Defenceinfo Bureau Report An indigenously produced Advanced Light Helicopter called ‘Dhruv' of the Indian army crashed at the Siachen glacier on May, 13, 2013. It was on an air maintenance flight. The pilots, a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major from the Army Aviation Corps were said to be safe. All of the above is now two days old. The reason for writing this piece is to … [Read more...] about Where is the follow up of the helicopter crash at Siachen
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One border, one force – A concept whose time has arrived
About two years ago, on July, 18, 2011, www.defenceinfo.com had raised the issue of vesting operational control of ITBP with the Indian Army, along the Line of Actual Control. The article is reproduced in view of the recent incident. Jasbir Sarai Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was raised on October 24, 1962, under the CRPF Act. It was about thirty years later, in 1992, … [Read more...] about One border, one force – A concept whose time has arrived
Jaibans on Indo China Relations Part 2
Jaibans on Indo-China Relations Part 1
Good words cannot substitute for defence modernisation and training
Defenceinfo Bureau Report The Chief of the Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, chaired the proceedings of the fifth Biennial Mechanised Forces Conference at the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmadnagar, on February, 26, 2013. From his mechanised forces the army chief demanded effective training and adherence to traditional norms of trust, discipline, human resource … [Read more...] about Good words cannot substitute for defence modernisation and training