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A Sea Harrier takes-off from the flight deck of INS Viraat off the coast of Mumbai. A file photo. Admiral Madhvendra Singh declared that INS Viraat would remain in service through upgrades until Admiral Gorshkov is commissioned. Gorshkov's retrofit at the Sevmash ship-building facility in Severodvinsk on Russia's northern White Sea coast is likely to be complete by 2008-09.-SEBASTIAN D'SOUZA/AFP

A new doctrine for the Navy

The Indian Maritime Doctrine, released in April by the Navy Chief, urges the Navy to recognise its responsibilities towards developing a credible mini

An enclave on the boil

Discontentment is mounting in the Northern Areas, once a part of Kashmir, where Pakistan has tried to suppress regional aspirations by enforcing draco

RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi

Tribal families fleeing their homes, near Wana, South Waziristan, as Pakistani troops intensified their hunt for Al Qaeda members.-MIAN KHURSHEED/REUTERS

Marching into a minefield

Pakistan's military campaign in the tribal area in the northwest apparently has an important goal apart from presenting George Bush with a top Al Qaed

Tough territory

THE six tribal areas other than South Waziristan are North Waziristan, Mohmand, Orkazai, Khyber, Khurram and Bajor, where Pashtunwali or the Pashtun c

Jaswant Singh, the then External Affairs Minister, with his Afghanistan counterpart Abdullah Abdullah in New Delhi in October 2002.-S. ARNEJA

Strategic realignments

India forges new military and economic ties in the neighbourhood to counter what it perceives to be potential threats to its security and its ambition

A P-3C Orion strike/reconnaissance aircraft. Discussions between U.S. and Indian naval officials are to take place in New Delhi for the sale of the aircraft to India.-REUTERS/US NAVY/MARK MEYER

Weighed down by history

An analysis of the fledgling defence relations between India and the U.S. points out that fundamental differences in approach, perspective and emphasi

A force to tackle terror attacks

INDIA is raising a specialised force to combat nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) attacks by terrorists, which will undergo intensive training in

A credible nuclear deterrent?

In the absence of a chief of defence staff in the command and control structure of the Nuclear Command Authority doubts have been raised about the cre

RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi

The Israeli Super-Dvora Mk II fast attack craft, bought for the Indian Navy.-

Moving closer to Israel

After decades of secretive defence cooperation, India and Israel have come out in the open with Israel emerging as India's second largest arms supplie

The Asian connections

ISRAEL's thrust into Asia began nearly four and a half decades ago despite Non-Aligned Movement leaders like Sri Lanka - and India - publicly putting

Picking mines on the border

More than a year after Operation Parakram, the Army is grappling with the treacherous and expensive task of extracting over one million mines planted

RAHUL BEDI in Atari

India and Central Asia

India's growing presence and role in the resources-rich and strategically significant Central Asian Region has important implications.

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