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SP's MAI - Issue No. 19-20 | October 1-31, 2016

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  India-Russia relations take next step
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The recent meet between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin of Russia on the sidelines of the BRICS summit at Goa and the deals signed between India and Russia have silenced the critics that the Modi Government is putting all its eggs...

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  AEROSPACE / IAF DAY CELEBRATIONS
  IAF celebrates 84th anniversary
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The high point of these celebrations was the Air Force Day parade and the enthralling aerial display put up by aircraft of the IAF at Air Force Station, Hindon

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Goa takeaway: India-Russia mega defence deals
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Despite India’s strengthening of defence and other ties with the US and Russia’s recent overtures in Pakistan, the relationship between India and Russia has a historic bonding.

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  AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
  Rafale — Finally a reality
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The Rafale combat jet packs a powerful punch that will be a potent force multiplier for the IAF and a deterrent for the Pakistan Air Force

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  SAARC shuns Pakistan
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Pakistan is blaming India for pulling out from the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meet scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November.

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  AEROSPACE
  IAF Commanders' Conference at Air Headquarters, New Delhi

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar interacting with Air Force Commanders during the Air Force Commanders’ Conference.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Arihant-functional arm of India’s nuclear triad
  By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)

  A decision to create indigenous design, development and construction capability for strategic arm of nuclear powered Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) was taken by the Government of India way back in the early 1970s.

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  AEROSPACE
  MICA missile firing by Tiger squadron of IAF

  Tigers, the first squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF), successfully fired the recently acquired long-range beyond visual range air-to-air MICA missile on a manoeuvring target from Mirage 2000 upgrade aircraft.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Big-ticket acquisitions — Overshadowing cuttingedge again?
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  As per media reports, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is working towards seeking an annual hike of eight per cent in terms of capital expenditure in the next decade plus in order to procure new equipment for the Army, Navy and the Air Force.

• AEROSPACE
  Sikorsky delivers 1,000th H-60M Black Hawk helicopter to US Army

  Sikorsky delivered the 1,000th H-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the US Army in a ceremony held in Stratford, Connecticut recently.

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  MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
  INS Tihayu joins the Indian Navy

  The Indian Navy commissioned the highly manoeuvrable fast attack craft INS Tihayu at the Eastern Naval Command on October 19, 2016.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / REPORT
  There is a need for National Security Policy for effective management and guarding of India's borders: N.N. Vohra, Governor, Jammu & Kashmir
  By SP’s Correspondent

  The eighth edition of FICCI’s Homeland Security programme was organised in partnership with India Foundation and was inaugurated by N.N. Vohra...

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  MILITARY
  Defence Minister calls upon ASEAN countries to fight terrorism

  Expressing concern over the rising incidents of terrorism in recent times, the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that non-traditional threats and terrorism remained the foremost challenges to South East Asia region.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Guard stabbed, intruder shot at Miranda Kerr's Malibu home

  Supermodel Miranda Kerr’s Malibu mansion was broken into on October 14 morning and has left two people hospitalised — one victim has multiple gunshot wounds, and the other has a stab wound to the eye.

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  MILITARY
  Goa Maritime Symposium

  Inaugurating the first ever Goa Maritime Symposium conducted by the Naval War College, Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff, reiterated the importance of cooperative engagement to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean region (IOR).

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Security lapse at IGI Airport, man scales perimeter wall to reach runway

  Exposing a shocking security lapse at the IGI airport just two days after the Uri attack, a man scaled the perimeter wall of the airport and roamed around the runway area with a bag in hand, unnoticed for almost half-an-hour.

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  MILITARY
  Indian Navy urges Indian industry to forge strategic partnership for design and construction of underwater vehicles

  Vice Admiral G.S. Pabby, AVSM, VSM, Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A), Indian Navy, said this is the right time for India to take a major step...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  White House investigating possible leak of Michelle Obama's passport

  The White House is investigating the apparent hack of an e-mail account belonging to a low-level contractor that purportedly contained a scan of Michelle Obama’s passport and information about vice presidential travel.

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  MILITARY
  Inauguration of Naval Air Enclave

  Naval Air Enclave (NAE) was inaugurated at the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) by Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) on October 5, 2016.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Biggest cyber breach ever? Yahoo says 500 million accounts hacked in 2014

  In what appears as the biggest cyber breach ever, Yahoo Inc recently said information of at least 500 million user accounts was stolen from its network in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor.

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  MILITARY
  INS Sumitra visits Indonesia

  In pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and outreach to friendly countries, the Indian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel Sumitra was at Surabaya, Indonesia, on a two-day visit from October 10-12, 2016, as part of its deployment to the South Western Pacific Ocean.

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  MILITARY
  ANC celebrates 16th Raising Day 2016

  The 16th Raising Day was celebrated by the Andaman and Nicobar Command on October 8, 2016. The only tri-service operational Command of the Indian armed forces commemorated its raising, by conducting several events over three days.

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  MILITARY
  India-Russia Joint Military Exercise Indra 2016 begins in Vladivostok

  The eighth edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise Indra 2016 has begun in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia. Main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is on counter-terrorism operations in semi-mountainous and jungle terrain...

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  MILITARY
  Rear Admiral B. Dasgupta assumes command as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet

  Rear Admiral B. Dasgupta took over command of the sword arm of the Indian Navy, the Eastern Fleet, from Rear Admiral S.V. Bhokare, at an impressive ceremony held...

• MILITARY
  Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2016 concludes

  Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2016 concluded at Chaubattia, Uttarakhand, on September 27, 2016. The two-week exercise included a Company Group from an Infantry Battalion of Indian Army and 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment...

• MILITARY
  Dilli seminar 2016 at INA

  The 2016 edition of the annual Dilli seminar on ‘Regional Instabilities in Indian Ocean Rim States — Legacy of Maritime Conquest and Colonisation’ was held at the Indian Naval Academy (INA) in Ezhimala.

• MILITARY
  India-Indonesia Bilateral Maritime Exercise commence in Indonesia

  In a demonstration of India’s commitment to its ties with Indonesia and to the maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, Indian naval ship Karmuk, an indigenously built missile corvette, based under the Andaman and Nicobar...

• MILITARY
  Second joint tactical exercise held by Indian and Chinese Armies in Ladakh

  As part of the ongoing initiative to enhance interaction and cooperation between India and China, under the provisions of Border Defense Cooperation Agreement, 2013, the Indian and Chinese armies held second joint exercise...