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Clearing The Mist On the IAF's Airborne EW Suites For Combat Aircraft &...
The integrated EW suite (shown below) for the Tejas Mk1 MRCA as envisaged by the DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and designed by the DRDO’s Defence Avionics Research Establishment...
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Where The ROK Was Right & Where India Went Wrong
As Jitendra Singh, India’s Minister of State for Defence, accompanied by Avinash Chander, Scientific Adviser to India’s Defence Minister plus Secretary of the MoD’s Department of Defence Research &...
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Regional Naval Updates
Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, the landing platform dock (LPD) and the amphibious assault ship (LPH) have emerged as an instrument of soft power, with their on-board fleets of...
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Tejas Mk1 MRCA’s Projected Operational Configurations
Though the Tejas Mk1 MRCA will fully certified as an operational platform only by 2016, as it exists today, the MRCA’s tandem-seat operational conversion trainer variant is probably the best available...
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KS-1A MR-SAM Scores First Export Success
Myanmar’s Tatmadaw (armed forces) in early November 2013 inked a contract with CPMIEC of China under which the latter will, starting June 2014, begin delivering a regiment of KS-1A medium-range...
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Coastal Security/Constabulary Operations Versus Provision Of Maritime Security
The ‘desi’ journalists never cease to indulge in yellow journalism and superstitious oversimplifications (when the problem in reality is far more deep-rooted), as evidenced by the contents of this...
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DEFEXPO 2014 Highlights-1........Enjoy Them!
Day-1 HighlightsDay-2 HighlightsDay-3 HighlightsSome More Homegrown Product Exhibits
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DEFEXPO 2014 Highlights-2........Enjoy Them!
The table below, based on data released by the IAF HQ and ADA, gives the actual estimated service-induction timelines for the Tejas Mk1 and Tejas Mk2 MRCAs and was published by FORCE's DEFEXPO 2014...
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The Blind Leading The Blind
This is what ‘desi’ broadcast TV channels like HEADLINES TODAY have been practicing over the past 48 hours. For instance, certain news-anchors of this channel have claimed that “all existing Type...
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The Devil Always Lurks Within The Detail
Forget this dictum, and the devil will be ever-ready to haul all our arses back to hell. And this is exactly what has bedeviled the Barak-2 LR-SAM programme of the MoD-owned Defence Research &...
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Interesting Innovations
Elbit Systems yesterday unveilled its SKYLENS wearable heads-up display (HUD) for enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) applications. Packed in a lightweight, easy-to-install device, similar to a pair...
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China's Home-Grown Hierarchical, Integrated Air-Defence System Solutions
Long-Range SensorsLong-Range SAMsMedium-Range SensorsMedium-Range SAMThe LY-80E’s maximum/minimum interception altitude is 18km/15 metres, while its maximum interception range for combat aircraft is...
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Analysing Exercise COPE TAUFAN-2014 & The Maiden Deployment To Southeast Asia...
Intertestingly, neither the F-22s nor the Su-30MKMs were seen carrying the DRS Technologies-supplied ACMI pods during the dissimilar air combat exercises.
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44th Successful Firing Of BrahMos-1 Supersonic LACM
The third successful test-firing of the BrahMos-1 Block-3 supersonic land-attack cruise missile took place at 10.38am on July 8, 2014 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore,...
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Blindly Muddling Through With Eyes Wide Open
This, at best sums up the approach taken by those ‘desi’ journalists who, until recently, had vociferously alleged that the deal to acquire 12 AW-101 VVIP transportation helicopters from UK-based...
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