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The stage for the cyber war has already been set, albeit secretly. In the last two months, the revelations made by the US' ex-Central Intelligence Agency employee, Edward Snowden, in various interviews to The Guardian newspaper, revealed that the US' intelligence organisation, National Security Agency (which had launched the top-secret PRISM programme) was snooping on personal data of individuals and governments in the US and across the world through the internet. He also revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted a big chunk of sensitive information that belongs to India by spying on the embassies and their diplomatic missions. And perhaps the most daunting revelation was that the information sharing between the intelligence agencies of various countries, such as the US and the UK, is already underway.
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The BrahMos cruise missile is one of the biggest success stories that Indian defence industry has managed to produce till date. It has been developed as a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) under BrahMos Aerospace.
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125989
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2013.
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India is planning to spend USD 150 billion for the Indian Air Force (IAF) acquisitions in the next 15 years. With such high spending by the government envisaged, it is only logical to push for the indigenous capabilities in the aerospace industry. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the only active aerospace manufacturer in India currently, and although it started well with Marut and Intermediate Jet trainers, the design capabilities fell drastically over the years. It is unfortunate that the Indian industry can't even provide basic trainer aircraft to the IAF; Pilatus PC-7 is procured from Switzerland for IAF basic training purposes. "I am sad to say that we import basic equipment like the washers and the nuts," said Air Marshal P.P. Reddy, director general (Inspection and Safety) said. Of course, there are numerous challenges but at the same time many more opportunities for the aerospace industry. For example, the involvement of Indian private sector in the co-development and co-production with the global leaders can make a lot of difference. Sadly, there is no backing from the policy makers.
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2012.
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Unlike the defence forces, the Central Paramilitary Forces (CPMF) in India does not have a clear cut procurement procedure. While most of the equipment for the forces is acquired by the rate contracts listed in Directorate General Supplies and Disposal (DGS&D), high-end technology and equipment is procured along with the defence forces (army, navy and air force) or through one of the paramilitary force which acts as the nodal agency and initiates the procurement process for the rest of the forces depending on the requirement.
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