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Seeking to strengthen defence ties with Australia and Myanmar, Defence Minister A K Antony would be visiting these countries in the next few weeks. The first visit would be to Myanmar on January 22-23 where he is likely to take up issues of building capability of the Myanmarese armed forces, Defence Ministry officials said here. The two countries share over 1,600 km long boundary and are also working on an MoU on border management and coordination, they said. India may agree on imparting training to the Myanmarese Air Force personnel on their Russian Mi-35 attack choppers, which are operated by the IAF also.
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India and Indonesia have decided to significantly enhance their Defence cooperation with Indian Defence Minister AK Antony declaring his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Purnomo Yusgiantoro as "a turning point" and "an excellent beginning", even as India agreed to train Indonesian fighter pilots on Sukhoi combat jets, apart from helping the Indonesian Air Force in operating its Sukhoi fleet. India has a similar agreement with Malaysia that also operates the Sukhoi fighter jets. Indonesia has both Su-27 and Su-30 combat jets as part of its fighter fleet. Antony is in Jakarta on a bilateral visit and this was the first ministerial level biennial Defence dialogue between the two countries. The meeting between Antony and Yusgiantoro lasted nearly two hours, according to Indian officials accompanying Antony.
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Meetings of India's army, navy and air force commanders are underway in capital New Delhi to review their operational preparedness, equipment requirements and future plans, apart from manpower welfare. At the Indian Air Force (IAF) commanders conference, IAF Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, who is also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, said the air force is passing through "challenging" times and its focus will be to enhance operational capabilities and security. "The IAF is going through a very busy and a challenging period and our focus now, at all times must be on three priority areas--operational capability, infrastructure and security, especially in view of new inductions in the force's inventory.
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Admitting that it was passing through "challenging" times, the Indian Air Force (IAF) today stated that it focus in next two years will be to enhance operational capabilities and security. "The IAF is going through a very busy and a challenging period and our focus now, at all times must be on three priority areas--operational capability, infrastructure and security, especially in view of new inductions in the force's inventory," Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said while addressing the three-day Commanders' Conference which began here this morning. Air Force officials said the focus of the conference is on critical Electronic Warfare Systems required by the force. The meeting will also do "a thorough review of the external and internal security situation, as also the ramifications in the next two years", they said.
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The battle between the Army and the IAF for controlling attack helicopters was a "family problem" and the government was trying to find a solution for it, Defence Minister A K Antony said today. The Army has been demanding the control over attack and medium-lift helicopters saying they are mainly used for its operations and that is why they should be under it. The IAF, which operates two squadrons of Russian-origin Mi-35/25 attack choppers, has been opposing the demand. "There is no tussle and there is no war. These are all family problems and we will find a solution. We are in the final stages of finding the solution amicably," he told reporters.
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