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Tackling dragon: China’s forward postures towards Indian borders

To be able to contain China, its neighbors, especially India will have to learn to keep two jumps ahead of the Li Hua indigenous Chinese striped cat as New Delhi is learning to its consternation over the latest Chinese incursion into Ladakh. The incursion was planned with meticulous care, keeping

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Cartel game: The international arms trade treaty

The arms exporting countries, who once during Cold War, selectively exported arms to their allies and dependent regimes, however tyrannical they may be, have now made a successful bid to exercise control over the use of arms sold to the third world. Now in the post Cold War days, it

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Enhancing potentiality: Super Sukhoi to add punch to IAF

The Sukhoi-30 MKI which is the main stay of IAF fighter fleets will have to undergo upgradation to remain relevant to future air warfare. Although the software is wearing out too fast, the fighter remains a potent combat machine. The IAF’s SU-30 MKIs which look similar to many Sukhoi fighters

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Hall of defame: MoD needs to restructure HAL urgently

Ever since present Chairman Ashok Nayak took over as CMD, there is an uneasy tension prevailing in the ranks and files of India’s aerospace giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). While there is a brain drain due to lack of motivation and some even term present situation as ‘depressing’, the Ministry

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First kill: Stand off aerial warfare

A “stand-off” capability in air warfare is like a taller boxer using his longer reach to hit his opponent at will. India has learned the hard way the benefits of a longer reach in a different context. During the 1971 Indo-Pak war the naval warship INS Khukri was hit and

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Flexible response: Special ammunition and artillery fire power

In recent years the distinction between the gun and the missile has become blurred in the employment of artillery on the battlefield. India too is following this trend with the recent test of the short-range Prahaar missile that is intended to cover the distances beyond what the 105 mm and

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War in orbit: Satellite tracking and threat of hostile satellites

A well equipped, ground based tracking infrastructure is vital to constantly monitor the position of an orbiting satellite and detect its ground track with precision. The satellite pass prediction and real time satellite tracking constitutes the mainstay of the tracking activities. In the ultimate analysis, tracking is also a fundamental

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Expanding footprint: Prospects of Indian aerospace industry

The Indian aerospace industry is all set to follow the auto sector way which started its foray into the international auto market almost two decades ago as spare parts and equipments supplier for auto giants worldwide. Indian auto sector is now posing a big challenge to the international auto majors.

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