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SP's Land Forces - Issue 2/3 - 2020

Issue Features

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  LEAD STORY
  Facts that Led to the Creation of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (West of LOC) & China Occupied Kashmir (East of LAC)
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The original State of J&K which acceded to India in October 1947 comprised 2,22,236 sq km. But today India is in physical occupation of only 1,06,566 sq km of the original state of J&K. Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) is 72,935 sq km less 5,180 sq km of Shaksgam Valley leased to China in 1963.

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  LEAD STORY
  Lessons from Ladakh Standoff
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  We keep repeating the mistakes. The Chinese PLA incursion in Ladakh, across the LAC, is once again a collective intelligence failure for India. There is much to be learned for India from the current scenario.

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  LAC STAND-OFF
  Disengagement to Demobilisation: Resetting the Relations
  By Lt General J.K. Sharma (Retd)

  China is a master of spinning deceit and covert action exploiting strategy and statecraft as means of “Combative coexistence” with opponents.

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  COVID-19
  Way Ahead for the Indian Armed Forces
  By Lt. General R.K. Jagga (Retd)

  The threat of the virus is all-pervasive and to ensure Force Protection, an essential towards operational readiness, the Armed Forces have issued exhaustive instructions/guidelines

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  NATIONAL SECURITY
  Reading the Tea Leaves — PM at Frontline: Defining National Strategy
  By Lt General J.K. Sharma (Retd)

  Prime Minister’s personal appearance on the frontline has unequivocally reinforced that entire of Ladakh is Indian Territory and any intrusion and aggression will be met with full might and resolve of the nation.

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  MARKETING FEATURE
  MUSS – The Invisible Shield of the Tank
  

  HENSOLDT group core competence has been to recognise a wide range of threats and to provide practical and optimal solutions to improve the safety and operational effectiveness of military platforms.

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  INDIGENISATION
  Dhanush — ‘Make in India’ Success Story
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  It was a challenge to develop the gun from voluminous blue prints and documents running over 12,000 pages but OFB took the challenge head on by developing a gun which was about 20-25 per cent better than the original gun in parameters like range, accuracy, consistency, low and high angle of fire and shoot-and-scoot ability.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Electronic Warfare – Denying Electromagnetic Advantage to Enemy
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Electronic Warfare (EW) represents the ability to use the electromagnetic spectrum to sense, protect, and communicate.

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  RADARS
  Weapon Locating and Battle Field Surveillance Radars
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  WLR is employed to locate the hostile artillery guns, mortars and rockets so that rapid counter bombardment can be resorted to in order to neutralise them

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Indian Army Seeks Repeat Order for American Assault Rifles
  By Vishal Thapar

  Lack of progress on AK-203 JV forces case for importing 72,000 additional Sig Sauer rifles under fast track process

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  Appointments
  

  Lieutenant General Raj Shukla, YSM, SM is the GOC-in-C Army Training Command who assumed office on May 1, 2020.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  $74.2 million Contract to Equip Indian Army’s T-90 Tank Fleet with Mine Ploughs for Extended Armoured Reach
  By Vishal Thapar

  The Indian Army’s plans to counter minefields restricting its tank movement in enemy territory received a shot in the arm with the signing of a Make in India contract on July 20 for 1,512 mine ploughs for its frontline T-90 tank fleet.

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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Armed Forces Given Free Hand for Procurements up to $40 million
  By Vishal Thapar

  A special meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on July 15, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, delegated powers for making urgent capital acquisitions up to Rs 300 crore ($40 million) to the armed forces.

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  DAC Approves Capital acquisition worth Rs 38,900 crore
  

  Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in its meeting held on July 2, 2020 held under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh accorded approval for capital acquisition of various platforms and equipment worth about Rs 38,900 crore (about $5.2 billion).

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  Defence Minister on a two days (July 17-18) visit to Ladakh and J&K
  

  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh started his trip by visiting Ladakh on July 17. He arrived early morning at Leh airport accompanied by the CDS General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General M.M. Naravane.

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  Editorial
  By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

  Covid was overshadowed by China’s surprise action on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) thus the lead article by Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd) gives a very comprehensive background on how Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (LOC) and China Occupied Kashmir (LAC) was created.