Indian Army: News and Discussion

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Martyred soldier’s wife wants to join Indian Army as a tribute to her husband

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumba...her-husband/story-bywvtKoEPJppMq9YZraoTP.html

 

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India mulling upholding lucrative missile deal with Israel

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5069600,00.html

 

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Focus shifts to China Border as army rejigs its 5-year priorities

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ts-5-year-priorities/articleshow/62331676.cms

 

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China avoids direct response after Indian Army chief claims PLA reduced troops in Doklam

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...s-in-doklam/story-sIvJMUJdEPLFBOabH1roQJ.html

 

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3 jawans fall from chopper during Army Day rehearsals; Armyman says 'don't need enemy to kill soldiers'
Updated: Jan 11, 2018 | 13:55 IST | Source - Times Now Digital

@MajorPoonia | Photo Credit: Twitter

New Delhi: In a freak mishap, three Army jawans on Tuesday sustained injuries during rehearsing a slithering operation ahead of Army Day parade.

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The Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year.

The video of the incident, which reportedly occurred on January 09, has gone viral. It shows that the jawans were sliding down the rope while ejecting from the Advanced Light Helicopter when it broke.

Army sources said an investigation was on as to how the accident occurred.

Meanwhile, President Awardee special forces veteran Major Surendra Poonia, while sharing the video on Twitter, commented: "With equipment like this, we don't need an enemy to kill our soldiers."




1/1 With equipment like this, we don't need an enemy to kill our soldiers
ALH almost ends up severely maiming 4 Special Forces soldiers when the boom broke in republic day practice.
Pray for injured bravehearts@adgpi@nsitharaman @narendramodipic.twitter.com/im6atf7OKR
— Maj Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) January 11, 2018




1/1 With equipment like this, we don't need an enemy to kill our soldiers
ALH almost ends up severely maiming 4 Special Forces soldiers when the boom broke in republic day practice.
Pray for injured bravehearts@adgpi@nsitharaman @narendramodipic.twitter.com/im6atf7OKR
— Maj Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) January 11, 2018
As per reports, the incident is said to have occurred due to a helicopter boom malfunction. Former retired Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain too tweeted about the shocking accident.

1/1 With equipment like this, we don't need an enemy to kill our soldiers
ALH almost ends up severely maiming 4 Special Forces soldiers when the boom broke in republic day practice.
Pray for injured bravehearts@adgpi@nsitharaman @narendramodipic.twitter.com/im6atf7OKR
— Maj Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) January 11, 2018
The Indian Army celebrates Army Day every year on January 15 every year in honour of Lieutenant General KM Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army who took over its reins on 15 January 1949 officially, though Independence from the British colonisers was effective from 15 August 1947.

 

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[Kunal Biswas]

Poor quality control, The company manufacture the part need to be checked ..

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/653186/three-soldiers-injured-while-slithering.html
DH News Service, New Delhi, Jan 11 2018, 21:14 IST

Three Indian Army soldiers received injured while slithering down from a chopper as the rope suddenly got snapped because of a "material malfunction."

Slithering is an exercise where troops are dropped from a helicopter in an area of operation using a rope attached to the chopper.

The mishap happened on January 9 when the soldiers were practising the drills for the Army Day parade to be held on January 15.

"No serious injuries to any of the three soldiers. It occurred due to the malfunction of the boom in the helicopter. An investigation is in progress," said an Army officer.

The helicopter being used for the slithering operation was indigenous Dhruv Advanced Lightweight Helicopters.

"Slithering operation ceases for all ALH with immediate effect after the accident. A team from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited that manufactures the chopper is in Delhi for investigation" he said.

The Army came out with responses only after a video of the shocking incident surfaced in the social media on Wednesday night.

 

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/na...lither-down-operations-from-dhruv/526995.html
Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 11 Following an accident two days ago, the Army has suspended the use of Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), Dhruv, for ‘slither down’ operations by its troops.

‘Slithering down’ is a technique by which troops are inserted into an operation and they have to ‘come down’ from the helicopter using a special rope that is attached to the body of the helicopter through a contraption.

The twin-engined Dhruv, a sturdy machine--some 200 of these are in use–is produced by Ministry of Defence (MoD)-owned public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

Top sources confirmed to the Tribune on Thursday: “Slithering operations have been suspended till the cause of accident is known.” The Army is suspecting material failure–in simple terms a fault with the material and its sturdiness on the copter.

On January 9, three para-commandos were injured, one of them seriously, while practising slithering operations at the New Delhi parade ground. The contraption fitted on to the helicopter had broken off.

The HAL, headquartered at Bengaluru, produces 22-24 advanced light helicopters (ALH), the Dhruv, annually and some 200 of these are flying; however, the requirement is huge. Other than the Army, the IAF and the Navy also use the ALH.

In September 2017, two senior Army officers had a narrow escape when an Army Aviation helicopter carrying them crash-landed in Eastern Ladakh. The copter crashed at location close to the Line of Actual control (LAC), the de facto boundary with China.

Commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps Lt Gen SK Upadhyay and the Division Commander of the Karu-based 3 Infantry Division Maj Gen Savneet Singh were on board the copter.

The crash occurred near the area called ‘Hot springs’. India is making a new road between ‘Hot springs’ and Marsimkla. The location was north of the Pangong Tso (lake).

 

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Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC; Indian Army retaliates

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...ire-along-loc-indian-army-retaliates-5021539/

 

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...-intruded-army-chief/articleshow/62472125.cms

China is a powerful country but we are not a weak nation: Army Chief

 

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https://www.aninews.in/news/nationa...odern-technology-gen-rawat201801121401120007/

Army needs modern technology: Gen. Rawat

 

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https://www.aninews.in/news/nationa...s-a-reality-now-army-chief201801121248550003/

Threat of CBRN weapons a reality now: Army Chief

 

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https://www.kashmirmonitor.in/Detai...fted-to-northern-kashmir-this-year-army-chief

Counterinsurgency operations will be shifted to northern Kashmir this year: Army Chief

 

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https://citytoday.news/india-should...ts-work-army-chief-general-rawat-on-pakistan/

India should not expect US to do its work: Army Chief

 

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Happy Lohri To All...

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Visuals From HMT, Kashmir.
Police, 2RR Abd Bomb Disposal Squad On The Job.

 

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A Bomb Disposal Squad trying to defuse claymore mine in HMT Srinagar.

 

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https://defenceaviationpost.com/new-technology-leaders-cadre-mooted-indian-army/

A New Technology Leaders Cadre Mooted For The Indian Army
By Anupama Airy

A proposal for creation of an Army Technology Leaders cadre has been made to the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat at the Third Annual Technology Seminar of the Indian Army held in the capital.

Mooted by the former Deputy Chief Of Indian Army, Lt Gen Saha, the proposal calls for a cadre of select officers who can combine technology with operational requirements.

These officers he said “should get groomed as they grow in service to provide the critical interface between military-industry-R&D”.

While this proposal was put forward to the Army he said similar cadres should be there for Navy and Airforce.

Gen Saha, who has recently taken over the reins of the Society Of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) as its Founder Director General addressed the gathering at the Army technology seminar and spoke on the Military-Industry Interface in the inaugural session.

The theme for this year’s Seminar was ‘Technology as the Key Enabler to Overcome Challenges of Military Operations in High Altitude’. The Seminar was organised jointly by Indian Army and SIDM.

Explaining the broad outlines of the concept Lt Gen Saha has suggested the following career path for the Technology Leaders Cadre:

– Selection from the pre-commission training academies based on inclination for technology. Here he said, “it is important to make a distinction between technical and technology, as officers from Infantry, artillery or armoured Corps could very well be technologically inclined even though they don’t belong to technical arms or Services.

– The number should be restricted to 25 to 30 officers per batch

– For the first four years these young officers should be posted to all arms (Infantry, Armoured Corps, Mechanised Infantry, Artillery, Air Defence, Engineers and Signals) for duration varying from six months to one year.

– After this initial grooming in different arms, those who are not B Tech, should go through a three year degree course

– After the B Tech they should be posted to the arm of their choice, where they are given the opportunity to command a company/squadron/battery. This should be deemed to be the ‘adequately exercised’ period for consideration by promotion board.

– These officers should now be nominated for M Tech Course. The project work should be allocated jointly by the Service and DRDO.

– On successful completion of M Tech these officers form the pool of Technology leaders who are competent to guide R&D, formulate QRs, do trial evaluations, perspective planning for futuristic technology and so on.

It is essential for services to have their own pool of officers who can combine operational experience with technological expertise.

This competency is essential for the services to keep track of evolving technology and their implications on the battlefield.

With their operational experience the technology leaders would be well placed to even guide research or lead research activities to find smarter solutions to various problems of the battlefield.

The Third Annual Technology Seminar of the Indian Army, ARTECH 2018, was held on 08 Jan 2018 at the sprawling Manekshaw Centre and was a resounding success by any standards.

A technology seminar as part of the Army Day events was started a couple of years ago.

The idea being, “on the Army Day while we celebrate our glorious past we must prepare for a brighter future too”, explained Lt Gen Subrata Saha.

It may be recalled that in 2016-17, led by Lt Gen Saha, Indian Army undertook an extensive out-reach program with the Industry and Academia.

They held 32 Interactions in every industry-academic hub, five equipment displays and four forward area tours for engineers and scientists, leading to release of two volumes of CoPS.

Compiling solutions to the problem statements is a parallel initiative that commenced in October 2017 under his mentoring, co-sponsored by DefenceAviationPost and FICCI.

 

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...my-chief-bipin-rawat/articleshow/62478242.cms

Ready to call Pakistan's nuclear bluff: Army Chief Bipin Rawat