Russia-China Joint Naval Drills: Russia and China have begun a joint naval exercise in the East China Sea. It involves firing exercises and anti-submarine drills. The main goal of the drills is to strengthen naval cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China and to maintain peace and stability in […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
iDEX And Defence India Start-Up Challenge
iDEX And Defence India Start-Up Challenge: Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, has reached a milestone with the signing of its 150th contract. The contract relates to an Indian Navy project of the Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC 7) SPRINT edition. iDEX, launched in 2018, […]
ARNALA Ship
ARNALA Ship: The ARNALA ship is inducted into the Indian Navy The ARNALA ship is built under ASW SWC Project. Arnala class of ships will replace the Abhay class ASW Ships of the Indian Navy and are designed to undertake anti-submarine operations in coastal waters and Low-Intensity Maritime Operations (LIMO) including subsurface surveillance in littoral […]
INS Vagir
INS Vagir: The fifth submarine of the Project – 75, Kalvari Class submarines, Yard 11879 was delivered to the Indian Navy on December 20, 2022. INS Vagir: Vagirwas launched into water on November 12, 2020 and commenced sea trials on February 1, 2022. It is having “superior stealth features” like advanced acoustic absorption techniques. The […]
INS Mormugao
INS Mormugao: The Indian Naval Ship (INS)Mormugao, the second warship of the P15B class destroyer ship was recently commissioned. INS Mormugao is named after the historic port city of Goa on the west coast. INS Mormugao is the second of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organization Warship Design […]
Kazind – 2022
Kazind – 2022: The 6th Edition of India – Kazakhstan joint training exercise “KAZIND-22” is being conducted at Umroi (Meghalaya). Kazind – 2022 is a joint annual training exercise with the Kazakhstan Army and was instituted in 2016 as Exercise Prabal Dostyk, which was later upgraded to a company level exercise and renamed as Ex […]
Agni V : Test Trials
Agni V : Test Trials India has successfully conducted night trials of nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni V. It is a surface-to-surface Nuclear Capable Ballistic missile. It can carry both nuclear and traditional weapons. Agni-V, with a range of over 5,000 km, is India’s longest-range ballistic missile and can reach most parts of China, making it […]
Exercise “SURYA KIRAN”2022
Exercise “SURYA KIRAN”2022: The 16th Edition of exercise “SURYA KIRAN” will be conducted at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi, and continue up to 29 December 2022. It is an Indo-Nepal joint army training exercise. It is conducted annually between India and Nepal with the aim to enhance inter-operability in jungle warfare and counter-terrorism operations in […]
Line Of Actual Control (LAC) : Recent Updates
Line Of Actual Control (LAC) : Recent Updates Indian and Chinese soldiers suffered “minor injuries” after they were engaged in a face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh on December 9. India shares 3488 Km of border with China that runs along the States of Jammu & Kashmir, […]
IND-INDO CORPAT Exercise 2022
IND-INDO CORPAT Exercise 2022: The 39th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy is being conducted India and Indonesia have been carrying out CORPATs twice a year since 2002. Aim: Keeping the vital part of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) safe and secure for commercial shipping, international […]
