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SP's Land Forces - Issue 4 - 2015

Issue Features

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  COVER STORY
  An Overview of 1965 Indo-Pak Conflict Strategic and Operational Insights
  By Lt General Tejinder Singh Shergill (Retd)

  Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri wanted to ensure that the world understood that the conflict was started by Pakistan and wanted a ceasefire without conditions

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  SPECIAL FEATURE
  Capture of Haji Pir – Crowning Glory of 1965 War
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The capture of Haji Pir by 1 Para (now Special Forces) during the 1965 Indo-Pak War was a great setback to Pakistan’s morale, particularly her army

• MODERNISATION
  Equipping Infantry and SF Units – Current Weaknesses
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  For our policy planners, an essential basic that must be kept in mind is the level of sophistication that the terrorists and insurgents have achieved and likely to advance to in times to come

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Drone Terrorism
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Today’s conflict situations are more and more at the sub-conventional level witnessing more and more employment of irregular forces, and consequent use of drones against such forces

• MILITARY STRATEGY
  China's White Paper on National Military Strategy
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  At the global level China is concerned about the US which is carrying on its ‘rebalancing’ strategy and is enhancing its military presence and its military alliances in this region

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  SHOW PREVIEW
  DSEI 2015 – Continued Focus on Air, Land, Naval and Security
  By R. Chandrakanth

  DSEI is acknowledged internationally as the market leading exhibition for land, sea and air applications of defence and security products, technology and services

• POLICY
  One Rank One Pension Imbroglio
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  One Rank One Pension (OROP) dates back to about four decades ago when in the year 1973 in the Third Pay Commission the soldier who was in receipt of 70 per cent of his pay as pension on attaining the service laid down as eligibility...

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  MARKETING FEATURE
  Orders portfolio of Rosoboronexport for the land forces weapon systems and military equipment exceeds $12 billion
  

  At the International Exhibition of Arms, Military Equipment and Ammunition RAE-2015 (September 9-12, Nizhny Tagil, Russia) Russian weaponry special exporter Rosoboronexport, which belongs to the State Corporation Rostec...

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  MARKETING FEATURE
  ODU Offers Ruggedized Connector Solutions for Military and Security Market
  

  ODU, a worl dwide leader in designing and manufacturing high performance connector solutions and cable assemblies, offers its range of advanced ruggedized circular miniature connector solutions designed especially for military and security market.

• OPERATIONS
  The Manipur Ambush – and Beyond
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Involvement of China and Pakistan in insurgencies and terrorism pan-India is not new. It has been enhanced and has become more proactive with strategic aim to destabilise India.