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SP's MAI Issue No. 16 | August 16-31, 2016 - Military Updates

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    MILITARY1 / REPORT
    Prime Minister raises humanitarian concerns in Pak, unsettles neighbour
    By R. Chandrakanth

    On the occasion of India’s 70th Independence Day celebrations, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic speech from the ramparts of Red Fort has got global attention...

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    PM Modi's speech on 70th Independence Day
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech on August 15 was in the backdrop optimism wherein he said that if India was plagued by millions of problems...

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    MILITARY1 / ANALYSIS
    Narrowing the seas: Security ramifications of the SCS verdict
    By Bharat Karnad

    There’s an aspect of China’s seeking to acquire dominance in the South China Sea that the verdict on July 11, 2016, by the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague...

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    The South China Sea imbroglio and its repercussions
    By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)

    The Chinese position of not recognising the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration is a cause for serious worry, because it highlights total disregard to the international order.

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    MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
    Pakistan's prodigal bash
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Turbulence at the recent 7th SAARC Home and Interior Ministers Conference was but expected simply because it was being hosted by Pakistan – notorious for being the crucible of terror and continuing to export terror as an institutionalised state policy.

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    MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
    DPP — Private sector awaits fair share
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    If anyone were to ask whether the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP)...

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    MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
    Adding military muscle — Address foot soldier too
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In a boost to the Indian Navy comes the news that India has signed a $1.1-billion deal to procure four more Poseidon-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft from the US...

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    MILITARY1
    INS Viraat sails on her own steam for one last time

    The aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, set sail for Kochi on July 23 for essential repairs and dry docking (ERDD) at the Cochin Shipyard. This is the last sailing under her own propulsion as INS Viraat is slated for decommissioning later this year.

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    MILITARY1
    Royal Malaysian Navy Chief visits India

    Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman bin Haji Ahmad Badaruddin, Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy, visited India from July 25-28, 2016. His visit was intended to consolidate the bilateral naval relations between India and Malaysia...

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    MILITARY1
    Exercise Megh Prahar: Demonstration on river crossing

    A demonstration on capabilities of Mathura-based Strike 1 to seamlessly effect crossings on river obstacle was conducted on the banks of Yamuna River on July 14, 2016, along the stretch of river adjoining the cantonment.

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    MILITARY1
    DRDO success in Advanced Artillery Gun System

    The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved yet another technological breakthrough by successfully conducting the proof firing of armament system for 155mm x 52-calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System...

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    Russia and India to develop new SPG

    Moscow and New Delhi have concluded an agreement to develop a new self-propelled gun (SPG) intended for the Indian domestic market.