SP's MAI Issue No. 5 | March 1-15, 2017 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / PROFILE
Arun Jaitley: An articulate personality of multi-role versatility
By R. ChandrakanthThe portfolio of defence is key and highly critical one. So is the finance portfolio.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Parrikar's exit and its impact on languishing defence projects
By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)Manohar Parrikar who held the office of the Defence Minister of India for two years and four months has now returned to Goa to take over as the new Chief Minister...
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Need for a full-time Minister of Defence
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)While the appointment of Manohar Parrikar as the Goa Chief Minister has been dictated by political expediency, this move has implications for the Indian armed forces
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Change of Defence Minister
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)With Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar having moved to Panaji due to political expediency of the state of Goa, Arun Jaitley has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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MILITARY / REPORT
INS Viraat decommissioned
By Our Special Correspondentglorious era of INS Viraat being the flagship of the Indian Navy came to an end...
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
India-China strategic dialogue - Hollowness persists
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)On February 22, India and China held their ‘upgraded’ strategic dialogue at Beijing.
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MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
Admiral Vladimir Korolev, Commander-in-Chief, Russian Federation Navy, visits IndiaAdmiral Vladimir Korolev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Navy along with a four-member Russian Navy delegation is on an official visit to India...
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MILITARY
DRDO hands over its products to Indian ArmyThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over three of its products for induction into the Indian Army in a formal function here recently. The products — Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swathi; NBC Recce Vehicle and NBC Drugs.
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MILITARY
Eleventh Indo-Nepal Joint ExerciseIndo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran-XI commenced on March 7 at Pithoragarh. In this 14-day exercise, Nepal Army is being represented by the officers and troops of the elite Durga Baksh Battalion...
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MILITARY
Successful test-firing of AAD endo-atmospheric interceptor missileDRDO conducted the successful launch of the interceptor missile Advanced Area Defence (AAD) recently from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The endo-atmospheric missile, capable of intercepting incoming targets at an altitude of 15 to 25 km...
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MILITARY
INS Tillanchang commissioned at KarwarINS Tillanchang, a water jet fast attack craft (WJFAC), was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command, at Karwar recently.
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MILITARY
Indo-Oman Joint Army Exercise Al Nagah-IIThe second edition of the joint exercise between the Indian and Oman Armies commenced with the opening ceremony at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh. The training contingents comprised of platoon strength from both the armies...
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MILITARY
Maiden anti-ship missile launch by KalvariThe Indian Navy recently successfully conducted the maiden firing of an anti-ship missile from the first of the indigenously built Kalvari class submarines, during a test-firing in the Arabian Sea.
