Category: EXAMINATION OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION
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Defence Exports: An Opportunity; With Pre-Requisites
https://bharatshakti.in/defence-exports-an-opportunity-with-pre-requisites/ Image: BharatShakti June 15, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (RETD) Print Email Editor’s Note The recently released Draft Defence Production Policy 2018 aims to export defence goods and services worth 5 Bn USD approximately by 2025. After this one heard that the Raksha Mantri had summoned all our Defence Attaches to Delhi and instructed…
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AN APPROACH TO ESTABLISHMENT OF TAMILNADU INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR (TANDICO) By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
General The Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor Defence was inaugurated by our Defence Minister, on 20 Jan 2019. It comprises of industrial hubs in Chennai, Hosur, Salem, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli. Next week, during the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet at Chennai, aerospace and defence along with the defence corridor featured prominently. At the outset it…
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DEFENCE IN DISTRESS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Wheels come off a Mirage aircraft after a refit by HAL and we lose two ace pilots. The Chief of Air Staff publicly states that supporting HAL affects IAF’s operational capabilities. The public views the increase in defence budget outlay as marginal, despite tall claims. The IAF may also be heading into a training crisis…
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