Wednesday, 02 February 2011
Written by Editor
[Stratpost]
India has denied accreditation to members of the Chinese media for reporting the air show, Aero India 2011, beginning in Bangalore next week. This came out at the press conference held by the Secretary for Defense Production, Raj Kumar Singh to brief the media on the show. A Chinese journalist present at the conference complained that he and his colleagues had been unable to register for accreditation as the online registration form did not provide China as an option.
Singh was seen consulting his colleagues seated with him on the issue and as it turned out, they informed the media present that this was done on the direction of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, which has approved the list of countries from whom participation has been invited.
Besides China, Pakistan and Iran are also missing from the list of approved countries, both in terms of media accreditation as well as participation from vendors. “China was sent an invite for the last edition, but it did not participate.
Friday, 04 March 2011
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New Delhi — The Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed a second squadron of SU-30 MKI combat fighter in the North-East region of India to further enhance its capabilities viz-a-viz China. The frontline combat fighter planes will be used for offensive and defensive purposes, according to the IAF, with the SU-30 MKI stationed in Chabua air Base, Assam. This will be the seventh SU-30 MKI squadron of the IAF to be deployed.
In order to commemorate the formal induction of the SU-30MKI for the protection of the north-east region, the combat jet carried out a fly-past. It may be noted that the first squadron SU-30 was deployed in 2009 in the Tezpur area of Assam. According to sources, repeated trespassing from the Chinese side across the Sino-Indian border has led to the deployment of the SU-30 squadron in the region.
Friday, 18 November 2011
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NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of Chinese military infrastructure build up along its borders, India will on Friday activate an airfield in Vijaynagar in Arunachal Pradesh from where it will be able to operate its latest C-130J Hercules transport aircraft.
"The use of this airfield was discontinued in 2009 for carrying out repairs there. The airfield will be reactivated tomorrow by Arunachal Pradesh Governor General (retd) J J Singh," IAF officials said here.
After repairs, the airfield-- situated on the easternmost tip of the country located at the tri-junction of India, China and Myanmar, will be able to operate the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft along with the Antonov-32 cargo planes in the IAF inventory, they added.
The airfield is used for air maintenance and will help in mobilising troops and equipment at a faster pace in times of requirement.
This is the first advanced landing ground (ALG) in the Northeast to be upgraded as part of India's efforts to match Chinese military infrastructure development activities.
Monday, 09 April 2012
Written by Editor
NEW DELHI: Having jolted the government over the critical operational gaps in its military capabilities, the Army is now pushing hard for fast-track policies and acquisitions to "enhance its combat ratio versus China" as well as "upgrade its combat edge" against Pakistan.
The defence ministry, too, is responding with alacrity for a change. Defence minister AK Antony has called another review meeting with Army chief General VK Singh and his top brass later this month, after holding two such meetings on February 28 and April 2.
It was between the earlier two meetings that the Army chief's confidential letter to the PM, about the "hollowness'' in military preparedness, found its way into the public domain much to the government's consternation.
For starters, the cases for one more regiment of the 300-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, two "troops'' of Israeli medium-altitude, long endurance Heron UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), and several types of ammunition ranging from Konkurs anti-tank guided missiles to Invar missiles for T-90S main-battle tanks, will be finalized in this fiscal's first quarter, top sources said.
Friday, 10 September 2010
Written by Editor
[Stratpost]
The Indian Army has issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking details of available Mobile Cellular Communication Systems (MCCS) based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular communication systems technology for deployment in the ‘northern and northeastern regions of India’. The RFI, issued last month, invites vendors to submit information to display their capability to set up such networks, on a turnkey basis in areas that are ‘mostly hilly with rugged terrain and has forest cover in some parts’.
According to the RFI, ‘Typical regions for implementation of MCCS for the Indian Army’ include:
a. ‘Area bounded by locations – Tawang, Agia (near Bongaigaon), Shillong and Tezpur in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya’.
b. ‘Area bounded by locations – Dibrugarh, Phek, Champhai and Karimganj in the states of Assam, Nagaland, and Mizoram’.
c. ‘Area bounded by locations – Sonamarg, Loma, Leh, Partapur, Batalik, and Drass in the state of Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh)’.
Tuesday, 08 June 2010
Written by Blood Wizard
[TNN] Here’s yet another example of the Indian defence establishment’s continuing ultra-defensive mindset over China: Almost quarter of a century after Army launched ‘Operation Falcon’ along the border in Arunachal Pradesh, the government is yet to promulgate it. Promulgation of an operation accords it with official sanctity, as also leads to better financial and other benefits to soldiers involved in the event of casualties during its conduct. Even as India belatedly tries to counter the massive build-up of military infrastructure by China all along the 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Army has once again approached the defence ministry (MoD) to rectify this ‘‘embarrassing anomaly’’, sources said. MoD spokesperson Sitanshu Kar, despite repeated queries, stuck to the line that ‘‘the ministry has nothing at all to say’’ about Operation Falcon. Sources, however, said the file ‘‘was still shuttling’’ between the ministry and Army headquarters, with the former ‘‘raising queries after queries’’ to stonewall the promulgation.
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