Category: Defence Current Affairs

Operation Southern Spear: The United States has launched Operation Southern Spear, a major new military and surveillance campaign targeting Latin American drug-trafficking cartels. A large-scale U.S. military and intelligence operation deploying unmanned air and sea systems to detect, monitor, and disrupt drug-trafficking networks across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Nation Involved: Led by the United […]

INVAR Missile: The Ministry of Defence recently inked an agreement with Bharat Dynamics Limited for the procurement of INVAR Anti-Tank Missiles worth over 2 thousand 95 crore rupees to enhance the lethality of T-90 tanks. It is an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) designed to be launched from tank platforms. The Invar missile, capable of being […]

Omen Drone: America’s Anduril and the UAE’s state-owned defence conglomerate, EDGE Group, will jointly develop the Omen drone at a new, 50,000 square feet (4,645 square metres) research centre in Abu Dhabi. It is a new tail-sitting vertical takeoff and landing drone with a hybrid-electric propulsion system. It will be developed by America’s Anduril and […]

Mudh-Nyoma Airbase: The Chief of the Air Staff recently inaugurated the Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh by landing a C-130J special operations aircraft there. It is an Indian Air Force (IAF) base located in Nyoma, in southeastern Ladakh. It is located at a height of 13,700 feet and is 23 km from the contested Line of […]

Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2025: The “Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2025” is being conducted at Foreign Training Node, Belagavi, Karnataka. It is the eleventh edition of joint military exercise between India and Sri Lanka. Aim is to jointly rehearse conduct of Sub Conventional Operations under Chapter VII of United Nations Mandate. The Indian contingent is being represented mainly by […]

Exercise Malabar-2025: Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri is at Guam in the Northern Pacific for participation in the multilateral Exercise Malabar-2025. It was started in 1992 as a bilateral naval exercise between India and US navy. The first Malabar Exercise in the Bay of Bengal took place in 2007. It was expanded into a trilateral […]

Minuteman III Missile: In News The US Air Force successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM, a test scheduled months in advance. The LGM-30G Minuteman III is an American-made Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). “L” in LGM is the US Department of Defense designation for silo-launched; “G” means surface attack; and “M” stands for guided missile. […]

INS Savitri: Indian Naval Ship (INS) Savitri recently arrived at Port Louis, Mauritius as part of a Long-Range Operational Deployment to the South West Indian Ocean Region. It is an indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Indian Navy. It was built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, and commissioned on 7 June 1990. It is […]

Tri-Services Exercise (TSE-2025) “Trishul”: India has begun Tri-Services Exercise “Trishul-2025” to strengthen integrated operations across land, air, and sea in the Sir Creek and desert sectors of Rajasthan–Gujarat, extending into the northern Arabian Sea.It is a major tri-services exercise to test joint capabilities across land, air, sea, cyber, and space, aimed at validating joint procedures, […]

Russia Launches Khabarovsk Submarine: Russia launched the nuclear-powered submarine Khabarovsk from the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. Officials described the class as a carrier for advanced underwater weapons and robotic systems, and Russian media and defence sources say these submarines are intended to carry the nuclear‑powered unmanned underwater vehicle known as Poseidon.