Category: Defence Current Affairs

35th Indo-Thai CORPAT: The Andaman Sea hosted the 35th iteration of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT), which involved the participation of the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy The Indo-Thai CORPAT is a bi-annual coordinated patrol conducted by the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy. It aims to reinforce maritime linkages between […]

Gaza Strip : Air Strike The recent air strikes by Israel in the Gaza strip have killed 13 Palestinians. Three of them are commanders of the militant group Islamic Jihad. The Gaza Strip or simply Gaza, is a Palestinian enclave on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt on the southwest for […]

Improvised Explosive Device : Five Indian Army Personnel Killed Five Indian Army personnel were recently killed in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir in an explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can take any form and be activated in a […]

Nation’s First Indian Air Force Heritage Centre:   Defence Minister recently inaugurated the nation’s first Indian Air Force Heritage Centre Indian Air Force Heritage Centre located  in chandigarh. This is the first heritage centre of the IAFand is spread over 17,000 square feet. The heritage centre highlights the IAF’s role in various wars, including in […]

Women Officers In Territorial Army Raksha Mantri recently approved posting of Women Officers of the Territorial Army along the Line of Control. It aims to commemorate its raising by the first Governor General C Rajagopalachari on this day in 1949. The Territorial Army (TA) was raised by the Britishers in 1920 through Indian Territorial Act […]

MiG-21 Aircraft : Crashed A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed recently in Rajasthan. The MiG-21 is India’s longest-serving fighter plane. It was designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (OKB) of the erstwhile Soviet Union. India got its first single-engine MiG-21 in 1963, and progressively inducted 874 variants of the Soviet-origin […]

INS Magar : Decommissioned INS Magar, the lead ship of Magar-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy, was recently decommissioned after 36 years of service. INS Magar is the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large) of the Indian Navy. It is the lead ship of Magar-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy. The ship […]

ASEAN India Maritime Exercise 2023: Indian Naval Ships arrived in Singapore to participate in the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023). ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) will inaugurate in Singapore. Objective is to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the Indian Navy and ASEAN navies in the maritime domain. The Harbour Phase of the exercise is […]

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 […]

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 […]