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089734
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China suffers from a superiority complex. This is not new. Genetically, it must have been there for ages, but in recent years due to the rapid economic development, the tremendous advances in the defense field (including asymmetric warfare), the awe with which Western nations look at China and events like the Olympic Games in Beijing, this complex has been greatly exacerbated.
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089740
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2009.
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The revolution in communication technology could be said to have happened with the advent of the Internet and Mobile phones. Over the last three to four decades the mobile telephone technology has shown exponential growth. Today, this mode of communication has been used almost in every facet of life. It has significant amount of utility for the armed forces too. Moreover, this technology has become very handy for various non-state actors. In the recent past there are varous incidents where few terrorist groups have used this technology to their advantage. This article attempts to analyze how terrorists groups are cleverly using modern means of communication to their advantage with major emphasis on mobile phones.
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089700
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2009.
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The CTBT and FMCT had receded from international agenda in recent years. In India, too, these two compacts had retreated from the forefront of our cocerns. It is the Indo-US nuclear deal, with associated IAEA and NSG decision, that monopolized our attention for three years. No doubt both these issues figured during deal related discussions, but essentially in the bilateral India-US context.
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089696
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2009.
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Since the 1960s, the Indian armed forces have been the main source of sustenance fuel to the erstwhile USSR and later Russian weapons industry. Over 80 percent of our military hardware is of Soviet origin. In the first 15 years of independence India, no new weapons were procured. The governments then were focusing on the indigenization of the weapon systems. That is why the Indian Army had to fight the 1962 Indo-China war with Second World War era weapons, while the Chinese soldiers were equipped with latest automatic weapons.
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ID:
089707
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2009.
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Defeating an enemy on the battlefield and forcing it to accept political terms it to accept political terms is the traditional way of winning as war. One almost always defines victory as the juncture when one party surrender to the other. The extent of victory depends on what the vanquished is willing to give up in order to getting the victor to stop fighting.
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089736
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2009.
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The Kargil war was a warning which we have ignored. The national introspection that followed, gave us the opportunity to overhaul our entire security apparatus, plug the many loopholes, improve internal security, tighten up border and coastal management and modernize our military. But political indifference, diplomatic inefficiancy, bureaucratic apathy and military disinterest have brought the country to a situation where its options are being continously reduced by other players in the international game of geo-politics.
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089694
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2009.
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When the Second World War ended and India became independent, we inherited a proportionate share of the combined military resources of British India, including naval resources that had been built upto serve the interests of the Empire. As far as India was concerned, the Navy inherited a collection of ships which lacked coherence as a fighting force, and in the prevailing situation its composition was not based on planned roles or strategic objectives.
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089729
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2009.
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India's defence procurement procedure is based on single-stage two bid system. It entaisl submission of technical and commercial proposals by the invited vendors at the outset, albeit in two separate sealed covers. Technical proposals are opened initially whereas commercial proposals are kept sealed in safe custody. Indian FT&E regime suffers from a total lack of advance planning . No comprehensive FT&E plan is evolved in advance. It is the primary reason for most of the infirmities that plague technical appraisal process.
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089733
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2009.
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In this era of global terrorism on land, sea and air, along with insurgencies, the role of the intelligence agencies, paramilitary and police forces has become equally important. The need to augment and modernise these forces, and integrate them into a synergestic national team efforts, is vital, but decades of neglect mean that these forces too will be competing with the limited funds available in the national kitty.
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089732
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2009.
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The central Govt in India accords very high priority and funds allotment to cater for the equipment requirements of the Armed Forces. Yet the bulk of the major equipment requirements are either indigenously developed nor produced under the present evolved methodologies and practices.
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ID:
089688
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2009.
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It has been ten years since valiant Indian soldiers achieved the impossible feat of evicting Pakistani intruders from the dizzy heights of kargil. Frontally assaulting peaks over 15000 feet in waves the Indian Infantry defied all established norms of mountain warfare, a feat unthinkable for any modern army in the world today.
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089737
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2009.
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The assembly elections in J&K in 2008 was peaceful and witnessed record voter turnouts. In sharp contrast the very first day of the Lok Sabha Polls in 2009 witnessed an upsurge of Naxalite violence.
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ID:
089698
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2009.
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India was a great maritime and sea faring nation many centuries ago. India's commercial and maritime influence spread as fas as China, all over South-East Asia, Red Sea and gulf littorral because of formidable building ships and operating capabilities.
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ID:
089691
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2009.
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Security forces have marked a decisove victory in the humanitarian operations launched against terrorism by killing almost all senior cadres of the LTTE. The security forces commenced this humanitarian operation in August 2006 by liberating the Maavil Aru Anicut with the objective ow wiping out terrorism from the country.
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089738
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2009.
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A Maoist leader recently stated that his organization wants to see growth in Islamic fundamentalism, as it is essentially anti-American. There is nexus between the Maoists and insurgent groups in Bangladesh, as well as the ISI of Pakistan. Recently, a truck loaded with more than 1000 Kg of explosives and large number of detonators was apprehended in Bihar. The consignment was arranged by Maoists in India for the Maoists in Nepal.
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089727
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2009.
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It is time Indian defence manufacturers come together to form an association with total focus on defence industry. They can continue their current membership of existing associations as well.
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089743
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2009.
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Defence Minister of India, Mr.A K Antony visited Nathu La in East Sikkim in the first week of December 2007 and was visibly taken aback to see the difference between infrastructure on the Indian and the Chinese sides. Mr. Antony termed the visit as an eye opener.He was candid enough to accept that the infrastructure on the Chinese side was far superior and promised to take urgent steps to develop frontier areas.
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ID:
089742
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2009.
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Most people and even some military minds do not appreciate the difference between fighting a conventional war and an unconventional war. The former is against a known enemy with well-defined principles of engagement, but the latter involves an unknown enemy who has the initiative.
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ID:
089741
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2009.
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For nearly decade, the Pakistani military has successfully followed the policy of appearing to fight terrorists and covertly supporting and nurturing the same terrorists. In this respect, the United States has been quite obviously naive in its approch to dealing with Pakistan, thinking that it would be able to get Islamabad's unstinted support by inducement like making it a non-NATO ally;
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ID:
089735
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2009.
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History tells that Afghanistan is not easily tamed. 9/11 brought home so sunningly, confluence of forces is such taht Afghanistan can not be ignored either. With an almost inexhaustible source of Jihadis incubating in the various Madrassas, and spreading stain of Taliban control, Afghanistan could become very deep black hole with the potential of sucking the whole world into unending chaos.
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