40th Coast Guard Commanders Conference: The Union Defence Minister inaugurated the 40th Coast Guard Commanders’ Conference. The conference agenda covers vital topics such as improving maritime safety and security, including search and rescue, pollution response, combating contraband and drug trafficking, ensuring the safety of fishermen and seafarers at sea, optimizing coastal security, promoting inter-agency coordination, […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
MAHASAGAR : Indian Navy’s Outreach Initiative
MAHASAGAR : Indian Navy’s Outreach Initiative The Indian Navy’s outreach initiative, MAHASAGAR, conducted its maiden edition as a virtual interaction between the Indian Chief of the Naval Staff, and heads of navies and maritime agencies from the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) littorals. Participating nations included several members of IORA such as Bangladesh, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, […]
INS Kadmatt
INS Kadmatt: Indian Navy Ship (INS) Kadmatt deployed to the North Pacific recently conducted Underway Replenishment (UNREP) with Japan’s JS Towada. INS Kadmatt is an indigenous stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette. It is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers of Kolkata under Project […]
NATPOLREX-IX : National Level Pollution Response Exercise
NATPOLREX-IX : National Level Pollution Response Exercise The 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off Vadinar, Gujarat. The NATPOLREX-IX accomplished its objective of testing the level of preparedness and coordination between various resource agencies to respond to a marine oil spill invoking provisions of the National […]
Fattah 2 : Hypersonic Weapon
Fattah 2 : Hypersonic Weapon Iran recently unveiled its new and improved hypersonic weapon, the Fattah-2. Fattah 2 means conqueror in Farsi, is a hypersonic ballistic missile. It was developed by Iran. It is a new version of its first domestically made hypersonic ballistic missile named ‘Fattah’. It is equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle […]
INS Imphal
INS Imphal: The crest of Yard 12706 (Imphal), the third amongst the four Project 15B stealth-guided missile destroyers, was unveiled by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on November 28, 2023. INS Imphal is the third in the Visakhapatnam-class stealth-guided missile destroyers. It is among the largest destroyers constructed in India, with an […]
Exercise SURYA KIRAN : 17th Edition
Exercise SURYA KIRAN: 17th Edition The 17th edition of Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN will be conducted in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, from November 24th to December 7th, 2023. Exercise SURYA KIRAN is a joint military exercise between the Indian army and the Nepali army. It is an annual event and is conducted alternately in the two […]
Inter Command Ocean Sailing Race 2023
Inter Command Ocean Sailing Race 2023: The Navy flagged off the second edition of the Inter Command Ocean Sailing Race 2023 from Kochi to Goa in a ceremony held at Naval Base, Kochi, recently. Inter Command Ocean Sailing Race 2023: The race features four 40-footer sailboats, INSV Bulbul, INSV Neelkanth, INS Kadalpur, and INSV Hariyal, […]
Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23
Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23: The Indian Armed Forces contingent, comprising 81 personnel, departed for Australia to take part in the second edition of Joint Military Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23. Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23 was instituted in 2022, and the first edition was conducted in Mahajan, Rajasthan. It is planned to be an annual training event to be conducted alternatively in India […]
Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range
Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range: The Indian Navy, in association with DRDO, successfully undertook Guided Flight Trials of the first indigenously developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR) from a Sea King 42B helicopter recently. Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR) is the first indigenous air-launched anti-ship cruise missile developed for the Indian Navy. It […]
