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SP's Land Forces - Issue 1 - 2017

Issue Features

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  LEAD STORY
  Army Aviation Turns 30 A Reality Check
  By Lt General B.S. Pawar (Retd)

  The Cheetah fatal accident on December 1, 2016, at Sukna Military Station and the subsequent grounding of the entire fleet for mandatory checks by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has further eroded the confidence regarding the safety of the current fleet, which is the lifeline of troops deployed on the Siachen Glacier

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  EXCLUSIVE

  INTERVIEW
  Focus on Domestic Manufacturing
  

  In a rare media interaction with SP’s Land Forces, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Defence Production, outlined his vision for defence manufacturing in India and addressed a wide range of subjects including ‘Make in India’...

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  AIR DEFENCE
  Army Air Defence — An Update
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  Army Air Defence (AAD) has the responsibility of providing Point AD to the national strategic assets like nuclear plants, oil refineries, military airbases, military industrial complexes, communication nodes, logistic nodes, gun areas, surface-to-surface missiles and so on

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  DEFENCE BUDGET
  India's Defence Budget 2017-18
  By Laxman Kumar Behera

  The Finance Minister’s overall stated figure of 2,74,114 crore is, however, not what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) considers as India’s official defence budget. The difference amount between Finance Minister’s and MoD’s figures of 11,724 crore is allocated under what is considered Defence (Civil Estimates) which, inclusive of defence pension of 85,740 crore, does not form part of the official defence budget.

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  APPOINTMENT
  Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna took over as the GOC-in-C of South Western Command of Indian Army
  

  Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna took over as the GOC-in-C of South Western Command on January 20, 2017. He was commissioned into the Rajputana Rifles in 1980 and in a career spanning over 37 years...

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  APPOINTMENT
  Lt General Jagbir Singh Cheema takes over as DCOAS (IS&T) of Indian Army
  

  Lieutenant General Jagbir Singh Cheema takes over as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) on February 1, 2017.

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  APPOINTMENT
  Lt General Suresh Sharma takes over as Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army
  

  Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma took over as Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army on February 1, 2017. In his capacity as Engineer-Chief, in addition to steering the Corps of Engineers, he will serve as the Principal Advisor to Chiefs of Army, Navy, Air Force and the Ministry of Defence...

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  MODERNISATION
  Modernisation of Artillery and Infantry in the Indian Army
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  Attempts are now being made to resurrect and fulfil its long-postponed 1999 Field Artillery Rationalisation Plan (FARP), under which the army aims to import, locally develop, and licence-produce around 3,000, 155mm howitzers of various categories to equip 220-odd artillery regiments...

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  MARKETING FEATURE
  Kornet-EM New Capabilities of Antitank Guided Missile Systems
  

  Antita nk guided misile sys - tems (ATGM) have been developed and produced globally for already half a century. Since then they became the most popular and wanted type of high precision weapons (HPW) thanks to their usability and relatively low cost.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Battlefield Management System for the Indian Army — A Review
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Successful execution of fast moving operations, in the future, will require an accelerated decision-action cycle and an ability to conduct operations simultaneously within an all arms group

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  REPUBLIC DAY
  India Celebrates Republic Day
  

  The Nation’s military prowess and achievements in different fields, state-of-the-art defence platforms, its diverse cultural and social traditions, and the government’s emphasis on self-reliance and indigenisation were showcased...