India, Poland Embark On Military Diplomacy

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India, Poland Embark On Military Diplomacy​

Army Chief General V K Singh and Polish Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Zbig Niew Glowienka today met here, on the latter's first Indian visit with an aim to strengthen and further defence ties between both nations and take the existing military diplomacy at a new level. Glowienka took over as the Polish Chief of General Staff after the untimely death of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military leadership during their visit to Russia in April 2010 when the Russian-made Tupolev crashed. In the accident the then Polish Army chief of staff, General Franciszek Gagor, also died.

Lt Gen Glowienka will also meet the Naval and Air Chiefs during his four-day stay in Delhi, from November 22-25, 2010.

India and Poland had discussed increasing their defence ties during the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Indian visit in September 6-7, 2010.

The first MoU on defence cooperation between New Delhi and Warsaw was signed in February 2003, and both nations have been deliberating on the technology transfer of tank recovery vehicles for the Indian Army. Poland has offered upgradation of India's Russian equipment, which includes armoured vehicles like BMP-II ICV and T-72 tanks and has also shown interest in India's air defence capability.



Meanwhile the British Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox, is on a two-day visit to India from November 22-23, 2010, during which he will visit the EADS (European Aerospace and Defence Systems) facility in Delhi. Secretary Fox will meet Defence Minister A K Antony for strengthening ties between both nations in the defence sector. Fox will also meet National Security Advisor and other union ministers. It may be noted that Eurofighter Typhoon manufactured by EADS is competing in India with five other contenders for an Indian Air Force (IAF) deal for 126 fighter jets.



The last visit by a UK Defence Secretary was in 2005 and this year in July Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and British PM David Cameron, in their joint statement, welcomed the Indo-UK defence cooperation.



Chindits.

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Good news....nice to c we are engaging with more and more country's.....

 

[jha]

i hope Indo-Polish Light tank is also on cards..

 

[Vajra_Yuddh]

India, Poland Embark On Military Diplomacy​

Army Chief General V K Singh and Polish Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Zbig Niew Glowienka today met here, on the latter's first Indian visit with an aim to strengthen and further defence ties between both nations and take the existing military diplomacy at a new level. Glowienka took over as the Polish Chief of General Staff after the untimely death of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military leadership during their visit to Russia in April 2010 when the Russian-made Tupolev crashed. In the accident the then Polish Army chief of staff, General Franciszek Gagor, also died.

Lt Gen Glowienka will also meet the Naval and Air Chiefs during his four-day stay in Delhi, from November 22-25, 2010.

India and Poland had discussed increasing their defence ties during the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Indian visit in September 6-7, 2010.

The first MoU on defence cooperation between New Delhi and Warsaw was signed in February 2003, and both nations have been deliberating on the technology transfer of tank recovery vehicles for the Indian Army. Poland has offered upgradation of India's Russian equipment, which includes armoured vehicles like BMP-II ICV and T-72 tanks and has also shown interest in India's air defence capability.



Meanwhile the British Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox, is on a two-day visit to India from November 22-23, 2010, during which he will visit the EADS (European Aerospace and Defence Systems) facility in Delhi. Secretary Fox will meet Defence Minister A K Antony for strengthening ties between both nations in the defence sector. Fox will also meet National Security Advisor and other union ministers. It may be noted that Eurofighter Typhoon manufactured by EADS is competing in India with five other contenders for an Indian Air Force (IAF) deal for 126 fighter jets.



The last visit by a UK Defence Secretary was in 2005 and this year in July Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and British PM David Cameron, in their joint statement, welcomed the Indo-UK defence cooperation.



Chindits.

This is great. I was always of the opinion that we need to expand ties with East European countries alongside Russia (they were one nation once) and since USSR's dissolution we equally owe their good relations to us as well.

Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro and Ukraine alongside our Russian friends make up for a healthy defense collaboration that we have not looked till now in our relationship. Russia I am sure will not mind us getting involved with Poles or Ukrainians since they themselves are invited to the missile shield issue.

Poland, Montenegro & Serbia: Both have excellent light armoured vehicle manufacturing experience since Soviet era. We could definitely consider them as strong partners for ground forces.

Romania,Slovakia and Slovenia: Good at small arms and infantry level military technology.

Ukraine and Czech Republic: One specializes in heavy transport and logistical aircraft while the other is an expert at light and intermediate level aerospace technology--both immense pools of knowledge and potential.

Since we already have a "LOOK EAST" policy now, I think we should also look at other East European countries as well alongside our regular Russian friends. Who knows we could perhaps enter into multilateral cooperation agreements with any of these states and Russia and come up with some good stuff.

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i hope Indo-Polish Light tank is also on cards..

That TOT is already done if I heard it right. BEML has already got access to its tech for domestic production.

 

[sancho]

i hope Indo-Polish Light tank is also on cards..

According to some sources it isn't that light, close to 40t, not much less then our T72, while even our T 90s weigh around 46t.

 

[MAFIAN GOD]

I guess it is not a light tank but an IFV.(Infantry Fighting Vehicle)