SP's Land Forces - Issue 4 - 2018
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Issue Features
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EXCLUSIVEINTERVIEW
‘Artillery Rationalisation Plan was first perceived in the year 2000 wherein, medium guns with 155mm calibre were made the standard gun system’
Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd), Senior Technical Editor, SP’s Land Forces in an exclusive interview with Lt General P.K. Srivastava, Director General of Artillery, who spoke comprehensively on artillery’s modernisation programme and challenges thereof
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Linking Force Sizing Decisions to Future Capability Outcomes
The recent initiative by the Army Chief to right size and restructure the Indian Army is an exigent and laudable initiative, writes Lt General A.B. Shivane (Retd)
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ARTILLERY
More Muscle
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The Army is currently in the process of inducting 145 x M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzers from BAE Systems at a cost of about $750 million. K9 Vajra-T 155 mm/52 calibre tracked self-propelled gun system is also under induction.
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TECHNOLOGY
Role of Technology in Law Enforcement
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Remarkable new digital technologies are transforming the ways police protect and serve, allowing agencies to prevent crimes more effectively and solve crimes faster.
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ARTILLERY
Thundering Artillery: Strengthening India’s Defence Capabilities
Artillery is inarguably the most lethal form of land-based armament currently employed.
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HADR
Operation Madad – Indian Army’s ‘Madad’ to Kerala
By Rohit SrivastavaTrue to its tradition of service before self, Indian Army during the Kerala floods, selflessly provided the much needed relief
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NIGHT VISION
Image Intensifiers — the Key to Night Vision
By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)Image intensification is the basis of night vision thus an image intensifier is a device for increasing the intensity of existing light in the environment for an optical system to enable to operate in low-light conditions
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EXERCISES
Indian Army on an Exercise Spree
By Rohit SrivastavaContributing to the Indian diplomatic and strategic outreach, Indian Army, in last one month, has been involved in various bilateral and multi-lateral exercises
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INDO-US RELATIONS
Indo-US 2+2 Dialogue
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Discussions were wide ranging covering the geopolitical and geostrategic developments including in the Korean Peninsula and the Af-Pak region.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Unified Commanders’ Conference - 2018
The two day Unified Commanders’ Conference for the year 2018 commenced on Jul 30, 2018 at New Delhi.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Sucessful Flight Test of Prahar
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously developed surface-to-surface tactical missile ‘Prahar’, from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Balasore.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Second flight test of MPATGM sucessful
Indigenously developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), was successfully flight tested for the second time from the Ahmednagar range on September 16, 2018.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Cyient - BlueBird JV wins its first order for SpyLite mini UAS
Cyient Solutions & Systems Pvt. Ltd. (CSS), a joint venture between Cyient Ltd. and BlueBird Aero Systems, Israel, today announced that it has received its first supply order from a unit of the Indian Army...
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Ashok Leyland wins a tender for Defence Tracked Combat Vehicle
Ashok Leyland announced a tender win in the Tracked Vehicle space. This tender is for developmental work and marks Ashok Leyland’s foray into tracked vehicle business.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
HAL sucessfully demonstrates 10Kg helicopter UAV
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited successfully demonstrated flight of a 10Kg Rotary Wing (Helicopter) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RUAV).
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Sucessful Flight Test of ATGM ‘HELINA’
Indigenously developed Helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ has been successfully flight tested from Army Helicopter in the ranges of Pokhran.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Ballistic Missile Interceptor AAD sucessfully flight tested
DRDO conducted the successful test of the Ballistic Missile Interceptor Advanced Area Defence (AAD) from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
US move India into Elite Strategic Allies list
Giving boost to bilateral relations, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross United States, on July 30, announced inclusion of India to the Strategic Trade Authorization (STA) Tier 1, one of the most coveted lists of trading partners.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Appointments
Lt General Abhay Krishna, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM took over as the Army Commander, Central Command; Lt General Manoj Mukund Naravane, AVSM, SM, VSM took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command.
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Editorial
By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-ChiefThe lead article in this issue is an interview with the Director General of Artillery, Lt General P.K. Srivastava on the occasion of the 191 Gunners’ Day on September 28, 2018.
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