China’s cyber warfare army is marching on, and India is suffering silently. Over the past one and a half years, officials said, China has mounted almost daily attacks on Indian computer networks, both government and private, showing its intent and capability.
The sustained assault almost coincides with the history of the present political disquiet between the two countries.
According to senior government officials, these attacks are not isolated incidents of something so generic or basic as "hacking" — they are far more sophisticated and complete — and there is a method behind the madness.
India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has lost out on an ambitious deal to sell its Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv to Chile due to "arm twisting" by the US, Indian officials here allege.
Chile, was keen to purchase the Dhruv, but overrode India's offer despite the best price offered and finalised the deal with Bell, a US-Canada joint venture, said the officials. The Chilean government was apparently under severe pressure from the US to go for Bell, diplomatic sources said.
"It was a political decision. The Chilean authorities admitted it was the result of arm twisting by the US," said a diplomatic official who did not want to be named.
In an unprecedented snub, defence minister AK Antony has refused the Navy chief, Sureesh Mehta, a chartered VVIP plane for a foreign visit, asking him to instead fly a commercial airline. The denial is the latest in a series of political decisions that convey the government’s extreme displeasure over how the naval headquarters has been handling policy issues.
A few days ago, Antony wrote a strongly-worded rejoinder to the naval headquarters for not informing the ministry well in advance about the participation of a US warship — USS Cole — in the just-concluded Exercise Konkan 2008. The exercise coincided with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s India visit.
According to dependable sources, Antony last week refused Admiral Mehta’s request to fly a VVIP Embraer plane of the defence ministry for his upcoming visit to Thailand.
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The maritime arms race in Asia has crossed another threshold with the publication of satellite pictures of a massive Chinese underground submarine and warship base giving it a significant tactical advantage in the strategically important South China Sea.
The naval base has been constructed by tunnelling into the mountainous shoreline of China's southern Hainan Island near a place called Sanya.
The entrance is so large it will allow vessels from China's growing fleet of over 50 conventional and nuclear-powered submarines to enter and leave the base without being spotted by the West's spy satellites.
With the newly-acquired UK-made Hawk jet trainer meeting with an accident, the IAF's new pilot training programme scheduled to begin in July seems to be in jeopardy. An inquiry has already been initiated into the causes of the crash of the trainer plane in Bidar in Karnataka yesterday, which comes close to the "teething problems" the jets faced soon after their acquisitions last year.
Guarding the borders, battling militants and training for blitzkrieg battles is just not enough now. Facing mounting attacks in the virtual world, the Indian Army is now gearing up for battles in the digitised battlefield as well.
The ongoing army commanders' conference, chaired by General Deepak Kapoor, has decided to boost the "cyber-security" of its information networks right down to the level of divisions, which are basically field formations with over 15,000 troops.
Apart from creating cyber-security organisations down to the division-level to guard against cyber warfare and data thefts, the Army top brass has also underlined the
The installation of hi-tech 'zon guns' near the runway at Nagpur airport to scare away animals and birds from the operational area has failed to serve its purpose. Two pigs were crushed under the wheels of an Indian Air Force IL-76 (Gajraj) aircraft while it was landing at 10.30 pm on Wednesday night.
Sources at the airport said, "A major mishap was averted at the air-port premises on Wednesday night. The pigs coming under the wheels of an aircraft could have led to a mishap." The incident took place during local flying (training programme) of IAF's IL-76 aircraft, they said.
One of the Indian Air Force's just acquired Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer was damaged as the pilot had to abort the take off for a training mission at Bidar airport in Karnataka.
The pilot, sensing some technical hitch, aborted the take off yesterday leading to the aircraft hitting a side wall, according to Air Force officials here.
The pilot escaped without any injury but the extent of damage to the aircraft was not
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