SP's MAI - Issue No. 19 | October 01-15, 2014
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Top News
- The layered Air Defence systems that worked superbly, the key element of Operation Sindoor
- Operation Sindoor | Day 2 DGMOs Briefing
- Operation Sindoor: India strikes back with Precision and Purpose
- Operation Sindoor: Resolute yet Restrained
- India’s Operation Sindoor Sends a Clear Message to Terror and the World – ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’
- Japan and India set forth a defence cooperation consultancy framework, talks on tank and jet engines
- Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam in Kashmir: Unfolding a long surgical war against PAK
- Lt General Pratik Sharma takes over Command of Indian Army's Northern Command
Issue Features
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL FEATURE
Prime Minister Modi in the United Nations
By General V.P. Malik (Retd)It is not easy to knit together India’s cultural heritage, domestic and regional challenges with those of the globe in a 32-minute address to nearly 200 heads of nations...
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
IAF - concerns and confidence
By Ranjeet KumarThe depleting combat fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and delay in planned acquisition of fighters and other flying machines have emerged as principal concerns but the IAF bosses do not seem to be overly worried...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Yet another security lapse at the White HouseThe sharpshooters on the roof with their sniper scopes didn’t kill the intruder racing towards the White House.
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CORPORATE
HAL Chief's five-point agenda for Indian R&DThe ‘Make in India’ concept in the defence sector has potential to raise defence manufacturing in the country from present 30 per cent to 70 per cent in the next few years.
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL FEATURE
Prime Minister Modi's visit to USA: A preliminary assessment
By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd)Such is the intensity of India’s domestic political activity, as compared to other democracies, that it makes huge demands on the time and mind-space of its leadership.
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AEROSPACE
Rockwell Collins and Zen Technologies offer solutions in simulation and training to Indian customersRockwell Collins and Zen Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to combine their strengths in simulation and training to offer industry-leading, high fidelity solutions to Indian military customers.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Man breaches Delhi airport securityA 28-year-old man managed to breach a 10-feet high barbed boundary wall of the Delhi airport recently, but was nabbed by the CISF officers before he could head towards the runway.
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CORPORATE
Honeywell and Tata Power SED partnershipHoneywell Aerospace has signed a licensing agreement with Tata Power’s Strategic Engineering Division, enabling it to produce Honeywell’s Tactical Advanced Land Inertial Navigator, or TALIN, in India.
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL FEATURE
Prime Minister Modi in USA
By General V.P. Malik (Retd)Never before have there been such media hype, and millions’ expectations and hopes, when an Indian Prime Minister has visited the United States.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Dummy stun grenade found on PM's standby planeA dummy stun grenade was found onboard an Air India Boeing 747 aircraft, one of two standby planes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent US visit.
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL FEATURE
Prime Minister's straight talk in America
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Nations and the United States apparently is the best any Indian Prime Minister has had...
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL FEATURE
Modi visit to US — boost to defence cooperation
By Ranjeet KumarNew significant consensus seems to have emerged between India and the US during the September-end visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Make in India: Non-starter in defence?
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to US companies to participate in the Indian defence sector has generated plenty of euphoria.
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
FDI at 49 per cent - a boon or bane?
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The government will have to find ways to achieve a balance between the need to inspire foreign investment and the concerns of national security
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Border obduracy – China's loss?
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)India calling off the press meet between India and China in the face of continuing Chinese intrusions in Demchok and Chumar was expected though China may not have expected it considering the weak-kneed policy...
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MILITARY1
Golden jubilee celebration of naval design and constructionAn international seminar ‘Future trends and Opportunities in Warship Design and Construction’ was held at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi...
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