Subject: Defence Context: India successfully test fired the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile BrahMos as part of a series of planned trials of the weapon, known for its precision strike capabilities, official sources said. Concept: BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile featuring Indian propulsion system, airframe, power supply, and other major indigenous components has been successfully test-fired. BRAHMOS […]
Subject: Defence Context: Indian Navy (IN) Ships including indigenously built ASW corvette Kamorta and missile corvette Karmuk participated in the 2nd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 in Andaman Sea. Concept: The first edition of SITMEX, hosted by Indian Navy, was conducted off Port Blair in September 2019. The SITMEX series […]
Subject: Defence Context: Indian Navy’s fifth Kalvari-class Diesel Electric attack submarine INS Vagir was launched at Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai. Concept: Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vagir is the fifth among the six Kalvari-class submarines being constructed by the public sector shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai. The other vessels in the class are INS […]
Subject: Defence Context: India Successfully test fired the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile System. Concept: Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile System (QRSAM) is a Short Range Surface to Air Missile system. QRSAM is designed to protect moving armoured columns from aerial attacks. The entire weapon system is configured on highly mobile platforms and is capable of providing air defence on […]
Subject : Defence Context : India will not accept any shifting of LAC, says CDS General Rawat. Concept : CDS acts as the permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee which will also have three service chiefs as members. His core function will be to foster greater operational synergy between the three service branches […]
Subject : Defence Context : Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. Concept : The enhanced Pinaka along with guidance Pinaka will cover the range between 60 to 90 kilometres and will be deployed by the […]
Subject : Defence Context : The first phase of the Malabar Naval exercise 2020 began off the Visakhapatnam coast. Concept : Trilateral naval exercise (United States, Japan and India as permanent partners). Now, it has began Quadilateral Exercise( with Australia ) It began as a bilateral naval exercise between India and the USA in 1992, […]
Subject: Defence Context: The Army Aviation Corps (AAC), the youngest Corps of the Indian Army, celebrated its 35th Corps Day on November 1. Concept: The Corps was raised as a separate formation on November 1 in 1986. The AAC now draws its officers and men from all arms of the Army, including a significant number […]
Subject: Defence Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the final user trial of the Nag Missile at the Pokhran firing range. Concept : Nag is a third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile developed by India’s state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to support both mechanised infantry and airborne forces of the […]
Subject: Defence Context: INS Kavaratti, the indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, was formally inducted into the Indian Navy . Concept: INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes under […]