Soul of Steel Challenge: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently kick-started the ‘Soul of Steel’ alpine challenge, an initiative to promote tourism in border areas, at an event in Dehradun coinciding with Veterans Day. The ‘Soul of Steel’ expedition will test one’s high-altitude endurance and adventure in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal Himalayas. It will initially have 12 Indian […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Training Launch Of Prithvi-II Missile
Training Launch Of Prithvi-II Missile: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), successfully carried out a training launch of, Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off Odisha. Prithvi-II missile: It is a surface-to-surface, nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile. It has a carrying 500-1,000 kilograms of warheads and is powered by liquid propulsion twin engines. Range: […]
Very Short-Range Air Defence System
Very Short-Range Air Defence System The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to critical procurements for the defence forces, including that of the Very Short Range Air Defence System or VSHORAD (IR Homing) missile system. VSHORAD missile system is a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS). These are short-range, […]
SPRINT Scheme
SPRINT Scheme: The Indian Navy has recently inked an agreement with Sagar Defence Engineering Pvt. Ltd for acquiring armed autonomous boat swarms under the ‘SPRINT’ initiative. ‘SPRINT’ Scheme is an initiative to promote development of niche defence technologies by domestic companies. The task of development of this technology is one of the 75 challenges that […]
Veer Guardian-2023
Veer Guardian-2023: India and Japan are all set to hold the joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ involving the Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan from 12th of January. The Joint Exercise which will continue till 26th January aims at promoting Air Defence cooperation between the countries. […]
K9-Vajra : Procurement
K9-Vajra : Procurement The Defence Ministry has started the process for the procurement of 100 more K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers. The 100th gun was delivered to the Army in 2021 The K9 Vajra is a 155 mm, 52-calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer (a short gun for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities) built in […]
Extended Range Version Of Brahmos Missile
Extended Range Version Of Brahmos Missile: The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired the extended Range Version of Brahmos missile. The missile achieved the desired mission objectives in the Bay of Bengal region. With this, IAF has achieved a significant capability boost to carry out precision strikes from SU-30MKI aircraft against land or sea targets […]
Prahari App For Border Security Force (BSF)
Prahari App For Border Security Force (BSF): Union Home Minister launched ‘Prahari’ app for Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans. BSF ‘Prahari’ app is a great example of Proactive Governance, now Jawans can get personal and service related information, housing, Ayushman-CAPF and leave related information on their mobile. Features of the app include: Grievance redressal on […]
Pralay Missile
Pralay Missile: The Ministry of Defense has procured indigenous Short-Range Ballistic Surface-to-Surface (SRBM) Missile Pralay, giving Indian military the heft to its war-fighting capabilities. Pralay’ is India’s first conventional quasi-ballistic missile and is an answer to any conventional missile attack from northern or western borders. A quasi-ballistic missile has a low trajectory, and while it […]
Patriot System
Patriot System: U.S.A recently announced that it would send its most advanced ground-based defence battery (Patriot system ) to Kyiv. Patriot system is one of the most sought-after defence systems and has been deployed in 18 countries, including the U.S. Initially developed as a system to intercept high-flying aircraft by Raytheon Technologies, the Patriot was […]
