SP's Land Forces - Issue 04 - 2014
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Top News
- The layered Air Defence systems that worked superbly, the key element of Operation Sindoor
- Operation Sindoor | Day 2 DGMOs Briefing
- Operation Sindoor: Resolute yet Restrained
- India's Operation Sindoor Sends a Clear Message to Terror and the World – ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’
- Japan and India set forth a defence cooperation consultancy framework, talks on tank and jet engines
- Lt General Pratik Sharma takes over Command of Indian Army's Northern Command
- Major General Lisamma P.V. assumes the appointment of ADG, MNS
- Uzbekistan's progressive transformation is a bright spot in Central Asia; boosts cultural ties with India
- Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam in Kashmir: Unfolding a long surgical war against PAK
Issue Features
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LEAD STORY
Pakistani Army Operations in North Waziristan
By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)North Waziristan (NW) is inhabited by a very large number of terror groups of all hues and colours.
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SOUTH ASIA
Limiting a Subcontinental Nuclear War
By Ali AhmedIndia’s conventional advantage stands faced with a stalemate brought about by introduction of Hatf IX or Nasr (missile) by Pakistan.
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SOUTH ASIA
Getting Familiar
The Embassy of China at New Delhi recently organised a visit of an Indian media delegation to China for interactions at Beijing with the 4th Army Aviation Regiment...
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TECHNOLOGY
Almost Invincible Israel’s Air Defence
By R. ChandrakanthIron Dome is the only dual mission counter rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) and Very Short Range Air Defense (VSHORAD) system
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OPERATIONS
Airborne Operations
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The Para Training School (PTS), run by the Indian Air Force at Agra, conducts the parachuting and combat military free-fall training of the Army, the President’s Body Guards, cadets...
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MODERNISATION
Global Air Defence Scenario
By R. ChandrakanthIndia’s air defence network has two principal components—the ‘Air Defence Ground Environment System’ (ADGES) and the ‘Base Air Defence Zones’ (BADZ)
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MIDDLE EAST
Recent Developments in Iraq
By Ranjit GuptaThe ISIS has captured large quantities of sophisticated weaponry from the Iraqi Army and security forces which had fled abandoning their weapons in the face of the ISIS onslaught...
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FOCUS / INDIA
Raising FDI in Defence - Not lucrative by itself
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The Defence Research and Development Organisation had identified some 15 critical technologies that it seeks to import through offsets, such technologies would require special approvals by the foreign vendor’s government
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FOCUS / INDIA
Lessons from Kargil War
By General V.P. Malik (Retd)Operation Vijay was a blend of determined political, military and diplomatic actions, which enabled us to transform an adverse situation into an emphatic military and diplomatic victory
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FOCUS / INDIA
Article 370 and its Relevance Today
By General V.P. Malik (Retd)Elections time in a democracy are sensitive. Controversial issues get raised, and challenged.
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SP'S EXCLUSIVES
Indian Army scouts 'Smart' artillery shellsThe Indian Army is looking to procure 155mm Trajectory Correctable Munitions (Course Correctable Fuze) for its 155mm artillery guns, and to include 39/45/52 calibre equipment.
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SP'S EXCLUSIVES
New ammunition for MBT Arjun testedTrials of new 120mm penetration-cum-blast ordnance for the Arjun main battle tank have been successfully conducted at the DRDO's Proof and Experimental Establishment in Odisha.
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SP'S EXCLUSIVES
DRDO's new embankment blasting device successfully testedThe DRDO has conducted user-assisted technical trials of the Bund Blasting Device Mk.II, the new improved version of the indigenous man-portable embankment blasting device, designed and developed by the Terminal...
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SP'S EXCLUSIVES
Nirbhay cruise missile test before DiwaliIn service and well-respected as a successful and potent indigenous weapon, the new and improved Pinaka Mk.II rocket, developed by the DRDO's Armament Research and Development Establishment...
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SP'S EXCLUSIVES
New defensive aids for MBT Arjun proven in trialsAn advanced laser warning countermeasure system and a mobile camouflage system have recently been tested and proven on the Arjun MBT Mk.II in the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan.
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