Mahendragiri Frigate: India’s latest warship, Mahendragiri, at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai launched It is the seventh and last stealth frigate of Project 17A Frigates. It is named after a mountain peak in Eastern Ghats located in Odisha. The ship is being built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. Project 17A […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
BRIGHT STAR-23
BRIGHT STAR-23: As per recent reports, thirty-four countries including India will participate in the joint military exercise, BRIGHT STAR-23. BRIGHT STAR-23:- 31 August to 14 October 2023. Venue: Mohammed Naguib Military Base, Indian Army contingent comprising 137 personnel will participate in a military exercise. It is a multinational tri-services joint military exercise. It will be […]
Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23
Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23: An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent departed to participate in Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23, scheduled to be held at Cairo (West) Air Base, Egypt, from 27 August to 16 September 2023. EXERCISE BRIGHT STAR-23 is a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise. This multinational exercise was launched in 1980 as part of the US-brokered peace […]
ORON Aircraft : Israel
ORON Aircraft : Israel Israel’s Defense Ministry and the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently announced they completed two years of outfitting the ORON aircraft with advanced intelligence-gathering technology. ORON Aircraft is an Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) mission aircraft. It was developed by the Israeli Defence Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), the […]
AUSINDEX-23
AUSINDEX-23: The fifth edition of the biennial AUSINDEX maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was conducted from 22-25 August 23 in Sydney. AUSINDEX-23 is a major biennial maritime exercise, being conducted since 2015. The exercise will provide an opportunity for both Navies to further bolster inter-operability, gain from best […]
S-400 Air Defence Missile System
S-400 Air Defence Missile System: Ukraine recently destroyed a Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system on the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. S-400 Air Defence Missile System: The S-400 Triumf (NATO: SA-21 Growler) is a mobile, surface-to-air missile system. It is one of the world’s most advanced air defence systems that can simultaneously track numerous […]
ASTRA Missile
ASTRA Missile: Tejas, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7 successfully fired the ASTRA off the coast of Goa on August 23, 2023. ASTRA Missile is an indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile It is to engage and destroy highly manoeuvring supersonic aerial targets. It is designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Laboratory […]
INS Trikand
INS Trikand: Indian Naval Ship INS Trikand received a warm welcome upon its arrival at Bandar Abbas, the port city of Iran recently. INS Trikand is a Talwar-class guided-missile frigate of the Indian Navy. It is the third and final ship of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. It was […]
Tomahawk Missile
Tomahawk Missile: Australia recently finalised a deal to buy more than 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States. Tomahawk Missile is a US-made long-range cruise missileused for deep land attack warfare. It can be launched from a ship or submarineand can deliver its warhead precisely to a target at a long range. It is […]
Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator
Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator: Chennai-based start-up AgniKul Cosmos recently commenced the process of integrating its cutting-edge Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator (SOrTeD) at its private launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota. Agnibaan SOrTeD is a single-stage launch vehicle powered by AgniKul’s patented Agnilet engine, which is an entirely 3D-printed, single-piece, 6 […]
