Defence Current Affairs

High Tempo Submarine Naval Exercise in the Indian Ocean by India and France

The 19th edition of the Indian and France Navy bilateral exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ is scheduled to be conducted in the Arabian Sea from 25th to 27th April 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 From the Indian Navy’s side, guided missile stealth destroyer INS Kolkata, guided missile frigates INS Tarkash and INS Talwar, Fleet Support Ship INS […]

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Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships from missile attack

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships against missile attack. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (DLJ), a DRDO laboratory, has indigenously developed three variants of this technology namely Short Range Chaff Rocket (SRCR), Medium Range Chaff Rocket (MRCR) and Long Range Chaff

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Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in exercise in LA PEROUSE

Indian Navy Ships INS Satpura (with an integral helicopter embarked) and INS Kiltan along with P8I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft are participating, for the first time; in multi-lateral maritime exercise La Pérouse. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The La Pérouse exercise being conducted in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region from 05 to 07 Apr

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Another batch of Rafale jets to fly in by mid-May

India will receive another 8 to 9 Rafale jets from France by mid-May, with some expected later this month, completing the first squadron of the fighters in the Indian Air Force (IAF). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With the inductions this month set to complete the first squadron, which currently has 14 jets, the IAF

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India ranked 4th most powerful military in world

According to the Miltary Direct’s study report China has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The USA, despite their enormous military budgets, comes in 2nd place with 74 points, followed by Russia with 69, India at 61 and then France with 58. The

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India’s arms imports decreased by 33 per cent

India’s arms imports decreased by 33% between 2011–15 and 2016–20 while the nation continues to remain the second largest arms importer after Saudi Arabia, according to a report from Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The overall drop in arms imports between 2011–15 and 2016–20 was due

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Army to induct 6,000 new Light Machine Guns

The Army will begun inducting the first lot of 6,000 new Light Machine Guns (LMG) from Israel, with frontline troops on the borders set to receive them later this month. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 These are part of the 16,497 Negev LMGs contracted from Israeli Weapons Industry (IWI) in March 2020 under fast track

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IAF to participate in Exercise Desert Flag VI in UAE

The Indian Air Force is participating for the first time in Exercise Desert Flag along with air forces of United Arab Emirates, United States of America, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Exercise Desert Flag is an annual multi-national large force employment warfare exercise hosted by the United Arab

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TROPEX 21 Debrief Naval Commanders at Kochi for OP Discussions

Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff presided over the debrief of TROPEX-21 (Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise) at Kochi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The exercise had commenced in January 2021 involving all three Commands of the Indian Navy, the Tri-Services Command at Port Blair, and elements of Indian Army, Indian Air Force

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Navy’s fast attack craft T-81 decommissioned

Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft (IN FAC) T-81 of Super Dvora MK II class was decommissioned after serving the nation successfully for over 20 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The 25 meters long vessel with 60 tonnes displacement was built at Goa Shipyard Ltd in collaboration with M/s Ramta of Israel. She was commissioned

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