Category: Defence Current Affairs

Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023: Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023 commenced in Umroi Cantonment, India Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023 is a joint bilateral training exercise between Indian & Malaysian Armed Forces. The Malaysian Army contingent comprises troops from the 5th Royal Battalion of the Malaysian Army. The Indian contingent is being represented by a battalion of the […]

Patriot Air Defence Missile System: The Pentagon recently said that it will send additional Patriot air defence missile system battalions to the Middle East in response to recent attacks on U.S. troops in the region. The Patriot (MIM-104), which stands for Phased Array Tracking Radar for Intercept on Target, is the S. Army’s most advanced […]

Exercise MILAN 2024: The Mid Planning Conference (MPC) of MILAN 24 (Multilateral Naval Exercise – 2024), to be hosted by the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam during Feb 2024, was conducted by the Eastern Naval Command (ENC). MILAN is a biennial multilateral naval exercise incepted by Indian Navy in 1995 at Andaman and Nicobar Command. Starting […]

Phase-Out Of Cheetah : Chetak Helicopters Indian Army will begin phase-out of Cheetah, Chetak helicopters from 2027. The Army will start phasing out the first lot of the vintage Cheetah and Chetak helicopters from 2027 onwards on completion of their Total Technical Life (TTL) while it looks to induct the indigenous Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) […]

Rafah Crossing : South End Of The Gaza Strip Hit By Military Strike The area of the Rafah Border Crossing has been reportedly hit by a military strike. Rafah Crossing is at the south end of the Gaza Strip, a narrow slither of land that is home to 2.3 million people. It is wedged between […]

INS Beas: The defence ministry recently signed a ₹ 313 crore contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the mid-life “upgrade and re-powering” of the frontline frigate INS Beas. It is the first Brahmaputra Class Frigate to be re-powered from steam to diesel propulsion. After completion of Mid Life Upgrade and Re-Powering in 2026, INS […]

Jericho Missile System: An Israeli legislator’s recent calls for the use of a “doomsday” weapon against Hamas and Palestine have once again put the spotlight on nuclear weapons in West Asia, particularly the Jericho missile system. Jericho is Israel’s original ballistic missile programme, initiated in the 1960s and named after the biblical city located in […]

INS Sagardhwani : Sagar Maitri Mission-4 INS Sagardhwani, an oceanographic research vessel embarked on a two-month long Sagar Maitri (SM) Mission-4 from South Jetty, Southern Naval Command (SNC), Kochi. It is a marine acoustic research ship designed and developed by Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO, Kochi and constructed indigenously by GRSE Ltd. […]