LR-SAM operationalised: Indian Navy successfully tests long-delayed air defence missile

By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 30th Dec 15



In a giant capability boost for the Indian
Navy, a naval warship today test-fired a new missile that can shoot down
incoming aerial threats --- such as aircraft and missiles --- whilst they are
still 70 kilometres away.



A defence ministry press release today
stated: �Adding a quantum jump in its air defence capability, INS Kolkata,

International figures say India no longer biggest arms importer; India�s own figures say still Number One

Calculating arms imports is difficult; for example, INS Kochi, an India-built destroyer, has numerous imported systems



By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 29th Dec 15



The authoritative Congressional Research
Service (CRS), which provides data and analysis to the US Congress, finds that
India no longer features in the world�s three biggest arms importers.



A new CRS report, according to

Book Review: "JFK's Forgotten Crisis", by Bruce Riedel

Title : JFK�s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the
CIA, and Sino-Indian War

Author: Bruce Riedel

Publisher: The
Brookings Institution, Washington

Pages : 231

Price : $30.67



By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 23rd Dec 15



Bruce Riedel is a Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) veteran, who has advised the last four US presidents on South and

Engine of indigenisation

By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 22nd Dec 15



The defence ministry estimates that India
will buy foreign military aero engines worth Rs 350,000 crore over the next two
decades. While indigenising our military fleet, successive governments have neglected
the development and manufacture of aero engines, which account for one-third
the cost of a new military aircraft. Unless we build a

US to help India develop engine for Gen-5 fighter, AMCA likely to be powered by GE's Enhanced F-414 engine

US cites �strengthening
relationship� with India to clear engine technology release



By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 12th Dec 15



On Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar�s
first official visit to the United States from December 7-10, Washington has
signalled its willingness to co-develop with India an aircraft engine for
India�s indigenous fifth-generation fighter that is called the

New missile adds teeth to the navy: a look at the LR-SAM

The air force version of this missile, the MR-SAM, will undergo its first test flight next year



By Ajai
Shukla

Business
Standard, 2nd Dec 2015



A
successful missile test on Thursday, in the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli
port of Haifa, is potentially a giant capability leap for Indian and Israeli warships.



Developed
jointly by both countries, Israelis refer to the new missile

Parrikar gets experts� report on improving civil-military relations

By Ajai Shukla

Business Standard, 26th Nov 15



On Tuesday evening, close by where military
veterans are staging a long-running protest to support their �one rank, one
pension� demand, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was handed a 509-page report
by an expert committee on measures needed to repair relations with serving and
retired soldiers, sailors and airmen.



With civil-military

A hammer blow for the military: it is the biggest loser in the 7th Pay Commission