What is it? Smerch, procured from Russia, is the longest range conventional rocket system in the Army’s inventory with a maximum range of 90 km. The system is aimed to defeat personnel and engage with soft targets in concentration areas, …
What’s in the news? The 8th Edition of joint military exercise MITRA SHAKTI between the Indian Army and the Sri Lankan Army culminated in Ampara, Sri Lanka. Exercise Mitra Shakti, based on counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in semi …
What’s in the news? The 17th Edition of Indo- US joint training exercise – EX YUDH ABHYAS-21 commenced in Alaska recently. The training schedule includes activities on joint training in a counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism environment under United Nations mandate. The …
Why in News? The Indian Navy (IN) has announced that it would be participating in the Second Phase of Multilateral Maritime Exercise Malabar along with the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the United States …
Why in News: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways reviewed the work on Zojila and Z Morh tunnels. About the tunnels The Zojila tunnel will be Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel and will allow all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and Srinagar, …
Why in News? The indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Helina has completed all trials and the process . What is Helina? HELINA (Helicopter based NAG) is a third generation fire and forget class anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) …
What’s in the news? India recently participated in the sixth edition of a multinational military exercise organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia’s Orenburg Region. Known as Exercise Peaceful Mission, the military exercise is conducted biennially as part …
What is it? A ‘2+2 dialogue’ is used for installation of a dialogue mechanism usually between two countries’ defence and external affairs ministries. To put it simply, ‘two plus two dialogue’ is an expression used to indicate that two appointed …
About SIMBEX SIMBEX is the Maritime Bilateral Exercise between Singapore and India. Initiated in 1994, SIMBEX is the Indian Navy’s longest uninterrupted bilateral maritime exercise with any foreign navy. Why in News? The three-day long 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime …