Ex VINBAX 2022: The 3rd Edition of Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise “Ex VINBAX 2022” began at Chandimandir. It will continue till 20th August. The exercise is a sequel to a previously conducted bilateral exercise in Vietnam in 2019 and a major milestone in strengthening the bilateral relations between India and Vietnam. India and Vietnam share […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
MiG-21 Bison Aircraft Of The Indian Air Force (IAF) Crashed In Barmer, Rajasthan
MiG-21 Bison Aircraft Of The Indian Air Force (IAF) Crashed In Barmer, Rajasthan: A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan, on July 28, killing the two pilots aboard the trainer version of the fighter aircraft. There have been six MiG-21 Bison crashes in the last two 20 months, […]
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant: Indian Navy has created maritime history on July 28, 2022 by taking delivery of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant from her builder Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi. Designed by Indian Navy’s inhouse Directorate of Naval Design (DND) and built by CSL, a Public Sector Shipyard under Ministry of […]
Han Kuang Military Exercises 2022
Han Kuang Military Exercises 2022: First stage of the Han Kuang Military Exercises was concluded recently and its second stage started on July 25, 2022. Second stage will run until July 29. The exercises involve all branches of Military of Taiwan. During the Han Kuang Exercises; A hostile enemy tried to seize control of key […]
Joint Theatre Commands
Joint Theatre Commands: Defence minister Rajnath Singh announced the setting up of joint theatre commands of the tri-services to enhance coordination among the armed forces. The defence minister also said India is moving quickly from being the world’s largest importer of defence equipment to an exporter. Joint theatre commands: An integrated or joint theatre command […]
India Japan Maritime Exercise
India Japan Maritime Exercise: A Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) was conducted between Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Indian Navy in the Andaman Sea. Other Maritime Exercises between India & Japan: Japan-India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX) Malabar Exercise (India – US – Japan – Australia) The exercises were aimed at enhancing interoperability and streamlining seamanship and […]
Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019
Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019: Government has come up with Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019 will bring the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea into domestic law and enable Indian authorities to take action against piracy on the high seas. A pirate is a seaman, or robber who attacks, seizes or destroys any ship on […]
Swavlamban : NIIO
Swavlamban: Swavlamban’, the maiden seminar of the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO), was held at New Delhi The two day seminar saw enthusiastic participation by the academia, industry, policy makers, think tanks, students and senior government officials, in addition to the naval personnel. Personnel at Command Headquarters and outlying units of the Navy also […]
INS Sindhudhvaj
INS Sindhudhvaj: The Indian Navy decommissioned its Kilo class Submarine, INS Sindhudhvaj from its service at Vishakapatnam after 35 years of service. With its decommissioned Navy has left with only 15 conventional submarines in service It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in June 1987. It was one of the 10 Kilo-class submarines, India acquired […]
SPRINT Challenges
SPRINT Challenges: PM unveiled ‘SPRINT challenges’, an initiative aimed at boosting the usage of indigenous technology in the Indian Navy. Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) in cooperation with the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), aims to induct at least 75 new indigenous technologies/products into the Indian Navy. The collaborative project is named SPRINT — Supporting […]
