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DEFENCE - December 2018

Dec 2018

Sep 10, 2022

India, Japan to Enhance Defence Ties to Bolster their Strategic Partnership

India and Japan agreed to step up bilateral defence cooperation and engage in more military exercises, including holding the first joint fighter jet drills, as they emphasised that their special strategic ties played a crucial role in ensuring a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific, amidst China's aggressive behaviour in the region.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada on the first day of his official visit to Japan and the two leaders reviewed various aspects of bilateral defence cooperation and regional affairs.

Sep 08, 2022

India Successfully Test-fires Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile System

India successfully completed flight-tests of six Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur off the Odisha coast. The flight tests were conducted as part of evaluation trials by the Indian Army.
The flight-tests were carried out against high-speed aerial targets mimicking various types of threats to evaluate the capability of the weapon systems under different scenarios, including long range medium altitude, short range, high altitude manoeuvring target, low radar signature with receding and crossing target and salvo launch with two missiles fired in quick succession.
As per DRDO, during these tests, all the mission objectives were met establishing pin-point accuracy of the weapon system with state-of-the-art guidance and control algorithms, including warhead chain.

Sep 06, 2022

Indian Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande Conferred Honorary Title by Nepal's President

President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari conferred the Honorary Rank of General of the Nepal Army to Gen. Manoj Pande, chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army.
The President at the Shital Niwas, the official residence of Bhandari, conferred the honorary rank -- a long tradition of exchange of visits by the army chiefs of Nepal and India and conferring the title of honorary General to both the army chiefs -- during a special ceremony in Kathmandu.
The tradition started in 1950. India also confers the honorary rank of "General of Indian Army" to the Nepal Army Chief.
General Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army handed over various non-lethal military items to General Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief of the Army Staff, Nepali Army.

Sep 05, 2022

MiG-29 'Black Panthers', Primary Fighter Jets to Operate from India Navy's Vikrant

The Indian Navy commissioned the first-ever India-made naval air carrier INS Vikrant in the service, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an induction ceremony held in Kochi, Kerala. The INS Vikrant is only the second active naval aircraft carrier with the Indian Navy and also the first indigenous carrier built under the PM Modi's ambitious 'Make-in-India' campaign. The INS Vikrant is made to house 35 aircrafts. While India is in the process of induction either of the Boeing F-18 Super Hornet or Dassault Rafale M, for now, it will operate with the Russia-made Black Panthers.
The Russian-made 'Black Panthers', a naval version of the MiG-29 fighter, would be the primary fighters of INS Vikrant, the largest ship ever built in India. The aircraft has been in service with the Indian Air Force for decades.
The naval MiG-29 jet, called MiG-29K, will operate from INS Vikrant in anti-air, anti-surface, and land attack roles.

Sep 04, 2022

Sarabjit Singh Takes Over Command of Air Force Station Jalahalli

Air Commodore Sarabjit Singh took over the command of Air Force Station Jalahalli from Air Commodore Nand Kumar Nair.
The Air Officer was commissioned into the Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) branch on October 6, 1992. He is an alumnus of Air Force Technical College, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad.
The Air Officer is a postgraduate in Software Systems, Defence & Strategic Studies and Human Resource Management.
In his 30 years of service, he has held various field and staff positions which included Engineering Officer and Senior Technical Officer in Radar units, Chief Engineering Officer in Foreign mission, Joint Director at Directorate of Personnel (Officers), and Director Computer Intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance at Air Headquarters.

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