Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX): India and Singapore have carried out 28th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX). Initiated in 1994, SIMBEX is the Indian Navy’s longest uninterrupted bilateral maritime exercise with any foreign navy. 28th edition of SIMBEX was a mega naval wargame in the southern fringes of the South China Sea, […]
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ZAPAD 2021: Multinational Exercise
Multinational Exercise ZAPAD 2021 A contingent of 200 Army personnel will participate in the multinational Exercise ZAPAD 2021 being held at Nizhniy, Russia from September 3 to 16, the Army said. Of the 17 countries invited for the exercise, there are nine Participating countries and eight Observers including China and Pakistan. ZAPAD 2021 is one […]
India – Algeria: Maiden Navy Exercise
Maiden Navy Exercise: India-Algeria: The Indian and Algerian navies participated in a maiden naval exercise off the Algerian coast in a bid to increase maritime cooperation. The naval exercise with Algeria is crucial for India as it is strategically located in the Maghreb region (region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea) and is the […]
What Is a Recce Troop?
What Is a Recce Troop?: One soldier died and more than three dozen had to be hospitalised for heat stroke symptoms after taking part in a Corps Level Recce Troop Competition organised by the Army at the Mamum Military Station near Pathankot a week back. The Mamun-based Infantry Division of the Army had organised a […]
Vigraha : Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha, seventh in the series of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), will be commissioned by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in Chennai on August 28, 2021. The ship will be based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and operate on the eastern seaboard under the Operational and […]
Malabar Exercise 2021
Malabar Exercise 2021: The Navies of the Quad (Quadrilateral Framework) Nations (India, the United States, Japan, and Australia) have participated in the 25th edition of the Malabar Exercise, which began off the coast of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Guam is a US island territory in the North Pacific Ocean, which is much closer to […]
KAZIND-21
KAZIND-21: As part of military diplomacy and to strengthen the growing strategic relation with Kazakhstan, the 5th edition of Indo- Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, “KAZIND-21” will be conducted at Training Node, Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan, from 30 August to 11 September 2021. The exercise is a joint training between both the Armies, which will boost the […]
AK-203 Assault Rifles
AK-203 Assault Rifles: India has finally signed a deal with Russia for the procurement of 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles to be bought off the shelf. The development happens in spite of the joint venture of both the countries to manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles in India. Reportedly, the deliveries would begin within three months and […]
Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG)
Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG): The first batch of Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG), manufactured by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), following Transfer of Technology from Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), was handed over to the Indian Army in Nagpur, Maharashtra on August 24, 2021 The grenade is not just more lethal, […]
Krivak Class Stealth Frigates
Krivak Class Stealth Frigates: The first of two additional Krivak class stealth frigates being built by Russia is expected to be delivered to India in the middle of 2023, Alexey Rakhmanov, chief executive officer of United Shipbuilding Corporation, said. In October 2016, India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for four Krivak or Talwar […]
