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SP's MAI October 01-15, 2011 - Military Updates

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  MILITARY
  LCA (Navy) has first engine ground run

  The dream of India’s first indigenous effort to build a carrierborne Naval fighter aircraft got a fillip with the crossing of another significant milestone of the first engine ground run (EGR) of the LCA (Navy) prototype NP1 on September 26.

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  MILITARY
  India and UK sign defence research agreement

  Under a new agreement, Indian and British scientists are to work together to develop cutting-edge technologies for defence and security.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Operational priority kaput!
  By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

  Infrastructure development across LAC should be of grave concern to India, provided the national hierarchy studies and analyses its vital implications

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  MILITARY
  Prithvi-II ballistic missile successfully test-fired

  On September 26, India successfully testfired its nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile, with a range of 350 km, as part of user trial by the armed forces from Chandipur off Orissa coast, about 15 km from Balasore.

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  MILITARY
  Saudi Arabia, Creation UK join hands for Zephyr

  Saudi Arabia’s ERAF Industries has entered into an agreement with British company Creation UK to jointly develop and build the latter’s family of Zephyr multirole vehicles in Saudi Arabia.

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  MILITARY
  German Navy receives new RBS15 Mk3 missile

  The official roll-out of the RBS15 Mk3 heavy anti-ship missile for the German Navy took place at a ceremony of the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement.

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  Land-based optronics market valued at $30 billion
  By Our Special Correspondent

  Companies in the defence optronics market are set to witness growth in the future due to an increase in the number of land vehicle procurement programmes.

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  Saab and Wipro join hands for land-based APS

  Saab and Wipro have signed a teaming agreement to jointly pursue opportunities for active protection system (APS) in the Indian market.

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  Boeing CHAMP missile completes 1st flight test

  Boeing and the US Air Force Research Laboratory Counter-electronics High-power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) has successfully completed the missile’s first flight test earlier this year at the Utah Test and Training Range at Hill Air Force Base.

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  Japanese naval ships in Port Blair

  Japanese naval ship, JDS Uraga and JDS Tsushima, both mine counter measures vessels arrived in Port Blair on September 28.

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  Legacy military equipment becoming irrelevant

  egacy military equipments in most European armies are becoming irrelevant for present-day operations, as they demand special capabilities for operating in urban environments and asymmetric warfare.