SP's MAI Issue No. 23-24 | December 01-31, 2012 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / INTERVIEW
'Offset is a complex process'“The Navy stands committed to providing stability, not just to the Indian Ocean region, but also for safeguarding our interests across the oceans,” says Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral D.K. Joshi while addressing the media on the eve of the Navy Day.
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MILITARY / REPORT
Italian soldier modernisation
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe modern soldier needs a combination of technologies to combat 21st-century threats.
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MILITARY
Agni-I flight testOne of the missile units of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) fired the long range Agni-I missile from the range facility at Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast recently.
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MILITARY
Austal delivers first joint high speed vesselThe first joint high speed vessel (JHSV), was officially delivered by Austal to the United States Navy on December 5. The signing event was attended by Craig Perciavalle, Senior Vice President of Austal USA, representing the builder.
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MILITARY
MBDA produces 1000th Aster missileNovember 2012 marked the achievement of another key milestone in the history of the Aster family of missiles.
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MILITARY / SIMULATION
IPKeys licenses ‘Unreal Engine 3’ for military training simulationsEpic Games and Applied Research Associates (ARA) have licensed ‘Unreal Engine 3’ (UE3) to IPKeys Technologies for the development of IGame...
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MILITARY
Israel, India advance joint development of ship defence systemIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it has signed a deal with a leading Indian defence contractor to advance the joint development of a shipdefence system.
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MILITARY
Saab Sensis radar modernisation updateDefence and security company Saab Sensis has successfully completed site acceptance testing (SAT) of a hardware modernisation programme of four Hughes Air Defense Radars (HADR) for the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).
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MILITARY
Naval review of JMSDF 2012A naval review of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was conducted on October 14, 2012, at Sagami Bay off Tokyo. The event is akin to the ‘Family Day at Sea’ conducted by the Indian Navy.
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MILITARY
BAE Systems bags £1.2-billion contract for Audacious submarineThe UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth £1.2-billion for Audacious, the fourth submarine in the Astute class.
