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SP's Land Forces - February-March 2012

Issue Features

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  COVER STORY
  Armour in Future Conflicts
  By Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor

  AFVs will endure the changes in the nature of future wars. However, they must not be seen in isolation as stand-alone weapon systems, but as part of an all arms group enabling and sustaining decisive manoeuvre and high intensity battle...

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  SPECIALISED VEHICLES
  Wide-ranging Vehicles for Diverse Roles
  By Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor

  Currently, the Indian Army is looking for multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs), light bullet proof vehicles (Lt BPVs), light strike vehicles (LSVs) for the infantry battalions for its various roles...

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  SPECIALISED VEHICLES
  Right hand Drive HMMWV
  By SP’s Correspondent

  The vehicle will be available both through FMS and DCS

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  INTERVIEW
  ‘We feel we’re a trusted partner to India’
  

  Prior to Singapore Air Show and Defexpo 2012, SP’s Land Forces caught up with William L. Blair, President of Raytheon India.

• OEM
  Raytheon buoyant about Indian market
  

  In a press conference held in New Delhi, Raytheon officials demonstrated the company’s varied solutions on offer for the Indian Army

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  MODERNISATION
  Indian Army Modernisation – An Introspection
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  The facade of the yearly refined DPP over the years has done little to accelerate modernisation. The gap between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is widening alarmingly in favour of the latter.

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  MISSILES
  Indigenous Strategic and Tactical Missiles
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  The Agni missile programme is a family of MRBM to ICBM ballistic missile systems developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.

• CYBER SECURITY
  Social Networking and Cyber Threats
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Cyber crime has shifted from simple scams including phishing, spoofing, worms and viruses to more sophisticated attacks shutting down network servers and cloud-based systems affecting companies and individuals.