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200 Russian soldiers to arrive in India today for Indra-2010 joint exercise


Some 200 Russian soldiers will be in India today for the Indra-2010 joint exercise. A key feature will be Russian soldiers will use Indian arms and Indian soldiers will use Russian fire arms. Indian soldiers have been using Russian firearms, like AK-47, for long time, but, it could be that Russians operating Indian fire arms may be a first. Scheduled to begin today, the military exercise will focus on counter-terrorism training. For the battalion-level exercise, Russia is sending troops from its 34th mountain brigade, based in the North Caucasus.

The exercises will be conducted in Chaubattia in Uttarakhand, a mountainous area near the country's border with China and Nepal. For the first time Alpine troops from both countries are going to take part in the war games. Russian troops will use lightweight Permyachka Infantry Suits. The particular bullet proof vest is advertised to protect 80 percent of the body surface from small-caliber bullets and low-speed shrapnel.

The exercises will finish on 24th October. Russia and India have regularly been holding Indra type joint drills since 2003.








http://frontierindia.net/200-russian-soldiers-to-arrive-in-india-today-for-indra-2010-joint-exercise

This is great. Russian troops performed poorly in the 2 Chechn wars and merely won because of brute force and VVS's aerial campaign in the flatlands of Caucasus. Our Army specializes in mountain warfare and high altitude counter terrorism. Despite SPETSNAZ's fierce reputation, they at that time didn't specialize so well in mountain warfare due to their Army's years of training to face NATO forces in the plains of Europe.

The Russian forces that are mainly made up of conscripts even now, could learn a great deal from our soldiers. But normally they hold such exercises in Kashmir. Wonder why the IA changed the venue to Uttarakhand this time. Getting Russian troops and doing wargames with them in Kashmir would send a message to our neighbourhood that we are not alone politically as they think we are. We need to learn more urban counter-terror tactics because after Afghanistan war started, terrorists have made bigger plans; rather than strike at border and smaller semi-inhabited towns, strike big cities. SPETSNAZ and S-13 are 2 of the top-most experts in this field and hence we should conduct more counter-terror wargames in urban environments like mock buildings, hostage rescue, sabotage etc.
 

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We should snip the terrorists with tranqulizers and take them into custody and try to get more info from them and they may also prove useful. When hostage crisis may come these captured terrorists may be exchanged for our personals and if there is no use we can kill them or send them as our spy. Even we could bring them to the international media and show the international community what Pakistan is trying to do and planning to do against INDIA.
 

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This is great. Russian troops performed poorly in the 2 Chechn wars and merely won because of brute force and VVS's aerial campaign in the flatlands of Caucasus. Our Army specializes in mountain warfare and high altitude counter terrorism. Despite SPETSNAZ's fierce reputation, they at that time didn't specialize so well in mountain warfare due to their Army's years of training to face NATO forces in the plains of Europe.

The Russian forces that are mainly made up of conscripts even now, could learn a great deal from our soldiers. But normally they hold such exercises in Kashmir. Wonder why the IA changed the venue to Uttarakhand this time. Getting Russian troops and doing wargames with them in Kashmir would send a message to our neighbourhood that we are not alone politically as they think we are. We need to learn more urban counter-terror tactics because after Afghanistan war started, terrorists have made bigger plans; rather than strike at border and smaller semi-inhabited towns, strike big cities. SPETSNAZ and S-13 are 2 of the top-most experts in this field and hence we should conduct more counter-terror wargames in urban environments like mock buildings, hostage rescue, sabotage etc.
IMO, IA doesnt consider pakistan as a major threat which can be treated as a worthy foe. Whereas both the countries stability is now threatened by the Commie land. So i is opt to conduct the training there instead we concentrate on the pi$$istan.
 

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We should snip the terrorists with tranqulizers and take them into custody and try to get more info from them and they may also prove useful. When hostage crisis may come these captured terrorists may be exchanged for our personals and if there is no use we can kill them or send them as our spy. Even we could bring them to the international media and show the international community what Pakistan is trying to do and planning to do against INDIA.
See, some Indian media and some Human right activist will cry for these SOTB. Why we need them and spend the tax-payers money in the form of the security blah blah blah. put the gun in their mouth get some hint of truth then let their dirt soul get some rest
 

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Russian-Indian joint antiterrorism exercise begin in India


Russian-Indian joint antiterrorism exercise begin in India


Russian and Indian joint antiterrorism drills begin on Indian territory, Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"An opening ceremony of the Russian-Indian joint antiterrorism exercises NDRA-2010 was held on October 16 in Chaubattia [Uttarakhand, a mountainous area near the country's border with China and Nepal]," in the statement.

Russia sent more than 200 troops from its 34th mountain brigade, based in the North Caucasus, to join the Indian troops in the INDRA 2010 drills.

Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft delivered the Russian troops in the north-east of India on Thursday.

The Russian troops are equipped with lightweight Permyachka Infantry Suits, which protect at least 80 percent of the body surface from small-caliber bullets and low-speed shrapnel.

The drills will last through October 24.

The Indian and Russian military have conducted joint INDRA exercises since 2003, including biannual peacekeeping drills.

India's military cooperation with Russia goes back nearly half a century, and the Asian country accounts for about 40% of Russian arms exports.

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti)






http://en.rian.ru/world/20101016/160977556.html
 

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Indian Army Promotes Education in Kashmir while Separatists Force Children away from Schools

2010-10-18 When Kashmir was burning in last three months, education was hit very badly with schools and colleges remaining closed for a very long time. However, one institution emerged as an exception-setting example for others and that was none other than Army Goodwill Public School set up by Indian Army in Pahalgam. Although managing a school in times of conflict is not a child's play, the AGPS has succeeded in motivating the young minds to shun violence and concentrate on their academics.

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101017/edit.htm#1

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What are the current and future threats to India? Is the Army ready with a long-term defensive and offensive plan to tackle them?

We are preparing ourselves to operate in the entire spectrum. So far as the conventional operations are concerned, whether it is conventional with a nuclear backdrop or low intensity, something which is akin to proxy war border skirmishes, we are prepared for everything. As far as the non-conventional threats are concerned like cyber warfare, meddling with what we term as global commerce, those are areas which are receiving due attention. We are looking at what we can create in terms of organisation which can address them even better than what we are doing today. Where internal dissent and those issues are concerned which basically are socio-economic in nature or which are law and order where at times you get called in, we are also looking at that in conjunction with what we can do with other organs of the state which will help us in meeting these challenges.

Suffice to say that we are giving a thought to this entire range of threats and we are looking at upgrading our capability, looking at certain amount of restructuring that we need to do and how we will develop our human resource capital because that is the major thing. Wars are fought by human beings. Ultimately, it is a human being who is going to plant a flag and not a machine. So that capital has to be good. So how manpower is to be by recruited, trained, prepared, made technologically more aware and all that is part of this gamut.

The Air Force chief described the situation in the neighbourhood as volcanic. Do you agree?

I do not want to comment on what he said. What I look at it is that we have an unstable neighbour on our West (Pakistan). Unstable because of internal problems, unabated terrorism out there and unstable because it decided that it will aid some terrorists groups and support some terrorist groups for strategic aims because of political drift and the fissures that are coming up because of all these factors. And we also know that whenever situation become critical with this particular neighbour of ours it tends to direct attention of its people towards India. There is instability; there is a terrorist infrastructure which is in place. Till that time the threat to our country will remain because it looks at dismembering the country as a nation. We also have the so-called border problem because of what happened after 1948.

So far as China is concerned, yes, it is developing infrastructure, developing its military but at the same time the borders are comparatively peaceful. You have confidence-building measures in place and there is a fair amount of understanding in ensuring peace and tranquility. However, intentions in this case can change as the capabilities grow. We take note of both these developments and I think we are prepared to meet the type of threats that may erupt. I think all the three services are on the same grid so far as this issue is concerned.

There is also a nuclear dimension with Pakistan having acquired the capability as well?

We have been looking on this threat for quite sometime. It is not that suddenly it has come, we knew at the capabilities of our neighbourhood and what was happening over there and we have been talking about it, we have been training for it and we have been looking at our own concepts and doctrine etc so far as this particular issue is concerned. As an Army, we are prepared to fight dirty which means not dirty in the sense of street fighting, dirty in the sense of fighting through our area which has been contaminated by a nuclear strike. We are confident that we will get through in such contaminated areas and this is part of our training methodology, doctrine and our concept.

It is not that somebody is going to say I will drop a bomb and therefore you stop on your track. Sorry, it does not happen that way, it is not going to happen. We will take the war to its logical conclusion whether it is a nuclear strike or no nuclear strike. I am quite confident of our nuclear capability. We are clear that as a nation we will be able to withstand whatever comes our way and retaliate in adequate measure.

China is ramping up infrastructure along its side of the border with India and there has been talk of intrusions. Do you think India is doing enough to counter any threat the Chinese may pose?

I would answer the question in two parts. Firstly, yes, there is lot of infrastructural development in Tibet autonomous region and China has enhanced its capability in that region. But there is no enhancement of military force for which we should get worried. Yes, China is a country which is progressing very well economically and obviously when you are doing great amount of economic progress, certain benefits go in modernisation of the military like any other nation would do. Because we have a disputed border, there will always be a concern that intentions can change. And there is a second point. At the moment, the borders are peaceful. There are confidence-building measures in place. There is a system of holding border personnel meetings. There is a system of hot lines so that unnecessarily things do not go out of control. And they are functioning pretty well.

I think at times things get unnecessarily blown up. There are no intrusions. There are transgressions. Transgressions are in areas where a certain alignment is disputed between the two countries. You feel that the alignment should be at a particular place and you go up to that place. They feel that alignment should be at a particular place, so he comes up to that place. Therefore, for him you have transgressed and for you, he has transgressed. That is what all is happening. There is nothing very alarming about it. As a person who heads the Army, I find there is no problem on our borders. We are ensuring that whatever are our national interests, they are guarded properly. There is no alarm on this matter at all. And I think China also knows it. That is how confidence-building measures are coming into place.

For the Army, there has been a problem of acquisition of new armament or upgradation of existing equipment especially after the Bofors controversy with every government since then wary of taking decisions about defence purchases. Is the Army facing the same problem of obsolescence as the Air Force is?

This is a perception. Obsolete to what? There are certain things which probably have outlived their lifespan in terms of equipment that came or got inducted at a particular time. Such equipment is still worthwhile because of what you have in your neighbourhood. Yes, acquisitions suffered in the wake of Bofors thing that came up and everybody is too cautious for the simple reason that nobody wants to get into the vigilance net. The Defence procurement procedure policy that has been laid down now is quite good and it is getting updated as we keep having interactions with the industry and all other people who work in it. Two things have to be maintained in procurement — one is transparency and the second is to ensure that nobody can cast a doubt which usually happens when there is a large amount involved.

I feel that if we are convinced that a thing is needed, it is necessary or if there is an urgent requirement for it we should be able to remove the cobwebs that come in the way. I am confident that this will happen and I have seen it happening. We have a very supportive political leadership so far as this issue is concerned. I am looking at faster acquisitions. But let me also sound a word of caution. What you acquire from abroad and what can be made indigenously, we need to have a balance. You cannot be dependent on too much from outside because then you become a hostage in times of a need. So there is a great amount of effort that is being made to ensure that our own private sector comes up in this field. We would like our private sector to come up whether they make a joint venture with somebody outside or what they want to do is there problem. But at least there should be technology infusion by which they can match up to what we require and maybe we will see that over a period of time the type of vibrant industry that we have, that is our strength in the economic marvel that has happened, it should be able to take on lot of jobs.

What are the technologies or equipment the Army needs to acquire to face future challenges?

We are ready to face the challenges that may come up. There are certain focus areas that we have kept for ourselves. Like we are looking at the type of surveillance equipment that can come, we look at our capability to do 24x7 operations where night is not a problem. We are looking at improving our networks centricity. We are looking at high technology items in terms of computer controlled and command controlled systems which provide synergy to the entire process. Some of these are on way and some are these are being given a push. The other area that we are looking is our capability for bringing in precision targeting.

There has been demands to modify or amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) especially in Kashmir. What are your views on it?

Kashmir is a complex problem. Like I have said, we had created a situation which should have been made use of. Somewhere, some problems have occurred and I will not go into why and how of it. I think you all are aware of what is happening out there. We as the Army, have done a tremendous job out there. Even in the period of crisis you have seen that the rural areas where the Army mainly is have remained quiet. They have not supported agitations and whatever goodwill that we have earned is reflected in the way people respond to us. I am sure this will be visible to everybody and they can find the windows which they can utilise for betterment of the situation. AFSPA is an enabling provision and Act passed by Parliament. It assists the armed forces in dealing with special situations. It does not give it unwieldy powers because when the Supreme Court reviewed it, it looked at it very critically and came to a decision that this is not an arbitrary act. It has got a meaning. It enables your forces to have a certain amount of legal cover. They also said that we should have certain guidelines which have been given to the Army. The Army by itself had already taken out certain commandments that the troops must follow as additional guidelines. Troops who operate in to such areas are actually not aware of AFSPA. They are operating under the guidelines given by the Army. And those guidelines are very explicit. They tell you what to do what not to do. And where aberration occur, we come down hard upon those people. So there is no misuse. I don't think there is a need to dilute the Act.

What about action against violators?

We have human rights organisations in our service. Each case is investigated. Let me tell you 96 per cent of the cases are found to be false and we go back to the National Human Rights Commission and tell them that's what it is. Where there is a violation we take very quick action and ensure that adequate punishment is given to these people. The Army does it in much faster time frame, even faster than a fast track court because we are concerned about our own image. We are not an occupation Army in anyway.

Do you see a role for the Indian Army in Afghanistan?

Afghanistan has been a country that India has been engaged with for a long time. Because of our age-old relationships, all our aid is developmental and humanitarian. We have looked at ensuring that there is development in Afghanistan and we have looked at progress in Afghanistan. But we have not looked at militarily involving ourselves in Afghanistan. And that stance continues. We do not look at the Army stepping in any way and we are not recommending it to do so. Our government has chalked out a policy on Afghanistan that is absolutely correct. It ensures that whatever interest we have is fulfilled.

What would be your focus during your tenure as chief?

We have embarked on a transformation process for our Army. Transformation is in terms of making the Army more agile, the Army more capable of transmitting its lethality and the Army in which there are no people who will be, in Army terms, left out of battle. Apart from that it is having a more responsive logistic system and ensuring that our Army headquarters are suitably structured so that they can contribute towards faster decision-making. This is what I think we should be able to achieve along with ensuring that whatever modernisation plans that we have they fructify to a large extent. I look at what we can do to increase our joint-manship network centricity so that we can operate in an environment where it should be possible for us to make use of all the acumen and skills that all the services we have.
 

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^^ Well. This gives a finger to those stupid peaceniks who're planning to dilute AFSPA. I was getting sick with worry that the idiotic pacifist terror-loving GOI will agree to pseudo-rights activists and dilute the act.
 

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After two decades, Muslim officer to command Srinagar-based 15 Corps

After two decades, Muslim officer to command Srinagar-based 15 Corps

After a two-decade gap that saw insurgency at its peak in Jammu and Kashmir, a Muslim officer is set to command the Srinagar-based 15 Corps that is the nerve centre of the fight against militancy in the state. Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, who is presently commanding the Bhopal-based 21 Corps, is set to take over as the 15 Corps Commander by the end of this year after the incumbent Lt Gen N C Marwah moves on to his next posting.

Lt Gen Hasnain, who has served several stints in the Valley including a recent one as the Divisional Commander at Baramulla, is also the senior-most serving Muslim officer of the Indian Army. The officer, who is known for his academic leanings in military circles, is the only serving Lt Gen in Army ranks belonging to the minority community and is a second generation Army officer.

Hasnain will be the first Muslim officer to command the 15 Corps after Lt Gen M K Zaki who was in charge of the crucial command from 1989-91. Lt Gen Zaki was also later appointed as the advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir government from 1991 to '93.

Well regarded as an outstanding officer, Hasnain has had several stints in Kashmir and has spent a bulk of his over three decades of service in the state. More recently in 2008, the officer was instrumental in maintaining the peace in Baramulla that was badly affected when Jammu and Kashmir was struck by violence over the Amarnath row.

Then a Maj Gen commanding the Baramulla based 'Dagger' Division, Hasnain used the concept of what he described as 'soft power' to defuse tension by reaching out to the masses. In his several talks with local leaders, the officer gave his personal example as a Muslim in the Indian Army to drive home the point that the minority community can do well by joining the mainstream.

Besides tackling operational hurdles, the officer has also handled controversies in the Valley and is known to employ a firm hand against malpractices. As a Brigadier in 2004 when cross-border firing was at its peak, the officer was commanding the 12 Brigade that guards the Line of Control at Uri when he conducted a court martial against a Major who was accused of rape and molestation in the infamous Handwara case. The officer, Major Rehman Hussain of the Rashtriya Rifles, was found guilty and was ordered to be dismissed from the Army.
 

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India develops first Laser Guided Bomb

DEHRADUN: India has developed its first Laser Guided Bomb (LGB), a weapon that can hit a target with greater accuracy, with technological support from city-based Instrument Research and Development Establishment (IRDE).

The development of technology for producing Laser Guided Bomb is part of ongoing research towards achieving self-dependency in the defence area being done in IRDE, a lab of DRDO, Scientist and Public Relation Officer of IRDE told PTI.

The LGB uses a laser designator to mark or illuminate a target. The reflected laser light from the target is then detected by the seeker which sends signals to the weapon's control surfaces to guide it towards the designated point, he said.

Bangalore-based Aeronautics Development Establishment ( ADE) has developed the guidance-kit for 1000-pound LGBs and these are designed to improve the accuracy of air-to-ground bombing by IAF.

The guidance kit of LGB consists of a computer control group (CCG), guidance canards attached to the front of the warhead for providing steering commands and a wing assembly attached to the aft end to provide lift.

India had already carried out two successful flight trials of LGB for the IAF to test the effectiveness of the guidance and control systems at Chandipur integrated test range in Orissa early this year.

LGBs are manoeuvrable, free-fall weapons requiring no electronic interconnect to the aircraft and attack the target with higher accuracy and reliability.

The LGBs were first developed by USA in 1960s. Later, Russia, France and Britain also developed them.


Read more: India develops first Laser Guided Bomb - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ed-Bomb/articleshow/6781191.cms#ixzz12u9b9C5K
 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6775827.cms

NEW DELHI: Indian armed forces have chalked out a stunning round of combat exercises with foreign forces in the coming several months to use "defence diplomacy" as a tool to bolster national security as well as promote strategic cooperation.

Defence ministry officials say the 1.13-million Army alone has planned 14 to 18 exercises with countries ranging from the US, UK and Russia to Bangladesh, Mongolia, Thailand and Tajiskistan, both at home and abroad.

For instance, the armies of Seychelles and Singapore will be in Belgaum and Deolali in January for joint combat exercises with Indian soldiers.

Similar is the case with Navy and IAF. Indian warships will hold combat manoeuvres with French warships, including nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, during the "Varuna" wargames on the high seas in January.

"Indian and French navies and air forces have build a high-level of interoperability through such exercises...We have a strategic partnership," said visiting French chief of defence staff Admiral Edouard Guillaud.

The US, of course, is leading the charge in this "interoperability" game, with Indian and American armed forces holding a staggering 60 or so wargames over the last decade.

Many more are in the offing. After the `Malabar' naval wargames on the western coast, the "Habu Nag" amphibious exercise at Okinawa (Japan) and the "Vajra Prahar" counter-terrorism drills at Belgaum earlier in the year, around 200 Indian soldiers are now leaving for Alaska to take part in the "Balance Iroquois" exercise with American special forces.

Despite defence minister A K Antony always being eager to downplay the expansive Indo-US defence relationship, the armed forces of the two nations have set a scorching pace in their bilateral engagement. Of the 64 exercises conducted by the Army between 2001 and 2009, well over one-third were with the US.

"The US is the only superpower around...We learn a lot from exercising with them. With the vast counter-insurgency experience of our professional forces, we also teach them a lot," said a senior officer.

"In fact, many countries want to learn counter-terrorism as well as mountain and jungle warfare skills from us. The aim is to learn doctrinal and operational lessons from each other," he added.

The wargames come at a time when two major exercises are underway in India. "Indra" is taking place with Russia at Chaubattia in Uttarakhand, with crack troops from the Indian 99 Mountain Brigade and Russian 34 Independent Mountain Infantry Brigade.

Incidentally, the two countries are scheduled to hold another big exercise next year.

Indra-Dhanush air combat wargames between IAF and British Royal Air Force are on at Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal. While RAF has deployed its spanking new Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, E-3D AWACS (airborne warning and control systems) and VC-10 mid-air refuellers, IAF is participating with Sukhoi-30MKIs, Mirage-2000s, MiG-27s and the Phalcon AWACS.

"The exercise will prove to be a boon for both nations to finetune their procedures for multi-national operations, which are likely to happen with greater frequency in the future," said Eastern Air Command deputy-chief Air Marshal L K Malhotra.
 

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Firstly, Size never matters. Take the case of Israel and and other Arab countries.

Secondly, search for western front in 1971 war and you will see who defeated who.

Thirdly, anybody is welcome to criticize but first do your research and then indulge in any debate.

Lastly, peace and friendship are the lasting solution not wars and mistrust.
 

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India-Russia Joint Exercise Indra-2010 Underway

With terrorism spreading its tentacles globally, India and Russia are getting ready to wage battles as "allies" against future threats, even as their armies concluded a major joint military exercise in Uttarakhand's Chaubattia on Saturday. Exercise Indra-2010 - held in a counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency operations backdrop in a mountainous terrain - witnessed participation from 250-strong Russian infantry troops and an equal number from an Indian battalion, who practiced 'cordon, search and destroy' operations and elimination of terror groups and leadership.

"Yes, certainly," Russian Federation Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin, who witnessed the exercise, told reporters when asked if he envisaged future joint operations against terrorists around the globe. "The two countries have been fighting against global terrorism. We are not just friends, but allies too. India and Russia know well about it (terrorism), not from a bird's eye view, but as nations that have faced it practically on the ground. So we consider this exercise very significant," Kadakin said.

Emphasising the importance of the exercise, he said during the talks between Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his Indian counterpart A K Antony during his visit to New Delhi this joint army drill was highlighted as an example of growing military-to-military relations between the two countries. Kadakin was seconded by Major General Rajesh Arya, Commander of Indian Army's 6 Mountain Division, who said two or more countries coming together to fight terrorists when they threatened their common interests anywhere on the globe could not be ruled out. "As we have seen in the last 20 years, terrorism and insurgency have been emerging and spreading internationally.

So is the magnitude of terrorist threats, which were earlier minor, but has taken large proportions in the last couple of years. "Therefore, in certain areas where there are common interests, couple of countries operating together cannot be ruled out. When terrorists try and disturb those interests, we cannot say we are not prepared to take on the threats jointly. Therefore, one has to train well in advance," he said. He was referring to the experience of international joint naval operations against piracy in the Indian Ocean in the recent years as an instance. To achieve interoperability in joint real life operations in the future, troops from the Russian 1st Cavalry of 34th Independent Motorised Brigade (Mountain) and Indian Army's 99 Mountain Brigade acquainted themselves with the arms and equipment, command and control system and operational tactics of each other.

Later, they went into cordon and search operations and later destroying the terrorist hideouts and capturing their leaders through a simulated counter-terrorism scenario using heliborne troops in the Kumaon hills around a 20-km radius here. The exercise, since October 15, was carried out in three phases - familiarisation, Exercises Prabhav and Talaash special search, and debriefing. Kadakin, who also interacted with the Indian and Russian troops over day, said the exercise was "significant" in the sense that this was the first time the two armies were training in joint counter-terrorism operations over a vast canvass of tactical manoeuvres, though there had been two earlier Indra series exercise in 2005 and 2007.

"What is significant in this exercise is the experience the two armies being shared and learning from each other on terrorist situations they (India and Russia) faced and operated in (such as Kashmir and northern Caucasus). When the two armies' personnel meet, it is a learning experience. "It is not to compare each other's drills, but to share lessons so that we are richer in this fight against terror," he said.

Noting that the two armies needed to be ready for any eventuality, Kadakin said, "I do not pray that a situation should arise when this experience andlessons comes in handy, but the situation we are in today warrants it, be it due to threats from your country's vicinity or our northern Caucasus. This exercise will be fruitful and beneficial." When asked about the three-year gap between the previous and this exercise in the Indra series, the Ambassador said apart from financial constraints of the Russian defence forces, it was also due to the reform process that they were going through in the recent years. "Very simple... our army is now in the process of reform.

That is why when reform is going on it is very difficult to distract oneself. It is better to complete the reform and start the exchanges. I am happy that this exercise has started. There were also financial constraints.
There were no other reasons at all," he added.






http://theasiandefence.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-russia-joint-exercise-indra-2010.html
 

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Infantry Day Celebrated

October 27 is celebrated as Infantry Day to mark the achievement of the Indian Army in its maiden military engagement post- independence. On this day, sixty three years ago, the first contingent of Infantry Soldiers landed at Srinagar airfield in response to the threat posed to the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity by Pakistan.

Indian Infantry has a glorious history of warfare both in its duty of guarding our frontiers and as United Nations Peace keepers in Africa and the Middle East. Infantry has been the key battle winning factor during all wars and has been the mainstay in all Counter Insurgency Operations and Internal Security duties.




The Infantry is unique, it has to adapt and operate in different terrain, altitudes and weather conditions. Be it the sub zero mountains of the Siachen Glacier, the icy plateaus of North Sikkim, the Western Deserts or the North East Jungles, the Infantry has earned for itself a unique place of pride.

To commemorate Infantry Day,and to pay a befitting tribute to the Infantrymen who have made the supreme sacrifice, wreath was laid at the imposing Vijay Smarak War Memorial by Lt Gen JS Bajwa, Chief of Staff HQ Eastern Command. A get together of serving and retired Infantry officers was organized in the evening at Army Officers Institute, Fort William. In his message, Lt Gen Bikram Singh, Goc-in-C Eastern Command conveyed his greetings to all Infantrymen and urged them to carry forward ideals and professionalism of the Infantry to greater heights while upgrading themselves to face the challenges of the modern day battlefield.






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DRDO Daksh for the Indian Army
CHENNAI
(BNS): Indian Army will soon induct unmanned remote controlled ground vehicles into their forces.

According to a news report in the English daily, The Hindu, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is preparing a road map for the induction of unmanned ground vehicles into the Indian Army.

"The Indian Army had agreed to induct 20 Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), developed by the DRDO's R&D establishment in Pune," S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller Research and Development, Armament and Combat Engineering, DRDO, was quoted as saying in the news report.

DRDO Daksh is an electrically powered and remotely controlled robot used for locating, handling and destroying hazardous objects safely. A battery-operated robot on wheels its primary role is to recover improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

It locates IEDs with an X-ray machine, picks them up with a gripper-arm and defuses them with a jet of water. Daksh has a shotgun which can break open locked doors, and it can scan cars for explosives. It can even climb staircases, negotiate steep slopes, navigate narrow corridors and tow vehicles.

DRDO officials held a meeting with the Indian Army's Director-General (Perspective Planning) a few weeks ago and the road map for induction of unmanned ground vehicles would be ready in the next few months.

Mr. Sundaresh was in Chennai to inaugurate the "Driving Innovation - DRDO Student Robot Competition 2010" at the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) at Avadi.
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