STARStreak Air Defence System: India-France sign Agreements

Thales, a French Multinational Company has signed an agreement with the Bharat Dynamics Limited, a Government of India enterprise to jointly work on STARStreak Air Defence System STARStreak Air Defence System The STARStreak is a short-range surface-to-air missile. It was earlier called as the Shorts Missile System. It travels at Mach 3 speed, that is, ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: India-France • LASER guided missiles • Missiles • short range missile • Starstreak • Thales

Global Firepower Index, 2021

The Global Firepower Index ranks the countries based on their potential military strength. India was ranked fourth in the index. The Global Firepower Index ranked 138 countries. The countries were evaluated based on prolonged offensive and defensive military campaigns. Rankings The United States topped the index with 904 attack helicopters and eleven aircraft carriers. Also, ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Defence Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Global Firepower Index • Helicopter • Military • North Korea • Pakistan • Submarines

Ex-Desert Knight 21: India-France Military exercise

India and France are to hold Ex-Desert Knight 21 exercise. It is a bilateral air exercise to be held between Indian Air Force and French air and Space Force. The Ex-Desert Knight 21 is to be held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Rafale Fighter Jets are to participate in the exercise. Background Under the Indo-French Defence Cooperation, ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs

Topics: Australia Group • French Air Force • Garuda • India-France • Indian Air Force (IAF) • Joint military exercise • Military Exercises • Mirage 2000 • MTCR • Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) • Nuclear Suppliers Group • Rafale • Su-30 MKI • Wassenaar Arrangement

Flight Lieutanant Bhawana Kanth

Bhawana Kanth is to become the first woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade. She was one among the first women fighter Pilots inducted in Indian Air Force in 2016. The other fighter pilots inducted into the Indian Air Force were Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh. Bhawana Kanth In 2019, Bhawana ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Defence Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • Persons in News Current Affairs

Topics: Bhawana Kanth • Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth • Indian Air Force (IAF) • Rafale Fighter Jets • republic day • Republic Day Parade

Aero India 21 app

The Aero India-21 mobile application was recently launched by the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The mobile app will act as a handy interactive interface for all the issues related to Aero India 2021. The application has features to support the attendees, exhibitors and media of Aero India 21. Aero India 21 The Aero India ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Aero India • Aero India show • Defence exports • Defence Procurement • Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy