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SP's MAI Issue No. 24 | December 16-31, 2015 - Military Updates

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    MILITARY / REPORT
    India-Japan defence cooperation on higher pedestal
    By Ranjeet Kumar

    The Indo-Japan defence and strategic relations have been put on a higher pedestal during the visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the annual summit in New Delhi...

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    MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
    Abe’s visit — Special strategic partnership goes more special
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The hallmark of Prime Minister Abe’s visit was signing of landmark Indo-Japanese deal on peaceful use of civil nuclear energy.

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    MILITARY / REPORT
    Maiden visit of Parrikar to US
    By Ranjeet Kumar

    Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar paid a landmark visit to the United States at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in the second week...

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    MILITARY / REPORT
    Indo-US Joint Statement outlines defence cooperation
    By R. Chandrakanth

    The official visit underlined the strategic importance of the defence relationship and the personal priority that the Minister and Secretary place on the bilateral partnership.

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    MILITARY / REPORT
    Parrikar tours USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

    The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was given a rare insight into USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of America’s top nuclear powered aircraft carrier...

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    MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
    Indo-Russian bonds remain strong
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia later in the month to attend the annual India-Russia Summit.

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    MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
    Heart of Asia — Will Pakistan withdraw the knife?
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The Heart of Asia conference in Islamabad was the fifth in the series of ministerial level meetings that have been ongoing since 2011, in continuation of the Istanbul Process. The Istanbul Process is the latest of numerous international initiatives of the last few decades to restore peace and development in and around Afghanistan.

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    MILITARY
    India-Pakistan Joint Statement

    The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led the Indian delegation to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process in Islamabad on December 8-9, 2015.

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    MILITARY
    Launch of Yard 2096

    The fifth ship of LCU-MK IV project was launched on December 7, 2015, at an impressive ceremony at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. The chief guest, Vice Admiral A.V. Subhedar, Chief of Material, Chairman and MD of GRSE...

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    Chief of Army Staff reviews Exercise 'DRAD Sankalp'

    The final phase (validation phase) of the training exercise by Indian Army’s Southern Command Ex ‘Drad Sankalp’ in simulated contemporary battlefield environment, which commenced on December 3, culminated on December 5.