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Defense: Military & Missiles

MITRA SHAKTI

India and Sri Lanka

2016: Ambepussa, Sri Lanka

2015: Pune

Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT)

HAND-IN-HAND

India and China

2016: Aundh Military Camp, Pune

2015: Kunming Military Academy of Yunnan Province

SINO-INDIAN COOPERATION, 2016

1st join tactical exercise of Indian & Chinese border troops

2016: Chushul-Moldo in J&KWill compliment Hand-In-Hand Exercise

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TRIDENT JUNCTURE

• Launched by: NATO

• Where: Sicilian City Trapani in Italy

CORPAT

• India and Indonesia

• 2017: Port Blair

Al-Nagah-II

• India and Oman

• 2017: Bakloh belt, HP

SIMBEX

• India and Singapore

INDRA

India (Infantry Battalion) and Russia (Motorised Brigade)

2016: Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia

2015: Bikaner

Focus -Counter Terrorism Operations in Desert Terrain under a United Nations Mandate

Two Phases:

• Combat Conditioning & Tactical Training

• Validation

SHAKTI

India and France

2016: Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Focus-Infantry tactical operations, combating conditioning in a counter-terrorism environment under the United Nations mandate

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LAMITYE

Lamitye in Creole means FriendshipIndia and Seychelles

2016: Victoria, Seychelles

Conducted biennially

Representation:

• Infantry Platoon & representatives from Special Force–Indian Army

• Tazar (Special Forces Unit) and Seychelles Infantry-Seychelles People s Defence Forces (SPDF)

NOMADIC ELEPHANT

India and Mongolia

2017: Vairengte in Mizoram

2016: Mongolia

Aim: Fight Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorism (CICT) environment under the United Nation mandate

Representation: Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army

VARUNA

Naval Exercise between India and France

2017: France's Toulon port

2015 (14th edition) off Goa coast

Indian Representation:

• Trishul and Aditya

• Tarkash

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SURYA KIRAN

India and Nepal

2017: Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Representation:

• India: Infantry Battalion

• Nepal: Shree Rudra Dhoj Battalion

MALABAR

Trilateral naval exercise between India, US and Japan

2016 (20th edition) near South China Sea/ West Philippines Sea

Indian Representation:

• INS Sahyadri

• INS Satpura

• INS Shakti

• INS Kirch

• Sea King 42B ASW helicopter

• Chetak utility helicopter

2015:

• Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal)

• Japan participated making trilateral naval exercise ->Before that India & US bilateral exercise

INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW

Conducted by Indian Navy

Theme: United Through Oceans

Location: Vishakapatnam (Eastern Naval Command)

2nd international fleet review conducted in India

1st in Mumbai -2001

95 warships from 50 navies

Ended with participating ships undertaking passage exercise (PASSEX) in the Bay of Bengal

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COBRA GOLD

Hosted by: Thailand

2016 (35th edition) ->)ndia s participation for the 1st time

Multilateral amphibious exercise -> Largest Exercise in Asia-Pacific

Theme: Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

FORCE 18 (Initially labelled FTX -16)

Multinational Military Exercise

Where: Pune

Participants:

• ASEAN Countries

• ASEAN Plus nations: India, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, China, South Korea, Russia and USOutcome of 5 ADMM Plus ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting

Largest multinational ground forces exercise to be conducted on Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) and Peace Keeping Operations (PKO)

GARUDA SHAKTI

India and Indonesia

2016 (4th edition) Magelang in Indonesia

Aim:

• Build and promote positive relations between Armies of India and Indonesia

• Enhance their abilities to undertake joint tactical level operations in a counter insurgency environment under United Nations Charter

1st and 3rd edition of the exercise were conducted in India

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IBSAMAR

Trilateral naval exercise between Brazil, India and South Africa

2016: (5th edition) in Goa

1st time held in India

First 4 editions held in South Africa

Two Phases:

• Harbour Phase: Wide range of professional interactions will be undertaken

• Sea Phase: Diverse range operational activities will be conducted off Goa coast

Representation

India:

• INS Mumbai –A missile destroyer

• INS Shalki –A Shisuhumar class diesel electric submarine

• INS Trishul–A stealth frigate

Brazil:

• Brazilian Naval Ship (BNS) Amazonas embarked with Special Forces

South Africa:

• SAS Spioenkop (F 147) - integral helicopter and embarked with Special Forces

RED FLAG

Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force

Location: Nellis Air Force Base in Alaska)ndia s 2nd participation after 2008

IAF takes part once in every five year

AGNI 5

Intercontinental ballistic missile

Developed by: DRDO

Range:5500-5800km

Engine: 3 stage solid fuel

Can carry nuclear warheads

Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV) payloads

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K-4 BALLISTIC MISSILE

Part of Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLMB)

Developed by: DRDO for Arihant Class Submarines

Derivative of AGNI series (Nuclear Capable)

Range: 3500 Kms

Intermediate range SLBM

Powered by: Solid rocket propellant

SAGARIKA K-15

Nuclear-capable Submarine-launched ballistic missile

Forms a part of India's Nuclear Triad

Range:750 Kms

Developed by: DRDO for Arihant Class Submarines

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ASTRA

• Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

• Short-range (up to 20 km) and long-range (up to 80 km) targets

ASHWIN

• Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile -> Advanced version of low altitude supersonic ballistic interceptor missile

• Developed by DRDO

• Can destroy any incoming hostile ballistic missile

AMOGHA

• Anti-tank guided missile

• Pin point accuracy for a range up to 2.8 km

Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)


• Range of 100 km

• Light weight high precision guided bomb

• World class weapons systems - to destroy runways, aircraft hangers, and bunkers

Highest Defense Budget

• Japan

• 5.13 trillion yen

• Ballistic missile

• Personnel to Philippines and Vietnam

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FC-31 Gryfalcon

• Second 5th Generation fighter after J-20

• Tested by China

• Stealth capability

• Electro-optical targeting system and helmet-mounted display

Dhanush

• Indigenous heavy artillery gun


• Range of 45 km

• Based on the s Bofors FH-77B/39 Calibre artillery gun design

AKASH

Mid-range surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile

Nuclear Capable

Supersonic Speed

Developed by: DRDO under IGMDP

Ramjet-rocket propulsion system

• Multi target, Multi directional, All weather Air-defence system (inclusive of surveillance and tracking radars)

BARAK 8 (Lightening in Hebrew)

Indian-Israeli surface-to-air missile

Defence against any type of airborne threat

Two Versions: Land Based & Maritime

Developed by DRDO & Israel Aerospace Industries

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BRAHMOS

Name: Brahmaputra and Moskva River

Developed by: India and Russia-> Brahmos Aerospaces

Supersonic cruise missile

Principle : Fire and Forget

Range:290 Kms

Speed: Mach 3

Solid-propellant rocket for initial acceleration of the missile

Air-breathing ramjet propulsion for fuel-efficiency & supersonic speed

Inducted into: Indian Army and Indian Navy

Can be launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air

PRITHVI–II

Surface-to-surface missile

First missile

Developed by DRDO under IGMDP

Single-stage liquid-fuelled -> Liquid propulsion twin engines

Capacity: 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads

Range: 350 Kms

Advanced inertial guidance system with maneuvering trajectory to hit its target

Can deceive any anti-ballistic Missiles

NAG

Fire & Forget anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)

Developed by: DRDO under IGMDP

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NIRBHAY

Long range subsonic (less than Mach 1) cruise missile

Developed by ADE under DRDO

Two-stage missile system

Answer to US s Tomahawk and Pakistan s Babur missileEquipped with ring -laser gyroscope for accurate strikes

All-weather missile capable of carrying conventional and nuclear war heads

Range:1000 Kms

TEJAS

Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas

It will replace the entire MIG-21 fleet

Features: Smooth, fly-by-wire, its turn radius is very good and maneuverability is very good

Limitations: Light combatant, Single engine, Light weight fighter, cannot go into deep penetration

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STEALTH TECHNOLOGY

• Military equipments like aircrafts, tanks, naval ships, submarines cannot be detected by infrared and radar system

• Invisible to radar system.

• Shape that it reflects radar signal in some other direction

• Cover the equipment with such a material that can observe radar signals.

• DRDO announced stealth technology for all future naval ships.

CANISTER BASED MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEM

• Dual function as environmental container and a launching tube

• Hot launch: Missile ignites in the cell – good for small engines

• Cold launch: Missile is expelled by gas produced by a gas generator which is not part of the missile itself – much safer

Significance for India:

• Cold launch of canister based launching system - used in launch of Agni V missile.

• It enhances deterrence mechanism of Indian missile program.

INVS Tarini

• Navy s first )ndian all-women circumnavigation of the globe expedition.

• Built to stock Tonga 56 by Van de Stadt, the Netherlands

• Has Raymarine navigation suite

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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL OF IAEA

• Launched in 1993

• Strengthen and extend the classical safeguards system

• Detect undeclared nuclear activities with no connection to civil fuel cycle.

Key elements:

• Information on nuclear activities, R & D, production of uranium and thorium, and nuclear-related imports and exports.

• Greater rights of access - any suspect location, environmental sampling and remote monitoring techniques.

• Automatic visa renewal for IAEA inspectors

• India has ratified Additional Protocol for energy security

SOFIA-Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

• NASA and German Aerospace Center(DLR)

• To construct and maintain airborne observatory

• American part - to Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in 1996.

• German part - DSI (Deutsches SOFIA Institute)

• Successor to the Kuiper Airborne Observatory.

• Largest airborne observatory in the world

• Can make observations impossible for largest and highest ground-based telescopes

ICGS AYUSH

• Indian Coast guard Ship commissioned

• Fast Patrol Vessels

• At Kochi, Kerala

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Guided Pinaka

• Transformed version of Pinaka Mark II

• Unguided rocket weapon area system (WAS)

• Quick reaction time and high rate of fire

• Incorporate warheads


INS Khanderi

• Scorpene class submarine

• Stealth technology

• Anti-Ship missile

• Project 75: 6 Scorpene submarines built with technology transfer from DCNS of France

IRON DOME

• Air defense system

• By the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

• Its anti-missile interceptor intercepts and destroys short-range rockets, artillery shells and mortars.

• Range 4 - 70 km.

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Ababeel Missile

• Surface to surface medium range ballistic missile

• Developed by Pakistan

• Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology

• 7th to Join MIRV capability

SLCM Babur-3 Missile

• 1st nuclear capable submarine cruise missile

• Developed by Pakistan

Appointments

• Indian Army Chief: Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat

• Air Chief of IAF: Air Marshal BS Dhanoa

• Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations): Air Marshal PN Pradhan

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Shekatkar Committee

• Reform Military

• Financial management

• Performance audit to be done by non-combat organization

• Have capital expenditure for modernization

• Downsize manpower

• Joint service war college

• Run NCC by reemployed or on-contract ex-service personnel

Important Tit-Bits

• Defense Procurement Organization to be established

• INS Sarvekshak – 1st solar powered ship

• Indian Airforce (IAG) inducted first indigenously built - Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) known as NETRA

• World’s oldest air raft arrier INS Viraat decommissioned

• SWATHI: Weapon locating radar (indigenous)

• INS Tillanchang commissioned: Karwar, Karnataka - Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) – indigenous – Chetlat Class

• Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) at Rajali Air Station in Tamil Nadu

• Navy inducts surveillance ship – INLCU 51

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Important Tit-Bits

• India – 5th Largest military spender

• 1st private sector small arms manufacturing plant – MP - joint venture etween India’s Punj Lloyd and Israel Weapon Systems. Manufacture four

products: X95 carbine and assault rifle, Galil sniper rifle, Tavor assault rifle and Negev Light Machine Gun (LMG).

• 1st artillery guns in India – M777 - 155 mm/39-caliber howitzers – airlifted by helicopters like Chinook (US), C130J Super Hercules (India)

• M777 – in service in Canada, USA and Australia

• Invisible laser walls – Kavach – used by BSF for Samba border (J and K)

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