India in 2012: Strategic and security challenges beckon

[Jason bourne]

good list.

INS Arihant and PDV test I am eagerly waiting for.

any thing else u remeber actually am updating the first post so that every thing comes in one post .... guys do tell me to add in the post

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Mid 2012 there will be a launch.

g-sat 6

 

[angeldemon_007]

any news about aad ,pad new test ? and followon order of P-8I and C-130J not already placed ?

Not sure....there's a lot of confusion but if not signed, after 3-4 important small deals these two deals will be signed...Yeah next phase of BMD will start from 2012...

 

[Kinetic]

^^ few more....

1) air launched brahmos test.
2) pdv test.
3) dedicated military satellites.
4) IRNSS
5) more tests of prahaar, agni-4, k-4, helina, and shaurya.
6) astra test from mki.

 

[T90TankGuy]

while it bonanza time for the 3 services . its in paticular going to be a good year for the navy . they will be getting at least 6 major platforms.

 

[Jason bourne]

^^ few more....

1) air launched brahmos test.
2) pdv test.
3) dedicated military satellites.
4) IRNSS
5) more tests of prahaar, agni-4, k-4, helina, and shaurya.
6) astra test from mki.

IRNSS IN 2012 ?

 

[Jason bourne]

^^ few more....

1) air launched brahmos test.
2) pdv test.
3) dedicated military satellites.
4) IRNSS
5) more tests of prahaar, agni-4, k-4, helina, and shaurya.
6) astra test from mki.

updated in first post

 

[OrionHunter]

There must be few more things that I missed. Other forum members may enlighten us.

Yep! Better rations for troops. This is a serious issue. The present quality sucks. The PTB have been given a kick up their a$$e$ to get their acts together.

2012 would see cold storage depots at Army, Corps and Divisional administrative areas, and refrigerated vans to take the rations up to these areas and beyond.

Cheers!

 

[Storm Force]

C17 globemasters

Arjun battle tanks

LCA tejas mk1

first image of LCA MK2

Arjun mk2 tanks

LAC helicopters

 

[peep]

what time frame are we looking at for the submarine launched brahmos ? IMO, since the vertical launch has been successful for brahmos + K4 has also been tested successfully, can we say that work is almost done ?

thanks !!

 

[BLEND]

Any news about AURA in 2012?

 

[Tshering22]

i heard there might be some test of AAD or PAD anyone has any idea about that ?

Pradyumna BMD would be tested finally (hopefully) this year and will be inducted by 2013-14. At least that's what was the news.

 

[rai_kamal]

C17 globemasters

Arjun battle tanks

LCA tejas mk1

first image of LCA MK2

Arjun mk2 tanks

LAC helicopters

LCA mk2 image by 2012 ???
I m still waiting for FOC of LCA mk1..

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

January 1, 2012.

Forget the current bout of economic stress; India is blessed with growth drivers that won’t go away in a hurry.

The world economy is going through a tumultuous period. Europe’s decade-old common market, the euro zone, almost looked like disintegrating last year but for a last-minute over-a-trillion-euro deal to rescue its indebted members. Partisan politics bringing the world’s largest economy, the US, on a brink of default was something that a global economy battling severe slowdown could have done without. A rating downgrade of the US thereafter only fuelled fear of a full-blown global recession.

But, even amid all this gloom and doom, there is much going for India that one can take comfort from. While the developed world battles an ageing, dependent population, we are sitting on a demographic dividend where over half our population is under 25 years of age. True, we are yet to meaningfully encash this advantage, and skill shortage is endemic, making large part of people entering the labour force unemployable.

But, it seems there is hope after all. Of late, the government has turned its attention to skill building, with the aim of skilling 150 million people by 2022.

What’s also heartening is that productivity in India is on the rise. It was up 3.9 per cent a year between 2004-05 and 2008-09, from a low of 2.3 per cent between 1993 and 2004, and now pips China, which reported under 3 per cent during the four-year period ending March 2009, according to a KLEMS research project at Icrier last year. This, along with the rupee’s new normal, at Rs 50-something to a dollar, spells growing competitiveness for Indian exports vis-à-vis China, all things remaining same.



ADVANTAGE INDIA

- Young demographics
- Strong domestic consumption-led growth
- Growing middle class
- Increasing productivity
- Strong entrepreneurial culture
- More transparent & accountable government, big businesses & markets
- Politics of aspiration & inclusion
- Growing urbanisation

The India Story: 2012 - Business Standard

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Time for India to rise. The demographic dividend can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how well educated your population is. Don't miss this opportunity.

 

[foxbat]

Err... CD account hacked ???

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Time for India to rise. The demographic dividend can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how well educated your population is. Don't miss this opportunity.

Err... CD account hacked ???

It is the new year. And check the rest of my India-related threads, they are all positive anyway.