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SP's MAI - Issue No. 11 | June 1-15, 2015

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Modi Government and the armed forces
  By General V.P. Malik Former Chief of the Army Staff

  The Modi Government has certainly made a visible change in the operational strategy on the borders. Field commanders have been given free hand to give a befitting response whenever Pakistani border troops violate the ceasefire on the line of control...

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  AEROSPACE / REPORT
  Highways — A force multiplier for the IAF
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  During war, airbases would have to be specifically tasked to be prepared to activate the landing strip on the highway at practically a moment’s notice.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Roger Federer upset with fan barging onto centre court

  Tennis ace Roger Federer was upset when a young fan dashed on to the centre court at Roland Garros and took a selfie, after Federer’s first round match win at the French Open.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  One year of defence under Modi Government
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The media is agog with TV debates, editorials and articles about the one year of the present government. However, as far as defence of the country is concerned, it is individual news items like ‘Make in India’, weapon system imports like Rafale...

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  AEROSPACE
  HAL-BAeS sign collaboration MoU

  HAL signed an MoU with BAe Systems UK recently for Hawk Mk132 Upgrade, development of combat Hawk for Indian and export markets and maintenance solutions for supporting Jaguar and Hawk fleet.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  World's largest naval base breached – sailor killed

  A civilian approaching the USS Mahan, a US Navy destroyer at the world’s largest naval base, took a weapon from a sailor who was standing watch...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  The year gone by — Not in vain!
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd

  The Indian Air Force needs to induct modern combat aircraft urgently to restore the strength of the combat fleet to the authorised level and regain a respectable level of operational capability

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  AEROSPACE
  India chooses Russian Helicopters' Ka-226T

  In May 2015, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved a major raft of deals on a non-tender basis for its armed forces, which included the Ka-226T light helicopter made by Russian Helicopters.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Serious lapses uncovered in Hillary Clinton's e-mail accounts

  A group of hackers, IT bloggers, and systems analysts have uncovered serious lapses in security of clintonemail.com, the domain under which Hillary Clinton established multiple private e-mail accounts when she was Secretary of State, according to data shared with Fox News.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Progress in the defence sector in the past one year
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  It is high time that the nation carried out a fresh review of our defence capability in light of the changed global and regional environment and ‘nuclearisation’ of the region to decide on the overall strength of the armed forces...

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  AEROSPACE
  Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha's US visit

  Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff, returned after a five-day visit to the United States of America.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Taking stock of naval acquisition plan
  By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)

  Amalgamation of six nuclear submarines into the beleaguered 30-years submarine force building and modernisation perspective plan and alongside developing the ancillary shore support facilities, infrastructure and the allinclusive base could truly be a game changer

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  AEROSPACE
  Appointment of Vice Chief of the Air Staff

  Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa AVSM YSM VM took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) on 01 June 2015. He was commissioned in the IAF in June 1978 as a fighter pilot.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Germany — Wooing India for subs and fighters
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Lobbying for the Submarine acquisition programme under P-75I of Indian Navy has begun in a serious note with the visit of German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to New Delhi and Mumbai from 26^th to 28^th May, 2015.

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  AEROSPACE
  Air Marshal Ravinder Kumar Dhir assumes charge as SWAC AOC-in-C

  Air Marshal Ravinder Kumar Dhir took over the charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of South Western Air Command (SWAC) on June 1, 2015.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Hunt on for assault rifles
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  What the hierarchy needs to acknowledge is that in this age of subconventional and irregular warfare, the foot soldier must not be neglected.

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  MILITARY
  Parrikar asks shipyards to compress delivery schedules of warships

  The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked shipyards, both public and private, to compress delivery schedules of warships and other platforms for the Navy and Coast Guard.

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  MILITARY
  Naval Commanders' Conference Concludes

  “Men and Women Behind the Machine are Navy’s Greatest Asset and Deserve Highest Priority” - Admiral RK Dhowan

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  MILITARY
  Raksha Mantri visits Siachen Glacier

  The Honorable Raksha Mantri Shri Manohar Parrikar visited the Siachen Glacier today. He was accompanied by Gen Dalbir Singh, COAS and was received at the Siachen Glacier...

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  MILITARY
  G.S. Reddy, new Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri

  Dr G. Satheesh Reddy is one of the renowned experts in navigation and avionics technologies. He joined DRDO in 1986 and led the conceptualisation, design, development and productionisation of inertial sensors, navigation schemes, algorithms & systems, calibration methodologies, sensor models, simulation along with development of satellite navigation receivers and hybrid navigation systems.

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  MILITARY
  S. Christopher appointed new DG, DRDO

  The Government of India also appointed Dr S. Christopher, Distinguished Scientist & Programme Director (AEW&C) and Director, Centre for Air-Borne Systems, DRDO as Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Developmentcum-Director General, DRDO for period of two years from the date of taking over charge.

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  MILITARY
  Ashok Kumar Gupta is Secretary (Defence Production)

  Ashok Kumar Gupta (1981 batch Tamilnadu Cadre) who was special secretary in the Department of Defence Production today took over as the new Secretary, (Defence Production), succeeding Shri G Mohan Kumar.

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  MILITARY
  G. Mohan Kumar takes over as the new Defence Secretary

  G. Mohan Kumar today took over as the new Defence Secretary, succeeding R.K. Mathur, who laid down office yesterday.

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  MILITARY
  Appointment of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air)

  Rear Admiral Philipose G Pynumootil, took over as Assistant Chief of Naval staff (Air) on promotion. An alumnus of the Lawrence School, Lovedale and the National Defence Academy (67th course), he was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 Jan 1986.

• MILITARY
  India and Vietnam sign defence cooperation

  India and Vietnam signed a joint vision statement on defence cooperation for the period 2015-20 here on May 26. The statement was signed by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar...

• MILITARY
  Indo-Singapore bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX held

  The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, is on an operational deployment to South Indian Ocean and South China Sea.