SP's MAI Issue No. 23 | December 01-15, 2013 - Military Updates
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Our enthusiasm is 100 per cent, the industry has to respond: Navy Chief on Self-Reliance
By Sucheta Das MohapatraAt the customary Navy Day press conference held at New Delhi, CNS Admiral D.K. Joshi gave updates of various Indian Navy programmes...
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Equipping Special Forces
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochBeing under different chains of command, there is little commonality in equipment of the Military’s Special Forces.
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Building confidence
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe third round of India-China joint army exercises held recently in China was in sharp contrast to the recent video clips shown on Indian news channels...
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Invest in manufacturing: Kapil Sibal to US industry
By Sucheta Das MohapatraAt the Indo-US Resurgence Summit held at New Delhi, Indian and US industry leaders converge and look forward to developing a stronger partnership
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First ever joint India-Russia Air Force exercise to be held in 2014Meeting just two days after the successful commissioning of the much-awaited aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy...
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Antony compliments Navy on commissioning of INS VikramadityaComplimenting the Indian Navy for the commissioning of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said that coupled...
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Spanish ship ESPS Cantabria in GoaAfter spending a year in Australia, the Spanish combat supply ship ESPS Cantabria arrived at Mormugao Port, Goa, on November 26. This port visit to India is the ship’s second stop on its journey back to Spain after 10 days...
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Aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford takes first voyageHuntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division launched Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) into the James River for the first time in November.
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Thales to supply mission suite for Indonesian PKR vesselsThales announced the signing of a contract with the Dutch shipyard Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the delivery and installation of a full mission systems suite for the two PKR class vessels under construction for the Indonesian Navy.
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Hagel visits first Zumwalt class destroyerThe US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the not-yet-launched Zumwalt class destroyer he toured recently “represents the cutting-edge of our naval capabilities.”
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Sagem navigation system for Indonesian submarinesSagem (Safran) beat out an international field to win the contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) of South Korea as prime contractor...
