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SP's Land Forces - August-September 2011

Issue Features

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  COVER STORY
  ‘I find a complex set of external and internal security challenges confronting our nation’
  

  In an interview with SP’s Land Forces team comprising Editor-in-Chief Jayant Baranwal and Editor Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor, Chief of Army Staff General V.K. Singh shared his thoughts and perceptions on several issues like transformation of the army, status of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir...

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  MILITARY STRATEGY
  Fighting a Two-Front War
  By Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor

  Indian military planners feel that the collusion between China and Pakistan which is so clearly evident in peacetime is likely to translate itself into active, mutually supporting, military operations, during conflict situations.

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  INTERVIEW
  ‘Any decision for induction of F-INSAS or BMS will only be taken after both the systems have been field tested’
  

  Interview with Lt General N.B. Singh, on a range of issues which impact the capabilities of the Indian Army in the future.

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  MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES
  For Versatile Use
  By Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor

  One of the major weaknesses that the Indian Army currently suffers from in their equipment profile is the lack of availability of a suitable HMMWV

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  NEIGHBOURHOOD
  Why Have a Dialogue with Pak?
  By Lt General (Retd) Vijay Oberoi

  It is not peace dialogue and talks but the whittling down of the Pakistan Army’s predominant position as the sole policy formulating organisation that will bring eventual peace between the two countries.

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  CYBER SECURITY
  Global Response to the Global Issue
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Global understanding has dawned that by bringing together our strategic capabilities, we will be able to address current and emerging cyber threats.

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  NEIGHBOURHOOD
  The Way Ahead
  By Dr Monika Chansoria

  The recurrent and tiring round of talks, agreements and discussions without any significant breakthrough or even the possibility of the same seem to point that the border conflict has all the ingredients of becoming a major spoiler in Indo-China relations

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  NEIGHBOURHOOD
  Act Before It’s Too Late
  By Lt General (Retd) Vijay Oberoi

  We need to quickly make up for the years lost in procrastination and starving the military and the Army in particular of funds.

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  TECKNOW
  Micro Unmanned Ground Vehicle
  

  The Dragon Runner 10 has the ability to automatically flip video images, antennae and controls upon landing

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  INTERVIEW
  Patriot’s Versatile Capabilities
  

  Raytheon recently bagged a $1.7 billion contract to upgrade Patriot for Saudi Arabia.