SP's MAI Issue No. 13 | July 1-15, 2015 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Modi-Sharif meet in offing — but outcome?
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Media is agog with news of possibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Russia next month.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Clean chit for AgustaWestland
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The UPA Government had a strong inclination for ordering investigations into processing of tenders for defence procurement at the slightest hint of wrongdoing.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Respecting national security
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)We are a free democracy but the government needs to instill a sense of national security in our media with measures in place to deal with defaulters
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Chinese submarines on the prowl in Indian Ocean region
By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)China’s firstever deployment of a Yuan class submarine to Pakistan acquires greater significance in the context of emerging reports...
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Bullet proof jackets — Army’s continuing void
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)One only wonders if the establishment wants serving soldiers also to go on hunger strike for basic weapons and protection – akin to veterans on hunger strike at Jantar Mantar for OROP denied to them past 40 years.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Protecting Lakhvi — China reaffirms she is no friend of India
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)China’s support to Nepalese and Indian Maoists, PLA in Manipur, hobnobbing with Naga insurgents, support to ULFA, creation of the United Liberation Front of West...
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MILITARY
NCC creates record of yoga participantsThe International Yoga Day was celebrated at various Air Force and Army establishments in Shillong and North East region. At Headquarters Eastern Air Command, Air Force Shillong.
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MILITARY
Yoga at Siachen, Leh and KargilWorld Yoga Day was celebrated by Indian Army’s 14 Corps on 21 Jun 2015 at Siachen Glacier, Leh, Kargil and other forward locations along the borders. The event at Leh was attended by over 500 personnel which included Officers...
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MILITARY
Yoga across the oceans: Indian Navy wayThe strength of the Indian Navy is its highly motivated, disciplined and well trained personnel who are ever-ready to serve the nation even in the most demanding situations. Naval personnel sail onboard ships and submarines at sea for extended durations...
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MILITARY
GRSE launches three follow-on water jet fast attackThree Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft for the Indian Navy were launched today at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, Kolkata by Smt Medha Murugesan, wife of Vice Admiral P Murugesan, AVSM, VSM, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.
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MILITARY
INS Teg reaches SeychellesIndia has a strong and longstanding relationship with Seychelles of which defence cooperation is a very significant component. The defence cooperation between the two nations includes cooperation in the field of Training, Hydrography and MDA.
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MILITARY
20 crew members of MV Jindal Kamakshi rescuedAt about 11:00 PM on 21 June 15 an Indian flagged, container vessel ”Jindal Kamakshi” sent out a distress alert. The vessel was on passage from Mundra to Kochi with 20 crew members onboard.
