Tag: Defence

In News  Recently, INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. About INS Visakhapatnam It is designed at the Directorate of Naval Design, the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, and built by the state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. It is the first of the stealth guided-missile destroyers being indigenously constructed under Project 15B. […]

In News Indian Navy’s ship Trikand is currently deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as part of Operation Sankalp. The deployment aims at instilling confidence in the maritime community and contributing to regional maritime security Operation Sankalp About: Operation Sankalp was started in June 2019 after there were explosions on board […]

In News  Recently, Russia had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile from the Severodvinsk submarine and hit a designated mock target in the Barents Sea. About Zircon hypersonic cruise missile Zircon’s tests are to be completed later this year and they will be commissioned by the Russian navy in 2022. […]

In Context  Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette is participating in the 3rd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX – 21, from 15 to 16 Nov 21 in the Andaman Sea.  About  The first edition of SITMEX was hosted by the Indian Navy off Port Blair in […]

In News Russia has started supplying S-400 air defence system to India, and the first division will be delivered by the end of 2021 Background US$ 5 billion deal: India has contracted five S-400 Triumf (NATO designation SA-21 Growler) regiments from Russia under a $5.43 billion deal signed in October 2018. Delivery was originally slated […]

In News Shakti 2021 will be conducted from November 15 to November 26 in Frejus, France. About 6th edition of bilateral Army exercise. Between: Indian Army and French Army Held: Biennially Aim: To enhance military cooperation and interoperability between the two Armies. Focus: On Counter-Terrorism operations in backdrop of semi-urban terrain under United Nations Mandate.  […]

In News The Indian Navy got its fourth submarine INS Vela under Project75. About Earlier this year the Defence Ministry cleared a long-pending proposal for the manufacturing of 6 submarines worth nearly Rs. 50,000 under the P75I project. The Indian Navy currently has 12 submarines. In addition, there are two nuclear submarines INS Arihant and […]

In News Recently, India’s First Manned Ocean Mission “Samudrayan” was launched in Chennai by Union Minister Jitendra Singh.  About  With the launch of this Unique Ocean Mission, India joins the elite club of nations such as the USA, Russia, Japan, France and China to have such underwater vehicles for carrying out subsea activities.  A new […]