Buland Bharat Exercise: Indian Army recently conducted the ‘Buland Bharat’ exercise in the longest high-altitude Artillery Ranges of the eastern theatre. Buland Bharat Exercise is an integrated surveillance and firepower training exercise conducted by the Indian Army. It was conducted in the recently operationalised longest High Altitude Artillery Ranges of Eastern Theatre located in Arunachal […]
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Antonov AN-32 Aircarft
Antonov AN-32 Aircarft: India recently donated propellers of the Antonov AN-32 military transport aircraft to Sri Lanka. Antonov AN-32 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft. It is designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau of Ukraine. It was purchased by India from the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1984. Its Nato reporting name is […]
Exercise AGNI DAMAN-23
Exercise AGNI DAMAN-23: A mutual firefighting Exercise named AGNI DAMAN-23 was conducted recently. EX AGNI DAMAN-23 is a Civil–Military mutual firefighting exercise. Objectives is to emphasise the need for awareness and training of men on firefighting and to exercise the capabilities of combined forces of all agencies including military and civil. It was conducted at […]
INS Tarkash For Operation Kaveri
INS Tarkash For Operation Kaveri: INS Tarkash from the Indian Navy recently reached Port Sudan to help in the evacuation of stranded Indians as part of “Operation Kaveri”. INS Tarkash is a state-of-the-art stealth frigate of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons. Tarkash belongs to the Talwar class of guided missile […]
T-14 Armata Battle Tanks
T-14 Armata Battle Tanks: Russia has recently begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions T-14 Armata battle tank is a new Russian Main Battle Tank (MBT). It is designed by the Russian Defense Company Uralvagonzavod. It has an unmanned turret, with crew remotely controlling the armaments from “an isolated […]
Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023
Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023: Indian Army contingent will participate in the 7th edition of the bilateral training exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior 2023’ Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023 is a bilateral training exercise between the armies of India and the UK. This is the 7th edition of the exercise. It aims to improve interoperability between the two […]
Exercise INIOCHOS-23
Exercise INIOCHOS-23: The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently announced that it will take part in Exercise INIOCHOS-23 in Greece. Exercise INIOCHOS-23 is an annual multi-national air exercise hosted by the Hellenic Air Force, the air force of Greece. It is based on the Single Base Concept, which means the entire exercise takes place from a […]
PSLV-C55 Mission
PSLV-C55 Mission: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C55 (PSLV-C55) mission with Singapore’s TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite. The PSLV-C55 mission has the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), where the spent PS4 of the launch vehicle would be utilised as an orbital […]
Ballistic Missile Interceptor
Ballistic Missile Interceptor: The DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha. India entered an elite club of nations with the capability to fire a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) interceptor from a naval platform. Prior to this, DRDO has successfully demonstrated land-based ballistic […]
Naval Defence Drills In The Sea Of Japan
Naval Defence Drills In The Sea Of Japan: Russia’s Pacific Fleet recently conducted naval defence drills in the Sea of Japan. Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located in Eastern Asia that is bounded by Japan and Sakhalin Island to the east and by Russia and Korea […]
