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SP's MAI - Issue No. 13 | July 01-15, 2014

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / NATIONAL AGENDA
  Article 370 and its relevance today
  By General (Retd) V.P. Malik

  The Central Government is also to blame for creating selfinduced doubts about Kashmir in and outside the State, not being able to win the hearts and minds of Kashmiri Muslims of the Valley and delaying physical and...

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  AEROSPACE
  193 flight cadets graduate from Dundigal

  The morning of June 21, 2014, saw the officer who graduated 39 years ago, come back as Chief Guest to review the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Drones in national security

  A report from Stimson Center has examined three key issue sets in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) debate: defence utility, national security, and economics; ethics and law; and export controls and regulatory challenges.

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  CORPORATE
  Award to Dr Baba N. Kalyani of Bharat Forge Ltd

  Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chauhan and Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari felicitated Dr Baba N. Kalyani, CMD, Bharat Forge Ltd with the Majha Sanman Award 2014...

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  TECHNOLOGY / FEATURE
  Robotics in conflict
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Historically, militaries makes use of every innovation that has the potential to support military work and the military robot is an innovation that has application in war as well as life-threatening tasks that the military undertakes otherwise too.

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  MILITARY / NATIONAL AGENDA
  Article 370 – consign it to history!
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Article 370, included in the Constitution as a temporary provision, should have been gradually abrogated but this has not happened in past 67 years

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  AEROSPACE
  Akash missile tested in low altitude

  Akash missile was successfully testfired recently in very low altitude near boundary mission from the integrated test range at Balasore, Odisha. This flight trial was last among the validation trials being carried out by Army...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Michael Schumacher's medical files stolen

  Confidential medical files reportedly belonging to seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher are being offered ‘for sale’, it has been warned.

• CORPORATE
  L&T forms JV with Thales

  L&T Technology Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), has purchased 74 per cent of the equity capital of Thales Software India Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Thales, the global technology leader in aerospace, transportation and defence and security markets.

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  MILITARY / NATIONAL AGENDA
  Need to develop a defence industrial base
  By Vice Admiral (Retd) Anup Singh

  Self-sufficiency or self-reliance are terms that become meaningful only when a competitive and well spread out defence industry is allowed to flourish within the country.

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  AEROSPACE
  Northrop Grumman gets $3.6-billion contract for 25 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft

  The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $3.6-billion fixed price, incentive fee multi-year contract to deliver 25 new E-2D...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Home Ministry's official Twitter handle

  In conformity with drive to ensure transparent and responsive government, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched @HMOIndia - the official Twitter handle of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

• CORPORATE
  HAL inducts over 400 officers

  Over 400 management and design trainees – selected through stringent procedures amid lakhs of applicants – have formally been inducted in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as officers at a convocation programme held on June 21, 2014.

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  Welcome move for Indian defence industry
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  In accordance with the move to relax FDI norms in defence sector...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Money laundering act

  The Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami has called upon law enforcing agencies for greater coordination and effective utilisation of the recent amendment in the Criminal Amendment Act, 2013 and provisions of the Money Laundering Act to crack down upon rampant human-trafficking.

• CORPORATE
  Airbus Group and Safran join forces in Launcher

  Airbus Group and Safran are further strengthening their relationship to propose a new family of competitive, versatile and efficient space launchers, to serve both commercial and institutional needs.

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  MILITARY / NUCLEAR PROGRAMME - REPORT
  The nuclear signal from Modi
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  After stoutly opposing the nuclear deal with US six years ago, the BJP-led NDA Government at the centre has made first foray in nuclear diplomacy...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Meeting on LWE-affected States

  A meeting of the Chief Secretaries and the Directors General of Police (DGPs) of 10 left-wing extremism (LWE)-affected States and the Directors General (DsG) of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) was held in New Delhi recently, under the Chairmanship of Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister.

• CORPORATE
  Saab and UK Ministry of Defence sign new contract

  Defence and security company Saab and the UK Ministry of Defence have signed a three-year contract for a managed training service for British Army Overseas Training Exercises utilising Saab’s DTES system.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  France steps up defence and nuclear cooperation
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  With multi-billion dollar deals in the last phases of negotiations in defence and nuclear sectors, France made it a point to become first European country...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  World Cup security hiccups

  Just when the FIFA World Cup in Brazil seemed to be going on smoothly, there were three security breaches that gave organisers some of their most embarrassing moments yet.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Naval projects to be fast-tracked: Defence Minister
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  The Minister of Defence, Arun Jaitley, has assured the Indian Navy...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Delhi airport security breached twice in 48 hours

  In a recent major security breach at Delhi airport, a middle-aged man managed to gain entry to the airside – the area directly involved in arrival and departure of aircraft...

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  MILITARY
  Chief of Army Staff visits Jaipur

  General Bikram Singh, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), accompanied by Bubbles Singh, President Central Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), visited HQ South Western Command at Jaipur on June 22-23, 2014.

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  MILITARY
  Chief of Defence Forces of Thailand calls on General Bikram Singh

  General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Chief of Defence Forces Royal Thai Armed Forces, called on General Bikram Singh, Chairman Chief of Staff Committee...

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  MILITARY
  New Flag Officer C-in-C Southern Naval Command appointed

  Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema, PVSM, AVSM, NM has assumed command of Southern Naval Command as its Commander-in-Chief.

• MILITARY
  High level meeting between Indian and Sri Lanka Coast Guards

  A three-member delegation led by Rear Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne, the Director General Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG), visited India from June 24-28, 2014, for high level meeting with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).