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SP's Land Forces - December 2012-January 2013

Issue Features

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  INTERVIEW
  ‘We are duty bound to ensure operational readiness to meet any contingency in the external/internal security domain’
  

  General Bikram Singh took over as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on May 31, 2012. In an interview with SP’s Land Forces, the COAS shared his thoughts...

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  MILITARY HISTORY
  Indian Army’s Saga of Devotion and Bravery
  By Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor

  Indian Army, as it moves through the first quarter of the 21st century, is likely to face four types of challenges and threats including traditional threats, contemporary challenges in the form of international terrorism...

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  STRATEGY
  Defence Reforms: Managing National Security The first
  By Brigadier (Retd) Gurmeet Kanwal

  The first and foremost requirement for improving the management of national security is for the government to formulate a comprehensive National Security Strategy (NSS), including internal security.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Humvee Steers towards Right-hand Drive Markets
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The Humvee, manufactured by AM General LLC, has served more than its purpose in many a war, being a tactical vehicle.

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  HOMELAND SECURITY
  Countering Land-based Threats
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  The way forward to strengthen the homeland security scenario in India would require active management of the policy framework, regulations, process...

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  The Civil-Military Friction
  By M.G. Devasahayam

  In recent times, the Army is seen more in the secondary role than the primary one. It is in this context that we should critically look at national security, the role of military as well as civil-military relationship so that these could be mainstreamed into the governance architecture.

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  SPECIALISED VEHICLES
  Learning from the US Experience
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Protected mobility will be a vital ingredient in capacity building both for defence and homeland security.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Developing Directed Energy Weapons
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  DEWs are the answer to the Sino-Indian asymmetry as they can render all current nuclear weapons and the delivery systems worthless—burn them off in seconds including missiles in the initial upward boost phase of flight itself

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  TECKNOW
  LS3 Robot Plays Follow the Leader
  

  For the past two weeks, in the woods of central Virginia around Fort Pickett, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) four-legged robot has been showing off its capabilities during field testing.