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Army postal service launches online ePosts
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Army on Tuesday launched its online postal service, ePosts, to take technology nearer to its personnel posted in forward areas away from their families.
Under the ePosts, the message transmitted to multiple stations as well as multiple addresses would be printed out at the FPOs, enveloped and delivered at the destinations.
Launching the service, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said the Field Post Offices (FPO) of the Army Postal Service (APS) was the lifeline of the jawans serving in the remote areas and the new service would not only benefit the personnel, but also their families and Army institutions.
"It needs no emphasis that constant and ready contact with near and dear ones is amongst the foremost of morale boosters that keep the spirits of our Jawans high and buoyant," Kapoor said at a function to mark the launch here.
The FPO, the Army chief said, was serving the troops in the field area both during operations in not only handling personal communication, but also extending financial solutions and insurance cover besides other postal products.
"Jawans are posted at such locations where communication facilities are restricted. With the launch of the ePosts for armed forces personnel, the APS today has entered into a new era of providing speedy and effective communication services to the Indian Army," he added.
Earlier, Additional Director General of APS, Major General V Sadasivam assured that APS was committed to introduce technology to make the postal services efficient and time sensitive.
Army postal service launches online ePosts
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Army on Tuesday launched its online postal service, ePosts, to take technology nearer to its personnel posted in forward areas away from their families.
Under the ePosts, the message transmitted to multiple stations as well as multiple addresses would be printed out at the FPOs, enveloped and delivered at the destinations.
Launching the service, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said the Field Post Offices (FPO) of the Army Postal Service (APS) was the lifeline of the jawans serving in the remote areas and the new service would not only benefit the personnel, but also their families and Army institutions.
"It needs no emphasis that constant and ready contact with near and dear ones is amongst the foremost of morale boosters that keep the spirits of our Jawans high and buoyant," Kapoor said at a function to mark the launch here.
The FPO, the Army chief said, was serving the troops in the field area both during operations in not only handling personal communication, but also extending financial solutions and insurance cover besides other postal products.
"Jawans are posted at such locations where communication facilities are restricted. With the launch of the ePosts for armed forces personnel, the APS today has entered into a new era of providing speedy and effective communication services to the Indian Army," he added.
Earlier, Additional Director General of APS, Major General V Sadasivam assured that APS was committed to introduce technology to make the postal services efficient and time sensitive.
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RIA Novosti - World - Indian army orders additional BrahMos cruise missiles
Indian army orders additional BrahMos cruise missiles
NEW DELHI, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Indian army has ordered an additional batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture, the company's CEO said Tuesday.
"The army leadership realizes that weaponry such as the BrahMos missiles will ensure victory to the country which posses it in any conflict," Sivathanu Pillai, who is also the managing director of BrahMos Aerospace, said without disclosing the exact size of the order.
The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 pounds). It can hit ground targets flying at an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.
Pillai said the recent acquisition of an assembly plant in the state of Kerala from Kerala Hightech Industries Ltd in addition to the main plant in Hyderabad, would allow the company to increase production to 50 BrahMos missiles a year and fulfill the army orders on schedule.
Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace designs, produces and markets supersonic missiles, whose sea-based and land-based versions have been successfully tested and put into service with the Indian army and navy.
Pillai said in June that the company had finished the development of the airborne version of the BrahMos missile and the Indian air force had chosen SU-30 MKI Flanker-H multirole fighter as a trial platform for the missile.
Experts estimate that India could purchase up to 1,000 BrahMos missiles for its armed forces in the next decade, and export 2,000 to other countries during the same period.
Indian army orders additional BrahMos cruise missiles
NEW DELHI, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Indian army has ordered an additional batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture, the company's CEO said Tuesday.
"The army leadership realizes that weaponry such as the BrahMos missiles will ensure victory to the country which posses it in any conflict," Sivathanu Pillai, who is also the managing director of BrahMos Aerospace, said without disclosing the exact size of the order.
The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 pounds). It can hit ground targets flying at an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.
Pillai said the recent acquisition of an assembly plant in the state of Kerala from Kerala Hightech Industries Ltd in addition to the main plant in Hyderabad, would allow the company to increase production to 50 BrahMos missiles a year and fulfill the army orders on schedule.
Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace designs, produces and markets supersonic missiles, whose sea-based and land-based versions have been successfully tested and put into service with the Indian army and navy.
Pillai said in June that the company had finished the development of the airborne version of the BrahMos missile and the Indian air force had chosen SU-30 MKI Flanker-H multirole fighter as a trial platform for the missile.
Experts estimate that India could purchase up to 1,000 BrahMos missiles for its armed forces in the next decade, and export 2,000 to other countries during the same period.
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Small is the new big
Sandeep Unnithan
February 14, 2008
Every day, millions of soldiers across the world, from Turkey to the United States, don Kevlar helmets. One in every 10 of these helmets is rolled off the production line of M Kumar Udyog (MKU), a small Kanpur-based company that cranks out a staggering 25,000 ballistic helmets—enough to equip over two army divisions—in a month.
The helmets cost $200 (Rs 8,000) each and are exported to the armies of over 40 countries, including the police and homeland security forces of the US.
Neeraj Gupta, who heads the company’s foreign sales department, recalls the time, five years ago, when foreign firms cited lower costs in China to counter his price. Recently, however, Gupta bagged a $15-million (Rs 60 crore) order to armour Turkish naval frigates despite his quote being 40 per cent higher than his nearest competitor’s.
“When I recently asked a foreign defence company if the Chinese were not competing any more, they said they were looking for armoured protection, not soft toys,” he explains.
Today MKU is a buzzword in the rarefied world of armour protection, be it equipping the soldiers of Singapore or armouring German-built warships in Turkey. The firm, which bought its helmet technology from a US company a few years ago for Rs 50 lakh, plans to buy German and American firms to be able to compete better in the international market.
MKU is one of the biggest success stories in the nascent, but fastgrowing, private sector defence industry. Seven years after the doors were thrown open to private participants, they now produce world-class helmets, electronic processors, nuclear fallout shelters, simulators and unmanned aerial vehicles.
These small and medium enterprises (SMEs)—with investments in equipment between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 crore—are the new defence providers, taking baby steps towards the great goal of self sufficiency in the defence sector.
There are over 5,000 companies in India supplying 20-25 per cent of the components to state-owned defence firms. According to the Pune-based Defence Electronics Manufacturers Association (DEMA), an SME grouping, there are about 150 major SMEs, located around Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a combined annual turnover of Rs 1,500 crore.
Most were sub-contractors to defence PSUs, shipyards and the Ordnance Factory Board. They will participate in the four day Defence Expo—starting February 16 in Delhi—which is India’s largest exhibition of land and naval systems.
“No industrial sector can excel if its SMEs are not strong. The Indian automotive sector would not have been what it is, but for its small and medium players,” says Director-General of Confederation of Indian Industry Lt- General (retired) S.S. Mehta.
Another example of a small company making it big in the sector is Rosoboronservice. When the Indian Navy needs spares for its Russian-built warships or equipment, it usually dials this joint-venture firm set up by Commander (retired) V.G. Jayaprakasan 13 years ago— when sourcing parts and equipment from Russia was becoming difficult— with the Russian government, which owns a 75 per cent stake in it.
The naval engineer who also launched Krasny Marine to service warships, says, “Being self-reliant in servicing sensitive defence equipment is as important as producing the equipment.”
Today, Krasny Marine refits Coast Guard and naval vessels, while Rosoboronservice is the largest provider of defence spares, expertise and infrastructure in the country.
This year, it will begin servicing Russian equipment with the army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a deal that could catapult its turnover five times to over Rs 500 crore.
SMEs are also indispensable for R&D. Dass Hitachi, a medium-scale engineering company located just off Delhi’s Grand Trunk Road, is engaged in developmental activities in association with the Defence Research & Development Organisation.
It specialises in nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection and is the only indigenously approved producer of NBC ventilation systems. It makes underground, self-contained, NBC-protected, portable shelters—designed to help Indian forces withstand a nuclear attack in a ‘near-miss’ situation—in large numbers.
The shelters include a decontamination module and a utility module with living accommodation and facilities sustainable for 96 hours. Executive Director Pradeep Dass is reluctant to divulge the capacity of the weapon system it is designed to withstand, but he indicates that the shelter has been successfully evaluated for a blast of requisite yield under actual field conditions.
At an estimated $45 billion (Rs 1.8 lakh crore), the Indian defence market will be one of the world’s most attractive ones in the next five years. A study by Ernst and Young and ASSOCHAM says the market for private defence firms will grow by 30 per cent in two years’ time.
Soon India will also have the defence sector’s first equivalents of the Tirupur hosiery and the Gurgaon auto component clusters. DEMA is scouting for at least 50 acres in Pune, where 50 hi-tech defence equipment manufacturers can be based.
“The business itself is driving the growth of SMEs, most of which are nimble-footed,” says Pradeep Kumar, secretary, defence production, Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The SME environment has been further conditioned by MoD’s procurement policy, which makes what are called direct offsets mandatory. This means that foreign firms have to plough back 30 per cent of the value of all contracts worth over Rs 300 crore into the Indian market by sourcing materials and transferring technology to the domestic industry.
Thus, at least Rs 54,000 crore will flow as offsets into the defence industry in the form of high technology from foreign defence majors. “It is an exciting opportunity for the Indian industry to raise the technology threshold, since offsets don’t differentiate between the private and public sectors,” says Mehta.
Larsen and Toubro and Hyderabad-based Astra Defence Software became the first beneficiaries of defence offsets in 2006, when Israeli firm Elta chose to invest Rs 250 crore to source components from them after signing a deal to supply radars worth Rs 833 crore to IAF.
Six foreign firms, including Lockheed Martin and Boeing, which are competing for a $10-billion (Rs 40,000-crore) tender to buy 126 multi-role warplanes for IAF, are wooing SMEs to disburse about $5 billion in offsets.
Indian firms, on the other hand, say they don’t lack technology or manpower, but face hurdles in funding and infrastructure. Financial institutions are still reluctant to offer credit to SMEs.
“It will take us at least five more years to start thinking of absorbing offsets,” says D.S. Kamlapurkar, president, DEMA. The Government is yet to move on key promises like the Raksha Udyog Ratnas, where the private sector would be given parity with PSUs.
It is also sitting on a proposal cleared by former defence minister Pranab Mukherjee to pump Rs 100 crore into the private sector for R&D. It is up to the Government to nurture defence SMEs and usher in an era of self-sufficiency.
India Today - The most widely read newsweekly in South Asia
Small is the new big
Sandeep Unnithan
February 14, 2008
Every day, millions of soldiers across the world, from Turkey to the United States, don Kevlar helmets. One in every 10 of these helmets is rolled off the production line of M Kumar Udyog (MKU), a small Kanpur-based company that cranks out a staggering 25,000 ballistic helmets—enough to equip over two army divisions—in a month.
The helmets cost $200 (Rs 8,000) each and are exported to the armies of over 40 countries, including the police and homeland security forces of the US.
Neeraj Gupta, who heads the company’s foreign sales department, recalls the time, five years ago, when foreign firms cited lower costs in China to counter his price. Recently, however, Gupta bagged a $15-million (Rs 60 crore) order to armour Turkish naval frigates despite his quote being 40 per cent higher than his nearest competitor’s.
“When I recently asked a foreign defence company if the Chinese were not competing any more, they said they were looking for armoured protection, not soft toys,” he explains.
Today MKU is a buzzword in the rarefied world of armour protection, be it equipping the soldiers of Singapore or armouring German-built warships in Turkey. The firm, which bought its helmet technology from a US company a few years ago for Rs 50 lakh, plans to buy German and American firms to be able to compete better in the international market.
MKU is one of the biggest success stories in the nascent, but fastgrowing, private sector defence industry. Seven years after the doors were thrown open to private participants, they now produce world-class helmets, electronic processors, nuclear fallout shelters, simulators and unmanned aerial vehicles.
These small and medium enterprises (SMEs)—with investments in equipment between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 crore—are the new defence providers, taking baby steps towards the great goal of self sufficiency in the defence sector.
There are over 5,000 companies in India supplying 20-25 per cent of the components to state-owned defence firms. According to the Pune-based Defence Electronics Manufacturers Association (DEMA), an SME grouping, there are about 150 major SMEs, located around Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a combined annual turnover of Rs 1,500 crore.
Most were sub-contractors to defence PSUs, shipyards and the Ordnance Factory Board. They will participate in the four day Defence Expo—starting February 16 in Delhi—which is India’s largest exhibition of land and naval systems.
“No industrial sector can excel if its SMEs are not strong. The Indian automotive sector would not have been what it is, but for its small and medium players,” says Director-General of Confederation of Indian Industry Lt- General (retired) S.S. Mehta.
Another example of a small company making it big in the sector is Rosoboronservice. When the Indian Navy needs spares for its Russian-built warships or equipment, it usually dials this joint-venture firm set up by Commander (retired) V.G. Jayaprakasan 13 years ago— when sourcing parts and equipment from Russia was becoming difficult— with the Russian government, which owns a 75 per cent stake in it.
The naval engineer who also launched Krasny Marine to service warships, says, “Being self-reliant in servicing sensitive defence equipment is as important as producing the equipment.”
Today, Krasny Marine refits Coast Guard and naval vessels, while Rosoboronservice is the largest provider of defence spares, expertise and infrastructure in the country.
This year, it will begin servicing Russian equipment with the army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a deal that could catapult its turnover five times to over Rs 500 crore.
SMEs are also indispensable for R&D. Dass Hitachi, a medium-scale engineering company located just off Delhi’s Grand Trunk Road, is engaged in developmental activities in association with the Defence Research & Development Organisation.
It specialises in nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection and is the only indigenously approved producer of NBC ventilation systems. It makes underground, self-contained, NBC-protected, portable shelters—designed to help Indian forces withstand a nuclear attack in a ‘near-miss’ situation—in large numbers.
The shelters include a decontamination module and a utility module with living accommodation and facilities sustainable for 96 hours. Executive Director Pradeep Dass is reluctant to divulge the capacity of the weapon system it is designed to withstand, but he indicates that the shelter has been successfully evaluated for a blast of requisite yield under actual field conditions.
At an estimated $45 billion (Rs 1.8 lakh crore), the Indian defence market will be one of the world’s most attractive ones in the next five years. A study by Ernst and Young and ASSOCHAM says the market for private defence firms will grow by 30 per cent in two years’ time.
Soon India will also have the defence sector’s first equivalents of the Tirupur hosiery and the Gurgaon auto component clusters. DEMA is scouting for at least 50 acres in Pune, where 50 hi-tech defence equipment manufacturers can be based.
“The business itself is driving the growth of SMEs, most of which are nimble-footed,” says Pradeep Kumar, secretary, defence production, Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The SME environment has been further conditioned by MoD’s procurement policy, which makes what are called direct offsets mandatory. This means that foreign firms have to plough back 30 per cent of the value of all contracts worth over Rs 300 crore into the Indian market by sourcing materials and transferring technology to the domestic industry.
Thus, at least Rs 54,000 crore will flow as offsets into the defence industry in the form of high technology from foreign defence majors. “It is an exciting opportunity for the Indian industry to raise the technology threshold, since offsets don’t differentiate between the private and public sectors,” says Mehta.
Larsen and Toubro and Hyderabad-based Astra Defence Software became the first beneficiaries of defence offsets in 2006, when Israeli firm Elta chose to invest Rs 250 crore to source components from them after signing a deal to supply radars worth Rs 833 crore to IAF.
Six foreign firms, including Lockheed Martin and Boeing, which are competing for a $10-billion (Rs 40,000-crore) tender to buy 126 multi-role warplanes for IAF, are wooing SMEs to disburse about $5 billion in offsets.
Indian firms, on the other hand, say they don’t lack technology or manpower, but face hurdles in funding and infrastructure. Financial institutions are still reluctant to offer credit to SMEs.
“It will take us at least five more years to start thinking of absorbing offsets,” says D.S. Kamlapurkar, president, DEMA. The Government is yet to move on key promises like the Raksha Udyog Ratnas, where the private sector would be given parity with PSUs.
It is also sitting on a proposal cleared by former defence minister Pranab Mukherjee to pump Rs 100 crore into the private sector for R&D. It is up to the Government to nurture defence SMEs and usher in an era of self-sufficiency.
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National Defence Academy may let in women cadets-India-The Times of India
National Defence Academy may let in women cadets
6 Aug 2008, 0112 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit,TNN
NEW DELHI: They may still not be allowed to fly fighter jets, serve on warships or join the infantry, but they are now within striking distance of storming another male bastion in the armed forces - permanent commission as officers.
All the three Services have "in principle" accepted the proposal for granting permanent commission to women officers, who at present can serve a maximum of 14 years in uniform, IAF chief of personnel, Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji, said on Tuesday.
"The debate is now over which non-combatant branches or arms women can get permanent commission in. The chiefs of staff committee (comprising army, navy and IAF chiefs) will take a final decision on this within a month or two. Defense Minister A K Antony is keen on it," he added.
But while "combat roles" will remain beyond the pale, women might even be allowed to join the elite tri-service National Defence Academy (NDA) at Kadakwasla in "an open competition" right after school.
The proposal to grant permanent commission to women officers has received the nod from all the three Services. Women might also be allowed to join National Defence Academy (NDA). Opening the doors of NDA for women for a three-year course will certainly be a revolutionary step. At present, they join military institutions like Officers' Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai for a 49-week course after college graduation.
"Once permanent commission for women is decided, modalities about training at military academies will be worked out. It will be an open competition... there will be no reservation or quotas. In theory, an entire NDA batch could be of women," said Mukerji.
In effect, the first lot of permanent commission woman officers through the NDA route could conceivably join the forces by 2013 after four years of training, on par with their male counterparts in every respect.
This, of course, will require a tremendous attitudinal change in the predominantly male environs of the armed forces, where induction of women officers since the early-1990s — according to many among the top brass — has led to "operational, practical and cultural problems".
But with Antony keen that the "commitment" he gave to Parliament on granting permanent commission to women officers be "honoured" as soon as possible, the forces are working towards the objective, albeit reluctantly.
This can be gauged from the fact that the army plans to induct permanent commission women only into Army Education Corps and Judge Advocate General as of now since they do not "involve command and control of men", apart from "any special expertise" other than degrees in law or education. At present, women constitute barely 2.5% to 7% of the officer cadre, serving in wings like engineering, ordnance, intelligence, signals, education, law, logistics and air traffic control. In IAF, they also fly helicopters and transport aircraft.
Overall, there are just about 1,100 women officers in the army out of a total of 35,377; 750 women out of 10,760 officers in IAF and 300 women out of 7,394 officers in navy. Personnel below the officer rank comprise only men. There is now grudging acceptance that the armed forces will have to change with the changing times.
"There were cultural adjustments needed when women were first inducted. But women have not been found to be unsuitable in anyway. I am sure even women fighter pilots will be a reality in the future," said Mukerji, who has been a top-notch fighter pilot. But even though air forces of US, UK, Israel, Sweden and others allow women fighter pilots, there is no such plan here at present. After spending close to Rs 10 crore on training each fighter pilot, IAF is keen to ensure fighter-flying schedules are not disrupted, which it feels is inevitable after a woman pilot gets married and has children.
The Indian defence establishment has, in fact, used the logic of "combat employability and permanent commission being interlinked" to keep women out till now.
They can learn a lesson or two from other militaries. While countries like Canada, Denmark, Norway, Portugal and Luxembourg have no combat exclusion policies for women, in the UK and the US, they can serve virtually in all wings but are generally not allowed in direct ground combat missions. Women in Israel are even assigned to frontline combat units, but it's voluntary.
But India, feel the forces, is not ready for this. "There are physical toughness, physiological and practical issues. Can women be deployed in bunkers along the LoC or chase terrorists? Can you imagine a woman in the hands of an enemy or a terrorist? Our society is simply not ready for it," said a senior officer.
National Defence Academy may let in women cadets
6 Aug 2008, 0112 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit,TNN
NEW DELHI: They may still not be allowed to fly fighter jets, serve on warships or join the infantry, but they are now within striking distance of storming another male bastion in the armed forces - permanent commission as officers.
All the three Services have "in principle" accepted the proposal for granting permanent commission to women officers, who at present can serve a maximum of 14 years in uniform, IAF chief of personnel, Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji, said on Tuesday.
"The debate is now over which non-combatant branches or arms women can get permanent commission in. The chiefs of staff committee (comprising army, navy and IAF chiefs) will take a final decision on this within a month or two. Defense Minister A K Antony is keen on it," he added.
But while "combat roles" will remain beyond the pale, women might even be allowed to join the elite tri-service National Defence Academy (NDA) at Kadakwasla in "an open competition" right after school.
The proposal to grant permanent commission to women officers has received the nod from all the three Services. Women might also be allowed to join National Defence Academy (NDA). Opening the doors of NDA for women for a three-year course will certainly be a revolutionary step. At present, they join military institutions like Officers' Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai for a 49-week course after college graduation.
"Once permanent commission for women is decided, modalities about training at military academies will be worked out. It will be an open competition... there will be no reservation or quotas. In theory, an entire NDA batch could be of women," said Mukerji.
In effect, the first lot of permanent commission woman officers through the NDA route could conceivably join the forces by 2013 after four years of training, on par with their male counterparts in every respect.
This, of course, will require a tremendous attitudinal change in the predominantly male environs of the armed forces, where induction of women officers since the early-1990s — according to many among the top brass — has led to "operational, practical and cultural problems".
But with Antony keen that the "commitment" he gave to Parliament on granting permanent commission to women officers be "honoured" as soon as possible, the forces are working towards the objective, albeit reluctantly.
This can be gauged from the fact that the army plans to induct permanent commission women only into Army Education Corps and Judge Advocate General as of now since they do not "involve command and control of men", apart from "any special expertise" other than degrees in law or education. At present, women constitute barely 2.5% to 7% of the officer cadre, serving in wings like engineering, ordnance, intelligence, signals, education, law, logistics and air traffic control. In IAF, they also fly helicopters and transport aircraft.
Overall, there are just about 1,100 women officers in the army out of a total of 35,377; 750 women out of 10,760 officers in IAF and 300 women out of 7,394 officers in navy. Personnel below the officer rank comprise only men. There is now grudging acceptance that the armed forces will have to change with the changing times.
"There were cultural adjustments needed when women were first inducted. But women have not been found to be unsuitable in anyway. I am sure even women fighter pilots will be a reality in the future," said Mukerji, who has been a top-notch fighter pilot. But even though air forces of US, UK, Israel, Sweden and others allow women fighter pilots, there is no such plan here at present. After spending close to Rs 10 crore on training each fighter pilot, IAF is keen to ensure fighter-flying schedules are not disrupted, which it feels is inevitable after a woman pilot gets married and has children.
The Indian defence establishment has, in fact, used the logic of "combat employability and permanent commission being interlinked" to keep women out till now.
They can learn a lesson or two from other militaries. While countries like Canada, Denmark, Norway, Portugal and Luxembourg have no combat exclusion policies for women, in the UK and the US, they can serve virtually in all wings but are generally not allowed in direct ground combat missions. Women in Israel are even assigned to frontline combat units, but it's voluntary.
But India, feel the forces, is not ready for this. "There are physical toughness, physiological and practical issues. Can women be deployed in bunkers along the LoC or chase terrorists? Can you imagine a woman in the hands of an enemy or a terrorist? Our society is simply not ready for it," said a senior officer.
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PIB Press Release
India and Singapore signed a Bilateral Agreement, here today for the conduct of joint Army Training and Exercises in India. Defence Secretary Shri Vijay Singh signed the agreement on behalf of Government of India, while Mr Chiang Chie Foo, Permanent Secretary (Defence) was the signatory from the Singapore side.
The bilateral agreement is in furtherance to the agreement signed between the two Governments on Defence Cooperation on 13 October 2003 and seeks to provide facilities in India to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) (Army) for the purpose of joint military training and exercises. The training and exercises involve both Armour and Artillery training/exercises, which would be carried out at Babina and Deolali ranges. Such exercises/training were conducted previously on the basis of an MoU between the two countries entered into in January, 2005, which was extended from time to time, the last extension being upto June 2008. Future joint training exercises would now be conducted under the provisions of this bilateral agreement.
The agreement provides for temporary detachment of SAF personnel for a maximum period of eight weeks, up to two times a year. However, small detachments not exceeding eight personnel from SAF may be allowed to stay with their equipment stationed in India.
Besides the bilateral agreement the associated Protocols on 'Training', 'Administration & Logistics" and 'Financial Arrangements' were also signed between the two countries. The agreement comes into effect from today and shall remain in force initially for a period of five years.
Mr. Chiang Chie Foo later called on the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony, where matters of mutual interest pertaining to Defence were also discussed. He also met the Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta.
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PIB Press Release
India and Singapore signed a Bilateral Agreement, here today for the conduct of joint Army Training and Exercises in India. Defence Secretary Shri Vijay Singh signed the agreement on behalf of Government of India, while Mr Chiang Chie Foo, Permanent Secretary (Defence) was the signatory from the Singapore side.
The bilateral agreement is in furtherance to the agreement signed between the two Governments on Defence Cooperation on 13 October 2003 and seeks to provide facilities in India to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) (Army) for the purpose of joint military training and exercises. The training and exercises involve both Armour and Artillery training/exercises, which would be carried out at Babina and Deolali ranges. Such exercises/training were conducted previously on the basis of an MoU between the two countries entered into in January, 2005, which was extended from time to time, the last extension being upto June 2008. Future joint training exercises would now be conducted under the provisions of this bilateral agreement.
The agreement provides for temporary detachment of SAF personnel for a maximum period of eight weeks, up to two times a year. However, small detachments not exceeding eight personnel from SAF may be allowed to stay with their equipment stationed in India.
Besides the bilateral agreement the associated Protocols on 'Training', 'Administration & Logistics" and 'Financial Arrangements' were also signed between the two countries. The agreement comes into effect from today and shall remain in force initially for a period of five years.
Mr. Chiang Chie Foo later called on the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony, where matters of mutual interest pertaining to Defence were also discussed. He also met the Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta.
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THE Life Sciences and Human Resources group of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) provides the lifeline to soldiers, whether they are posted in the desert sands of Rajasthan, the benumbing cold of Siachen, the micro-environs of bunkers or are flying in their combat aircraft.
The nine laboratories are Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory (DARL), Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand; Field Research Laboratory (FRL), Leh, Jammu and Kashmir; Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore, and Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro-Medical Laboratory (DEBEL), Bangalore, both in Karnataka; Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), Tezpur, Assam; Defence Research & Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) and Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), all in New Delhi.
Sample these two research activities of the DIPAS. In the circular Human Decompression Chamber, a soldier is subjected to a simulated environment of an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) and -20° Celsius. When a solider sits in the Human Climatic Chamber, the temperature rises to a burning 42°C and winds gust up. The soldiers heartbeat, blood pressure and other physiological parameters are monitored. In the selection of soldiers and officers for the armed forces, the DRDO has laid down standards based on rigorous research and arrived at minimum physical standards for different States and ethnic populations.
These laboratories formulate nutritious ration-scales; develop life-support systems for paratroopers dropped from a height of 30,000 feet (9,000 m); design the cockpit of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas or the drivers compartment of the main battle tank Arjun; develop self-heating gloves and socks for soldiers in Siachen and bio-digesters to treat human waste at that height; and work on bio-diesel.
Innovative Products
The products of the laboratories include the FRLs vitamin-rich Leh Berry juice and herbal tea, the DFRLs bottled Cocojal (tender coconut water), preserved chappatis, processed vegetables, ready-to-eat pulav mix, and instant rice and coconut chutney. The DARL has developed an ointment for leucoderma and a herbal anti-eczema ointment Eczit, while the DIPAS has come up with Alocal, an aloe vera-based cream to treat frostbite. More than three lakh bottles of Alocal have so far been sent to soldiers at high altitudes. Other products include the DRDEs kit to detect water-poisoning in the event of nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare and NBC filters, the DRLs kit to remove iron and arsenic from water, the DEBELs NBC respiratory mask and the INMAS titanium bone plates and screws, titanium dental implants, and light-weight foldable stretchers.
W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller of R&D (Life Sciences and Human Resources), said: These laboratories look into the needs of the men behind the weapons. We have 380 scientists. The mission is to enhance the survivability of these men. Our troops operate in high altitudes, deserts, under water, and in aerospace, closed micro-environment and areas of low-intensity conflict. We have to sustain them in these conditions, optimise their efficiency, and give them the kill power.
If nutrition is a key area that these laboratories work on, they are on another wicket developing clothing such as flying overalls for soldiers in the Indian Air Force, impermeable NBC suits, escape suits for submariners, and anti-G suits for pilots.
The Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) of the DRDO has set up Darpan, a permanent exhibition at its premises in New Delhi to showcase the DRDOs research and technological strength for researchers, job seekers and visitors from India and abroad. The architect of this exhibition is Sanjay Pal, Additional Director, RAC. A highlight of Darpan is the showcasing of the progress made in explosives and propellants by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory in Pune.
According to the RACs Director Arun Kumar, the centre recruits 600-700 scientists every year in 22 areas. In 2008, we have so far recruited 40 PhDs in various engineering disciplines, life sciences and psychology. We recruit non-resident Indians through video-conferencing, Arun Kumar added.
Extreme conditions
R.S. Sawhney, Director, Directorate of Life Sciences pointed out that the operational needs of the Indian armed forces forced them to work not only under the sea, where hyperbaria or high pressure of the water column could limit human performance, but also at altitudes of 9,000-20,000 feet in the eastern and western Himalayas, where low oxygen affects a soldiers physical and mental performance. The Siachen glacier, where even the day temperature remains below zero almost throughout the year, is manned by the Army. Soldiers face freezing temperatures up to minus 50°C low oxygen level, blizzards, and shelling from the enemy.
On sudden induction to high altitude, the soldier faces problems such as acute mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary oedema [HAPO], and high-altitude cerebral oedema, explained Sawhney and Alka Chatterjee, who also belongs to the Directorate of Life Sciences. HAPO and cerebral oedema could be lethal and require immediate evacuation to lower heights. These problems appear less severe when troops are inducted gradually by road to high altitudes instead of sudden induction by air.
A three-stage acclimatisation schedule developed by the DRDO equipped the armed forces to battle these and reduce casualties to a large extent. Nevertheless, a resting period of five days became essential before the troops could be deployed for any active operation, added Sawhney and Alka Chatterjee.
During the 1962 India-China conflict, HAPO and cold injuries such as frostbite and chilblains took a heavy toll on the Indian troops. To circumvent these problems, the life sciences laboratories developed the HAPO bag, a life-support system, which could reduce the hypoxic effects and provide time for evacuating the troops to safer heights. Once inside the bag, the patient will feel as if he or she were at an altitude of 8,000 feet although it may be 18,000 feet. All the patho-physiological changes which led to HAPO will be reversed and the soldier ca n be evacuated to the field hospital.
Selvamurthy said: The system developed by us to administer nitric oxide and oxygen to HAPO patients has been able to save more than 300 lives till date. We have developed a new treatment for protection against cold injuries, which may lead to amputation of affected parts. A combination of pentoxyphylline, aspirin, and vitamin C with application of Alocal has proved to be the most effective treatment. Alocals allopathic version is Prefros.
The DRDO has not stopped here. When soldiers march from the base camp to the Siachen glacier, they can soon wear gloves and socks heated by battery cells. These gloves and socks are under evaluation.
The laboratories have developed life support systems for paratroopers dropped from aircraft at an altitude of 30,000 feet to escape detection by the enemys radars and surveillance systems. Since the temperature at that altitude will be minus 50°C, the paratroopers need warm clothing, light-weight oxygen cylinders and so on. While an imported system will cost Rs.12 lakh, the DRDO-developed system costs only Rs.4.5 lakh.
The DIPAS, headed by G. Ilavazhagan, has done some innovative work for protection against noise-induced hearing loss (NIHO). Its carbogen breathing system has helped to combat NIHO among men and women working at airfields, in the engine rooms of the navys ships and so on.
The INMAS, headed by Rajendra Prashad Tripathi, does clinical and fundamental research in non-invasive imaging, development of radio and magneto pharmaceuticals, thyroid research, and development of synthetic and herbal drugs for biological protection and health care.
What is amazing is the variety of processed, ready-to-eat food products developed by the FRL and the DFRL. Selvamurthy said, Every year we transfer 10 technologies in [the] food sector alone to industry . We have developed a self-heating pouch for warm food. The food packet is kept inside a pouch in which calcium oxide touches water, generates exo-thermic reaction and the food is warmed up. The soldier can eat warm food at -40°C.
Tejas cockpit design, the pilots anti-G suit, helmet, face mask and oxygen mask were developed by the life sciences laboratories.
Guys now check this:
THE Life Sciences and Human Resources group of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) provides the lifeline to soldiers, whether they are posted in the desert sands of Rajasthan, the benumbing cold of Siachen, the micro-environs of bunkers or are flying in their combat aircraft.
The nine laboratories are Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory (DARL), Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand; Field Research Laboratory (FRL), Leh, Jammu and Kashmir; Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore, and Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro-Medical Laboratory (DEBEL), Bangalore, both in Karnataka; Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), Tezpur, Assam; Defence Research & Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) and Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), all in New Delhi.
Sample these two research activities of the DIPAS. In the circular Human Decompression Chamber, a soldier is subjected to a simulated environment of an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) and -20° Celsius. When a solider sits in the Human Climatic Chamber, the temperature rises to a burning 42°C and winds gust up. The soldiers heartbeat, blood pressure and other physiological parameters are monitored. In the selection of soldiers and officers for the armed forces, the DRDO has laid down standards based on rigorous research and arrived at minimum physical standards for different States and ethnic populations.
These laboratories formulate nutritious ration-scales; develop life-support systems for paratroopers dropped from a height of 30,000 feet (9,000 m); design the cockpit of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas or the drivers compartment of the main battle tank Arjun; develop self-heating gloves and socks for soldiers in Siachen and bio-digesters to treat human waste at that height; and work on bio-diesel.
Innovative Products
The products of the laboratories include the FRLs vitamin-rich Leh Berry juice and herbal tea, the DFRLs bottled Cocojal (tender coconut water), preserved chappatis, processed vegetables, ready-to-eat pulav mix, and instant rice and coconut chutney. The DARL has developed an ointment for leucoderma and a herbal anti-eczema ointment Eczit, while the DIPAS has come up with Alocal, an aloe vera-based cream to treat frostbite. More than three lakh bottles of Alocal have so far been sent to soldiers at high altitudes. Other products include the DRDEs kit to detect water-poisoning in the event of nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare and NBC filters, the DRLs kit to remove iron and arsenic from water, the DEBELs NBC respiratory mask and the INMAS titanium bone plates and screws, titanium dental implants, and light-weight foldable stretchers.
W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller of R&D (Life Sciences and Human Resources), said: These laboratories look into the needs of the men behind the weapons. We have 380 scientists. The mission is to enhance the survivability of these men. Our troops operate in high altitudes, deserts, under water, and in aerospace, closed micro-environment and areas of low-intensity conflict. We have to sustain them in these conditions, optimise their efficiency, and give them the kill power.
If nutrition is a key area that these laboratories work on, they are on another wicket developing clothing such as flying overalls for soldiers in the Indian Air Force, impermeable NBC suits, escape suits for submariners, and anti-G suits for pilots.
The Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) of the DRDO has set up Darpan, a permanent exhibition at its premises in New Delhi to showcase the DRDOs research and technological strength for researchers, job seekers and visitors from India and abroad. The architect of this exhibition is Sanjay Pal, Additional Director, RAC. A highlight of Darpan is the showcasing of the progress made in explosives and propellants by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory in Pune.
According to the RACs Director Arun Kumar, the centre recruits 600-700 scientists every year in 22 areas. In 2008, we have so far recruited 40 PhDs in various engineering disciplines, life sciences and psychology. We recruit non-resident Indians through video-conferencing, Arun Kumar added.
Extreme conditions
R.S. Sawhney, Director, Directorate of Life Sciences pointed out that the operational needs of the Indian armed forces forced them to work not only under the sea, where hyperbaria or high pressure of the water column could limit human performance, but also at altitudes of 9,000-20,000 feet in the eastern and western Himalayas, where low oxygen affects a soldiers physical and mental performance. The Siachen glacier, where even the day temperature remains below zero almost throughout the year, is manned by the Army. Soldiers face freezing temperatures up to minus 50°C low oxygen level, blizzards, and shelling from the enemy.
On sudden induction to high altitude, the soldier faces problems such as acute mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary oedema [HAPO], and high-altitude cerebral oedema, explained Sawhney and Alka Chatterjee, who also belongs to the Directorate of Life Sciences. HAPO and cerebral oedema could be lethal and require immediate evacuation to lower heights. These problems appear less severe when troops are inducted gradually by road to high altitudes instead of sudden induction by air.
A three-stage acclimatisation schedule developed by the DRDO equipped the armed forces to battle these and reduce casualties to a large extent. Nevertheless, a resting period of five days became essential before the troops could be deployed for any active operation, added Sawhney and Alka Chatterjee.
During the 1962 India-China conflict, HAPO and cold injuries such as frostbite and chilblains took a heavy toll on the Indian troops. To circumvent these problems, the life sciences laboratories developed the HAPO bag, a life-support system, which could reduce the hypoxic effects and provide time for evacuating the troops to safer heights. Once inside the bag, the patient will feel as if he or she were at an altitude of 8,000 feet although it may be 18,000 feet. All the patho-physiological changes which led to HAPO will be reversed and the soldier ca n be evacuated to the field hospital.
Selvamurthy said: The system developed by us to administer nitric oxide and oxygen to HAPO patients has been able to save more than 300 lives till date. We have developed a new treatment for protection against cold injuries, which may lead to amputation of affected parts. A combination of pentoxyphylline, aspirin, and vitamin C with application of Alocal has proved to be the most effective treatment. Alocals allopathic version is Prefros.
The DRDO has not stopped here. When soldiers march from the base camp to the Siachen glacier, they can soon wear gloves and socks heated by battery cells. These gloves and socks are under evaluation.
The laboratories have developed life support systems for paratroopers dropped from aircraft at an altitude of 30,000 feet to escape detection by the enemys radars and surveillance systems. Since the temperature at that altitude will be minus 50°C, the paratroopers need warm clothing, light-weight oxygen cylinders and so on. While an imported system will cost Rs.12 lakh, the DRDO-developed system costs only Rs.4.5 lakh.
The DIPAS, headed by G. Ilavazhagan, has done some innovative work for protection against noise-induced hearing loss (NIHO). Its carbogen breathing system has helped to combat NIHO among men and women working at airfields, in the engine rooms of the navys ships and so on.
The INMAS, headed by Rajendra Prashad Tripathi, does clinical and fundamental research in non-invasive imaging, development of radio and magneto pharmaceuticals, thyroid research, and development of synthetic and herbal drugs for biological protection and health care.
What is amazing is the variety of processed, ready-to-eat food products developed by the FRL and the DFRL. Selvamurthy said, Every year we transfer 10 technologies in [the] food sector alone to industry . We have developed a self-heating pouch for warm food. The food packet is kept inside a pouch in which calcium oxide touches water, generates exo-thermic reaction and the food is warmed up. The soldier can eat warm food at -40°C.
Tejas cockpit design, the pilots anti-G suit, helmet, face mask and oxygen mask were developed by the life sciences laboratories.
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India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher
August 13, 2008 14:24 IST
Last Updated: August 13, 2008 15:46 IST
India's indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher weapon system, 'Pinaka' was successfully tested on Wednesday jointly by the army and scientists from a defence base at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore, Orissa.
'Pinaka', which has undergone several tough tests since 1995 and in its advance stage of development, were put to sample trials at the Proof Experimental Establishment by army and scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation, defence sources said.
"The objective of the trials was to assess its stability in flight as well as accuracy and consistency," a defence official said, adding that the MBRL, capable of acting as a force-multiplier, can gradually replace the current artillery system.
The first round of trial, conducted at 1214 hours, yielded the desired results, PXE director Maj-Gen Anup Malhotra said.
The tests coincided with the golden jubilee celebrations of the DRDO.
The sophisticated 'Pinaka' is an area weapon system aimed at supplementing the existing artillery gun at a range beyond 30 km. Its quick reaction time and high rate of fire gives an edge to the army during low-intensity warlike situation.
The unguided rocket system is meant to neutralise bigger geographical area with rapid salvo of rockets. With a range of 40 km, 'Pinaka' can fire salvo of 12 rockets in 44 seconds. One salvo each (12 rockets) from the battery of six launchers can neutralise at a time a target area of 3.9 sq km.
The system's capability to incorporate several types of warheads makes it deadly for the enemy as it can even destroy their solid structures and bunkers.
Wednesday's exercise involved six rounds of sample trials for which rockets were picked up randomly from 102 samples, the sources said.
Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), which is the nodal agency to develop the 'Pinaka', has also reported to have developed a high performance artillery rocket system, which can fire up to a range between 70 km and 120 km, they said.
ARDE has announced that it is developing a 7.2-metre rocket for the Pinaka MBRL, which can reach a distance of 120 km and carry a 250 kg payload. These new rockets can be fired in 44 seconds, have a maximum speed of mach 4.7, rise to an altitude of 40 km before hitting its target at mach 1.8 and can destroy an area of 3.9 sq km.
Integrating UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) with the Pinaka is also in the pipeline, as DRDO intends to install guidance systems on these rockets to increase their accuracy.
Development and trials will continue and the rocket is expected to enter service by 2012.
The first Pinaka regiment was raised in February 2000. A regiment consists of three batteries of six Pinakas each, plus reserves, the sources said.
Tata Power's [Get Quote] advanced material division and Larsen and Tubro's heavy engineering division were awarded a Rs 200 crore contract to produce 40 Pinaka MRBLs each.
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher
August 13, 2008 14:24 IST
Last Updated: August 13, 2008 15:46 IST
India's indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher weapon system, 'Pinaka' was successfully tested on Wednesday jointly by the army and scientists from a defence base at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore, Orissa.
'Pinaka', which has undergone several tough tests since 1995 and in its advance stage of development, were put to sample trials at the Proof Experimental Establishment by army and scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation, defence sources said.
"The objective of the trials was to assess its stability in flight as well as accuracy and consistency," a defence official said, adding that the MBRL, capable of acting as a force-multiplier, can gradually replace the current artillery system.
The first round of trial, conducted at 1214 hours, yielded the desired results, PXE director Maj-Gen Anup Malhotra said.
The tests coincided with the golden jubilee celebrations of the DRDO.
The sophisticated 'Pinaka' is an area weapon system aimed at supplementing the existing artillery gun at a range beyond 30 km. Its quick reaction time and high rate of fire gives an edge to the army during low-intensity warlike situation.
The unguided rocket system is meant to neutralise bigger geographical area with rapid salvo of rockets. With a range of 40 km, 'Pinaka' can fire salvo of 12 rockets in 44 seconds. One salvo each (12 rockets) from the battery of six launchers can neutralise at a time a target area of 3.9 sq km.
The system's capability to incorporate several types of warheads makes it deadly for the enemy as it can even destroy their solid structures and bunkers.
Wednesday's exercise involved six rounds of sample trials for which rockets were picked up randomly from 102 samples, the sources said.
Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), which is the nodal agency to develop the 'Pinaka', has also reported to have developed a high performance artillery rocket system, which can fire up to a range between 70 km and 120 km, they said.
ARDE has announced that it is developing a 7.2-metre rocket for the Pinaka MBRL, which can reach a distance of 120 km and carry a 250 kg payload. These new rockets can be fired in 44 seconds, have a maximum speed of mach 4.7, rise to an altitude of 40 km before hitting its target at mach 1.8 and can destroy an area of 3.9 sq km.
Integrating UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) with the Pinaka is also in the pipeline, as DRDO intends to install guidance systems on these rockets to increase their accuracy.
Development and trials will continue and the rocket is expected to enter service by 2012.
The first Pinaka regiment was raised in February 2000. A regiment consists of three batteries of six Pinakas each, plus reserves, the sources said.
Tata Power's [Get Quote] advanced material division and Larsen and Tubro's heavy engineering division were awarded a Rs 200 crore contract to produce 40 Pinaka MRBLs each.
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Hey guys here is an interesting news about T 72 from Georgia
http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2008/08/t-72-vulnerability-again-illustrated-in.html
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Hey guys here is an interesting news about T 72 from Georgia
http://http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2008/08/t-72-vulnerability-again-illustrated-in.html
gosh, this arjun saga
. It is definitely not going to end early. It is denting image of Army and DRDO both.
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This is not news, but rather a reminder. we all know about t-72s being a bomb on tracks. yet the army decided to go for t-90s. lets just hope that those tanks never see combat, or that if they do, that they manage to take out the adversaries before the adversary hits them.
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Guys check this, was it really "tested?" If yes, on which occasion? Or just DDM
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher ‘Pinaka’ - Sify.com
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher ‘Pinaka’
Balasore (Orissa): India successfully tested Wednesday an advanced version of the indigenously built multi-barrel rocket launcher 'Pinaka' from a defence base in Orissa, officials said.
The multi-barrel rocket launching system (MBRLS) was tested from the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) in Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, some 230 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
“It was a product launch,” S.P. Dash, director of the Chandipur defence base, told IANS over telephone. PXE is part of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Capable of firing 12 rockets in a single salvo with 1.2 tonnes of high explosives within 40 seconds, the Pinaka system has already been tested on the field during the Kargil war.
“The developed version is a sophisticated shoot-and-scoot high mobility system. The test today (Wednesday) was aimed at improving the system and sub-system,” defence officials said.
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher ‘Pinaka’ - Sify.com
India tests multi-barrel rocket launcher ‘Pinaka’
Balasore (Orissa): India successfully tested Wednesday an advanced version of the indigenously built multi-barrel rocket launcher 'Pinaka' from a defence base in Orissa, officials said.
The multi-barrel rocket launching system (MBRLS) was tested from the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) in Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, some 230 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
“It was a product launch,” S.P. Dash, director of the Chandipur defence base, told IANS over telephone. PXE is part of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Capable of firing 12 rockets in a single salvo with 1.2 tonnes of high explosives within 40 seconds, the Pinaka system has already been tested on the field during the Kargil war.
“The developed version is a sophisticated shoot-and-scoot high mobility system. The test today (Wednesday) was aimed at improving the system and sub-system,” defence officials said.
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What about the recently ordered 387 T-90M. The T-90M is a radically upgraded variant of the T-90S.
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Russian Expo Arms 2008 taps the market for land-based weapon systems
By Prasun K. Sengupta July (2008)
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The Russian Expo Arms 2008, the sixth biannual exhibition of weapon systems for land forces, was held between July 9 and 12 in the town of Nizhny Tagil and was co-organised by Russia’s Federal Agency for Military Industries and the provincial government of the Sverdlovsk region. About 500 domestic and foreign weapons manufacturers took part in the expo to showcase products such as armoured vehicles (both tracked and wheeled), field artillery howitzers and multi-barrel rocket launchers, combat bridging and demining systems, vectronics and battlespace surveillance systems, and anti-armour guided-missiles. Delegations from 47 countries, including Austria, Canada, China, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine and Venezuela, were officially hosted by the expo’s co-organisers. The principal weapon systems showcased at the expo included the 2S19-М1 MSTA-S 155mm/52-calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer made by Uraltransmash JSC, the T-90M main battle tank (MBT) from Uralvagonzavod JSC, and the BMP-T MBT support combat vehicle, also from Uralvagonzavod. At the same time, on the sidelines of the expo, Uralvagonzavod and Rosoboronexport State Corp gave restricted presentations to official delegations from Algeria, India and Venezuela on yet-to-be-officially-unveiled weapon systems like the revolutionary Coalitia twin-barrel 155mm/52-calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer, which was first proposed to the Indian Army almost two years ago. Highlighting Russia’s increasing efforts to tap the market for land-based weapon systems, Igor Sevastyanov, Rosoboronexport’s Deputy General Director, said that Russia would this year export weaponry worth about USD 7.5 billion, with the final destinations of such exports being about 80 countries. Of these, the key buyers are Algeria, India, Iran, Malaysia, Serbia and Venezuela. Outlining the future prospects of his company in India, Uralvagonzavod JSC’s General Director Nikolay Malykh said that the final round of user-trials of the T-90M MBT, which is a radically upgraded variant of the existing T-90S has been completed. In fact, the second batch of 347 T-90s being imported by India will be of the latest variant, which is 1.5 times more capable than the T-90S. The T-90M features the ‘Kaktus’ embedded explosive reactive armour package on its frontal hull and turret-top, is fitted with an enhanced environmental control system for providing cooled air to the fighting compartment, has additional internal volume for housing the cryogenic cooling systems for new-generation thermal imagers like the THALES-built Catherine-FC (operating in the 8-12 micron bandwidth and housed within the Peleng-built 1G-46 gunner’s sight), is fitted with an automatic gearbox, has an all-electric turret-drive-cum stabilisation system, and most importantly, has a 52-cal main gun barrel that also comes fitted with a muzzle reference system (MRS). The T-90S, in contrast, has a 48-cal barrel, is devoid of the crucial MRS, has a electro-hydraulic turret-drive-cum stabilisation system, and has virtually no extra internal volume required for hosting the Catherine-FC and its cryogenic cooling system. At the specific request of the Indian Army, the T-90M’s turret design is being modified to accommodate a commander’s panoramic sight (most likely Sagem Défense Sécurité’s SAVAN-11) housing the Matis-STD thermal imager, which operates in the 3-5 micron bandwidth and which has also been selected for the Arjun Mk1 MBT’s panoramic sight (with the same company’s Iris-TGS thermal imager, operating in the 8-12 micron bandwidth, being selected for the gunner’s sight).
think this shoul prove it
By Prasun K. Sengupta July (2008)
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The Russian Expo Arms 2008, the sixth biannual exhibition of weapon systems for land forces, was held between July 9 and 12 in the town of Nizhny Tagil and was co-organised by Russia’s Federal Agency for Military Industries and the provincial government of the Sverdlovsk region. About 500 domestic and foreign weapons manufacturers took part in the expo to showcase products such as armoured vehicles (both tracked and wheeled), field artillery howitzers and multi-barrel rocket launchers, combat bridging and demining systems, vectronics and battlespace surveillance systems, and anti-armour guided-missiles. Delegations from 47 countries, including Austria, Canada, China, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine and Venezuela, were officially hosted by the expo’s co-organisers. The principal weapon systems showcased at the expo included the 2S19-М1 MSTA-S 155mm/52-calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer made by Uraltransmash JSC, the T-90M main battle tank (MBT) from Uralvagonzavod JSC, and the BMP-T MBT support combat vehicle, also from Uralvagonzavod. At the same time, on the sidelines of the expo, Uralvagonzavod and Rosoboronexport State Corp gave restricted presentations to official delegations from Algeria, India and Venezuela on yet-to-be-officially-unveiled weapon systems like the revolutionary Coalitia twin-barrel 155mm/52-calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer, which was first proposed to the Indian Army almost two years ago. Highlighting Russia’s increasing efforts to tap the market for land-based weapon systems, Igor Sevastyanov, Rosoboronexport’s Deputy General Director, said that Russia would this year export weaponry worth about USD 7.5 billion, with the final destinations of such exports being about 80 countries. Of these, the key buyers are Algeria, India, Iran, Malaysia, Serbia and Venezuela. Outlining the future prospects of his company in India, Uralvagonzavod JSC’s General Director Nikolay Malykh said that the final round of user-trials of the T-90M MBT, which is a radically upgraded variant of the existing T-90S has been completed. In fact, the second batch of 347 T-90s being imported by India will be of the latest variant, which is 1.5 times more capable than the T-90S. The T-90M features the ‘Kaktus’ embedded explosive reactive armour package on its frontal hull and turret-top, is fitted with an enhanced environmental control system for providing cooled air to the fighting compartment, has additional internal volume for housing the cryogenic cooling systems for new-generation thermal imagers like the THALES-built Catherine-FC (operating in the 8-12 micron bandwidth and housed within the Peleng-built 1G-46 gunner’s sight), is fitted with an automatic gearbox, has an all-electric turret-drive-cum stabilisation system, and most importantly, has a 52-cal main gun barrel that also comes fitted with a muzzle reference system (MRS). The T-90S, in contrast, has a 48-cal barrel, is devoid of the crucial MRS, has a electro-hydraulic turret-drive-cum stabilisation system, and has virtually no extra internal volume required for hosting the Catherine-FC and its cryogenic cooling system. At the specific request of the Indian Army, the T-90M’s turret design is being modified to accommodate a commander’s panoramic sight (most likely Sagem Défense Sécurité’s SAVAN-11) housing the Matis-STD thermal imager, which operates in the 3-5 micron bandwidth and which has also been selected for the Arjun Mk1 MBT’s panoramic sight (with the same company’s Iris-TGS thermal imager, operating in the 8-12 micron bandwidth, being selected for the gunner’s sight).
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