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Defence    
India's Inadequate Defence Budget 2008-09
Laxman Kumar Behera notes that the current budget remains a modest one in comparison to defence budgets worldwide
Defence Budget 2008: Action Replay
Ajey Lele analyzes the implications of this year's budget for the defence sector
Securing India's Coastline
M Shamsur Rabb Khan argues that the proper implementation of the Coastal Security Scheme can help India counter threats to its coasts
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The Times of India, 12 May 2008
Speed up work on advanced technologies, PM tells DRDO
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told defence scientists to speed up work on advanced technologies like hypersonic propulsions, unmanned vehicles and stealth machines to keep pace with current trends in warfare. Emphasising that the country will leave no stone unturned to ensure requisite level of defence preparedness, Singh said keeping pace with technologies like smart materials, micro and nano technologies and robotics would enable India to contend with emergence and growth of non-conventional and asymmetric warfare... ...

Army    
The Kunming Joint Military Exercises and Sino-Indian Relations
Bhartendu Kumar Singh evaluates the first joint army exercises between the two nations
Siachen - The Ninth Round: The Freeze Continues
Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi comments on the lack of agreement on Siachen even after nine rounds of talks between India and Pakistan
Silencing International Obligations and The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958
Rajat Rana says that all the three organs of the government have been unanimous in their act of violating international human rights obligations by continuing to defend the AFSPA
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The Asian Age, 8 May 2008
Editorial: Running Games is not Army's job
The news that the Army may be asked to step in and play a larger role in the 2010 Commonwealth Games than just manning security and providing emergency services comes as no surprise at all. Though men and women from the armed forces did duty at the 1982 Asian Games as well, their involvement this time threatens to be on a much vaster scale, a damning indictment of the Indian Olympic Association that bid for and received the 2010 Games as far back as on November 13, 2003. Clearly, this is not what the armed forces are mandated to do, but once again they will be used to pull the fat out of the fire, this time in the name of national prestige... ...


Navy    
India and Southeast Asia: Strategic Engagement and Trade Enhancement
Amit Sengupta highlights India's increasing economic and strategic engagement with Southeast Asian countries
Sagarika: A Feather in India's Defense Hat
M Shamsur Rabb Khan comments on the successful test firing of the India's first undersea ballistic missile
Securing India's Coastline
M Shamsur Rabb Khan argues that the proper implementation of the Coastal Security Scheme can help India counter threats to its coasts
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The Indian Express, 10 May 2008
India to acquire six more submarines: Naval Chief
Mumbai: Days after the world discovered China's growing naval prowess, including a new generation of submarines, the Indian Navy announced to float tenders for six conventional submarines. "We will soon float tenders for conventional submarines to join the six French Scorpenes under construction at the Mazgaon Docks," Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta said on Friday... ...


Air Force    
India and Singapore move towards mutual capacity-building
Vibhanshu Shekhar explains how growing defence cooperation between India and Singapore strengthens India's Look East Policy
USAF-IAF Air Combat Exercises: A Review
Report of the Panel Discussion held on 25 May 2006 (Panelists: Dr Peter Lavoy, Director, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, USA and Maj Peter Fesler (USAF), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey)
Briefing for US Air War College Delegation
Report of the briefing held at the IPCS Conference Room on 3 March 2005
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The Indian Express, 7 May 2008
IAF clears Hawk trainers to fly again
New Delhi: India's newly-acquired fleet of Hawk trainers, which had been grounded after a crash at the Bidar airbase last week, have been cleared to fly again, even as the Indian Air Force (IAF) is yet to determine the cause of the accident. Officials confirmed that the trainers resumed flying operations on Tuesday, indicating that no major technical fault has been identified in the British origin aircraft. However, the investigation has not yet determined whether it was a human error or a technical fault that brought down a trainer on April 29, while it was taking off on a routine sortie... ...


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