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Clintons double speak spells disaster for South Asia
Bureau Report “This was an especially important visit because we have reached a turning point,” said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, May, 27, while launching a political salvo to take back Pakistan into the US embrace all over again.. “We look to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead,” she added without …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 28th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Terror attack on military base in Karachi
Bureau Report Terrorists attacked a Pakistan military airbase in the southern port city of Karachi triggering multiple blasts and firing indiscriminately in which four persons were killed. A four-engine aircraft was destroyed in the daring attack at the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Faisal airbase, which also houses PNS Mehran, the naval air station. Terrorists numbering between 12 and 15 were …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 23rd, 2011 Leave a comment »
PM reviews security, gets brief from service chiefs
Bureau Report Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviewed the security situation on his return from Afghanistan. In the course of the high level meeting, the three service chiefs provided to him their assessment of the security situation in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Despite the Prime Minister’s declaration in Afghanistan that India will not conduct …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 17th, 2011 Leave a comment »
PM gives pakistan a free run to spread terror in India
Bureau Report Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for a thorough investigation into Laden’s presence for such a long time on the soil of Abbottabad, at a joint press conference that he addressed along with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. When asked if India would adopt the type of operation that the US carried out to eliminate the al Qaeda …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 13th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Pak Army organised murder of Kashmiri leaders : Wikileaks
Bureau Report Can Pakistan be more embarrassed than it already is? Well it seems so if the latest in the Wikileaks arsenal is to be taken into consideration. It seems that the ISI had a direct hand in the killing of prominent personalities in Kashmir. Wikileaks quotes a US cable as saying that an Algerian Al Qaeda militant arrested in …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 10th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Defence Planning Commission on the cards?
Bureau Report With a view of introducing a long term perspective in defence planning the Army has recently mooted the idea of establishing a defence planning commission. The idea was given a voice by none other than General VK Singh, COAS, recently. An establishment of this nature will ensure continuity in the modernization process which is hampered due to the …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 3rd, 2011 Leave a comment »
Army commander’s conference begins
Bureau Report The bi-yearly Army Commanders’ Conference commenced at New Delhi on 25 April. nThe conference will focus on defence related macro issues pertaining to security challenges, operational preparedness, transformation, logistics and administrative aspects. While speaking about the global and regional trend, Army Chief brought out that the ‘strategic shift is more in favour of ‘balance of interest’ than ‘balance …
by Defence Info Bureau on April 28th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Army chief reviews defence preparedness in Ladakh
Bureau Report The Army Chief, General V K Singh visited the Corps Headquarters at Leh to attended the yearly Map exercise of the Corps. He was given a detailed brief on the operational aspects. He also interacted with the officers and Jawans at the Headquarters and emphasised on the requirement of extensive combat training, whilst braving the hardships of weather …
by Defence Info Bureau on April 23rd, 2011 Leave a comment »
Militants are waiting to sneak into J&K
Stating that around 700 militants are waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps, Lt. General Syed Ata Hasnain said that army has put in place anti-infiltration surveillance system along line of control (LoC) to check infiltration. He added that in the past Lolab, Tangdhar and Gurez have been used …
by Defence Info Bureau on April 16th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Indo-China military exchanges to resume
Observer Bureau report Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has had a meeting with the Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of his visit to China to participate in the third BRICS summit. A significant development is the resolve of the two Nations to set up a new border management mechanism and resume the visits of senior army officers. The relations …
by Defence Info Bureau on April 14th, 2011 Leave a comment »
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