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India inks Rs 200 crore defence deal with Russia for ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missile
Under the emergency provisions, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed an Rs 200 crore defence deal with Russia to acquire ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missile for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers. The Mi-35s are the existing attack choppers of the Indian Air Force and are set to be replaced with the Apache gunships being ..
Topics: Aircraft • Aviation • Dassault Mirage • Indian Air Force • Military • Sukhoi Su-30MKI
Fact in Focus – S-400
One particular piece of military technology, the S-400 has dominated much of the discussions in the Indian space for the past week. What is the S-400? The S-400 is an advanced long-range surface to air missile (SAM) developed by the Russian Federation to shoot down aircrafts and missiles upto a maximum range of 400 kms. ..
Topics: Defence • Military • Russia • United States
20th anniversary of victory in Kargil war
The Kargil Vijay Diwas (KVD) is celebrated every year on July 26 to commemorate India’s emphatic victory against Pakistan. The day is named after the success of Operation Vijay. In 2019, India will celebrated the 20th anniversary of victory in Kargil war with pride, honour and inspiration from 25th to 27th of July at Dras ..
Topics: Dras • Dras War Memorial • Government of India • Jammu and Kashmir • Kargil • Kargil Vijay Diwas • Kargil War • Military • Operation Vijay • Vijay Diwas
India to conduct its first-ever simulated space warfare exercise ‘IndSpaceEx’
India is planning to conduct its first-ever simulated space warfare exercise titled ‘IndSpaceEx’ in the last week of July under the aegis of the Integrated Defence Staff of the defence ministry. All military stakeholders, including those from the scientific community, will participate in it. The purpose of the exercise is to understand the possible challenges ..
Topics: Defense • Government • International security • Military • National security • Security • Security engineering
Karambir Singh takes charge as new Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)
Admiral Karambir Singh has taken charge as the 24th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) from Adm. Sunil Lanba, who stepped down upon retirement. He is the first helicopter pilot of the Navy to become the CNS. Prior to this post, Adm. Singh was the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern Naval Command, headquartered ..
Topics: Chief of Naval Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Eastern Naval Command • Karambir Singh • Military • Military personnel • Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal • Sunil Lanba • Surinder Pal Singh Cheema