI EAS BY TELLING
MEDIA IN ADVANCE HE IS TAKING ON PM WEIN BAO IN BALI ON
THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS DISPUTE CHINESE DO NOT LIKE TO LOSE
FACE
It is well known culture is important and Chinese
do not like to lose face in public and can recoil if hurt.
China has more... |
SUPREME
COMMANDER PRESIDENT PRATIBHA DEVI SINGH PATIL WILL REVIEWS
INDIAN NAVY'S COMBINED FLEETS AT MUMBAI ON 20th DECEMBER
2011
The assembly of warships and show of Naval might without
any belligerent intentions, has taken place often from
times immemorial, and today this tradition is called The
Review more... |
CAPACITY
BUILDING WORKSHIP JOINTLY ORGANISED BY INDIAN COAST GUARD
AND ReCAAP ISC AT GOA AGAINST PIRACY VADM MURLIDHARAN
IS NEW DG CG
The Indian Coast Guard along with the Regional Cooperation
Agreement for Combating Piracy and Armed more... |
A
speech given by former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Vushnu
Bhagwat in honour of India’s First CNS Admiral RD Katari
Some of you may wonder on how I took on this challenge
to speak on the legacy of Admiral Katari. I entered the
Service as a Cadet on the ‘ Tir’ in more... |
NUCLEAR
BOMB IS A SIGN OF VIRILITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Let get real. Iran is a difficult Shia Muslim nation
to deal with but India’s only current link with Afghanistan
and more... |
DEFENCE
AND BUSINESS WITH GERMANY AND WORLD OUTLOOK FROM GERMANYs
IDU met “Knowledgeable People” over four days and
many professionals and Indians whilst at OPV Conference
more... |
US
Navy Cmdr Gets Prison For Raping His Two Female Sailors
A Navy ship commander pleaded guilty Friday to sexual
assault and rape of two female sailors, and a military
judge ordered his dismissal and more... |
SEMINAR
ON LIMITED WARS IN SOUTH ASIA-AGAINST A NUCLEAR BACKDROP
IDU Report From Inputs on Above Seminar (Subject Defined
Below) Held at Constitution Club By DSA on more... |
IDU
LETTER FROM GERMANY FROM WORLD OPV CONFERENCE
IDU is in Germany and most times wonders when IDU
travels abroad as IDU came in to Hamburg after 10 year
gap on 29th Oct HOW DESPITE ALL more... |
A
Tribute to a Great human Being and a True professional.
ADM STAN DAWSON RIP Carl. H. Gomes And IDU Personal Inputs
as a PS
One of the last surviving veterans and long ND officers
of the World more... |
LESSONS
FROM MEA ACADEMIC SEMINAR SHIFTING SANDS AND THE SEAS
. NEED FOR A JOINT SECRETARY (MARITIME) FOR CO-ORDINATION
AND TO COMBAT PIRACY
"As a diplomatic instrument, the Navy has key attributes-
access, mobility, reach and versatility We need more... |
DO
NOT GIVE UP ON RUSSIA AS A TRUSTED TRIED FRIEND AND TRY
TO BE SMART. PUTIN IS COMING BACK. IBM SAYS THINK
India is a rising reluctant power and needs heeding.
In today's world command and control, strategy, doctrine,
capability and technology is all essential for the security
of the nation more... |
THE
SOUTH CHINA SEAS CLAIMS AND INDIA. VIETNAM PLAYS THE CLASSICAL
POWER GAME. LESSONS FOR INDIA ON DIPLOMACY
In Mid October when the Vietnamese President Truong
Tan Sang, 62,a largely symbolic post to which he was confirmed
to by a vote of the one-party National Assembly, after
he more... |
ADMIRAL
VISHNU BHAGWAT'S DREAM PROJCT 17. MDL MODERNISES AND DELIVERS
INS SATPURA THE SECOND SHIVALIK
INS Satpura, the fully Indian designed and Mazagon
Docks built 5,100 ton Stealth missile frigate of the Project
17 was commissioned in Mumbai at the Naval Dockyard on
20th August, more... |
Indian
Navy's Boeing P-8I Aircraft Completes 1st Flight. Delivery
2013
On 28th Sept 28, 2011 Boeing reported the first P-8I
aircraft out of 8/12 for the Indian Navy completed its
initial flight taking off from Renton Field more... |
CHINA
HAS BOASTED ITS DF-21 MISSILE IS ALL DANCING
The DF-21 like India is now doing with Shourya missile
is fired from a mobile truck-mounted launcher into the
atmosphere, with over-the-horizon more... |
LETTER
FROM ISTANBUL. LESSONS FOR INDIA'S DEFENCE AND SHIPBUILDING
INDUSTRY
Turkey is a nation of 70 mill people with a GDP of
$ 1.2 trill and has registered a growth rate of 11% and
kept inflation at below 4% because it is more...
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The
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering and Mazagon Dock
JV To Build Warships Questioned BY L&T Bharti and ABG
Shipyards
When a MDL Pipavav JV was announced the stocks hit
a high of Rs. 89.30 and the stock had outperformed the
more... |
THE
RISE OF CHINA, THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS DISPUTE AND INDIA'S
MARITIME RESPONSE
China claims sovereignty over Taiwan. It is asserting
ownership over islands in the South China Seas and in
recent times China has shown its angst against India's
attempts to co-operate with Viet more...
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IDU
has great pride to present the story of the SHAURYA CHAKRA
(POSTHUMOUS) To LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FIRDAUS DARABSHAH
MOGAL
This is the award for Cdr Firdaus Darabshah Mogal
who gave up his own life to save his shipmates in
more... |
NERPA
WILL JOIN INDIAN NAVY END YEAR 2011.
Week ending 26th July CNS Admiral Nirmal Kumat Verma
made a whirlwind trip to Russia and it included a tour
of Russia's Eastern port of Vladivostok to meet Indian
teams and inspect more...
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IDU
PRE SHOW REPORT ON PARIS (INDIA $ 25 Bill Orders)AIR SHOW
2011
IDU is at the 49th Paris Air Show which is taking
place at Le Bourget, Paris known for the first French
Trans Atlantic Flight and will go from June more...
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AN
INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF INDIA'S MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 36 BILL
AND HOME AFFAIRS $ 9 BILL 2011-12 BUDGET
The Indian Parliament as in the past, with almost
no debate on defence more...
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Flowers
Are Blooming: the story of the India Navy's Operation
in the Seychelles
The expansion of India's role as a security provider
in the Indian Ocean region has aroused much interest
more... |
Obama
Came To Remind Indians The (Nehru) Days of Sermonizing
Are Over. Its Time India Got Real...
C'est la vie. In the world of politics and strategic
partnerships there has to be some quid pro quo, and President
Barack Obama came to visit with Indians in November 2010,
for three more...
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Arctic
Coasts Retreating - Studies Depict Reduction In Shipping
Costs For Russia China and Japan. Indian Ocean Less Relevant?
The coastline in Arctic regions has over the years
reacted to climate change with increased erosion and has
retreated by half a metre per year more...
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DEFENCE
MINISTER ANTONY INAUGURATES DEFENCE CIVILIAN TOWNSHIP
AT KARWAR INS KADAMBA. ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THE IN
Karwar port which is Project Sea Bird for the Navy
as its big naval base, has phase one completed with
more... |
CHINA'S
STRING OF PEARLS GETS A NAVAL PEARL WHILE INDIA LOOKS
TO RESOLVE SIR CREEK FOR ITS EEZ CLAIM AND FACE 50 JF-17s
AND PAK NUKES
Post Osama's successful killing which nearly went
sour when at the beginning the first specially prepared
US more... |
INDIAN
NAVY'S RFP FOR SIX CONVENTIONAL SUBMARINES WORTH $ 8 BILL
WILL SEE CUT THROAT ACTION LIKE 126 FIGHTERS
The 126 Fighter contract worth $ 9 bill at least has
been cut to 2 and now the Eurofighter and the Rafale will
more... |
Indonesian
Navy Successfully Tests Yakhont Missile From A Leander.
Quite A sight
The DRDO ATV team of Indian Navy officers under then
DRDO head Dr APJ Abdul Kalam by chance over a decade ago
in their search more...
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Vice
Admiral DK Joshi Takes Over Indian Navy's WESTERN NAVAL
COMMAND
In a typical Naval Pulling out in a jeep at INS Shikra
( From Officers Pulling Out theit A Captain in a Whaler
when he Relinquishes Command) Vice Admiral DK Joshi saw
off navigator more...
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PRIVATE
SHIPYARDS BID FOR THE INDIAN NAVY AND COAST GUARD'S LUCRATIVE
13 OPV AND OTHER WARSHIP FOR INDIA'S MARITIME FUTURE
For the first 35 years of India's Independence, just
like aircraft building and civil airline operations, ,
more... |
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE $ 36 BILL AND HOME AFFAIRS $ 9 BILL
2011-12 BUDGET WITH INDIA'S ACQUISTIONS
"We welcome the(Defence) budget. On the whole, it
is a positive and good budget. Our concerns have by and
large been addressed. The Finance more...
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USS
Emory S. Land and SSN La Jolla arrive in Goa( Amemded
by IDU) for R&R 22nd Apr
India is now receiving nuclear submarines in India
ports and some US Submarines still carry a few nuclear
weapons ( Depth Charges) like more...
|
Be proud of our Submarine Fleet and Submariners Indian
Navy
IDU posts the link of an amazing U Tube on the jinxed
Australian Collins class Subs and IDU has more...
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INDIA'S
MARITIME FUTURE
There is no doubt in any one's mind that India's maritime
power which encompasses its Navy, Coast Guard, Mercantile
shipping assets, more...
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Indian
Navy/ MOD Select KANGNAM Corp of S Korea for Indian Navy's
MCMV Project as L1
The Indian Navy has decided on its choice for a Mine
Counter Measures Vessel [MCMV]. The navy and the defense
ministry have identified South Korea's Kangnam Corporation
more... |
IDU
POSTS 2005 WIKILEAKS FROM MEDIA WITH SOME annotations
for those who wish to do some analysis of reports and
thinking of the US Mission in India. It is long but very
interesting and IDU offers it to its viewers
more... |
INDIAN
AND CHINESE WARSHIPS WERE OFF LIBYA FOR THE EXPERIENCE
OF ODESSEY DAWN WITH NEW FOUND EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITIES
While Operation Odyssey Dawn brewed up quickly, the
U.S. Navy responded quickly as US Navy and Royal more...
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FAC
BATTI MALV CAPTURES MYANMARESE OFF ANDAMANS AND FAC KALPENI
HAULS IN PIRATE SHIP VEGA AND 31 PIRATES. THE LESSONS
FOR MOD
The ten small 350 ton Fast Attack Craft of the Indian
Navy with 40 knot three Hamilton HM811 water jets and
more... |
A
STORY OF COLLISIONS AND THE UNFORTUNATE COLLISION OF INS
VINDHYAGIRI(F-42)
There is an ancient maritime belief that all ships
have souls; there are umpteen myths and legends on the
more... |
SEAPORT
SECURITY CONFERENCE AT MUMBAI
One of the best conferences on Seaport Security was
held in Hotel Hilton last week over two days 21st and
22nd with speakers from India more...
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INDIAN
NAVY SENDS WARSHIPS TO LIBYA
Apropos the report that the Government has decided
to send INS Jalashwa and two Delhi class ships which
more... |
ONE
STEP FORWARD FOR INDIA'S INNOVATIVE AEW&C EMBRAER. THE
WAY TO GO
Brazilian plane maker EMBRAER showed off the first
of three EMB more... |
Defence
Procurement Policy-2011 Brings About Changes, But….
India was ranked the world's fourth largest defence
importer in 2010 billing some Rs 33,000 crores($ 9bill)
worth of import contracts. It is no wonder, India's major
security concern is it's continued dependence on more...
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INDO-FRENCH
INTERNATIONAL NAVAL EXERCISE VARUNA 2011 WAS VERY ADVANCED
AND INCLUDED A SALES PITCH
Over the last two decades, the Indian Government has
supported international military-to-military cooperation,
shedding India's age old non aligned more...
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INDIAN
NAVY AND BUILD UP OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE CAPABILITIES FOR
MISTRAL TYPE LPDs
Because India is a rising maritime nation, India's
security strategy must be designed to safeguard its vital
economic, political, and military interests more...
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THE
INDIAN NAVY'S DECLINING CONVENTIONAL SUBMARINE FORCE WILL
BE AUGMENTED BY THE NUCLEAR NERPA AND INS ARIHANT
On 7th December, 2010 the Indian Naval ensign was
hauled down at sunset for the last time on INS Vagli,
the more... |
Monsoon,
The Indian Ocean and The Future of American Power by Robert
D Kaplan Offers A Maritime Strategy For India
A common refrain is that China and India are headed
to be the future great powers, but few can explain
more... |
DEEPAK
FROM FINCANTEIRI AT $ 200 MILL COMMISSIONED AT NAVAL DOCKYARD
MUMBAI
Italian-built fleet tanker, INS Deepak, was today
commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister A K Antony
at Mumbai who said the year will see more...
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IDU
CONGRATULATES HAL FOR PRODUCING TEJAS LCA WHICH IT DID
NOT DESIGN
IDU has pleasure in putting up Mahendra Ved's brilliant
article on 100 years of Aviation. In the late 50s India's
HAL in Bangalore which was then a more...
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EXERCISE
VARUNA PART OF MISSION AGAPANTHE 2010-11
From late October, the French Carrier Strike Group
(CSG / designated Task has been operating in the Indian
Ocean on a mission nicknamed Agapanthe. This is a usual
activity for the CSG more...
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INDIAN
NAVY COMMISIONS SECOND UAV SQUADRON AT PORBANDAR AND EXTENDS
MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS
India's maritime reconnaissance on the West coast
got a boost today with the commissioning of an Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Squadron at more...
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FUTURE
INDIAN NAVY HOLDS MANY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN
INDUSTRY SAYS RANJIT B RAI
India's Navy Day was celebrated on 4th December, 2010
on a high note, when the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral
Nirmal Kumar Verma more...
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Vice
Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake assumes Duties as Commander
of the Navy
His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has been pleased
to appoint Sri Lanka Navy’s Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral
more... |
IDU
Offers a peep in to history of INS Khukri sinking in 1971
and to close the controversy of why INS Kirpan did not
stay to save and rescue the survivors of INS Khukri
The Tribune News Service on INS KHUKRI SINKING "Can’t
divulge why we didn’t come to INS Khukri’s more...
|
 IDU
ANALYSIS: PRESIDENT AWARDS STANDARD TO 31 SU-30MKI SQN
& COLOURS TO 9 BRD OF AIR FORCE AT PUNE
The President of India, and the Supreme Commander
of Indian Armed Forces, Smt Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
more... |
A
7 YEAR OLD CHILD COULD HAVE TOLD MOD DIRECT OFF SET POLICY
WITH ONLY DEFENCE SECTOR WONT WORK SO NEW POLICY TAKES
SHAPE IN 2011. NEVER TOO LATE
The Defence Procurement Policy 2011, was released
on the Ministry of Defence website on 6th January 2011,
to supersede the earlier DPP-2008; more...
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INDIAN
GOVERNMENTS LOVE BIG PROJECTS HICH PROVIDE BIG KICK BACKS
NOT SMALL ONES ……SO JAITAPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WILL
BE BIG BUT LETS HOPE IT IS SAFE
DU had visited China in 1989 to see all villages had
electricity and it was more...
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THE
CIA HELPED INDIA SET UP TEBETAN CENTRE/FORCE 22 AT CHAKRATA
AND THE TIBETANS AND MUKHTI BAHINI DID THE WONDERS IN
THE 1971 WAR
Internet is amazing for research. To the best of IDU's
knowledge Indian military has no access to the India's
more... |
US
CONGRESS PASSES INDIAN NAVY REQUEST FOR TWO OSPREY CLASS
INS CANKARSO AND INS KONDUL COMMISSIONED
Goa Shipyard is now little under utilized and 5 Naval
OPVs and 2 Coast Guard OPVs more...
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THE
INDIAN NAVY WAS ORDERED TO DO NOTHING IN THE 1965 WAR.
TIMELY LESSONS FOR HIGHER DEFENCE MANAGEMENT
This year India's 64th Independence Day passed with
no mention of the customary military preparedness
more... |
GEN
KAYANI AND HIS GENERALS ……COUNTRIES HAVE AN ARMY THE PAKISTAN
ARMY HAS A COUNTRY
IDU Discussed Pakistan earlier and here is Rana Banerji
telling us the succession but also Gen Kayani supports
Democracy and more...
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IDU
ANALYSIS. PREDICTING THE INDIA PAKISTAN THE CONUNDRUM
IN 2011
Conundrum it is. Pakistan as a state in 2011 faces
a make or break year in its tumultuous history. It is
hoping USA and ISAF retreat from Afghanistan more...
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The
Andaman & Nicobar Islands- India's Neglected Assets Are
India's Gold Mine
The dictum for situating a money spinning hotel or
restaurant is to find a 'Suitable Location , Location
and Location'. In the 21st century more...
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WILL
CHINA'S AIRCRAFT CARRIER VARYAG BE AT SEA BEFORE INDIA'S
INS VIKRAMADITYA(GORSHKOV)?
After haggling over the escalated price and hiccups
experienced, during the conversion of the 44,500 ton Ukrainian
built helicopter carrier more...
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INDIA
SRI LANKA DEFENCE RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK. THREE CHEERS
CHINA CAN BE CHECKMATED
The cordial defence relations Sri Lanka enjoys with
its closest neighbor India which had been estranged and
more... |
FINCANTEIRI
BUILT FLEET TANKER CUM SUPPORT SHIP INS DEEPAK SAILS INTO
MUMBAI
The first of the two Fleet tankers for the Indian
Navy ,built by Italian Shipyard M/s Fincantieri, for around
$ 200 million arrived in Mumbai on Xmas eve more...
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 2G
AND CWG SHOWS FIRMER COMMAND AND CONTROL FROM NEW DELHI
IS INDIA'S LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
C'est la vie. In the world of politics and strategic
partnerships there has to be some quid pro quo, and President
Barack Obama came to visit more...
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 PIRACY
INDIA AND CHINA AND CHINA FEELS IT HAS A RIGHT IN THE
INDIAN OCEAN
The following post, has been culled from a blog of
an American former Navy admiral, who rightly brings out
the fundamental difference in the American(rugby) way
of strategic thinking and Indian(test cricket) approach
to strategic and security issues. more...
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Obama
Reminded India Time It Got Real. India Has To Decide Are
We Strategic Friends Or Strategic Partners
C'est la vie. In the world of politics and strategic
partnerships there has to be some quid pro quo, and President
Barack Obama came to visit more...
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 Prez
Obama at INS Shikra
President Obama In India Landed at INS Shikra which
was old INS Kunjali in the centre of Mumbai in Colaba.
He got a taste Of the Indian Navy. more...
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WHY
INDIA NEEDS TO OPT FOR NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
The Indian Navy has always looked ahead, and its ambitious
horizons have always included plans to acquire, build
and operate nuclear submarines. more...
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LARGER
MILITARY LESSONS OF THE COMMOMWEALTH GAMES
The party has begun and 17 service officers are looking
after all the difficult job of protocol for the 19th the
Commonwealth Games at the seven venues. more...
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INDIA'S
NAVY IS TRANSFORMING TO BECOME A C4ISR NUCLEAR FORCE IN
THE INDIAN OCEAN
"Satellite Communications is at the heart of Indian
Navy's vision of future net centric operations in our
area of interest…..From the operational perspective, satellite
communications network ushers in transformational changes
……and allows for real time information exchange in voice,
video data etc which is quite unreliable in HF Communications
systems". (2010). more...
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PS
GIGABYTE AIR FORCE NETWORK COMMISSIONED.
ON 14th SEP The IAF dedicated the AIRFORCENET AFNET
TO THE NATION
In a razzle dazzle ceremony with a laser show in
Delhi RM A K Antony and all invited saw a live interception
in Punjab from New Delhi on AFNET when 2 SU30MKI took
on an intruder and RM spoke to the pilot after he reported
JUDY. With electronic contact and radar picture and
if all works well, modern interceptions in BVR more...
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‘INSV
MHADEI’ RETURNS HOME AFTER ROUND THE WORLD CDR DONDE MAKES
THE NATION AND INDIAN NAVY PROUD. VICE PRESIDENT ANSARI
AND CNS VERMA FOCINCWEST BHASIN AND A PROUD MOTHER RECEIVE
THE SKIPPER IN MUMBAI
A Navy is a nation's strategic asset and great Navies
more... |
INDIAN
NAVY's FIRST Rs 2600 CRORES ORDER FOR 6 WARSHIPS GOES
TO A PRIVATE SHIPYARD PIPAVAV HERALDING MORE SUCH OPPORTUNITIESI
India's Ministry of Defence MOD has been refining
its defence procurement rules and procedures called DPP
since 2006 and shifting goal posts, with a promise
more... |
INDIA
SINGAPORE FRIENDS IN THE US GAME….. INDONESIA PEEVES
USA's NSA Gen James Jones was in India to tell us
what the future of the area is as he sees it, and I am
sure our NSA asked the right questions more... |
THE
IMPORTANCE OF GIS IN MILITARIES. C4ISR AND UPDATE ON INDIAN
NAVAL SPACE APPLICATIONS
It is a well accepted adage, that knowledge and intelligence
are more... |
INS TARKASH' LAUNCHED ON 23 JUN 10 AT KALLINGRAD RUSSIA
BY VCNS VADM D K DEWAN
The second of the three follow on Talwar class stealth
frigates being built by Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad more... |
WHY INDIAN NAVY IS GOOD. INS CANKARSO AND INS KONDUL COMMISSIONED
C
The Indian Navy has ordered 10 fast Attack Craft at
GRSE Kolkiutta and the IS Cankarso and INS more... |
AN
MALDIVIAN DELEGATION VISITS INDIA'S OUTLYING ANDAMAN COMMAND
The article about China's String of Pearls ringing
India in the Indian ocean and China's Claim That India
o more... |
THE
INDIAN ARMED FORCES TO THE AID OF RADHDHANI DERAILMENT
The Indian Air Force and after that the Indian Army
with in hours came to the rescue of the people who were
on the Rajdhani. Relief & Rescue more... |
CHINA'S
STRING OF PEARLS VS INDIA'S IRON CURTAIN IN THE INDIAN
OCEAN. IT IS A C3IC ISSUE
India will have "to cope with the Rise of China" and
as the respected journalist and former media adviser to
the PM Dr Manmohan Singh who more... |
"THE
EXPANDING INDIAN NAVY IS INDIA'S INDISPENSIBLE ARM FOR
THE SECURITY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
C
"Indian Ocean is not India's Ocean", Defence Minister
Chi Haotin's statement in 1984 more... |
IS
TAIWAN BECOMING 'CHAIWAN'? INDIA MUST BE ALIVE TO THE
REPURCUSSIONS AND CHINESE MOVES WITH C3IC
The Navy's and India's center of more... |
With
a view to assess India China status in the Maritime Field
www.indiadefenceupdate.com posts
A presentation made at Oceanology International 2010
In London more... |
VICE
ADMIRAL NIRMAL VERMA TAKES OVER AS THE FOC-IN-C
The Navy's and India's center of gravity is shifting
Eastwards and Vishakapatnam is where the 18000 ton LPD
more... |
ARMY
PEACEKEEPERS LEAVE FOR ISRAEL
While the Brig drew more pay
than the JS ever since the Fourth Pay Commission wef 1.1.1986,
in more... |
