Category: Defence Current Affairs

ICGS Samudra Paheredar: The Minister of External Affairs recently visited Indian Coast Guard ship Samudra Paheredar, which is in Manila Bay in the Philippines, as part of an overseas deployment to ASEAN countries. ICGS Samudra Paheredar is a specialised Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) of the Indian Coast Guard. It is the second PCV of India(the […]

Nausena Bhawan: The Union Minister for Defence inaugurated ‘Nausena Bhawan’, the first Headquarter building of the Indian Navy, in New Delhi. Previously, the Navy operated from 13 different locations, necessitating a consolidated headquarters. The major bases of the Indian Navy are located at Mumbai, Goa, Karwar, Kochi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Port Blair. The building […]

Exercise Bharat Shakti:     A Tri-Services Live Fire and Manoeuvre Exercise named “Bharat Shakti” is being conducted in Pokhran, Rajasthan, demonstrating India’s indigenous defence capabilities. It included successful test firing of the long-range AGNI missile with advanced MIRV technology. Key equipment and weapons systems featured in the exercise include T-90 (IM) Tanks, Dhanush and […]

Exercise Tiger Triumph:   Exercise Tiger Triumph is scheduled on the Eastern Seaboard from 18 to 31 March 2024. Exercise Tiger Triumph is a bilateral tri-Service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise between India and the US. It is aimed at developing interoperability for conducting HADR operations and refine Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to […]

Ballistic Missiles: North Korea recently fired short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters as the United States Secretary of State prepared to open a democracy summit in neighbouring South Korea. A ballistic missile is a rocket-propelled, self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver a payload from its launch site to a predetermined […]

Exercise LAMITIYE: Indian Army contingent departed for Seychelles to participate in the Tenth edition of Joint Military Exercise “LAMITIYE-2024”. Exercise LAMITIYE is a joint military exercise between the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF). ‘LAMITIYE’ meaning ‘Friendship’ in the Creole language is a biennial training event and has been conducted in Seychelles since 2001. […]

Naval Drill In The Gulf Of Oman: China, Iran, and Russia recently began a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman. The Gulf of Oman, also known as the Gulf of Makran, is the western extension of the Arabian Sea and lies in the Middle East. It forms the only entrance to the Persian […]

Mission Divyastra: The Prime Minister of India announced successful maiden flight test of Agni-5 missile with MIRV technology, code-named Mission Divyastra, boosting India’s defence capability. Mission Divyastra the maiden flight test of the locally developed Agni-5 missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology and code named as Mission Divyastra. Agni-5 missile uses a […]

Exercise Cutlass Express: INS Tir, the lead ship of First Training Squadron (1TS) participated in Exercise Cutlass Express – 24 (CE – 24) held at Port Victoria, Seychelles Exercise Cutlass Express is an exercise conducted in East African coastal regions and the West Indian Ocean to counter malign influence, aggression and activity along overlapping command […]