Lessons From the Cuban Missile Crisis Context: Russia’s short ‘special military operation’ to ‘de-Nazify and de-militarise’ Ukraine is already a nine-month-war, and likely to extend into 2023; trans-Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) unity under U.S. leadership despite visible internal differences has not collapsed; Mr. […]
Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Context: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Friday (October 14) that the indigenous ballistic missile nuclear submarine INS Arihant had successfully launched a nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) in the Bay of Bengal with “very high accuracy”. […]
Army in Arunachal Pradesh Receives Modern Artillery About the weapons delivered: Sig Sauer rifles: The SIG Sauer SIG716i is a semi-automatic rifle manufactured by SIG Sauer. It is an AR-15 style rifle using 7.62x51mm NATO type bullets and has an effective range of 600m. Negev Light Machine […]
India, China troops disengage at LAC friction point in Ladakh For Prelims About Line of Actual Control The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the military held demarcation line that separates the Indian-controlled territory from the Chinese-controlled territory. This was set up after the 1962 […]
The Aircraft Carriers of Indian Navy Context: Recently, the Indian Navy has commissioned India’s first indigenously designed and manufactured aircraft carrier which has placed Indian as one among the Naval Super Powers of the world With it, India also joins the elite group of nations […]
Vostok-2022 begins in Russia with India, China participating For Prelims About Vostok-2022: Vostok – 2022 is a multilateral strategic and command exercise. The exercise is scheduled to be held from September 01 to September 07. The exercise will involve more than 50,000 troops from China, […]
IAF sacks 3 officers in missile firing case For Prelims About BrahMos: BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile developed as a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia. It also holds the distinction of being the […]
National Automated Fingerprint Identification System Context: · Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) on Wednesday (August 17), at the two-day National Securities Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022 held in New Delhi. · According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, NAFIS, which […]
PIB Analysis INSV TARINI Context: Cmde Sanjay Panda Commanding Officer, INS Mandovi flagged off a sailing expedition from Goa to Port Louis, Mauritius at early hours of 20 Aug 22. The expedition is being undertaken by a crew of six (incl three women officers), onboard […]
Amethi unit all set to make AK-203 rifles For Prelims About Advanced Weapons and Equipment India: Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWE) is a defence company headquartered in Kanpur, under 100% ownership of the government of India. It was established in 2021 as part […]