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— General Upendra Dwivedi, Indian Army Chief

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SP's Naval Forces - December 2011-January 2012

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Issue Features

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    Cover Story
    War Without Rules
    By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

    There is a very thin line between asymmetrical warfare and terrorism. India has been calling it low-intensity conflict when used against military targets and terrorism where civilians have been targeted.

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    Modernisation
    Force for Good
    By Commodore (Retd) Sujeet Samaddar

    The Indian Navy must also take early baby steps to provide safety of the SLOCs, provide extended synthetic apperture radar and HAND operations

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    Diplomacy
    India and Israel Boost Naval Ties
    By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

    India shares some common strategic and security threats with Israel and its desire to get closer to the US has also helped in moving the ties forward.

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    Diplomacy
    Rafael’s Naval Systems

    Rafael’s products have been successfully tested and have been proven in combat situations, helping keep the navies around the world on the winning side.

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    Marketing Feature
    BE-200 Under a Lucky Star

    India has always been Russia’s strategic ally and, moreover, an important defense technology partner since 1961, when the first batch of Mi-4 helicopters was shipped to the country.

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    Technology
    All-weather Long-range Detection & Tracking
    By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

    The Indian Navy has issued a request for information for induction of state-of-the-art technology ‘3D C/D band’ air surveillance radar for ships, which are 3,000 tonnes and above.

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    Coastal Surveillance
    Making a Difference
    By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

    Resource allocation and funding support seems to be the least of the problems of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

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    First
    Clean Energy

    US Navy’s first biofuel-powered ship completes successful trip

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    TecKnow
    Inspections Underwater

    Space Florida and Lockheed Martin have collaborated for underwater vehicle programme in Palm Beach County