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Aug 20, 2021

🌟 Cold Start, Sundarji Doctrine - Military Doctrines (Important) 

Cold Start military doctrine was developed Indian Army for possible war with Pakistan. It aims to efficiently involve all sub-parts of Indian military for offensive operations. Cold Start doctrine allows conventional forces in order to prevent a nuclear retaliation from Pakistan.

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🌟 India՚s Defence Procurement Procedure- Make in India in Defense (Important) 

Make in India in defence manufacturing driven by capital acquisition of defense equipment and measures for promoting indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment through public and private sector like:

  • Priority and prefer…

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Does India Have ICMB? Hwasong-15 is North Korea՚s Most Powerful ICBM 

North Korea successfully launched Hwasong-15, a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) . India has a series of ballistic missiles called Agni. Following figure depicts the range of Agni.

What Are ICMBs?

  • An intercontinental ballistic m…

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Indo-Shri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti – VI 

Mitra Shakti Exercise is annually conducted as part of military diplomacy & interaction between armies of India & Shri Lanka aiming to build & promote close relations between armies of both countries & to increase the ability of joint exercise commander to take military groups of…

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Dhanush Artillery Guns 

Dhanush is the first indigenous long range artillery gun introduced in the Indian army on 4th November, 2019. It was manufactured by the Jabalpur based Gun Carriage Factory. Indian Army which began inducting the indigenously upgraded Dhanush artillery guns entire order of 114 gun…

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India՚s First Integrated Defence Communication Network Launched 

India՚s first integrated Defence Communication Network (DCN) was launched by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who inaugurated the network at South Block, emphasized on the need to keep the network completely secure all the time.

Delhi The…

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Manufacture of Light Weight Bullet-Proof Jackets- Make in India 

Government has adopted multi-prolonged approach towards indigenous development and manufacture of lightweight bulletproof jackets and steps have been taken in this regard. DRDO has also collaborated with academic institutions for development of lighter next generation Bulletproof…

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INS Kalvari: First Scorpene-Class Submarine Inducted in Indian Navy 

Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari was commissioned into the Indian Navy. It is first of the six Scorpene-class submarines built under the strategic Project 75 by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) with assistance and technology transfer from France՚s DCNS.

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Aug 12, 2021

Indias First Indigenous Air Dropped Container 

The maiden test trial of SAHAYAK-NG was successfully conducted by the DRDO along with the Indian Navy. SAHAYAK-NG is India՚s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian Navy) . Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) and …

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Aug 8, 2021

DRDO Landing Gear System for UAV 

Operating under DRDO, the CVRDE (Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment) developed the Retractable Landing Gear System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle named TAPAS. The Indian Navy would use these landing gear systems.

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