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Soldiers To Get New Clothing For Super High Altitude Areas

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The India Army is planning to upgrade and indigenize the production of winter clothing for its soldiers deployed in “super high-altitude” areas which are being imported from Switzerland, Finland and Norway at high costs as of now, according to news reports.

The government spends almost 1 lakh rupees to provide clothing to a single soldier including ice-axes, shovels, boot crampons, and Stromeyer tents.

Indian jawans took most of the “dominating” glacial heights on the Saltoro Ridge in a daring operation to pre-empt Pakistani soldiers by a whisker in 1984 and has captured the area ever since.

There are eight major clothing items being procured from abroad as of now. At present, specialised clothing for over 27,000 soldiers is obtained for three years at a time.Indian Army High Altitude

The defense ministry was urged to purchase winter clothing for Siachen, Drass, Kargil, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh that have temperatures ranging from minus 10 to 60 degree Celsius, for five years at a time due to the long process and irregularities in the current items being procured from abroad.

Meanwhile, attempts are being made to tap the technology available in India to gradually replace imported winter clothing. Indian Technical Textile Association is also likely to help for this endeavour.

The Indian vendors have already been identified for making the three-layered ECCWS and gloves as well as the four-layered socks. The overall aim is to improve the products further by reducing bulk and weight to ensure soldiers can be more agile and combat-effective while getting higher thermal insulation from the extreme weather.

Just since 1984, India has lost around 900 soldiers on the Siachen heights. But with better infrastructure being built on the glacial heights, where soldiers are taught to “survive first and then fight”, the number of casualties has gone down over the years.

But soldiers still have to battle high-altitude pulmonary odema, cerebral odema, hypothermia, hypoxia and frost-bite in the tough terrain, where avalanches, blizzards and whiteouts are the norm.

Just last week, an Army doctor, Capt Ashwini Kumar, was killed after a patrol got hit by an avalanche in Siachen.

This, for sure, is a big step towards indigenization of Indian Armed Forces, but with the process to clear all legal and official bars, it may take another five to ten years.

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Finally, Women To Get Permanent Commission In The Navy

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Hello, Warriors!

On September 5th, 2015, the Delhi High Court ruled that women can now have full term service in the Indian Navy and enjoy retirement benefits. Allowing women to get permanent commission in the navy, the court said it would “frown upon any endeavor to block progress of women”.

And now, almost about two and a half months from then, slamming Indian Navy for “gender discrimination” and “unreasonable classification”, the Supreme Court on Friday said it was in favour of permanent commission of women officers in all wings after they complete their short service stints.Indian-Navy-Women-Officers

The apex court’s observation came after hearing an appeal filed by the Navy and Defence Ministry against the Delhi High Court order, asking it to grant permanent commission to 19 women officers in the fields of education, logistics and ATC.

On September 26, 2008, Navy’s rule offered permanent commission to women officers who joined after the date but this was limited only to education, law and naval architecture branches.

Their lawyer Rekha Palli argued on how after using their services for 14 long years, the organisation was throwing them out of service.

Endorsing the argument, a bench headed by justice T S Thakur told Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, “Once you decide to give a permanent commission, you cannot have a classification. Such discrimination is bad. How is that these women, who once offered their valuable service, are now being considered unproductive, just because they have to be given the benefits of their service?”

As the AG replied that “permanent commission for women SSC officers is something that the law itself bars and such an order would annihilate the functional autonomy of the armed forces”, the judge, referring to the 2008 rule told the AG “the government itself created the problem now you face it”.

The MoD had urged the SC to stay the HC order, saying it “severely affects the operational structure and administrative exigencies in the Indian Navy” and also “result in disturbing the seniority of existing personnel and their promotional avenues”.

It also stressed that this would further cause financial and other constraints on the government and has resulted in the respondents (women officers) being provided with something that the law itself bars.

The Navy maintained that it had not discriminated against women, and that no male officer in the same cadres, who were recruited under the SSC, was offered permanent commission. The Navy has said that the HC nullified its policy without any cogent reason or basis and became a decision-maker for the Indian Navy, which has consistently been avoided by constitutional courts.

But, whatsoever, the women aspirants can now be proud and more motivated to join the Indian Navy as Permanent Commissioned Officers.

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The Right Approach To Public Speaking During SSB Interview

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Hello, Warriors! With the season of SSBs coming overhead, aspirants are preparing hard to get through it. For some, it might be their umpteenth attempt to clear the SSB and for some, it may be the first. But only the best make it through.

Being an officer is all about possessing the OLQs, of which, one is Ability to Influence – The Ability to Influence through words and speech. It’s the need of the officer commanding to have the public speaking skills to influence the fellow soldiers and lead them to victory; for, words may create peace and initiate war at the same time.

Here I bring you tips on how to approach to speaking in public:

  1. Have a clear message to deliver. It is okay to say “I don’t know” instead of saying anything you really don’t know about.
  1. Your message needs to be short, simple and clear.
  1. Different people have different tastes. Before speaking something, know who your listeners are. Remember, most people like to listen to real examples rather than theories.
  1. Use a stronger voice when it comes to important sentences. Use a lower slow voice when it comes to something sad.army group discussion
  1. Be natural and also keep in mind the cultural differences of the listeners.
  1. It’s a good etiquette to look at everybody and not just one person.
  1. Be flexible! Change your way of speaking, tell jokes which are related to the topic.
  1. Be confident in expressing your ideas. People trust confident speakers.
  1. Be up to date with the current national and international developments. You can always check that out on ssbcrack. We made this easier for you.
  1. Be a good listener. People respect you when you listen to others.
  1. Maintain eye contact with who you are speaking to.
  1. Cultivate a friendly body language. You can read more about it here: https://ssbcrack.com/2014/11/importance-of-body-language-in-public-speaking.html

The best way to learn to be an effective speaker is to speak as often as possible. Remember, mistakes are the best teachers but at the same time, know what you are speaking.

Good luck!
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INS Vishwakarma – The New Training Establishment Of The Navy

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Hi, Warriors! Shipwright School, a premier technical establishment, and alma-mater for Naval Architect Officers, Shipwright Officers and Shipwright Sailors of the Indian Navy, was commissioned as Indian Naval Ship Vishwakarma. The honors were done by Admiral Robin K Dhowan in Vizag.

The event commenced with an impressive parade which was reviewed by the Chief of Naval Staff. Thereafter, Commodore Ajay Ghule, Commanding Officer (Designate) read out the Commissioning Warrant. The ceremony was solemnised by recitation of an invocation in Sanskrit. This was followed by hoisting of the Naval Ensign and playing of the National Anthem.

With the commissioning of INS Vishwakarma as a full-fledged naval training establishment, the Navy will complete the technical training triad of the Indian Navy comprising Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

The Shipwright School was established at INS Shivaji in 1941 for training shipwright artificers. Subsequently, it was shifted to Naval Barracks, Mumbai (now INS Angre) in 1943 and later to the present premises in Visakhapatnam in 1981 as a dedicated training establishment with independent facilities for training of shipwright apprentices.

Over the last seven decades, the school has expanded as the training hub of for Naval Architect Officers.

This will be another training establishment for the Indian Navy apart from the prestigious Indian Naval Academy to train quality officers for the Navy.

The commissioning of INS Vishwakarma would enhance the Navy’s in-house design and maintenance capabilities. This would go a long way in transforming the Indian Navy to a designer’s and builder’s Navy in keeping with the “Make in India” vision.INS Vishwakarma

Emphasis was laid on the quality professional training, the bedrock on which India’s warships, submarines, and aircraft are able to effectively carry out their onerous tasks.

The other training establishments of the navy and their type of training are:

  • INS Agrani – Leadership Training
  • INS Chilka – Sailors Training
  • INS Dronacharya – Gunnery School
  • INS Garuda – Aviation
  • INS Hamla – Logistics Training
  • Institute of Naval Medicine – Medical Corps of the Navy
  • INS Kunjali – Music Training School
  • INS Mandovi – Provost and Physical Training School
  • INS Satavahana – Submarine Training School
  • Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology – Education Corps of the Navy
  • National Institute of Hydrography
  • INS Shivaji – Engineering Training
  • INS Valsura – Electrical Training
  • INS Venduruthy – Seamen Training
  • Inter Services – NDA, Khadakwasla
  • Inter Services – DSSC, Wellington
  • Inter Services – NDC, New Delhi

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Navy’s Seakeeping And Manoeuvring Basin In Operation

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Hello, Warriors! In a boost to the Navy’s frontline defence, union defence minister Manohar Parrikar dedicated a Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin (SMB) to the Indian Navy at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) on 14th November, 2015.

SMB facility is one of its kind in the country, set up as a joint effort of DRDO and Indian Navy, the facility puts India among the few nations in the world having the capability to undertake comprehensive hydrodynamic model testing of naval platforms and weapon systems.Indian Navy with Defence Minister

SMB would help to design and build state-of-the-art naval combatants such as submarines, ships, torpedoes, etc.

The Minister also handed over Maareech – Advanced Torpedo Defence System developed by DRDO to the Navy Chief.

‘Maareech’, developed by the Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, and NSTL, Vizag in coordination with the Indian Navy, is the best success story of the ‘Make in India’ programme.

Varunastra, a heavy torpedo, designed and developed by the NSTL, has gone through user evaluation trials and a clearance is awaited for its production.

It came as a result of close coordination between DRDO and the Indian Navy which would enhance indigenousness in defence systems.

It is a state-of-the-art indigenous system for torpedo detection and countermeasures. This system offers a complete solution to detect and locate the incoming torpedo and to apply countermeasures to protect naval platform against torpedo attack.

Forty systems have already been procured and are being deployed in the Indian Navy ships.

SLINEX – The Indo-Lankan Joint Naval Exercise

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Hello, Warriors! The Indian and Sri Lankan Navies undertook the 4th edition of Sri Lanka-India Exercise (SLINEX) off the Trincomalee coast in Sri Lanka from 27th October to 1st November 2015.

Here’s what you should know about it:

  1. SLINEX series of bilateral maritime exercises were initiated in 2005 and since then three successful engagements have been conducted.
  2. This exercise was paused till 2011 due to security situation in Sri-Lanka. The third exercise in the series, SLINEX-13 was conducted off Goa in November 2013.
  3. SLINEX is aimed to develop greater interoperability and rekindle close cooperation between the two navies.
  4. Indian Naval Ships missile corvettes Kora, Kirpan and Offshore Patrol Vessel Savitri along with ship-borne integral helicopters participated in the exercise including an Indian Naval maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
  5. Sayura, Samudra, Sagara, six Fast Attack Crafts, two Fast Gun Boats and one Fast Missile Vessel represented the Sri Lankan Navy.India Sri Lanka Navy Exercise
  6. The exercise was commenced with a Harbour Phase, during which, the participants engaged in professional, cultural and social interactions.
  7. The Harbour Phase was followed by the Sea Phase, which commenced on 30th October and included complex operations including anti-piracy exercises, gun firings, cross-deck helicopter operations and anti-surface exercises.
  8. In the past, India has imparted training to Sri Lankan personnel by providing specialized naval courses in gunnery, navigation, communication and anti-submarine warfare.
  9. India has also trained thousands of Sri Lankan personnel at its military institutions ranging from Counter-insurgency and Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte (Mizoram) to School of Artillery at Devlali (Maharashtra). The premier Indian Military Academy at Dehradun has even run special courses to train hundreds of gentlemen cadets from Sri Lanka.

The benefits of operational interactions under SLINEX were clearly visible as both the Navies today have an improved and steadfast understanding between each other. SLINEX 15 will further enhance the capability of the two navies to work together at sea and contribute towards maritime security in the region.

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12 Facts About The Navy’s First Squadron Of Boeing P-8I

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Hello, Warriors! The Indian Navy on Friday added more power to its air wing when the first squadron of Boeing Poseidon 8-India long-range maritime patrol aircraft was dedicated to the nation.

Defence minister Manohar Parikkar dedicated the Indian variant of Boeing’s Poseidon Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft to the nation on Friday, the 13th. The event was held at INS Rajali, Indian Navy’s air station in Aarkonam, Tamil Nadu, India’s premier Naval Air Station in southern India, about 70 Km off Chennai.

Here’s all you need to update about the Boeing’s P-8I:

  1. Armed with the mighty Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Boeing P-8I Squadron (INAS 312A) will boost Navy’s activities such as anti-surface warfare, long-range anti-submarine warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance and littoral missions.
  2. P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, developed by Boeing as a replacement of US Navy’s ageing P-3 fleet.
  3. The aircraft will provide the Indian Navy the necessary reach and flexibility to undertake extensive surveillance as also to respond swiftly and effectively to contingencies in India’s areas of interest.
  4. The P-8I aircraft has achieved a number of operational milestones which the first successful firing of air launched Harpoon Block II missile in the world, torpedo firing and active participation in major naval exercises.
  5. The aircraft was deployed by the Indian Navy from Malaysia and Port Blair as India’s flag bearer during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines MH 370 in March 2015.Boeing P-8I Indian Navy
  6. Indian Navy became the first international customer for the P-8 aircraft. India inked a deal worth US $2.1 billion on January 1, 2009 for a total of eight aircraft. The first aircraft was received on 15th May, 2013.
  7. The last of the eight aircraft was accepted by India last month and all the planes have undergone thorough testing and trials, including successful firing of the first air launched Harpoon Block II missile in the world.
  8. All eight aircraft have been inducted into the Indian Navy. The communication and sensor suites are developed by Indian industries and it has a maximum endurance of about 10 hours.
  9. The induction of all eight aircraft has reinforced the long-range maritime reconnaissance and air anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy. It will also provide enhanced maritime surface and sub-surface surveillance in the entire Indian Ocean Region.
  10. With a maximum speed of 907 kmph and an operating range of over 1,200 nautical miles, with four hours on station, the P-8Is will be able to detect threats and neutralize them if required — far before they come anywhere near Indian shores.
  11. The aircraft would be placed under the Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval Command, based at INS Rajali and operated by Indian Naval Air Squadron 312A.
  12. The Squadron is commanded by Commander Venkateshwaran Ranganathan.

These aircraft will be a real force multiplier in the Bay of Bengal region and the area around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with their capability to track down enemy ships and destroy them. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been detailing ships and submarines around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and on some occasions had to be warned against entering India’s territorial waters. The Andaman islands is one of the most susceptible to an attack by the PLAN.

With the induction of the P-8I, the Indian Navy can be more alert and effective in such occasions.

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Are India And China Friends Or Foes?

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Hello, Warriors! If recent news is to be believed, China has deployed advanced radars and drones in its border areas under an integrated round the clock frontier monitoring system to check infiltration and drug trafficking on the Indian border in Tibet as well as in Xinjiang and Yunnan regions.

This news comes just weeks after India and China held a bilateral military exercise, Hand in Hand-2015.

So, the real issue here is that whether China is a friend or a foe of India; or ‘frenemy’, maybe?

Well, to start with, the relation between any two countries is determined by various factors including sustained economic growth, energy procurement, climate change, and so on.

India is destined to become a great economy by 2025 along with China. Moreover, India and China are longtime adversaries. The 1962 war was a humiliating debacle for India. In India’s national security establishment, and the country more generally, China is considered a principal threat.

On the economic front, two-way trade amounted to nearly $65 billion in 2013 compared to a mere $3 billion in 2000. China has become India’s top trade partner, though the substantial surpluses it racks up ($31 billion last year) rankle India.Indian and china army

India’s GDP is about 35 percent of China’s, its defense budget less than 37 percent. Whether it’s infrastructure, foreign-investment inflows, living standards, education, technology or military might, China leads by a wide margin.

Among the problems between India and China is the border dispute. Many times in the previous years, Chinese troops crossed the line of control in the western Aksai Chin sector, offering reminders that it remains a potential source of war. For China, the Aksai Chin region in the western sector matters most: it connects Xinjiang and Tibet, regions in which anti-Han nationalism has been increasing. India maintains that China occupies 43,000 square kilometers of Indian land in the west; in the east, Chinese claims encompass 90,000 square kilometers of Arunachal Pradesh.

Well, India and China do have taken up some common issues to tackle. China and India engaged in unprecedented coordination during the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009. This cooperation has been followed by frequent four-party talks among China, India, Brazil, and Mexico.

China-India relations remain too complex to be explained in simplistic format of friend or foe. If at all one has to define the Indo-Chinese relationship, it’s like between two classmates who’re neither friends nor foes, trying to compete against one another, but with more promise of becoming friends than foes, as both realize they’re the best in the class, and by hanging together, they can take on the big boys of other classes and schools much better.

But for the time being, let the political masters lead their country’s path.

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Everything You Need To Know About Military Exercise “Indra”

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Hello, Warriors! To strengthen its ties with international countries and to tackle terrorism, India is frequently engaged with bilateral military exercises with its friendly nations.

India has held many military exercises with various countries this year. The latest being Hand-in-Hand 2015 with the People’s Liberation Army of China.

Well, guess who is going to be India’s new guest for this now?

Not surprisingly, it’s an old friend, Russia.

India and Russia will begin their joint army exercise ‘Indra’ focusing on counter-terrorism operations this week.

Here are the key points of this exercise which, we, as defence aspirants must acquire:

  1. The seventh Indo-Russian joint training exercise INDRA-2015 has commenced at Mahajan field firing range in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
  1. The Russian contingent from an Independent Motorised Brigade comprising 250 Military personnel along with supporting staff landed at Bikaner directly from Russia.
  1. Participating from India is the soldiers of the Indian Army’s Infantry Battalion.
  1. The two contingents of India and Russia presented a parade before the senior officers in the opening ceremony with unfurling of the National Flags of both the countries.
  1. The 14-day training schedule is focused on training on ‘Counter-Terrorism Operations in the backdrop of Desert terrain under a United Nations Mandate’.Indo-Russian joint training exercise
  1. Both the sides would initially acquaint themselves with the approach to such operations, Command and Control systems as well as arms and equipment of each other.
  1. The joint training would also focus on ensuring a high degree of physical fitness, tactical drills, techniques and procedures. A comprehensive training programme for a period of four weeks has been worked out for the same.
  1. During the exercise, participants will engage in a variety of missions including joint planning, cordon and search operations, search and rescue, joint tactical drills and special arms skills.
  1. The exercise would be conducted in two phases, namely ‘Combat Conditioning & Tactical Training’ and ‘Validation’ phases.

The broadened and unprecedented scope of the exercise to be witnessed by senior Indian as well as Russian Generals stands as a testimony to the deep and mature, people to people as well as military to military ties between Russia and India.

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The Digital Era Of Indian Army Begins

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Hi, Warriors! At a time when the present young generation is finding an affinity towards technology, Indian Army is nowhere at the back doing the same.

With PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ initiative started to get a grip, the Indian Army plans to go 100% digital with the highly encrypted cloud system of Indian Army coming into action.

“Digi-Locker” as it’s called, is a big step towards taking the force to become a “digital army”.

Here are the 9 things that you need to know about this big step by the army:

  1. A highly encrypted cloud system of the Indian Army that will store personnel as well operational data was inaugurated on 9th November 2015.
  1. The ‘Army Cloud’ includes a central data centre, a near line data centre, both in Delhi and a disaster recovery site for a replication of its critical data along with virtualised servers and storage in an environmentally controlled complex.
  1. This is similar to ‘Meghraj’, the cloud system of National Informatics Centre, and will provide all information technology infrastructure, including servers for computing, storage, network security equipment centrally for automation of Indian Army.Indian army digital era
  1. It would store all non-classified information of every Indian soldier which can be accessed by authorised personnel as and when needed.
  1. Another ‘Digital Army Initiative’ which was also inaugurated was ‘Digi-Locker’ which provides a secure and exclusive data storage space to all the units and formation headquarters of the army over its dedicated data network.
  1. The Army has already initiated a full-fledged digitalisation programme under which every unit and each soldier would become digitally savvy. Each Indian Army unit will have data capability with high bandwidth connectivity.
  1. The digi-locker of the army is similar to e-Locker of Digital India programme and has all the features like digital signatures and watermarking.
  1. This is an important step towards implementation of cyber-security as it prelude to carrying of soft copies of data on CDs/DVDs and removable media.
  1. Apart from these, the Army is also working on a data-radio set that can transmit live video from a border post in LoC or the Line of Actual Control to the headquarters.

The infrastructure and platforms being made available for automation and digitisation will catalyse the pace of digitisation in all branches of the army and is a landmark towards transforming Indian Army from a platform-centric to network-centric force, which would leverage the technology as a force multiplier.

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