Indian Army News and Discussion

[aaaditya]

hey guy's great news the itbp(indo-tibetan border police) which takes care of the indo-china border is to get it's own helicopter unit.this proposal has been sanctioned by the home ministry ,the itbp no longer has to depend on the indian airforce for logistics support,also there is a proposal for raising another 22 battalions(approximately 22000 more personnel) for effective guarding of the indo-china border.

here check out this link:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2233783.cms

NEW DELHI: The ITBP personnel, posted at the higher reaches of Himalayan borders with Tibet, may soon have a reason to smile as the Union Home Ministry has cleared a proposal for setting up a separate helicopter wing aimed at meeting demands in tiring weather and emergency conditions.

"The Home Ministry has approved the proposal. A Cabinet note is being prepared now for the final clearance," ITBP Director General VK Joshi said on the eve of 45th Raising Day celeberations of the para-military force.

The Rs 300 crore proposal envisages acquisition of seven Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) to help enable the border force to airdrop personnel and emergency supplies to its posts in the upper reaches of the Himalayas.

Most of its forward posts in Ladakh, Kumaon and eastern sector remain cut off during winter months and the ITBP was dependent on the Air Force for evacuation and other emergencies.

"Having your own airwing is a far better option," Joshi said adding the proposal was comprehensive addressing issues like hiring of pilots and maintanence of the choppers. The helicopters will also be used by CRPF and SSB.

The ITBP chief also raised the issue of the inability of rotating its troops due to non-availability of reserve batallions for rotations. However, he said, the ITBP had approached the Government with a demand for raising 22 new battalions to help rotation of its personnel.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys ,great news indian army is in the final stages of testing the indigenous weapons locating radar based on the rajendra central acquisition radar (3d car) of the akash missile system.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061024/main3.htm




Chandigarh, October 23
Indian Artillery’s ability to locate enemy guns is set to receive a boost. After having inducted a few foreign weapon locating radars (WLR), the Army will be testing indigenously produced WLRs.
According to Minister of State for Defence, Mr Rao Inderjit Singh, the Defence Ministry has placed a letter of intent on Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for procurement of 28 WLR systems.
The WLR, a joint development by BEL and Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Bangalore-based Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) is stated to be in an advanced stage of “internal evaluation” in the field.
The system is likely to be offered by BEL to the Indian Army for its trials and evaluation by December. BEL has been nominated as the nodal production agency for this radar.
With the “shoot and scoot” doctrine revolving around self-propelled guns and the artillery playing a decisive role in neutralising defences before offensive manoeuvres are launched, WLRs have become indispensable to counter hostile artillery.
The non-availability of WLRs was felt sorely during the 1999 Kargil conflict, where artillery had a major role to play. It was only after the conflict that the move to acquire WLRs gained momentum.
The Army had gone in for the US AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radars. A deal was signed for 12 such systems, and according to reports, some of the systems have already been delivered. Meanwhile, DRDO had commenced its own project for firefinder radars.
The DRDO/BEL system is based on the Rajendra phased radar system, already in service with the Indian armed forces. According to available information it was during the tests for the Akash missile at Chandipur, that engineers noticed that the Rajendra radar was able to detect and track artillery shells being test fired at a nearby range. This led to the development of the indigenous WLR.
The system is mounted upon a TATRA vehicle and capable of operating in all terrains under any weather condition. It can track small and heavy artillery as well as mortar shells fired at high and low angles. Its detection range is said to be about 15 km. Detection, location and tracking of targets is handled by advanced algorithms and state-of-the-art hardware and software. The ability of locate enemy weapons from the first round fired by them and transmit the data for a retaliatory strike even before the target or enemy weapons are redeployed, is the key feature of this radar.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys check out this article,about the indian anvolvement in a 1971 sri lankan uprising ,if what it states is true ,then it is an excellent example of the indian army's efficiency.

here is the link:

http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/may/29anvar.htm


[SIZE=+2]T[/SIZE]oday, with the prospect of India getting caught up in the Sri Lankan civil war once again, people remember, with apprehension, the great IPKF misadventure of the 1980s. But, strangely, nobody seems to remember -- or even know about -- an earlier Indian military involvement in Sri Lanka.
The year was 1971. Late one evening, an Indian naval ship apparently radioed Colombo harbour. "Am having engine trouble. Request permission to put in at the harbour." The port authorities readily agreed.
Immediately another message came in: "Have sister ship with me as well. Request permission for that too to put in." The port authorities, once again, agreed. After all, they had no reason not to.
The next evening, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike was at a cinema show when she got an SOS from her security people: extremist uprisings had suddenly broken out all over the island. The Sri Lankan Army was called out, but with little effect. The armed revolution -- reportedly an extreme-Left, Trotskyite initiative aided and abetted by North Korea -- soon began to get out of control.
The armed forces admitted they couldn't handle the situation. The Sri Lankan government started to panic. Mrs Bandaranaike finally got on the phone and called up her good friend Mrs Gandhi in Delhi, requesting her to send military assistance.
Back came the reply from Delhi: "By a strange coincidence, there happen to be two shiploads of Gurkhas sitting in Colombo harbour right now. They are at your disposal to put down the disturbances."
Very clearly, it was no coincidence. Indian Intelligence had got wind of the Trotskyite uprising long before the Sri Lankans themselves did and India took pre-emptive measures by sending in the Gurkhas to stand by, in case of need.
The Gurkhas swiftly went into action. The uprising -- which was centred mainly in the hills of central Sri Lanka -- was put down with brutal efficiency. Official figures are either very hazy or non-existent, but people will tell you that literally thousands of Sinhalese youth were killed in the process.
A friend of mine, who claims to have had a very narrow escape himself, told me that any and every bearded Sinhalese male aged between 18 and 25 was suspect -- the beard apparently being a distinguishing feature of the Trotskyite movement. They were either summarily shot or jailed or, at the very least, rounded up and harshly interrogated.
My friend (an entirely innocent, but bearded, Sinhalese, 20 years old and on holiday in the hills) was just the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now a computer graphics guru in the US, he still shudders at the memory of how narrow a shave he had at the hands of the Indian Army, no pun intended.
Apparently the Trotskyites came fairly close to pulling off their coup, but it was just a combination of timing, luck and good, old-fashioned ruthlessness on the part of the Indian Army that saved the day for Mrs Bandaranaike's government. She was deeply indebted to Mrs Gandhi for her help after that. That is one of the many reasons why the average Sinhalese feels so bitter about India. "When it's been a question of controlling the Tamil Tigers, you've always claimed an inability to do so. But when it was a question of putting down the 1971 uprising, your army had no compunctions about slaughtering the flower of the Sinhalese youth." This point of view lies very close to the surface of the Sinhalese mind and it is invariably voiced with trembling emotion.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys another indian army team has left on an antartic expedition,i believe this team will be involved in setting up permanent stations and maintainence of the existing stations and the life support systems.

here check out this link and article:

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=21573

The 26th Indian Antarctic Expedition comprising one Officer, four Junior Commissioned Officer and five Other Ranks were introduced to Gen JJ singh, Chief of Army Staff in New Delhi today. The team under Lt Col Suresh Kumar is scheduled to leave Mumbai for Cape Town (South Africa) on 07 November 2006. Onwards, the expedition will leave from Cape Town, South Africa for Antarctic on 10 November 2006.

Since 1982, the Army has been playing a lead role in the conduct of Antarctic Expeditions. Its involvement commenced with the 2nd expedition in 1982-83, when a small contingent of three officers, including a medical officer, formed part of the expedition. Ever since then, army’s role has gradually enlarged to encompass the following:-

(a) Construction of permanent stations.

(b) Repair, maintenance and extension of stations.

(c) Running of all life support systems in the station and their maintenance.

(d) Overland transportation of men and material in Antarctic.

In addition to assigned tasks, the Army Personnel, in the best traditions of the Indian Army, have also provided assistance to other contingents from friendly foreign countries, as and when required.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys check out this article,it is a bit dated one,but it contains some valuable information regarding the indo-israeli joint project for the development of three types of uav's ,they are called as the male,gagan and pawan.

here check out this link:

http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive05/israelindia_022805.html

BANGALORE, India — India and Israel have entered into a new partnership under which Tel Aviv will help New Delhi in its development of remote vehicles.

A formal deal was signed at the Aero India 2005 exposition Feb. 9-13 here between senior officials of the respective defense ministries. Israel Aircraft Industries will assist the state-owned Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) here, India’s leading unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) laboratory, to develop three new UAVs.

Moshe Keret, Israel Aircraft Industries’ chief executive, said Feb. 9 that UAVs are an important segment for collaboration, and the company will be working on defense research and development programs to benefit both countries.

A senior ADE scientist on Feb. 10 said ADE and Israel Aircraft Industries will work to develop three remotely piloted vehicles: the Rustam medium-alti¬tude long-endurance UAV, the Pawan short-range UAV and the Gagan tactical UAV.

Currently, all of India’s UAV needs are met by Israel, and this partnership will ensure that will continue to be the case for at least the near future.
The $100 million Rustam UAV development program will begin officially in June, although work already has begun on planned subsystems. The ADE scientist said this drone is the test case for the overall joint UAV development program. Israel Aircraft Industries and ADE have begun preparatory work that involves testing major subsystems on a manned aircraft here.

The Rustam will be able to remain aloft for more than 24 hours and have a range of up to 300 kilometers and a maximum altitude of 10,000 meters. It will be able to use satellite links to transmit data, thereby extending its surveillance range beyond 1,000 kilometers.

The 1,100-kilogram UAV also will be equipped with a maritime patrol radar and electro-optic sensors from Israel, and an engine still to be determined. The electronic warfare and communications system will be indigenous.

This UAV will be used by India’s three military services and will not be exported, the ADE scientist said.

The Rustam program is likely to be completed in 48 months, during which four prototypes will be produced.

Development of the short-range, vehicle-mounted Pawan is expected to cost $33.2 million. Meant to equip Indian army divisions, the Pawan will be comparable in size and capabilities to Israel’s Eye View, Hermes 180 and Silver Arrow drones, the scientist said.

The 120-kilogram Pawan will have day-and-night surveillance capability, an endurance of five hours and a range of 150 kilometers.

ADE plans to build four Pawan prototypes under this development program, with Israel Aircraft Industries electro-optic sensors for the payload and its own stabilizer platform. The engine will be purchased from outside India.

The ADE scientist said the Defence Ministry will approve the funding in April, and the four prototypes are likely to be completed within 24 months.
The $55.5 million Gagan UAV pro¬gram will feature development of an advanced version of India’s Nishant UAV.
The Gagan UAV will have a range of 250 kilometers and an altitude of 6,000 meters.

ADE will procure synthetic aperture radar and electro-optic sensors from Israel, and develop its own electronic countermeasure systems.
ADE is likely to get the funding clearance in May, and four prototypes will be built within 42 months.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys great news.indian army is studying the requirements of the srilankan armed forces to provide them suitable training to counter the liberation tigers of tamil ealam,i believe that this cooperation will go a long way in the joint efforts of both the nations to combat the menace of terrorism.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.colombopage.com/archive/October29135021SL.html

Oct 29, Colombo: Director General of Military Training for the Indian Army, Major General V.K. Ahluwalia, is now in Sri Lanka to study the training needs of Sri Lankan military personnel.
India is going to provide more training opportunities for the Sri Lankan military with the aim of boosting the defence relationship between the two countries.
Already a large number of Sri Lankan military personnel are receiving military training in India, and the number of participants and the scope of training provided will be increased in the future, sources said.
Major General Ahluwalia has held discussions with Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff Donald Perera, Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda and Army Commander Sarath Fonseka. He will meet several other military and political leaders as well during his stay in the island.
The Indian Major General is accompanied by Colonel Pankaj Saxena and Lieutenant Colonel S.C. Rana KC of the Indian Army.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys great news ,indian army would be deploying the israeli lorros ,along the indo-pakistani and the indo-bangladeshi borders,this system of which 20 sets have already been acquired has cleared its user trials and and will be able to detect men and material to a distance of upto 40 kms and would not be vulnerable to temperature conditions like the hand held thermal imagers.

here check out this link and article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/299729.cms

NEW DELHI: With existing surveillance gadgets not fully effective in checking infiltration from across the border, India is now banking on an Israeli reconnaissance system — LORROS — to keep a close tab on intrusion bids, both along the Pakistan and Bangladesh borders.

Over 20 such long-range reconnaissance and observation systems, which have already been tested by the Army along the LoC, will soon be made available to BSF. Consisting of a night camera, a video surveillance system and a laser-range finder, LORROS can track men and machines from a distance of 40 kilometres.

"We will soon procure this highly effective system and mount it first along the Indo-Bangladesh border and subsequently the Indo-Pakistan border to curb infiltration," said BSF chief A K Mitra.

Speaking to TOI, Mitra accepted that infiltration from across Bangladesh has become a major cause of concern, particularly when the border is increasingly being used by terrorists to sneak into India.

BSF, he added, was worried about this and efforts were on to check it. "The matter will also be taken up with Bangladesh Rifles during our scheduled talks in Dhaka on November 10," he said.

Though Mitra did not elaborate much on the measures being taken by the BSF to check infiltration, home ministry officials felt that the new reconnaissance system, which is being successfully used along the Israel-Lebanon and Israel-Palestine borders, would be highly effective in Indian weather conditions.

They specifically pointed the failure of hand-held thermal images to check infiltration along the LoC and are pinning their hopes on LORROS.

"Though the thermal imagers have been quite useful, one cannot fully bank on the system in different weather conditions due to its heat-sensor response technique," said an official, adding that an infiltrator can easily dodge the equipment using suitable covers.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys ,check out this article,it gives an example of the indian army chief's fertile imagination,they say that ideas give birth to realities,this is a concept of the modern indian soldier according to the indian army chief,this system also known as f-insas (future indian soldier as a systems ) has been under development for the past 5 years by defence research and development organisation ,with israeli and us assistance.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061018/asp/nation/story_6886258.asp

Meet Lance-Naik Ram Bhagat Rai of the Maratha Light Infantry.
That’s right. That ain’t no Yank from the banks of the Tigris in Iraq.
This’s what the Indian soldier will look like circa 2017, about 10 years from now.
A figment of General Joginder Jaswant Singh’s fertile imagination, this graphic was displayed by the army chief at the conclusion of the commanders’ conference and the second conclave of former chiefs.
The army chief is tied down by the mundane of the day-to-day in an army that is engaged 24X7 in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. But that has not stopped him from being futuristic.
“We are getting maximum support from the government to develop the future infantry soldier as a system. It may take 10 to 15 years to achieve all that is shown here,” he said. The general believes it is a possibility by the end of the 12th plan (2017).
He believes that nearly two-thirds of the equipment the soldier is carrying — on his back, head, strapped to the thigh and the shoulders — will be indigenous. “But that does not really matter. Even the US imports a lot of equipment from different countries.”
But the ambitions of the army brass are cut short by the urgency of counter-insurgency. “In Jammu and Kashmir and in the Northeast, you need boots on the ground,” said Singh. “Assuming that in the time to come there will be a solution in Kashmir and compulsions of the military in these regions will reduce, we will be able to restructure (the army) into a lean-mean fighting machine of the 21st century.”
For the time being though, the army chief is struggling with products from the Defence Research and Development Organisation such as the Arjun main battle tank. It has been in the works for close to two decades but still the army has found little use for it.
But under pressure, the army is now raising two regiments of the Arjun. The general said the tanks had been ordered but a squadron of the machines was yet to be put through trials.​

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys great news ,singapore technologies engineering is planning to set up a facility in india for the manufacture of large and small caliber guns ,for use by the indian armed forces,they will set up this facility as a joint venture with the kalyani group a leading automobile parts manufacturer,this facility is expected to start production from next year.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/239050/1/.html

 

[aaaditya]

some of the technologies that they can offer india include :

1) the ultimax ultra light weight 5.56mm machine gun (it weighs just 4.9 kgs)

2) cis 40mm automatic grenade lunchers and cis 40mm grenade launcher.

3) cis 50mg machine gun(i believe india has a requirement for these guns to replace the russian guns).

4) the sar 21 light weight 5.56mm assault rifle.

5) super light weight automatic grenade launcher ,which weighs just 19.5 kgs.

6) light remote weapon station.

for more information here heck out this link:

http://www.stengg.com/home/home.aspx

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys here is some information on the singapore designed sar21

its speifications are:

Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 805 mm
Barrel length: 508 mm
Weight: 3.82 kg without magazine and accessories, 4.44 kg loaded with magazine and 30 rounds of ammunition
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds
Rate of fire: 450-650 rounds per minute
Effective range: about 500 meters

for more information check out this link:

http://www.world.guns.ru/assault/as31-e.htm

 

[aaaditya]

in the heavy caliber weapons section,i believe they can offer india:

1) the 120mm super rapid advance mortan system:

ST Kinetic's 120mm SRAMS is the first mortar in the world with a recoil force of less than 20 tonnes when firing maximum charge. The system, weighing only 1200 kg, can be integrated into, and in some cases, fired from onboard a wide range of light tracked or wheeled vehicles

2) with the indian 155mm artillery competition still on hold ,i believe the fh2000 155mm howitzer offeres excellent alternatives along with primus 155mm howitzers.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys great ,news bell is planning to set up in india a maintainence ,repair and overhaul facility in india as a part of its offset for the indian army's light reconnaisance helicopter deal for upto 200 helicopters.this would provide greater employment opportunities in india.

here check out this link and article:

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/...ooking_at_maintenance_unit_alliances_in_India


Texas-based Bell Helicopter, which awaits government nod to sell 197 Bell 407 choppers to the Indian Army, is planning a maintenance, repair and overhaul unit in the country at an investment of $60-$100 million.
The company, headquartered in Fort Worth, is also looking at strategic partners for the maintenance unit, and may also enter the business of pilot training and assembly of choppers eventually, a top official said.

'We have made helicopter deliveries worth $20 million in India this year. And we have firm orders for another $20 million. India is a strategic market for Bell Helicopter,' said Michael A. Redenbaugh, chief executive of the company.

'As our business expands in India, both commercial and military, we will look at the entire spectrum of operations - from the assembly and production of choppers to training, maintenance and customisation,' Redenbaugh told IANS.

'Globally, we have strategic alliances and partnerships with companies such as Boeing, Fuji of Japan, and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd in Bangalore. We will look at a similar strategy - yes, we are in talks with some companies,' he added.

According to company officials, Bell has sold 76 helicopters in India to date and clients include companies like state-run Pawan Hans, Air Deccan and Global Vectra, as also some state governments. It commands a 50 percent market share.

Speaking about the company's other activities in India, Redenbaugh said Hindustan Aeronautics manufactures tail rotor blades for Bell 206 helicopters and its parent company, Textron, has a technology centre in Bangalore.

The centre with some 200 employees has been working in the area of interactive technical manuals and back office finance support and is now gearing up for an increase in head count for high-end research and engineering work, he said.

Redenbaugh said if Bell were to bag the order for 197 Bell 407 reconnaissance and observation helicopters from the Indian Army, only 60 will come from its facilities and the rest will be manufactured at Hindustan Aeronautics.

Earlier this year, the Bangalore-based firm had assembled one such chopper.

The Indian Army chopper programme has a 30 percent offset requirement - which means Bell will have transfer high-tech aerospace technology, subcontract some components, prepare training programs, look at exports and create jobs.

'Over the past two decades Bell Helicopter has entered into 17 offset programmes in 10 countries. The total value of offsets provided is slightly more than $1 billion,' a company official said.

The Bell 407 has landed at helipads more than 20,000 ft. near Leh and flew in temperatures under -20 degree Celsius when Pawan Hans flew the first Indian commercially registered aircraft in the Antarctica in 1999, he added.

 

[vedang]

some of the technologies that they can offer india include :

1) the ultimax ultra light weight 5.56mm machine gun (it weighs just 4.9 kgs)

2) cis 40mm automatic grenade lunchers and cis 40mm grenade launcher.

3) cis 50mg machine gun(i believe india has a requirement for these guns to replace the russian guns).

4) the sar 21 light weight 5.56mm assault rifle.

5) super light weight automatic grenade launcher ,which weighs just 19.5 kgs.

6) light remote weapon station.

for more information here heck out this link:

http://www.stengg.com/home/home.aspx

thats cool dude..perhaps the only problem it mght face is from the OFB wanting to continue its monoply over the indian arms market..

 

[aaaditya]

thats cool dude..perhaps the only problem it mght face is from the OFB wanting to continue its monoply over the indian arms market..

ofb are a group of factories catering to the needs of armed forces,there are no compulsions on the indian army to acquire technology from ofb,if superior technology is available elsewhere ,the purpose of ofb is to indigenise foreign technology and manufacture them in india at a relatively lower cost and utilise the technology derived for indigenous projects.

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys, great news ,indian private company vectra has now purchased the czechoslovakian company tatra ,the manufacturer of the famous tatra trucks ,which are the standard trucks of the indian army,vectra already had a share in tatra ,now they would have a complete share.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=263643&subLeft=1&leftnm=1

Construction equipment manufacturer Vectra, today announced that the company along with its consortium of investors has bought a 80.5 per cent stake in the Czech Republic based truck manufacturer Tatra for $57.8 million. The company acquired the stake from Terex corporation of the US. Vectra's total stake holding now accounts for 92 per cent as the former held 11.1 per cent stake in the same company prior to the acquisition. A Belgian bank, KBC, holds 17 per cent, with 7 per cent and 5 per cent of the stake being held by the public and US investors respectively. The consortium is also planning to buy out the balance holding of 8 per cent. R K Rishi, chairman, Vectra group, said, “With this acquisition, the company has taken decisive and important strides towards creating a truly global scale business within the automotive sector domain of our business portfolio. This acquisition is an important component of our strategy to build a global automotive business." Vectra's core business ideas involve engineering, automotive, material handling and construction. The companies operations span across 18 countries having primary bases in India and the Eastern Europe. India is also the largest market for the company's heavy commercial vehicles sales constituting 33 per cent of the total production of 1,500 units worldwide. Defence deals consist of 50 per cent of the companies revenue, US army being one of its largest consumers.


also here are the links on both the companies:

http://www.vectragroup.com/

http://www.tatraindia.com/

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys ,great news ,the indian army chief is visiting usa,i believe it wll further the defence relationships considerably between the two nations,i hope we hear about some new and interesting defence deals during this visit.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=7636

J.J. Singh leaving for U.S. today

Special Correspondent



NEW DELHI: Chief of the Army Staff J. J. Singh is leaving for the U.S. on Saturday to "give further impetus to our [bilateral] cooperation by commencing interaction in the field of operational research, air defence, explosive ordnance and doctrine and concepts.''
Gen. Singh will also discuss joint adventure activities by troops of both countries "to broad-base the existing relationship,'' said an official release.
The Army noted that military cooperation with the U.S. "is progressing smoothly and is on the upswing'' with the enhancing of the content "both qualitatively and quantitatively.'' The release said: "The strength and depth of the Indo-U.S. defence relationship can be gauged from the fact that so far this year, the Chairman of the [U.S.] Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of the [U.S.] Army Staff, Commander-in-Chief of the [U.S.] Pacific Command and the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps have visited India.''

 

[birdofprey]

hey guys the other day i was watching a full docomentry on indian troops suicides in one of pakistani channels, i thought it was a pakistani propaganda but when i fliped another channel BBC they were also playing the same report..


Indian army suffers 100 suicides a year
From correspondents in Srinagar, India
November 05, 2006
AT least 100 Indian soldiers are committing suicide every year and are mainly those fighting insurgents in Kashmir and the north-eastern states, according to India's army chief.

Dozens of soldiers, including officers, have also been killed by their colleagues in Kashmir. Early this week a soldier shot dead an officer at an army camp in Srinagar in the fourth such incident in little more than a week.

“On average we have been having about 100 suicide cases a year in the past four to five years, so this year has been (the) same,” General J J Singh said in Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital.

“Mainly it (suicide) is in such (insurgency-hit) areas, but they are also happening in areas where there is no insurgency,” local newspapers reported him as saying today.

Indian authorities say they have introduced yoga for soldiers and officers to reduce stress. Singh said counselling is also being provided.

India has a 1.1 million-strong army, the world's second largest after China. It has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers in Kashmir since 1989 to quell a revolt against New Delhi's rule in the mountainous region.

More than 45,000 people including civilians, soldiers and Muslim militants have been killed in the revolt in Kashmir. The region's political separatists put the toll at twice as high.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20704371-1702,00.html

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys,great news,indian army is to raise 8 special forces(commando) battalions ,capable of striking enemy border and nuclear installations,the governement of india has already allocated rupees 1000 crores for their training and acquistion.i believe that the indian army chief(who is currently on a visit to usa) will be having an eye on us special forces equipment ,i also believe that the training for these special forces would be provided by israel,russia and usa.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=front_page&file_name=story4.txt&counter_img=4

By the year 2010, India will have eight battalions of elite Special Forces capable of precision strikes at enemy nuclear capabilities with state-of-the-art equipment.

The Government has sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore for the purpose and the Army is ready with its wish list for joint training and procuring hi-tech weapon and communication systems.

Each battalion will have the strength of 1,000 airborne commandos trained to operate behind enemy lines, and cripple their war time response mechanism.

The decision will enable the Indian armed forces to develop conventional capabilities in an environment where some countries in the Indian subcontinent are on the nuclear threshold.

These highly trained Special Forces commandos will achieve the strategic objectives laid down by the political leadership as chances of an all-out war are few in the present day international scenario.

The Army already has five battalions of the Special Forces and in 2002, the NDA Government had given the go-ahead for raising five more units. But the eight new battalions will be in the airborne mode and trained to take out enemy's N-capacities. The airborne mode will enable the Special Forces to carry out a variety of sensitive and surgical strikes.

Elaborating upon the importance of this decision, sources said the Special Forces would now have the capabilities to inflict heavy damage on strategic targets in an enemy country including nuclear installations, communication nerve centres and crucial war waging capabilities.

Given this backdrop, Army chief General JJ Singh, now on a seven-day visit to the US, is likely to hold extensive talks with his counterparts about joint training and procurement of hi-tech weapons and communication systems for the Special Forces.

India is keen on an intensive interaction with US Special Forces as far as training is concerned as the US has the most advanced Special Forces organisation with a separate command structure.

Backed by a budget equivalent to the entire Indian defence allocations, the US Special Forces has its own dedicated fixed wing and rotary aircraft, sources said. The pilots flying these aircraft are trained in night flying and only those pilots who have logged more than 3,000 hours of night flying are commissioned into the Special Forces.

With more funds coming for raising the Special Forces, the Army now wants to have three-dimensional capabilities of operating in air, land and underwater.

In fact, the Army is keen to acquire equipment for these operations through the FMS route, sources said. The list includes combat underwater diving equipment, laser target designators, underwater rifles, modular acquisition devices, diver propulsion vehicles, underwater cameras, kayaks, underwater global positioning systems (GPS) and GPS map navigation systems.

Explaining the reason for having exercises with the US, they said the US and Israel Special Forces are rated to be the best in the world and joint training with Israel has political dimensions, sources said.

While India has no problem in acquiring weapon systems from Israel, political reservations have not allowed the two countries to have a joint drill. Sources added the NDA Government had taken a policy decision to allow the Israelis and the Indian armed forces to have joint exercises but no further development took place.

 

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India has a 1.1 million-strong army, the world's second largest after China. It has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers in Kashmir since 1989 to quell a revolt against New Delhi's rule in the mountainous region.

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More than 45,000 people including civilians, soldiers and Muslim militants have been killed in the revolt in Kashmir. The region's political separatists put the toll at twice as high.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20704371-1702,00.html

There you are ,a news agency calling a state having a local elected government and constitutional systems in place is being described as facing revolt(well History has it revolts take place only where there is a autocratic rule or dictatorship,democracy is threatened only by military coups).I wish newspaper dailies and news agencies need to visit the ground zero prior to putting pen to paper.