Training Rigor of Indian Military Officers

Listed Below are videos of training at the National Defence Academy(NDA), India, where all the three services cadets train in pre-commission training. Later they are bifurcated to respective training establishments for specialist training. These are good videos to watch.

The NDA is one of the premier academies globally.

National Defence Academy Film (Total Parts 5)

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6-nXMsbvo2k&vq=small#t=14

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnbxMtW0WU

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPAjl66SRa8

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f09TgHtq9kM

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6Z2heLEi8

After Passing Out from the NDA, Army cadets go the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, from where they are commissioned as Officers in the Indian Army.

IMA Passing Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=O1XCaEUeNrg&vq=medium

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PoK News Digest: Aug 2010

Political instability marked developments in the so called AJK as incumbent Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider had to make way for Sardar Attique Ahmed in what could be called a complete reversal of fortunes. This was the fourth change in the prime ministerial office in the so called AJK since the last elections in the year 2006, as is suggested in one of the reports included in this issue. It is a welcome sign to see that Pakistani newspapers have carried reports on the vulnerability of the existing political structure in the so called AJK to Islamabad's interference. The report hints how it is essential for office bearers in PoK have to constantly appease the Pakistani government in order to survive in office.

India's long standing claim on PoK seems to have been endorsed by World Bank's decision to refuse to provide funding for the Diamer Bhasha Dam. World Bank's refusal was based on the premise that the status of PoK, where the site of the dam is situated, is disputed.

The Bhasha dam has always been embroiled in controversies for multiple reasons- most significantly the resistance put up by the local population against the construction of the dam. The decision was welcomed greatly by the people of Gilgit Baltistan and also the ethnic groups based in the United States. These nationalist groups have time and again voiced concerns against economic drain of Gilgit Baltistan by Pakistan over the last six decades. The decision of the World Bank has put a big question mark on the Pakistan's continued occupation of Gilgit Baltistan in particular and PoK at large. In other developments, several lives were claimed by floods which occurred in and around Muzaffarabad after heavy rainfall for days. Other districts in PoK are also reported to have been affected by floods and these include Mirpur, Kotli, Bagh, Rawalkot and Sudhanti.

Priyanka Singh, IDSA, has compiled this Volume.

Pleae Click to read: PoK News Digest of Jun 2010

Courtesy: IDSA, India - A Think Tank of India on Matters Defence.

Dog's Life

Courtesy: Harpal Grewal

’Make’ Project for Future Infantry Combat Vehicles

Four Indian companies - Tata Motors; the Mahindra Group; L&T; and the MoD-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) --- will compete to design and build qty 2600 new-generation Future Infantry Combat Vehicles (F-ICVs) to replace the existing BMP-IIs. Two of these vendors will be nominated to develop a prototype each and the winning design selected for the F-ICV production.

Cost of developing and manufacturing 2600 FICVs could add up to Rs 50,000 crores.

The MoD will fund 80% of the cost of developing the FICV under the ‘Make’ procedure; the selected contractor will pay just 20%. It has been mandated that the FICV must have an indigenous content of at least 50%. With a development time of 7-8 years, the FICV should be ready by 2018.

Read the full Report: ’Make’ Project for Future Infantry Combat Vehicles

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DRDOs Border Intelligence Systems

Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL),and Electronics and Radar Development Establishment's (LRDE), both located in Hyderabad, are very versatile and credible labs of the DRDO.

DLRL has developed a border communication intelligence gathering system that would be of help to the armed forces and paramilitary in intercepting communication of our adversaries. It will be introduced into service by end-2011.

LRDE is working on low level light radars (LLLRs). A set of LLLRs has been tested in mountainous terrain successfully, both for Army and Air Force. LRDE is also working on an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for use in future Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) 'Tejas' for both IAF and Navy, apart from a Maritime Patrol Airborne Radar (MPAR) that could track even sea-skimming missiles.The AESA would be ready by 2013.

Laser System and Technology Centre (LASTEC), New Delhi, has developed laser-based ordnance disposal system (LORDS). The system is capable of destroying rockets, bombs and explosives that have completed their shelf-life without having to get closer to them. LASTEC was also working on other laser-based systems such as direct energy warfare application, low intensity conflict (LIC) applications, battlefield optoelectronic systems and advanced science and technology for future systems.

Click for the Report: DRDOs Border Intelligence Systems

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