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SP's Naval Forces - June-July 2012

Issue Features

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  Cover Story
  Blue Water Networked Force
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  The vision statement of the Indian Navy states that it will be a networked force which can be defined as the force which exploits the state-of-the-art information and networking technology to integrate widely deployed decision-makers, sensors, forces, platforms and weapons...

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  Defexpo 2012
  Indigenisation Mantra to the Fore
  By SP’s Team

  As the Indian defence forces and homeland security acquisition needs are growing, there is an enhanced momentum in defence production and procurement.

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  Interview
  ‘We are proposing AS565 MBe Panther for ICG’
  

  Norbert Ducrot, Senior Executive Vice President Asia Pacific, Eurocopter

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  Interview
  ‘We seek to be a long-standing, trusted partner’
  

  Frederick M. Strader, President and CEO Textron Systems

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  Torpedoes
  Missiles May Cripple But Torpedoes Destroy
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) DR S. Kulshrestha

  With advancements in technology, a modern torpedo can destroy a target at a range of 40 km and a speed of about 50 kts.

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  Conference Report
  Streamline DPP
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  A day-long conference on the defence procurement procedure organised by SP Guide Publications in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi on May 2 emphasised on the need to streamline our defence procurement system to get the best equipment for our soldiers and reap maximum benefit in the future

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  Piracy
  When Will Somali Piracy End?
  By Commander Shishir Upadhyaya

  Somali pirate groups have effectively dodged naval patrols for over a decade and it is not impossible to assume that they could well continue to do so into the 22nd century

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  INS Chakra
  Incarnate Chakra Joins Indian Navy
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  With the extremely robust and reliable conventional Sindhughosh and Shishumar class submarines still in its arsenal, the Indian Navy re-enters the era of nuclear submarine, the true submarines.

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  Diplomacy
  Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  The Indian Ocean has developed into a new area of India-China conflict.

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  Diplomacy
  Defence Minister at Shangri-La Dialogue
  

  Defence Minister A.K. Antony was at Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore, on June 2, 2012, wherein he spoke on “Protecting Maritime Freedoms”.