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SP's Land Forces - February-March 2011

Issue Features

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  COVER STORY
  Army Aviation Corps is the Arm of the Future
  

  SP’s Land Forces team comprising Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, and Lt General (Retd.) V.K. Kapoor, Editor, interviewed Major General P.K. Bharali, Additional Director General, Army Aviation. The General’s dynamism and passion for his Corps was perceptible in his demeanour and in the free and frank discussion that ensued.

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  ARMY AVIATION
  Meeting the Challenges
  By Lt General (Retd) B.S. Pawar

  The Army Aviation is the arm of the future, a force-multiplier which can tilt the balance in any future conflict

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  ARMAMENTS
  Past, Present and the Future
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  Armaments used in helicopters can be broadly classified into three categories, namely rapid firing automatic machine guns, rocket projectiles and guided missiles

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  ARMY AIR DEFENCE
  A Candid Review
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  With China’s grand design to become a regional hegemon en route to becoming a global power, there is no choice but to modernise India’s defence forces rapidly. But there has been only empty rhetoric without much progress.

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  OEM
  Tackling Airborne Threats
  By Sanjay Kapoor

  The Raytheon-Kongsberg team will offer India a set of solutions, or system of systems, tailored to each requirement

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  TECHNOLOGY
  A Long Way to Go
  By Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor

  It is disconcerting to note that the three services are progressing on the path of acquiring networked capabilities individually with no coherent framework for joint service enterprise information architecture.

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  CYBER SECURITY
  Insecurity Rising
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  As a country, we are yet to grasp the significance of cyber warfare. There is no cohesive policy for cyber security at the national level.

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  FIRST
  Quick & Reliable
  

  Boomerang Warrior-X is smaller, light weight, and integrated with tactical vests

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  TECKNOW
  For Multi-role Worldwide Operations
  

  BAE Systems Bv206S can move in extreme terrain and weather conditions

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  NIGHT VISION
  Seeing Through Darkness
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Research and development is being undertaken globally to enhance the reach, improve the resolution and reduce the weight of night vision devices in order to provide a better edge to own side

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  UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES
  Unmanned Machines at War
  By Sanjay Kumar

  With modern warfare increasingly moving towards an era of complex technologies such as stealth and network-centricity, there is an increasing trend amongst modern land forces to evolve themselves into lighter and more responsive forces that are at once lethal and survivable

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  SPECIAL FEATURE
  Almaz-Antey
  By Vladislav V.Mentschikov, Director General, Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern

  Russia’s answer for secure skies

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  ATTACK HELICOPTERS
  Helicopters in Combat Operations
  By Lt General (Retd) B.S. Pawar

  With the ALH WSI and the LCH being indigenously developed by HAL and likely to enter service in the coming years, the Indian armed forces will have formidable and state-of-the-art armed helicopters in their kitty—a useful force-multiplier which can turn the tide in battle

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  AFGHAN WAR
  Looking Back at 2010
  By Major General (Retd) G.D. Bakshi

  There is cause for satisfaction as one surveys the course of the battle in 2010.