SP's Land Forces - Issue 1 - 2023

Issue Features

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  MESSAGE
  General Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff
  

  I wish to compliment “SP Guide Publications” for publishing a special issue on the occasion of The Army Day. The edition provides the readers a comprehensive and informative insight into Indian Army’s achievements over the years.

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  EXCLUSIVE

  CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF
  “We are not ‘Downsizing’ but ‘Rightsizing’ our Army”
  

  In an interview with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Land Forces, covering a wide range of subjects, General Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff, talks about how the Indian Army is developing its capability and operational readiness to meet the continuous challenges facing them across the spectrum of conflict

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  COAS PRESS CONFERENCE
  “The Situation Along the Northern Borders is Stable and Under Control, but Unpredictable” —General Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff
  By Neetu Dhulia

  Army Chief General Manoj Pande addressed a press conference ahead of the Army Day on January 15, summarising the year and the current scenario

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  UNION BUDGET / DEFENCE ALLOCATION
  Defence Budget 2023-2024
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The Defence Budget 2023-2024 is Rs 5.94 lakh crore, an increase of about 12.5 per cent over last year

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  YEAR 2022 / REVIEW
  2022: A Tumultuous Year
  By Major General Atanu K. Pattanaik (Retd)

  As curtains fall on 2022, here is a snapshot of the year gone by and the changed geopolitical world that it leaves behind

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  TECHNOLOGY / HENSOLDT
  HENSOLDT SPEXER 2000 3D MkIII Radar
  

  Very short-range Air Defence VSHORAD and C-UAS radar

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  MAKE IN INDIA / MISSILE SYSTEMS
  Missile Systems Procurement
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  All the proposals for procurement of missile systems are under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category

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  ARMOURED / TECHNOLOGY
  B05YA01 Combat Module for Armoured Vehicles Upgrade
  

  The light-weight category combat vehicles (IFV, airborne assault vehicles, APC) are able to determine the combat potential of a country’s armed forces due to their application versatility.

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  NEWS
  75th Army Day Celebration
  

  Indian Army celebrated its 75th Army Day on January 15, 2023 in Bengaluru. It was the first time that the Army Day was held outside the National Capital in order to increase the participation of people, especially the youth in ‘Knowing their Army’.

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  NEWS
  First fuselage for Indian Army AH-64 Apache
  

  Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) has delivered the first fuselage for six AH-64 Apache attack helicopters ordered by the Indian Army from its state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad.

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  DRDO conducts flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor
  

  Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile with large kill altitude bracket from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 2, 2022.

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  NEWS
  Tri-services Amphibious Exercise, AMPHEX 2023
  

  The biennial Tri-Services Amphibious Exercise, AMPHEX 2023 was conducted at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh from January 17 to 22, 2023.

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  Successful training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II, carried out off Odisha coast
  

  A successful training launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out on January 10, 2023 from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

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  NEWS
  Appointment
  

  Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh assumed the command of Southern Command on November 1, 2022. He was commissioned into the Seventh Battalion of the Eleventh Gorkha Rifles in December 1984.

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  Editorial
  By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

  The Indian Army has continued to be the crown of the nation, serving and protecting the country over years. Last month on January 15, the Indian Army celebrated its 75th Army Day in line with the 75 years of Independence and Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav that the country is celebrating.