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SP's Land Forces - Issue 5 - 2018

Issue Features

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  LEAD STORY
  Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) Quagmire: Analysis of the Paralysis and Way Forward
  By Lt General A.B. Shivane (Retd)

  Fourteen years of deliberation (2004-2018) and frequent changes in procedural stance have yielded miniscule capability enhancements in the BMP II fleet upgrade.

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  OPERATIONS
  Urban Warfare Solutions — Trends
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Urban operations require innovative forms of intelligence, including new sources and methods of collection, particularly open source information from non-military sources.

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  MARKETING FEATURE
  Rosoboronexport Launches Sprut-SDM1 Light Amphibious Tank
  

  Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is launching the Sprut-SDM1 light amphibious tank built by the Tractor Plants Concern in the world arms market.

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  TERRORISM
  Counter Terrorism
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The challenges to international cooperation are manifold, aside from consensus on definition of terrorism.

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  FOREIGN RELATIONS
  Fresh Chapter in Indo-Italian Bi-lateral Cooperation
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  When it comes to the defence industry and procurement, Italian companies have developed an outstanding expertise, which can contribute significantly to the ‘Make in India’ flagship programme

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  ARMOUR
  Impenetrable Armour: The Future is Here
  

  The Armoured Corps is an indispensable arm for any Army, with an ability to penetrate defensive lines through the use of armoured equipment and tactics.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Army Commanders’ Conference: October 2018
  

  Army Commanders’ Conference was held from October 9 to 15, 2018, in New Delhi. A large number of issues ranging from operational, administrative, logistics and human resources were discussed.

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Raytheon, US Army upgrade Excalibur projectile
  

  Raytheon and the US Army completed development of a revolutionary capability for cannon artillery by upgrading the combat-proven Excalibur^® precision-guided projectile.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  GA-ASI Completes FOT&E for Gray Eagle Extended Range
  

  Partnered with the US Army, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, recently completed Follow-On Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Raytheon, Rheinmetall join forces for US Army’s Next-Gen Combat Vehicle competition
  

  Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have joined forces to meet the US Army’s requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle-Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Indo-Japan Joint Exercise Dharma Guardian - 2018
  

  Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN - 2018, a joint military exercise between Indian & Japanese Armies, commenced at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Vairengete, Mizoram, India on 01 November 2018.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  US Army completes qualification testing for new Stinger missile proximity fuze
  

  The US Army has completed qualification testing for a new proximity fuze that significantly enhances the combat-proven Stinger^® missile produced by Raytheon.

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Appointments
  

  Lt General P.S. Rajeshwar took over on November 1, 2018 as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee. Lt General P.S. Thimayya took over as Commander of Army Training Command (ARTRAC) on November 1, 2018.

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

  This issue of SP’s Land Forces coincides with Indonesia’s Tri-Service Defence event named INDO DEFENCE 2018 EXPO & FORUM which will be held at Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Indonesia from November 7-10, 2018.