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SP's Land Forces - Issue 6 - 2020

Issue Features

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  MESSAGE
  General M.M. Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff
  

  I am pleased to learn that SP Guide Publications is releasing a special issue of SP’s Land Forces on the occasion of Army Day 2021.

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  EXCLUSIVE

  CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF
  “The era of single services operations has faded and a systems approach, that is, joint integrated operations across multiple domains is the way ahead”
  

  General M.M. Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, in an interview with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Land Forces...

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  ARMY DAY 2021 / COAS ADDRESS
  “We are transforming and restructuring ourselves to meet the challenges of the future”
  

  “Upon the Western Front, Pakistan continues to embrace terror and terrorism as an instrument of state policy”, said the Chief of the Army Staff General M.M. Naravane, in his opening remarks during Annual Army Day Press Conference 2021.

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  INDIAN ARMY DAY
  73rd Army Day Celebrated
  

  Indian Army celebrated its 73rd Army Day on January 15, 2021. Every year Indian Army celebrates 15th January as ‘Army Day’ to commemorate the day when General (later Field Marshal) K.M. Carriappa took over the command of Army in 1949 and became the first Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army post Independence.

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  NATION BUILDING
  Indian Army in Nation Building
  By Lt General Pradeep Bali (Retd)

  The secure environment provided by the Army, ensuring the path to prosperity and development for the country as a whole, is only a part of the larger and ubiquitous role played by the Indian Army in nation building

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  1971 - 50 YEARS
  1971 – India’s Greatest Victory
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  As India celebrates 50 years of victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan, SP’s Land Forces looks at how the Indian Army with the support of the IAF and the Indian Navy, bulldozed its way to the liberation of East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) to achieve one of the greatest victories by any modern-day military

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  ARMY CHARACTER
  Scholar Warrior Ethos of Indian Army - Morals, Ethics and Values
  By Major General Yash Mor (Retd)

  The future battlefield scenarios require that we be competent warfighters, but we cannot be competent fighters unless we are as intelligent and mentally tough as we are aggressive and physically rugged

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  UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE
  Grey Zone Threats – Implications on Force Structuring
  By Lt General Dushyant Singh (Retd)

  Grey Zone conflict strategy has also gained traction due to the pre-eminence of the virtual world in governance, social media, domestic life, commerce and trade. Countries poorly governed are more susceptible to such threats. COVID-19 crisis has further complicated the issue.

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  MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
  Accuracy, Range of LORA Missiles Demonstrated in Firing Trials
  

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently completed a dual operational firing trial with LORA, the Long-Range Artillery Weapon System, a precise ballistic surface-surface strike missile (SSM).

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  L&T-made 91st K9 Vajra-T Gun flagged off by Gujarat CM at Armoured Systems Complex
  

  Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani flagged-off the 91st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from L&T’s Armoured System Complex (ASC). Maintaining the track record of ahead-of-time deliveries in this Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme...

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Major Rejig at Army HQs
  

  Appointment of Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (DCOAS) (Strategy). It is understood that the Government has agree to the creation of a new appointment called ‘Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (DCOAS) (Strategy)’ who will oversee perspective planning, military operations and information warfare.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hands over DRDO systems to Armed Forces Chiefs
  

  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 18, 2020, handed over three indigenously developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems to the Armed Forces Chiefs.

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Successful Trials of 5.56x30mm Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC)
  

  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) designed 5.56x30mm JVPC has successfully undergone the final phase of User trials on December 7, 2020.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Successful maiden launch of MRSAM
  

  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has achieved a major milestone on December 23, 2020 with the maiden launch of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM), Army Version from Integrated Test Range, off the Coast of Odisha.

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Defence Minister Approves proposal to procure indigenous equipment
  

  The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) held under the Chairmanship of the Defence Minister approved Capital Acquisition proposals of various Weapons/Platforms/Equipment/Systems for the Defence Forces at an approximate overall cost of Rs 28,000 Crore (about $3.8 billion) on December 17.

• Appointments
  

  Lt General Tarun Kumar Aich took over as Director General, National Cadet Corps on January 1, 2021.
  Lt General A.K. Samantara took over as Director General of Infantry on December 21, 2020...

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

  The highlight of this special issue to mark the Indian Army Day, is an exclusive interview of Chief of the Army Staff General M.M. Naravane. He stressed that the Indian Army continuously and consistently trains itself for the changing character of war.