Category: Defence Current Affairs

Pinaka Weapon System: According to defence officials, two South American countries have shown interest in the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers. Pinaka is a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL). The Pinaka MBRL is designed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a laboratory of the DRDO. It was first used during the Kargil War, where it […]

Exercise Ayutthaya: The maiden Bilateral Maritime Exercise -Ayutthaya’ between the Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) was conducted. The IndIa-Thailand Bilateral Exercise is being named as ‘Ex-Ayutthaya’, which literally translates to ‘The Invincible One’ or ‘Undefeatable’. It symbolises the significance of two of the oldest cities Ayodhya in India and Ayutthaya in Thailand, […]

Ugram : Indigenous Assault Rifle The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has launched an indigenous assault rifle named ‘Ugram’, intended to meet the operational requirements of armed forces, paramilitary, and state police entities. It has been developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a unit of DRDO and Hyderabad-based private firm Dvipa […]

Astra Missile : Flagged Off The Minister of State for Defence recently flagged off the indigenously developed Astra Missiles for supply to the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Bharat Dynamics in Hyderabad. Astra is a beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile designed to be mounted on fighter aircraft. It is indigenously developed by the Defence Research and […]

Exercise Sea Dragon-24: Indian Navy’s P8I aircraft landed at Guam, a US island territory in Western Pacific, to participate in Exercise Sea Dragon – 24. Exercise Sea Dragon-24 is an elite multinational maritime exercise that encourages professional exchanges and teamwork among participating navies. Participating countries: India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the US. The exercise […]

INS Kabra: Indian warship, INS Kabra, an indigenous fast attack craft, docked at the Colombo port in a move aimed at fostering bilateral ties between India and Sri Lanka. INS Kabra is a naval vessel named after an island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It belongs to the Car Nicobar class of high-speed offshore […]

Drishti 10 ‘Starliner’: Chief of Naval Staff recently flagged off the first indigenously manufactured Drishti 10 ‘Starliner’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the Navy. Drishti 10 ‘Starliner’ is an indigenously manufactured Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It was developed by Adani Defence and Aerospace. It is an advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform with 36 […]

Ugram: The Defence Research and Development Organisation recently launched an indigenous assault rifle named ‘Ugram’. ‘Ugram’ is a state-of-the-art indigenous assault rifle. It has been developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a unit of DRDO, in collaboration with a private industry partner. It was developed in less than 100 days.\ It has […]

Israel Recently Deployed Sky Dew: Israel recently deployed Sky Dew along the Lebanese border as tensions with Hezbollah escalated. Sky Dew is a massive balloon-like structure in the shape of a puffed aircraft. The high-altitude observation balloon acts as a detection radar blip for small unmanned aircraft and cruise missiles. It is one of the […]

Taurus Missile: Pressure is mounting on the German Chancellor to give the green light for long-range Taurus missiles that would be a significant boost to Kyiv’s weapons arsenal for striking critical Russian assets. Taurus KEPD 350, known as the ‘bunker buster’, is a Swedish-Germanlong-range air-to-surface cruise missile. The high-precision stand-off guided missile system can penetrate […]