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SP's Land Forces - February-March 2012

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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.