SP's MAI Issue No. 5-6 | March 1-31, 2016 - Military Updates
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MILITARY1 / MAKE IN INDIA
Ministry of Commerce 'facilitator' of 'Make in India' initiativesThe Narendra Modi-led Government is going aggressive on several initiatives and top of them all is the ‘Make in India’ plan.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
The Defence Budget — Lowest rise
By Ranjeet KumarProbably this year’s defence budget (2016-17) has seen the lowest rise in the history of defence budgets.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Indo-US defence ties
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)India and the US share strategic objectives and one area in which there is positive convergence between the two nations is the rising threat from China.
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MILITARY1 / SPACE | FEATURE
India's satellite-based networking capabilities
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)Rukmini will provide networking capabilities with various Indian Navy’s assets.
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MILITARY1 / UNMANNED
UAVs for land and maritime forces
By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)India’s land borders are extensive thus air surveillance is the ideal medium of surveillance and gathering intelligence.
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MILITARY1 / MARITIME | FEATURE
Coastal surveillance and security
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)Consequently, a comprehensive coastal surveillance project for coastal radar network along the Indian coastline was formulated for beefing up of coastal security...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Raisina Dialogue – New geopolitical initiative
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)A second dialogue ‘Gateway of India’ Dialogue will focus on economic diplomacy with an aim to make India a manufacturing hub. These two dialogues filling up erstwhile voids should see India on the go.
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MILITARY1 / SPOTLIGHT
Exercise Force-18 culminatesExercise Force-18, the largest ground forces multinational field training exercise on ‘Humanitarian Mine Action and Peacekeeping Operations’...
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MILITARY1
President's Standards presented to 75 and 43 Armoured RegimentsJaisalmer Military Station witnessed a historic moment recently when General Dalbir Singh, COAS, on behalf of the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, presented the ‘President’s Standards’ to 75 Armoured Regiment and 43 Armoured Regiment.
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MILITARY1
Indo-Indonesia Exercise Garuda Shakti-IVIndo-Indonesia Joint Training Exercise Garuda Shakti is conducted as part of military diplomacy between Indian and Indonesian Army alternatively in India and Indonesia respectively.
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MILITARY1
Launch of Yard 2097The sixth ship of LCU MK IV project was launched on March 12 at an impressive ceremony at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata.
