SP's MAI Issue No. 20 | October 16-31, 2012 - Military Updates
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Strategic suicide
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochIndia only believes in internalised perception management as in the instant...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
End of a turf war?
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyUnfortunately, despite several organisational and doctrinal changes to...
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Turbomeca (Safran) celebrating 60 years of cooperation with India
By Sucheta Das MohapatraAnticipates a demand for 700 new helicopters in the next seven years
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MILITARY1
India and Russia defence cooperation moves forwardThe twelfth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation was held in New Delhi recently.
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MILITARY1
New Phoenix networking radios for battlefield needsBAE Systems has launched the Phoenix family of networking radios to meet the 21st century communications needs of the US military. Filling the gap between higher headquarters and the warfighter, Phoenix radios deliver secure, jam-resistant communications on the battlefield...
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Prithvi-II successfully test-fired from OdishaIndia recently successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range near here as part of a user trial by the army.
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MILITARY1
Antony asks DRDO to keep abreast with changing technologiesDefence Minister A.K. Antony has said that nanotechnology is an emerging field, which can lead to the development of new weapon systems and products that can benefit our nation.
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MILITARY1
BrahMos missile gets new navigation systemIndia has upgraded its BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles by installing the advanced satellite navigation systems from Russia’s Kh-555 and Kh-101 strategic long-range cruise missiles, adding GPSGLONASS technology to the existing doppler-inertial platform.
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MILITARY1
ATK wins $8.5 billion ammo contractAlliant Techsystem Operations l.l.c., Independence, Missouri, was awarded a fixed-price–economicprice-adjustment with a maximum value of $8.4 billion.
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MILITARY1
Iraq signs $4 billion arms deal with RussiaRussia will deliver attack helicopters and mobile air-defense systems to Iraq in arms deals worth $4.2 billion signed earlier this year.