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SP's MAI Issue No. 22 | November 16-30, 2014 - Military Updates

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  MILITARY / AGENDA FOR NEW DEFENCE MINISTER
  Agenda for the new Raksha Mantri
  By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd)

  Given understanding and synergy between the RM and the three service chiefs, it should be possible to identify the systemic flaws that have crept into our national security system and to institute enduring solutions.

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  MILITARY / AGENDA FOR NEW DEFENCE MINISTER
  Agenda for Defence Minister
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Relaxation of FDI in defence beyond 49 per cent for stateof-the-art technology is a welcome step but concurrently the Defence Procurement Procedure too needs to be simplified to make it unambiguously attractive to investors, both indigenous and foreign.

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  MILITARY / AGENDA FOR NEW DEFENCE MINISTER
  Mandate for the Defence Minister
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The private sector must be provided a level playing field to compete shoulder-toshoulder with the public sector.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Prime Minister's Myanmar visit
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  India and Myanmar have a crucial role to play in strengthening ASEAN and both countries are crucial to pushing through vital connectivity issues affecting the whole region and India’s North East.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Elbit Systems develops digitised battlefield C4I

  Elbit Systems has developed expertise in digitised battlefield command, control, communication, computer and intelligence (C4I)...

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  MILITARY
  Manohar Parrikar takes over as the new Defence Minister

  Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar, who took charge as the new Defence Minister said, he would maintain the fast pace of acquisition set in motion by the government for the defence forces while ensuring transparency...

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  MILITARY
  General Dalbir Singh conferred honorary rank of General of Nepal Army

  The Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh was conferred the title of Honorary Rank of General of Nepal Army...

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  MILITARY
  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visits INS Hansa at Goa

  Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister, visited Naval Air Station INS Hansa on November 14 and he was received by Vice Admiral Anil Chopra...

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  MILITARY
  Visit of French Chief of Naval Staff

  Admiral Bernard Rogel, Chief of Naval Staff, French Navy, was on an official visit to India from November 13 to 18 to discuss existing Navy to Navy cooperation, cement existing bridges of friendship...

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  MILITARY
  Visit of Chief of Staff, Royal Swedish Navy

  Rear Admiral Jon Thornqvist, Chief of Staff, Royal Swedish Navy, along with his delegation visited India from November 9 to 13, to discuss existing bilateral ties and explore opportunities to enhance the Navy to Navy cooperation.

• MILITARY / REPORT
  Information warfare and PLA
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Speaking at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Central Committee in late August, President Xi Jinping called for more innovation in the country’s armed forces...

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  Successful flight-testing of LRSAM missile

  The long-range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) was successfully flight-tested against a flying target in a range in Israel, recently.

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  Airbus D&S awarded periscope maintenance facility for India

  Airbus Defence and Space’s Optronics business unit and the Indian Ministry of Defence have signed a 13 million Euro contract for the delivery of a periscope maintenance facility in Delhi.