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SP's MAI Issue No. 8 | April 16-30, 2013 - Military Updates

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    MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
    Soft to pulp
    By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

    In mocking its military, the pulp government should heed former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous words, “As the nation’s final safeguard, the army cannot afford a failure in either circumstance.

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    MILITARY / EXPERT OPINION
    Pakistani nuclear bomb
    By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

    Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is credited to be the founder of Pakistan’s atomic bomb. In 1956 he played a key role in setting up the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).

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    MILITARY
    Agni-II hits target area accurately

    The Strategic Forces Command (SFC), fired the medium-range Agni-II missile propelled by the solid rocket propellant system, with a range capability of over 1,700 km utilising the range facility at Wheelers Island...

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    MILITARY
    Araguari, 3rd OPV of Brazilian Navy on sea trials

    The Brazilian Navy’s latest BAE Systems built warship has set sail for the first time to be put through her paces on an extensive programme of sea trials off the UK coast.

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    MILITARY
    Ricardo receives order for additional Foxhound vehicles

    Ricardo has received an order from prime contractor General Dynamics Land Systems-Force Protection Europe (GDLS-FPE), for the assembly of 76 additional vehicles...

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    MILITARY
    Brazil to buy German anti-aircraft tanks

    Brazil will buy 34 1A2 Gepard antiaircraft tanks from Germany to provide security at major religious and sporting events, like the upcoming World Cup. The tanks are likely to be used when Brazil hosts the World Cup next year...

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    MILITARY
    Lockheed Martin's Havoc completes marine tests

    Lockheed Martin’s Havoc 8x8, an eightwheel-drive armoured modular vehicle, successfully completed amphibious testing as part of its evaluation for the marine personnel carrier (MPC) competition.

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    MILITARY
    Exelis wins Italian Army night vision order

    ITT Exelis (XLS) has received a contract from Selex ES to manufacture the binocular i-Aware tactical mobility night vision goggle (TM-NVG) for the Italian Army’s Future Soldier programme.

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    MILITARY
    New-generation Casspir raises the standards for mine-protected vehicles

    Denel Mechem, the company which designs and manufactures the durable vehicle Casspir, have upgraded the hull protection...

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    MILITARY
    PAC-3 missiles intercept TBM target

    Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a lower tier project office flight test recently at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

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    MILITARY
    iRobot wins $29 million US Navy robot order

    iRobot Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $2,87,76,935 modification to previously awarded contract for the procurement of Man Transportable Robotic System production systems...

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    MILITARY / SIMULATION
    Meggitt Training Systems awarded army targetry systems

    Since December 2012, Meggitt Training Systems (MTS) has been awarded delivery orders worth $7.9 million to support the US Army’s Targetry...

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    Urban Warrior 5 in understanding future battlefield

    The British Army in January this year conducted its largest virtual battle simulation, involving 220 soldiers. The experiment was carried out at the Army’s Land Warfare Centre in Warminster, Wiltshire.