Defenceinfo Bureau Report The Fifteenth Anniversary of India’s victory in the Kargil War was celebrated across India with due grace and solemnity. The celebration organised were quite a departure from the previous years when the UPA government, for reasons best known to it, made a conscious attempt to downplay the victory. In Banglore prominent personalities like Shri Rajeev … [Read more...] about Kargil heroes remembered across the country
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Tradition maintained while naming Lt General Dalbir Singh as Army Chief designate
Defenceinfo Bureau Report The government has named Lt General Dalbir Singh as the Army Chief designate to take over from the incumbent, General Bikram Singh, who will reach superannuation on July, 31, 2014. The designate General Officer is presently serving as Vice Chief of Army Staff at the Army Headquarters in New Delhi. The appointment has followed the traditional … [Read more...] about Tradition maintained while naming Lt General Dalbir Singh as Army Chief designate
We should have got AK Anthony’s head, instead of the Admiral’s
Mohan Guruswamy The ill-fated INS Sindhuratna, the Russian made Kilo class submarine, which took the lives of two officers, and cut short the tenure of Admiral DK Joshi in its wake, was commissioned on November 19, 1988. Before it was handed over to the Indian Navy the Russians sailed it for about a year on trials and weapons testing. So effectively the submarine has been in … [Read more...] about We should have got AK Anthony’s head, instead of the Admiral’s
Appointment of a permanent Chairman, Chief of Staff Committee
Defenceinfo Bureau Report The issue of a single point contact of the three services with the government (Ministry of Defence) in the form of a five star general designated as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is once again gaining momentum. The matter has been a subject of innumerable debates and speculations over the years. As is usual with everything connected with defence there … [Read more...] about Appointment of a permanent Chairman, Chief of Staff Committee
DRDO coming of age
Defenceinfo Bureau Report Foundation stone for the Samuha Aerospace Park at Adibatla in Ranga Reddy district in Andhra Pradesh was laid by the chief minister of the state, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, recently. It will be the country’s first such Park. While speaking on the side lines of the function, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director-General and … [Read more...] about DRDO coming of age