Hellfire R9X Missile: The US military used its ‘secret weapon’ — the Hellfire R9X missile (‘Ninja missile’)– to kill Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a safe house in Kabul. The Hellfire R9X is a US-origin missile known to cause minimum collateral damage while engaging individual targets. It weighs about 45 kg […]
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AL NAJAH-IV Military Exercise
AL NAJAH-IV Military Exercise: India and Oman will carry out a 13-day military exercise with a focus on counter-terror cooperation. The fourth edition of India-Oman joint military exercise ‘AL NAJAH-IV’ between contingents of Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman is scheduled to take place at the Foreign Training Node of Mahajan Field Firing […]
Ex VINBAX 2022
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 […]
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 […]
