Category: Defence Current Affairs

Exercise INIOCHOS-23: The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently announced that it will take part in Exercise INIOCHOS-23 in Greece. Exercise INIOCHOS-23 is an annual multi-national air exercise hosted by the Hellenic Air Force, the air force of Greece. It is based on the Single Base Concept, which means the entire exercise takes place from a […]

PSLV-C55 Mission: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C55 (PSLV-C55) mission with Singapore’s TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite. The PSLV-C55 mission has the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), where the spent PS4 of the launch vehicle would be utilised as an orbital […]

Ballistic Missile Interceptor: The DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha. India entered an elite club of nations with the capability to fire a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) interceptor from a naval platform. Prior to this, DRDO has successfully demonstrated land-based ballistic […]

Naval Defence Drills In The Sea Of Japan: Russia’s Pacific Fleet recently conducted naval defence drills in the Sea of Japan. Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located in Eastern Asia that is bounded by Japan and Sakhalin Island to the east and by Russia and Korea […]

Pralay Missile : India To Buy 250 More Missile India is going to buy 250 more Pralay ballistic missiles for the services to strengthen them on the northern borders, further boosting the firepower of the defence forces. Pralay missile is a quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missile. It can hit targets 150-500 km away. The missile can carry […]

Exercise Orion: Four Rafale fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon depart to France to take part in multilateral exercise Orion at Mont-de-Marsan, an Air Force base of the French Air and Space Force (FASF). Exercise Orion is a multinational exercise hosted by the French government. It is reportedly the largest ever […]

Exercise Cope India 23: The announcement for Exercise Cope India 23 between the Indian Air Force, and the United States Air Force was made. Exercise Cope India 23 is a bilateral air exercise between the Air Forces of India and the U.S. It will be held at Air Force Stations Arjan Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda, and […]

Meraj-532 : Iran Iran recently tested a homemade long-range, high-precision kamikaze drone named Meraj-532, equipped with a 50-kg warhead. Meraj-532 is a kamikaze drone equipped with a piston engine. It has a range of 450 km. It is capable of flying at a maximum altitude of 12,000 feet for three straight hours. It has a […]

Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket: The Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ER-ASR) designed by two Pune-based facilities of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was recently successfully test-fired for the first time. Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ER-ASR) was designed and developed by Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL). […]

High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems: The United States recently announced an additional package of military aid to Ukraine, totalling $2.6 billion, which includes additional ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) is a light multiple rocket launcher. It is manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a US-based security […]