Indian Army thread

[Rohit]

Wow good news.

Israel is real power of middle east and its good to have them as alies.

 

[su-47]

Wow good news.

Israel is real power of middle east and its good to have them as alies.

Its about mutual benefit. they can offer us high quality products with ToT at reasonable prices. From our side, we are the biggest purchaser of Israeli defence products, and we provide funds via means of JVs for them to continue their research. win-win situation.

BTW, welcome rohit. My name is rohit too. why dont u introduce yourself in the introduction thread.

 

[nitesh]

Fresh Chinese incursions across LAC-India-The Times of India


Fresh Chinese incursions across LAC
10 Sep 2008, 0332 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit,TNN

NEW DELHI: Though it eventually refrained from back-stabbing India during the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting at Vienna, China continues to needle Indian forces all along the 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC).

In the latest set of incursions across the LAC, Chinese patrols once again "transgressed" into the Indian side at the strategically located Pangong Tso lake as well as Trig Heights in eastern Ladakh on September 2-3, said sources.

There were both boat and vehicle-mounted People's Liberation Army (PLA) patrols on the north bank of Pangong Tso, two-third of which is controlled by China as it extends from India to Tibet at an altitude of 4,218 metres, on September 2.

A day later, a vehicle-mounted PLA patrol crossed over at the Trig Heights. "The patrol was on our side for quite some time before it went back. PLA has really stepped up incursions into our side in eastern Ladakh region this year, with well over 100 transgressions being recorded there since January," said a source.

Pangong Tso and Trig Heights have become quite contentious since the 1999 Kargil conflict, with China even constructing a "track" right up to the lake's southern bank during that time to demonstrate its support to Pakistan. China, it's assessed, wants the border to be drawn in a straight line on the lake to gain strategic advantage. It seeks similar gains in Trig Heights and Demchok areas in the western sector.

But eastern Ladakh is not the only region where Chinese patrols have been flexing their muscles in an "aggressive" border management policy to put pressure on India and lay claim to disputed areas along the LAC.

Similar Chinese moves have been witnessed in the eastern sector in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in recent months. In fact, perturbed by the incursions into Sikkim, "a settled matter" as far as India is concerned, the government in June had made some strong public statements about taking up the matter with China.

With over 80 incursions across the 206-km Sikkim-Tibet border being recorded since January, the Indian establishment is especially worried about the so-called 2.1 sq km "finger area", the northern-most tip of Sikkim, which China is claiming as its own territory.

The government, incidentally, is now conducting a fresh survey of the northern plateau in Sikkim to counter claims by China. The survey is using latest technology to chart out the watershed in the area, which is usually used to demarcate boundaries in mountainous region.

Many feel China's gameplan could well be to use Sikkim as a leverage in its policy of exerting pressure on India over the Tawang tract in Arunachal Pradesh. Always careful of not ruffling Chinese feathers, India often downplays intrusions by its troops, holding that they take place due to "differing perceptions" of the still-unresolved LAC.

The fact, however, remains that the step-up in incursions has been accompanied by a hardening of the Chinese posture in the never-ending border talks to delineate the LAC. What has added to the worry of Indian defence planners is the rapid build-up of military infrastructure by China all along the LAC making it possible for it to amass large troops at the border in double-quick time.

 

[nitesh]

This is a real good move

outlookindia.com | wired

A day after India promulgated its new Joint Amphibious Warfare Doctrine, the Armed Forces today said that they would be seriously reviewing and debating their overseas operations in Sri Lanka and the Maldives in late 1980s to draw lessons on force projection.

For the purpose, the Defence Ministry-sponsored Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) will organise a two-day conclave here on September 15 and 16, an exercise aimed at preparing India for its strategic and tactical roles in territories far away from its shores.

Defence Minister A K Antony is scheduled to inaugurate the meet that would in particular discuss the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) operations in the late 1980s and the Operation Cactus to save the then Maldives government, which was under siege from a Lankan Tamil guerrilla group in 1988, top ministry sources told PTI.

Probably for the first time, the military top brass will debate the politico-military decision for sending the IPKF, apart from the change in the nature of the IPKF from being a peace-keeping to peace-enforcing force.

Several aspects of the operation in Lanka, including the accord enforcement, logistics operations through Naval and Air assets, and Intelligence gathering, would be debated, as also the civilians' reactions to the IPKF operations and the role of media.

Special emphasis would be given to the political events that led to the recall of the IPKF in 1990 and the lukewarm response to the force's arrival in Chennai on their return.

India had signed an agreement with Sri Lanka, popularly called the Rajiv Gandhi-Jayawardane Accord, under which the Indian Army troops were based in the island nation from 1987 to 1990.

The IPKF had gone to Lanka to maintain peace, disarm the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and ensure no violation of the ceasefire agreement between the Lankan government and Tamil Tigers.

Yet, the Indian government decision to deploy the IPKF did not go down well with a section of the its own population from southern India.

But the IPKF got involved in a bloody battle with the LTTE, further angering the Indians, particularly those in Tamil Nadu.

IPKF troops were badly outmanoeuvred in the island nation by the LTTE, mainly due to inadequate equipment, arms and weapons, lack of intelligence on the LTTE, and no knowledge of the terrain.

This had led to loss of lives in large numbers and serious injuries to many others among the IPKF men.

The meet would also try and draw lessons from the Indian Armed Forces' Operation Cactus in Maldives to support the then beleaguered government of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in November 1988 when about 200 Lankan Tamil guerrillas from Peoples Liberation Front of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) attacked the island nation in an attempted coup.

India sent 1,200 troops on its IL-76 transport aircraft over 2,000 km non-stop in support of the besieged Maldivian government and successfully threw back the Lankan Tamil guerrillas.

 

[nitesh]

US wants to be India's No.1 partner in defence-India-The Times of India

US wants to be India's No.1 partner in defence

11 Sep 2008, 0128 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit,TNN

NEW DELHI: With the civil nuclear deal virtually in the bag now, the US is fast emerging as a potent challenger to Russia, Israel and France in supplying military hardware and software to India, one of the world's largest arms importer.

While there may be no direct quid pro quo between the Bush administration's role in changing the global nuclear architecture for India and defence deals, New Delhi's geo-political considerations will certainly be an important factor in determining its arms purchases.

Even as defence minister A K Antony is currently in Washington to impart greater momentum to the already expansive Indo-US military ties, the Pentagon has notified the US Congress of a "possible" sale of Harpoon anti-ship missiles for $170 million (Rs 765 crore) to India.

This comes even as India's biggest-ever defence deal with US —the one to buy eight Boeing P-8i long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft for Rs 8,500 crore —has been sent for final clearance to the Cabinet Committee on Security after finalisation of commercial negotiations.

The American Defence Security Cooperation Agency told the US Congress that India intends to use the 20 AGM-84L and four ATM-84L Harpoon Block-II missiles to "modernize its Air Force's anti-surface warfare capabilities" and "improve its naval operational flexibility".

Considering that the Harpoon-II all-weather missiles are capable of even striking land-based targets and ships in littoral waters, they will certainly give, for instance, Indian Jaguar fighters more deadly maritime strike capabilities.

But US, unlike Russia and Israel, sells to both sides of the border. Pakistan already has Harpoon missiles, which in fact forced India to go in for the Israeli Barak-I anti-ship missile defence systems during the 1999 Kargil conflict.

Since the Kargil conflict, India has spent a whopping $25 billion in defence imports, with Russia, Israel, France and UK cornering most of the contracts. Russia, of course, leads the pack with annual arms sales to India worth around $1.5 billion, followed by Israel with $1 billion.

Now, with India poised to spend another $30 billion over the coming five-six years, the US is obviously keen to grab some of the lucrative contracts. "Well, we have very intensive ties with the US across the entire military spectrum now. And armament purchases are a prominent factor in the relationship," said a top defence official.

US has already bagged the $962 million contract to supply six C-130J 'Super Hercules' aircraft for use by Indian special forces, after supplying amphibious warship USS Trenton (INS Jalaswa) to the Navy last year for $49 million.

But what the US is really salivating about is IAF's gigantic Rs 42,000-crore project to procure 126 multi-role combat fighters, with the Bush administration aggressively hawking F/A-18 "Super Hornets" (Boeing) and F-16 "Falcons" (Lockheed Martin).

But it will not be a complete cakewalk for the US firms, which will have to compete with Russian MiG-35 (RAC MiG), Swedish Gripen (Saab), French Rafale (Dassault) and Eurofighter Typhoon (consortium of British, German, Spanish and Italian companies) in this "mother of all defence deals".

US is also very interested in India's recently-launched hunt for 197 "light utility and observation" helicopters for around Rs 3,000 crore. Three of the six companies in the fray are American —Bell, Sikorsky and MD Helicopters. But here, too, they will have to contend with Kamov (Russia), Eurocopter (France, Germany and Spain) and Agusta Westland (Italy). Interestingly, in December last year, the UPA government had scrapped the almost-finalised deal to procure the 197 helicopters from Eurocopter, with European countries virtually blaming the US for scuttling the process. A sign of things to come?

 

[nitesh]

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/2427A00CE260C830652574C2001FCB39?OpenDocument

Anil Bhat
Udhampur (J-K), Sept 12 (PTI) With attacks on convoys in Jammu and Kashmir on the rise, a vital life-saving equipment that the army has claimed to have developed can be the perfect foil for such aggression.

"In order to counter the use of remote controlled IEDs by militants on army convoys, the Advance Base Workshop of Northern Command here has designed and developed some counter equipment," a senior official of the army's Electrical and Mechanical (EME) unit said.

Two life-saving devices have been named as Ashi (for moving vehicles) and Inder Pillai (for mounting-on vehicles), the official told PTI.

"They (the vehicles) have come out successful in user and test trials," he said.

The EME unit has already floated tenders for supply of items for manufacture of equipment for the two devices that includes printed circuit boards, Motorola chips, gazettes, communication equipment and others chips, the official said.

These devices will give army convoys in Jammu and Kashmir the highest level of shield against IED and landmine attacks by militants.

Defence spokesman Lt Col S D Goswami said the two devices will serve in a big way in countering terror strikes.

Besides these, ABW has also designed and developed counter mob jammer and has modified vehicles to provide NIJ (National Institute of Justice)-level protection, the highest level of protection against all types of guns and rocket launchers. PTI

 

[nitesh]

guys, check the transfer of technology section:

http://www.drdo.com/pub/nl/2008/oct08.pdf

 

[nitesh]

Express Buzz - Pre-empting the deadly blasts

Pre-empting the deadly blasts



Manoj K Das | ENS15 Sep 2008 02:46:00 AM IST

KOCHI: INDIAN defence scientists are putting their brains together evolve an early warning technology that will insulate soft terror targets like markets and malls from serial blasts.
The country has undertaken three projects to develop an effective counter measure against the crude bombs used by ultras to choreograph their macabre dance anywhere at will. Termed stand-off detection mechanism, the effort is to develop a gadget that can detect vapours of explosive chemicals or any such concoction from 50 metres away. Scientists hope that by deploying an array of such gadgets security agencies will be able to guard innocent lives against surprise blasts.
Sources in DRDO’s High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune, told to this website's newspaper that they were working on an Infrared-based micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS) that will be activated if there are vapours or traces of suspicious chemical combinations in the vicinity. In a joint research effort with the University of Hyderabad, the HEMRL is also working on a photoelectric fluorescent mechanism that changes colour in the presence of chemical combinations. “The effort is to fit this technology into a portable device that can be carried by a beat cop. It will alert him when he passes any suspicious chemical object,” sources said.
The CSIR has also commissioned the DRDO with an MEMS-based solution to the terror menace. Research into this concept is being jointly done with the IIT, Mumbai.
“We’re working on a terahertz technology with Hyderabad University. The challenge is to develop technology that can be engineered,” said A Shubhananda Rao, HEMRL director. Research into this advanced realm of chemical technology is progressing worldwide. “Russians are working on a laser-based system. Though the UK has developed a warning mechanism, its reliability is yet to be proved,” sources said.
The Army, meanwhile, has placed global tenders for a point-detection kit that can be deployed in sensitive public places. Several world players have submitted bids that are being scrutinised by the HEMRL

 

[nitesh]

http://www.drdo.com/dpi/ROV.jpg

http://www.drdo.com/dpi/ROV.pdf

Machine that takes the bang

 

[nitesh]

outlookindia.com | wired

With terrorists striking Delhi and some major cities, the country's premier R&D institution, DRDO, is hard selling three of its anti-explosive devices to the Home Ministry to tackle the threat.

"We are in discussions with the Home Ministry to sell our three devices -- a remotely operated bomb disposal vehicle (ROV), 'Sujav' Electronic Support Measure and 'Safari' Electronic Counter Measure -- to agencies dealing with explosive-related cases," a top DRDO scientist told PTI here today.

Developed by Pune-based Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) of the DRDO, the ROV could be used for disposing off bombs without the personnel coming in contact with explosive material.

Since the time army began using the devices in insurgency-affected Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and North Eastern States three years ago, they have been of great attraction both among the personnel and the public, who get to watch the machine in action on several occasions.

ROV robot could be used by the defence and paramilitary forces for mine detection and nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) threat surveys too and it does the job without exposing the men to threats from anti-personnel mines or NBC weapons, DRDO scientists said.

A totally indigenous product, the robot has been developed by a team of 10 engineers about five years ago and it promises to drastically cut down loss of life of personnel in the urban warfare setting.

Another version of the ROV robot -- its controller unit works from 500 metres -- is equipped with four cameras and an extending arm that can be used to pick up suspicious objects to check for explosives and to defuse bombs.

Using an inbuilt x-ray scanner to detect explosive devices in a suitcase or a bag, the ROV uses an on board water jet to fire a stream of water capable of piercing a suitcase or half-an-inch of plywood to defuse the bomb, scientists said.

Suspicious objects can be scanned with the x-ray and the water jet can destroy the batteries which power the bombs, they said.

The robot, which has an endurance of three hours, can also climb stairs and is therefore useful in multi-storied buildings, where bombs have been placed.

The ROV is also designed for carrying out nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance and can even monitor contamination levels using its sensors and detectors.

The DRDO is also proposing to the Home Ministry that it purchase other indigenously developed counter-insurgency assets for its anti-terror operations, particularly for jamming radio signals used to trigger bombs.

First among the two products were 'Sujav', a compact communication electronic warfare suit, which is basically a frequency jamming equipment.

'Sujav' has an in-built ability for direction finding, search and monitoring capabilities covering 30 to 1,000 Mega Hertz and jamming within 30 to 500 MHz frequency range.

Another product is the 'Safari' device for jamming Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) basically to ensure protection of convoys moving in troubled areas.

"What DRDO is offering to the Home Ministry is a combination of both 'Sujav' and 'Safari' to ensure both electronic support measure and electronic counter measure. That way we would be able to ensure safety of vital installations across the country, security of market places and also VVIPs," the scientists added.

 

[nitesh]

Land of Gandhi asserts itself as global military power - International Herald Tribune

Land of Gandhi asserts itself as global military power

By Anand Giridharadas Published: September 22, 2008

MUMBAI, India: The Mumbai, an Indian warship, was slicing through choppy monsoon seas one recent morning when a helicopter swooped in overhead. Commandos slithered down a rope, seizing control of the destroyer.

It was a drill, Indian soldiers taking over an Indian ship. But the purpose was to train them to seize other countries' ships in distant oceans, a sign of a new military assertiveness for the world's second-most-populous nation.

India, which gave the world the idea of Gandhian nonviolence, has long derided the force-projecting ways of the great powers. It focused its own military on self-defense against two neighbors, Pakistan and China.

But in recent years, while world attention has focused on China's military, India has begun to refashion itself as an armed power with global reach: a power willing and able to dispatch troops thousands of miles from the subcontinent to protect its oil shipments and trade routes, to defend its large expatriate population in the Middle East and to shoulder international peacekeeping duties.

"India sees itself in a different light — not looking so much inward and looking at Pakistan, but globally," said William Cohen, a secretary of defense in the Clinton administration who in his new role as a lobbyist represents American firms seeking weapons contracts in India. "It's sending a signal that it's going to be a big player."

India is buying armaments that major powers like the United States use to operate far from home: aircraft carriers, giant C-130J transport planes and airborne refueling tankers. Meanwhile, India has helped to build a small air base in Tajikistan that it will share with its host country. It is modern India's first military outpost on foreign soil.

India also appears to be positioning itself as a caretaker and patroller of the Indian Ocean region, which stretches from Africa's coast to Australia's and from the subcontinent southward to Antarctica.

"Ten years from now, India could be a real provider of security to all the ocean islands in the Indian Ocean," said Ashley Tellis, an Indian-born scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington who has also been an adviser to the Bush administration. "It could become a provider of security in the Gulf in collaboration with the U.S. I would think of the same being true with the Central Asian states."

"India," he added, "is slowly maturing into a conventional great power."

Middle-aged Indians remember a time when their country would watch thousands of Indians in jeopardy in a foreign land and know that there was nothing their military could do.

But in 2006, when conflict between Israel and Hezbollah threatened Indian expatriates in Lebanon, four Indian warships happened to be in the Mediterranean. The navy rushed the vessels to Lebanon and brought more than 2,000 people on board, not only Indians, but Sri Lankans, Nepalese and Lebanese eager to escape the fighting.

Two years earlier, when a tsunami throttled Asia, including this country's own southern coast, the Indian Navy dispatched 16,000 troops, 32 warships, 41 planes and a floating hospital for rescue operations, according to news accounts.

Such changes bring pride to many Indians. But some also fear that India may become the kind of swaggering power it has opposed since it became independent from Britain in 1947.

"Immediately after independence, true, we had to engage ourselves for developing our country — economically, politically — because we were exploited under colonial rule for more than 200 years," Pranab Mukherjee, India's foreign minister, said in an interview.

Now, he said, things have changed: "Naturally, a country of this size, a population of this size — we will be required to strengthen our security forces, modernize them, update them, upgrade our technology."

"We are ready to play a more responsible role," he added, "but we don't want to impose ourselves on others."

Indian military planning is still heavily focused on China and Pakistan, against both of which the country has fought wars. China, whose own military expansion outstrips India's, has not sounded public warnings about India's military modernization. But Pakistan is more critical.

Pakistani officials "are paying attention to Indian plans to project India outside the South Asian region," said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a leading Pakistani expert on that country's military.

India's buildup has several overlapping motivations. It now trades vigorously with the world, most critically in oil. It has bought oil fields or engaged in exploration in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam and beyond. Not coincidentally, it has demonstrated a new interest in keeping the sea lanes through which that oil and other wares sail free of pirates and militants.

A more robust military is also vital for protecting millions of Indian workers in the Gulf, who are from time to time threatened by political volatility. But the most pressing motivation may be the fast-moving Chinese.

China has sought to develop a powerful air force and navy that can extend far beyond its shores. It has been increasing its military budget rapidly and plans to spend $60 billion on its armed forces in 2008, according to the government budget. The Pentagon estimates that China's actual military spending is much higher, perhaps twice the officially budgeted amount, as much as seven times India's defense outlay.

Beijing has alarmed Indian commanders by courting allies in India's neighborhood. Indians are particularly upset by what they say are Chinese-built military bases in Gwadar, Pakistan; Chittagong, Bangladesh; and Yangon, Myanmar.

"There seems to be an emerging long-term competition between India and China for pre-eminence in the region," said Jacqueline Newmyer, president of the Long Term Strategy Group, a research institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a security consultant to the United States government. "India is preparing slowly to claim its place as a pre-eminent power, and in the meantime China is working to complicate that for India."

India has worked to close the gap with China by spending heavily on modern arms. Analysts estimate that India could spend as much as $40 billion on military modernization in the next five years. What is most striking is how many of the weapons are designed for operations far from home.

Among the more notable purchases are six IL-78 airborne tankers, which can refuel three jets simultaneously and allow the air force to fly as far as Alaska.

Other armaments recently acquired or in the pipeline include naval destroyers, nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers and the C-130J transport planes that are a staple of long-range conflicts.

"You don't need C-130s for Pakistan," said Tellis, the Bush administration adviser.

A telling sign of India's plans lies in Tajikistan, a nation between Afghanistan and China in Central Asia. Not far from Dushanbe, the capital, India has worked with Tajik authorities to build an air base and has stationed helicopters there.

Newmyer, of Long Term Strategy Group, called the arrangement "a big deal," not least because of the change of mindset it reflects. "Having overseas bases is a marker of an imperial kind of capability," she said. "India is thought of as a power that was colonized, not a power that puts its own boots on the ground in permanent bases in other countries."

In a speech in India's Parliament this summer, a rising political star spoke of a change in civilian thinking that helps explain the change in military strategy.

"What is important," said Rahul Gandhi, the heir to the family dynasty that controls the governing Congress Party, "is that we stop worrying about how the world will impact us, we stop being scared about how the world will impact us, and we step out and worry about how we will impact the world."

 

[nitesh]

Review of military missions
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, Sept. 21: The Indian military establishment, spurred by the nuclear waiver, has begun a review of overseas deployments with A.K. Antony calling on the army, the navy and the air force “to be ready for force projection” in foreign territories.

“The comfort offered by national boundaries no longer constitutes effective defence,” the defence minister said, setting the tone for discussions initiated by the Integrated Defence Staff. The discussions are being hosted by the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies.

India’s recognition as a power by the nuclear club was an acknowledgement of the country’s “recognition and profile in the world context”, Antony said. The Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver for the India-US nuclear deal was evidence of such acknowledgement.

Currently, Indian policy for overseas military missions allow for troop deployments only under the UN flag and, in exceptional circumstances, if a friendly country were to ask for military aid involving movement of soldiers.

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Review of military missions

 

[nitesh]

NEW DELHI: The government has decrypted the data on Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry network.

The department of telecommunication (DoT), Intelligence Bureau and security agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) have done tests on service providers such as Bharti Airtel, BPL Mobile, Reliance Communications and Vodafone-Essar network for interception of Internet messages from BlackBerry to non-BlackBerry devices.

Initially, there were difficulties in cracking the same on Vodafone-Essar network but that has also been solved. This means that the email messages sent on Internet through your BlackBerry sets would no longer be exclusive and government would be able to track them.

“Decompression is being tested in operator’s network with three successful testing on Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communication and BPL Mobile,” a source in DoT said.

He, however, added that the solution reached upon would not be shared with anybody including the national telecom service providers like BSNL or MTNL.

“The test is being conducted wholly for non-enterprise solutions,” he said. The Union cabinet has also been apprised of the recent developments by the DoT.

Makers of BlackBerry set, RIM, could not be contacted for comment. An official in Vodafone-Essar, however, on conditions of anonymity said that there has been substantial progress in decoding the BlackBerry encryptions and DoT has got success on decompressing the data on the networks of all the major service providers.

The test would be conducted on all the network of all the BlackBerry service providers and the service providers, on whose network the interception does not happen smoothly, would be asked to make technical changes in their services to make them compatible for decompression.

Decompression is the process of decoding information with an aim to transfer the data to a different medium like data to voice, data to video or data to text.

The DoT had earlier asked RIM to provide the master key to allow access to contents transferred over their handsets. RIM had, however, said that it could not handover the message encryption key to the government as its security structure does not allow any third party or even the company to read the information transferred over its network.

The BlackBerry issue surfaced earlier this year when DoT asked Tata Tele-services to delay the launch of the service till appropriate security mechanisms were in place. Currently, there are over one lakh BlackBerry users in the country.

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Essar and BPL Mobile are offering this service in the country. Tata Teleservices has also been allowed to offer the BlackBerry services recently.

Incidentally, Tata Teleservices launched the service after telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said that the government has no role in stopping the company from offering the service.
Govt cracks BlackBerry code- Telecom-News-Indiatimes - Infotech

 

[nitesh]

Army observes Dograi Day

Army observes Dograi Day
Express News Service
Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 0222 hrs IST

Amritsar, September 22 The Indian Army on Monday observed the Dograi Day at the Dograi War Memorial at New Amritsar Military Station at Khassa. This day commemorates the famous battle of Dograi which was probably the hardest fought battle of the 1965 Indo-Pak War.
Major General PS Paul, General Officer Commanding, Panther Division; Colonel OJS Khangura, Officiating Commander, Dograi Brigade, and other senior officers of Dograi Brigade paid homage to the martyrs at the Dograi War Memorial.

The JAT battalion was conferred with the Battle Honour of Dograi.

 

[nitesh]

guys check this interview

http://drdo.org/dpi/VAYU_II-2008.pdf