SP's MAI Issue No. 4 | February 16-28, 2013 - Military Updates
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Retaining Stranglehold
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe Pakistani military is entrenched in the corporate sector and controls the country’s largest companies and large tracts of real estate then (2007) amounting to an astounding $20.7 billion
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India and France agree on $6-billion missile dealIndia and France on February 14, concluded negotiations on the short-range surface-to-air missile nearly worth $6 billion during the talks between French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
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India to be fourth biggest defence spender by 2020: IHSIHS, the leading source of information, insight and analytics forecasts that India will become the fourth biggest defence spender in the world by 2020 behind the US, China and Russia – surpassing France...
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Indian Coast Guard ship Rajratan commissionedIndian Coast Guard ship Rajratan, the fifth of a series of eight inshore patrol vessels (IPVs) being built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, was commissioned by Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan...
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Rafael's strong missile defence systemsIsraeli defence company Rafael showcased integrated air and missile defence systems and is hopeful of the Indian armed forces looking at their capabilities.
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Naval Surface Warfare Center contract to Telephonics' Systems Engineering GroupTelephonics Corporation (Telephonics) has announced a contract awarded to its Systems Engineering Group (SEG) from the NSWC...
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Beretta showcases complete range of firearmsThis year at Aero India 2013, Beretta, the oldest firearms company in the world, and a part of the Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT), displayed the complete range of products, some of them being firearms (CQB carbine, assault rifle ARX 160, full auto carbine MX4 Storm, handguns, sniper rifles...
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Arrow missiles to undergo major overhaulThe “Arrow” system, which is responsible for defending Israel from long-range ballistic missiles, is expected to undergo a series of improvements in 2013. The missiles will have an advanced radar system, a new centre for interception management and capability of wider ranges of interception.
