Indian Army: News and Discussion

[kuku]

Kuku,

Actually, Counter Insurgency or terrorist attacks management are also NOT strictly an army job. The politicians, govt and the police should not allow it to escalate to what it becomes. But then…..

The Army is called in.

There is the Naxal problem in Chatisgarh.

What happens?

The Army is called in to advice.

There are floods and natural calamities and India has a Disaster Management Organisation, but what happen?

The Army is called in.

I agree the Army should not be called in, but it has become a practice to call it in wherever there is a problem.

The Army I don’t think was chasing records. It could have been purely incidental. Having broken a record, the CO is bragging!

Are you aware that the Army has ‘greened’ Kutch and are also saving the wild asses of Gujarat? And that it worked hard to prevent the Sheiks and Kings of the Middle East from shooting the endangered bustards in Gujarat, which the politicians turned a blind eye to?

I agree the Army should not do it, but then, the Army possibly is the only force that has the will, discipline and organisation to serve the country in all its requirement.

The Army is grateful for the faith that the Nation bestows on it and they will serve it well to their last drop of sweat and last drop of blood!

The Army can not save the nation from itself.

Calling every resource in a disaster situation is something else, paying more than two government departments for the same job is something else. especially when a third (Army) does the job.

Sure its a good job, however other people are being paid for the same job, the real aim should be to improve on that, instead of utilising the military.

The Colonels comments about the world record sounded like record chasing. If i got it wrong i apologise.

 

[Ray]

As you say!

But we try!

 

[Daredevil]

Indian Army Wary of Facebook, Orkut

Indian Army Wary of Facebook, Orkut

Techtree News Staff
Jun 15 2009

If you're a defense personnel and are fortunate enough to be posted in location where you can access the internet, you'll have to be a lot more careful while posting pictures that may disclose your whereabouts, or any other professional info on public forums such as social networking sites.

According to reports, the Indian Army has even issued a circular for the above mentioned, stating that all professional info must be taken off the internet immediately.

Social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, and Twitter have emerged to be the popular choice of keeping in touch with friends, family and colleagues, especially when one tends to move around a lot.

People usually want to know 'where' their contacts are and 'what' are they doing. Disclosing these on public forums such as social networking sites can not only be dangerous for the personnel but also a concern of national security.

In case a soldier is found violating these orders and continues to share such content, disciplinary action against him or her will be taken.

There's a 'good order and discipline' rules under the Army Act, violation of which can lead to a soldier being imprisoned for up to seven years.

According to the same report, nearly 35,000 of its 1.1 million soldiers, from all ranks, are estimated active internet users.

 

[nitesh]

Army asks personnel not to put service info on Orkut, Facebook

 

[Ray]

A right decision!

 

[Yusuf]

If I'm not mistaken, an army officer doesn't even tell his wife about his where about. That's what believe. But yes, giving away information on social sites is dangeruos. I hope it's not happening.

 

[nitesh]

Four NSG hubs to be operational by June 30

 

[F-14]

for all the Jingos of DIF Heres proudly presenting

the BSF Theam song

YouTube - BSF Theme Song | Music by A R Rahman

 

[Sridhar]

Artilery Combat Command and Control System SHAKTI dedication to Indian Army
June 12th, 2009 | email this | digg it
Posted by Frontier India Strategic and Defence
Published in Indian Army News

“SHAKTI” Artillery Combat Command and Control System (ACCCS), a fully digitized, integrated and networked system jointly developed by Bharat Electronics limited (BEL), Bangalore, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Project Management Organisation (PMO) ACCCS of Directorate General of Information Systems (DGIS) was dedicated to the Indian Army at a function today at DRDO Auditorium, here.

Lieutenant General PC Katoch, Director General of Information Systems (DGIS) and Shri Ashwani Kumar Datt, Chairman & Managing Director, BEL handed over the SHAKTI equipment JTO Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor and Lieutenant General KR Rao, Director General of Artillery. The function was atte4nded by several army officers alongwith senior officers from Air Force, Navy, DRDO and BEL.

Project SHAKTI is the first among the various Combat Command Control and Information (C31) systems being fielded in the Army. It is a network of military grade tactical computers automating and providing decision support for all operational aspects of Artillery functions from the corps down to a battery level. The system is also designed to seamlessly integrate with overall C31 grid. Project SHAKTI, thus will be the hub center of the fire power resource component of the corps combat potential. The major functions that the systems can perform are :-

• Technical fire control for accurate delivery of fire power at the right time and place.

• Tactical fire control for optimum utilization of available resources.

• Fire planning.

• Deployment management to ensure timely and speedy deployment to achieve maximum fire densities at critical area.

• Operational logistics management.

‘SHAKTI’ will give the capability to concentrate the Artillery fire power at tactical level with ease and delivering the decisive blow by concentrated fire power at critical areas to ensure victory in battle.

In his address the Army Chief stated that future wars would be short, intense and technology driven. To achieve a cutting edge the Army needs to take speedy decisions facilitated by situational awareness and decision support tools in a networked C 31 environment. Project SHAKTI has empowered the Artillery with that cutting edge through automation of all Artillery functions in was at all levels of command.

General Kapoor extended his appreciation to BEL Bangalore, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), ARDE for their dedicated efforts resulting in successful completion of the project.

Artilery Combat Command and Control System SHAKTI dedication to Indian Army | Frontier India Strategic and Defence - News, Analysis, Opinion - Aviation, Military, Commodity, Energy, Transportation, Conflict, Environment, Intelligence, Internal Securi

 

[Sridhar]

Artilery Combat Command and Control System SHAKTI dedication to Indian Army
June 12th, 2009 | email this | digg it
Posted by Frontier India Strategic and Defence
Published in Indian Army News

“SHAKTI” Artillery Combat Command and Control System (ACCCS), a fully digitized, integrated and networked system jointly developed by Bharat Electronics limited (BEL), Bangalore, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Project Management Organisation (PMO) ACCCS of Directorate General of Information Systems (DGIS) was dedicated to the Indian Army at a function today at DRDO Auditorium, here.

Lieutenant General PC Katoch, Director General of Information Systems (DGIS) and Shri Ashwani Kumar Datt, Chairman & Managing Director, BEL handed over the SHAKTI equipment JTO Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor and Lieutenant General KR Rao, Director General of Artillery. The function was atte4nded by several army officers alongwith senior officers from Air Force, Navy, DRDO and BEL.

Project SHAKTI is the first among the various Combat Command Control and Information (C31) systems being fielded in the Army. It is a network of military grade tactical computers automating and providing decision support for all operational aspects of Artillery functions from the corps down to a battery level. The system is also designed to seamlessly integrate with overall C31 grid. Project SHAKTI, thus will be the hub center of the fire power resource component of the corps combat potential. The major functions that the systems can perform are :-

• Technical fire control for accurate delivery of fire power at the right time and place.

• Tactical fire control for optimum utilization of available resources.

• Fire planning.

• Deployment management to ensure timely and speedy deployment to achieve maximum fire densities at critical area.

• Operational logistics management.

‘SHAKTI’ will give the capability to concentrate the Artillery fire power at tactical level with ease and delivering the decisive blow by concentrated fire power at critical areas to ensure victory in battle.

In his address the Army Chief stated that future wars would be short, intense and technology driven. To achieve a cutting edge the Army needs to take speedy decisions facilitated by situational awareness and decision support tools in a networked C 31 environment. Project SHAKTI has empowered the Artillery with that cutting edge through automation of all Artillery functions in was at all levels of command.

General Kapoor extended his appreciation to BEL Bangalore, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), ARDE for their dedicated efforts resulting in successful completion of the project.

Artilery Combat Command and Control System SHAKTI dedication to Indian Army | Frontier India Strategic and Defence - News, Analysis, Opinion - Aviation, Military, Commodity, Energy, Transportation, Conflict, Environment, Intelligence, Internal Securi

 

[Arahan]

If am not mistaken SAR-21 is singapore variant of TAR-21, rht?
wat happened to Zittra?

 

[Singh]

If am not mistaken SAR-21 is singapore variant of TAR-21, rht?
wat happened to Zittra?

no both are different.
IMI Tavor TAR-21 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SAR 21 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zittara appears to be the indian name of tavor tar-21..

 

[Antimony]

Reply to Brig. Ray

Sir,

I am not going to counter any of the points that you made. However, the fact remains that frequently resources/ assets from the national level are called in to support operations of a local nature.

Fixing up the naxals is not the army's job, that goes to the State Police and maybe CRPF. Spending money from an MP's development fund to buy ambulances is a suboptimal use of a legislator's resource. Similarly planting trees is supposed to be done by the local administration.

Of course, the PR nature of the exercise lends it a diferent angle, but I still think there is a gross misuse of national assets like the Army

 

[Sridhar]

Army plays out war game to refine plans for western borders
New Delhi, June 18: The Army on Thursday concluded a five-day war game, aimed at "refining" its strategies vis-a-vis the western borders and fine tuning its tactical manoeuvres for the future.

The table-top high-level war game was planned and executed with use of maps and clay models of forces on ground at the Army's Western Command headquarters in Chandimandir near Chandigarh with Army chief General Deepak Kapoor in attendance, top Army sources said here this evening.

"The war game is much more than an exercise, played out with use of real troops, equipment and weapon platforms. It looks at various options that the Army has to defend the borders and is done at regular intervals to update commanders from the unit level to the top on the scenarios that they could expect in the future," sources said.

Such war games had been played out by other formations including the South-Western Command headquarters in Jaipur along the Rajasthan borders with Pakistan earlier this year, source said.

Western Command, incidentally, covers most of the western borders with Pakistan including in Punjab, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, apart from portions of the Line of Actual Control with China along Himachal Pradesh.

Indian army news-Army plays out war game to refine plans for western borders

 

[Sridhar]

Army plays out war game to refine plans for western borders
New Delhi, June 18: The Army on Thursday concluded a five-day war game, aimed at "refining" its strategies vis-a-vis the western borders and fine tuning its tactical manoeuvres for the future.

The table-top high-level war game was planned and executed with use of maps and clay models of forces on ground at the Army's Western Command headquarters in Chandimandir near Chandigarh with Army chief General Deepak Kapoor in attendance, top Army sources said here this evening.

"The war game is much more than an exercise, played out with use of real troops, equipment and weapon platforms. It looks at various options that the Army has to defend the borders and is done at regular intervals to update commanders from the unit level to the top on the scenarios that they could expect in the future," sources said.

Such war games had been played out by other formations including the South-Western Command headquarters in Jaipur along the Rajasthan borders with Pakistan earlier this year, source said.

Western Command, incidentally, covers most of the western borders with Pakistan including in Punjab, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, apart from portions of the Line of Actual Control with China along Himachal Pradesh.

Indian army news-Army plays out war game to refine plans for western borders

 

[Daredevil]

FIRST INDIANS TO SCALE MT DHAULAGIRI SUB BODH ON TOP OF SIX OUT OF 14 PEAKS ABOVE 8,000 MTRS
10:27 IST

A six member army team has become the first Indians to conquer Mount Dhaulagiri, the 7th highest peak in the world. The summiteers led by Major Amit Aukta scaled the 8,147 meters (26,794 feet) peak on May 8th. With this feat, the Indian Army has summitted six out of the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters. Subedar CN Bodh, a member of the expedition, achieved a rare distinction, creating a national record of being the only Indian to have summitted all the six peaks.

Defence Minister Shri AK Antony felicitated the members of the expedition at a ‘flag-in’ ceremony here today. Lauding their indomitable courage and adventurism, Shri Antony hoped that the Indian Army would aim to unfurl the tricolor atop all the 14 eight thousander peaks.

This was the first expedition of the Indian Army to Mt. Dhaulagiri and the summit was conquered in the very first attempt. Since 2001 the Indian Army has summitted six out of the Fourteen 8,000 mtrs-plus peaks viz Mt. Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.

The 17-member expedition, led by Lt. Col. MS Chauhan, was flagged off by the army chief General Deepak Kapoor from New Delhi on March 19th. The team reached the Base Camp at 4,700 mtr on April 7th and set up three camps on the mountain by May 1st. On May 7th the summit team led by Major Aukta left Camp-3, located at a height of 7,400 mtr, in the night and after a grueling 14 hours climb, braving chilly winds and blizzards, reached the peak at 11.15 AM IST on May 8th.

The other members of the summit team included Naib Subedar Prabhu Dayal, Naik Rinzin Dorje, Sepoy Sonam Targais and Sepoy Kesang Rangdol.

PIB Press Release

 

[Sridhar]

India to carry out trials to procure 197 light utility choppers

Paris (PTI): India is planning to carry out field trials for procuring 197 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) for the Army and the Air Force in August this year.

"We are planning to carry out the flight evaluation trials for the 197 LUH contract in August this year but the schedule has not yet been finalised. Five vendors are expected to come up with their helicopters for the competition," Indian Defence Ministry officials told PTI here.

The five contenders participating in the contract include the Russian Kazan and Mil, American Sikorsky, Italian Finnmeccanica and European helicopter manufacturers Eurocopter.

The contract, expected to be worth around $3 billion, is one of the few defence contracts where the vendors are required to fulfill around 50 per cent offset obligations.

The offsets clause in the Defence Procurement Procedures makes it mandatory for the companies awarded such deals to invest a certain percentage of the contract's worth back in the Indian defence sector.

In March this year, all the five companies responded to the global Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by the Defence Ministry last year.

The RFP was sent to six companies, including American Bell Helicopters, but it had backed out of the race citing the high offset obligations required in the contract.

The RFP was released by the Defence Ministry after it had cancelled a previous contract in December 2007 for similar type and number of helicopters.

The previous contract was cancelled by the ministry after it found that the chopper offered by Eurocopter for the field trials at that time was a civilian version whereas the company had offered a military version for the deal in its bid.

The chopper engine offered in the Eurocopter's bid was also different from the one fitted in the civilian version, which participated in the trials.

"We would be sending a military version of the helicopter for the field trials for the contract," Eurocopter vice-president Rainer Farid told PTI during the Paris Air Show.

The flight trials will test the performance of the choppers in different geographical locations including high altitude, desert and plains in different weather conditions.

Of the 197 helicopters to be procured under the contract, 133 will be given to the Army and the rest would go to the IAF.

The 197 choppers will help the two services to replace their aging fleet of over 350 Cheetah and Chetak helicopters mostly flying in high altitude conditions in air maintenance roles there and for surveillance as well as search and rescue missions.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

[youngindian]

Antony asks defence scientists for quality goods, timely delivery

Antony asks defence scientists for quality goods, timely delivery | Sindh Today - Online News




New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday asked the top scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to desist from taking up too many projects and to ensure they provide special attention to the quality of products and their timely delivery.

“Desist from taking up too many projects and thereby losing focus; instead, concentrate on high technology and critical areas to help the country achieve self-reliance in strategic fields,” Antony said while addressing the DRDO Research Council here.

He asked the scientists to set a goal of achieving in ten years indigenisation of 70 percent in the manufacture of defence products from the current level of 30 percent. “Over-dependence on foreign suppliers is not conducive to national security in critical time.”

Antony also asked the scientists to have continuous interaction and build synergy with the defence services for greater success and acceptance of the products by the forces. “Give special attention to the quality of products and their timely delivery,” he said.

The DRDO, which is primarily responsible for production of weapon systems and equipment in accordance with the expressed needs and the qualitative requirements laid down by the three services, has been under fire for prolonged delays in production of quality products.

The DRDO Research Council consists of the scientific advisor to the defence minister, eight chief controllers (R&D), additional financial advisor and three distinguished scientists. The council is responsible for providing direction and guidance for execution of research and technology projects in different disciplines by the over 50 laboratories of the DRDO.

 

[dave lukins]

FIRST INDIANS TO SCALE MT DHAULAGIRI SUB BODH ON TOP OF SIX OUT OF 14 PEAKS ABOVE 8,000 MTRS
10:27 IST

A six member army team has become the first Indians to conquer Mount Dhaulagiri, the 7th highest peak in the world. The summiteers led by Major Amit Aukta scaled the 8,147 meters (26,794 feet) peak on May 8th.

Dear Daredevil you have 'stolen' some height from the this feat.. Mt Dhaulagiri stands at 8.167m

 

[youngindian]

Govt’s approves Armed Forces Tribunal members’ appointment

Govt’s approves Armed Forces Tribunal members’ appointment




New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): The Government has given its go ahead to the appointment of eight judicial and 15 administrative members in the Armed Forces Tribunal for a period of four years to dispense cost effective and speedy justice to the armed forces personnel.

The appointments have been made for the principal and various regional benches of the tribunal.

The appointed members will serve for a period of four years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier and will be in the pay bracket of Rs 26,000 as per the Fifth Pay Commission.

The judicial members of the tribunal include serving Justices Janardan Sahai, Manak Lall Mohta and Bhanwaroo Khan.

The tribunal has five retired Justices including A C Arumugaperumal Adityan, Anwar Ahmad, K Padmanabhan Nair, Shailendra Shanker and Ghanshyam Prasad.

All the 15 administrative members in the tribunal are retired officers from the armed forces including 13 from the Army and two from the Navy.

About 9,000 cases, currently pending in various High courts across the country, will be transferred to the tribunal.