Killer Squadron: Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, will award the President’s Standard to the 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron, also known as the Killer Squadron at a ceremonial parade to be held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 08 December 2021. The 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron was formally established at Mumbai in Oct 1991 with […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Sandhayak: Indian Navy
Sandhayak: ‘Sandhayak’, the first of the four Survey Vessels (Large) project being built for the Indian Navy, was launched in Kolkata on December 05, 2021. These Vessels have been designed and developed by Defence Public Sector Undertaking, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Limited, which is among the leading warship building companies in India. These […]
Exercise Ekuverin 2021
Exercise Ekuverin: The Exercise Ekuverin is a joint military exercise held between India and Maldives. It is held between the armies of India and Maldives. Ekuverin means “Friends” in Dhivehi language. It is an Indo – Aryan language. It is spoken in India, Lakshadweep and Maldives. The Exercise is being conducted between India and Maldives […]
Hypersonic Weapons
Hypersonic Weapons: US has said that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region” and vowed the U.S. would maintain its capability to deter potential threats posed by China. China’s growing military muscle and its drive to end American predominance in Asia has triggered unease in Washington. China’s efforts to accelerate its military […]
What Is Project 75?
What Is Project 75? Vela, the fourth submarine of P75 of the Indian Navy, will be commissioned on November 25, 2021 by Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh at the naval dockyard. Vela is named after a decommissioned submarine Vela, which served the Navy from 1973 to 2010. The earlier Vela belonged to Foxtrot class submarine […]
Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile: Russia
Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile: Russia: Russia has fired its Tsirkon (Zircon) Hypersonic Cruise Missile from a warship in the north of the country. Earlier, it was reported that China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle that circled the globe before speeding towards its target. The Tsirkon Cruise Missile will join Avangard glide vehicles and the air-launched […]
INS Visakhapatnam
INS Visakhapatnam: INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on November 21, 2021. The event marks the formal induction of the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s […]
Light Combat Helicopter
Light Combat Helicopter: The Prime Minister handed over the indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter (HAL’s LCH), two small drones (‘SWITCH 1.0 UAV’ and ‘MR-20) built by Indian start-ups to the Air Force. LCH is a truly ‘Make in India’ product built with private industry participation. LCH is a new addition to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL’s) helicopter […]
Wings India, 2022
Wings India, 2022: Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minster of Civil Aviation here today inaugurated a curtain raiser event about Wings India, 2022 which is Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation (Commercial, General and Business Aviation). The minister appreciated the efforts the Civil Aviation Ministry, AAI and FICCI with the support of MEA and states government […]
Shakti EW System: DRDO
Shakti: Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) System ‘Shakti’ has been designed and developed by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) Hyderabad a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for Capital Warships of the Indian Navy for the interception, detection, classification, identification and jamming of conventional and modern Radars. The Shakti EW system will provide an […]
