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SP's MAI Issue No. 12 | June 16-30, 2016 - Military Updates

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    100% FDI in defence is a good move
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The Narendra Modi Government has announced that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector is permitted to 100 per cent level.

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    Asia-Pacific — China plays leech and bully
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As the 1,00,000-tonne US aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, which carries F-18 fighter jets, joined the naval ships of Japan and India in the seas off the Japanese Okinawan Island chain for Exercise Malabar 2016, a PLA Navy (PLAN) spy ship was observed...

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    Exercise Malabar 2016 in the strategic calculus of India
    By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)

    Indian Naval ships Satpura, Sahyadri, Shakti and Kirch participated in the recently concluded 20th edition of Exercise Malabar 2016 with the US Navy (USN) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

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    NSG — India on cusp of membership
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The preliminary technical meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna on June 9 discussed the new applications from India, Pakistan and Namibia.

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    MILITARY1 / MARKETING FEATURE
    Rosoboronexport starts marketing new Verba MANPADS globally

    The Rosoboronexport state arms trader begins active promotion to the international market of the newest Russian-made man-portable air defence missile system...

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    DPP 2016 — What is new?
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    On June 8, 2016, the Ministry of Defence uploaded on its website the Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 Chapters I to VI including Appendices and Annexures.

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    MILITARY1 / SPOTLIGHT
    Indian warships visit Busan after Exercise Malabar 2016

    In a demonstration of India’s ‘Act East policy’ and Indian Navy’s increasing footprint and operational reach, Indian naval ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kirch...

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    India-Singapore after Defence Ministers' Dialogue

    The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited Singapore on June 3 to attend the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue. Parrikar met the Minister for Defence of Singapore Dr Ng Eng Hen to cochair the inaugural Singapore-India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue (DMD).

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    Passing out parade at Officers Training Academy

    General Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army Staff, reviewed the 9th passing out parade of Officers Training Academy held on June 11, 2016, in which 92 Gentleman Cadets of the Technical Entry Course Serial 27 along with 46 Special Commission Officers of Course Serial 36...

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    Indian Military Academy passing out parade

    About 610 Gentlemen Cadets including 45 Foreign Gentlemen Cadets from six friendly foreign countries passed out from the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, on June 11, 2016.

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    All-women crew sails into Port Louis

    Indian Navy’s sail boat INSV Mhadei sailed into Port Louis, Mauritius, with the first all-women crew recently. The Navy’s famous sailing vessel Mhadei set sail from her home port Goa on May 24, 2016...

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    Armed forces celebrate International Yoga Day

    From performing aasanas in sub-zero temperature at Siachen to desert in Rajasthan and warships, the Indian armed forces marked the International Yoga Day across India on June 21, 2016.