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SP's MAI - Issue No. 18 | September 16-30, 2014

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / FIRST INTERVIEW
  Dr Vivek Lall - CEO of General Atomics

  Dr Vivek Lall, an enterprising aerospace and defence expert, has held various key appointments in the past.

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing delivers fifth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India

  Boeing delivered the fifth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to India on schedule on September 9 as part of a contract for eight aircraft to support the Indian Navy’s maritime patrol requirements.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Stars' photos leak causes concern

  The leaking of hundreds of private and intimate photographs of Hollywood celebrities cast new doubt on the security...

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  Tokyo Declaration - Adding to achhe din
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Japan, the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’, witnessed the dawn of a new era in India-Japan relations...

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  AEROSPACE
  Deputy Chief of Air Staff flies Tejas

  Tejas light combat aircraft (trainer version) was flown in Bengaluru by the Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal S.B.P. Sinha. Having had first-hand experience and feel of the aircraft Deputy Chief of Air Staff...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  White House locked down

  A man jumped the perimeter fence of the White House on September 11, jangling nerves on the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  Modi-Abe bonding: Neighbours' envy
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a mark in his first foreign bilateral visit outside South Asia...

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  AEROSPACE
  Northrop Grumman, US Navy conduct E-2D aerial refuelling design review

  The Northrop Grumman and US Navy team have successfully conducted the PDR for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aerial refuelling system.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Anthrax scare

  An anthrax scare in July this year was the latest in a string of security lapses at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal agency charged with preventing the spread...

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  India Japan defence cooperation: Beginning of an era
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  After the summit meeting on September 1, 2014, between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  Australia uranium wins Indian hearts
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Australia has followed on the footsteps of the United States, France, UK, Russia, South Korea, Canada...

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  No revision of the nuclear doctrine
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Compulsions of domestic politics encouraged the drafters of the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party...

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  Sweden has no cap on FDI in defence

  Lars-Olof Lindgren, Chairman Saab India Technologies Pvt Ltd
  
  It is an important step towards the goal of making India self-reliant in defense production.

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  A welcome move

  Phil Shaw, Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin India.
  
  Lockheed Martin welcomes the move by the new Indian Government to increase foreign direct investment in the defence sector...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  More terror
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Ironically, among all the big talk of international cooperation for countering terrorism, at best one can expect sharing of intelligence but that too if it suits the national interest of the intelligence provider.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Military’s contribution to Jammu & Kashmir flood relief
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been declared a “national-level disaster”...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  INS Sumitra commissioned at Chennai
  By Our Correspondent

  The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan, commissioned INS Sumitra—fourth indigenous Naval offshore patrol vessel...

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  MILITARY
  Obama authorises military strikes against ISIS leadership

  The US President Barack Obama has authorised the Pentagon to target and kill leaders of the Islamic State militant group, with the organisation’s head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being at the top of the administration’s list.