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DEFENCE - June 2019

Jun 2019

Jul 07, 2021

Russia Offers Military Support to secure Tajik-Afghan Border

Russia's military base in Tajikistan is fully equipped to help secure its border with Afghanistan, and Moscow will take extra measures to protect it if needed.
Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan after more than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the frontier in response to Taliban militant advances.
The Afghan military exodus comes as Taliban overrun most districts in northeastern Badakhshan province.

IAF to Procure 10 Anti-drone Systems

After a drone attack at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu, the force has decided to procure 10 anti-drone systems to stop such attacks in future in the border areas.
The force has floated a Request for Information (RFI) for Indian vendors for Counter Unarmed Aircraft System (CUAS) that can be armed with laser directed energy weapons to bring down rogue drones.

Jul 05, 2021

GRSE Kolkata Bags Order for Supply of Patrol boats to Bangladesh

The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) Kolkata have yet again managed to further strengthen the ties between India and Bangladesh by bagging an order to manufacture six patrol boats for Bangladesh.
The GRSE, a mini-Ratna category- I defence PSU and a leading warship building company, bagged an order to build six patrol boats for sustainable coastal and marine fisheries projects under the Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh.
The order has been awarded to GRSE through international competitive bidding where other international players from Europe and Asia were in the fray.
The 13 metres surveillance patrol boats for Marine Fisheries Surveillance Check-post (MFSC), Government of Bangladesh, will be used in surveillance activities, shallow water operations and patrolling fishing grounds day and night for illegal fishing gear and retrieval of survivors.
It may be noted that GRSE has the distinction in exporting the first 'Made in India' warship when the shipyard delivered a multipurpose offshore patrol vessel (OPV), 'CGS Barracuda' to the Mauritius Coast Guard.

Jul 04, 2021

India's 1 Indigenous Drone Defence Dome'Indrajaal'

India's 1st indigenous drone defence dome 'Indrajaal' has been developed by Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics. As per the company, the drone defence dome – 'Indrajaal' is capable of autonomously protecting an area of 1000-2000 sq km against aerial threats. It protects the area by assessing and acting on aerial threats such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and Low- Radar Cross Section (RCS) targets.

Indian Army Inducts First Batch of Indigenously Designed & Developed Short Span Bridging Systems

Indian Army inducts the 1st batch of 12 indigenously designed and developed Short Span Bridging systems into the Corps of Engineers. The induction ceremony took place in the national capital. The system has been designed by DRDO and manufactured by L&T. Army Chief General MM Naravane and DRDO Chief Dr G Satheesh Reddy attended the event.

Jul 03, 2021

Last US and NATO Forces Leave Key Afghanistan Base

After nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield, the epicentre of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America.
The airfield was handed over to the Afghan National Security and Defense Force in its entirety.
The withdrawal is the clearest indication that the last of the 2,500-3,500 US troops have left Afghanistan or are nearing a departure, months ahead of President Joe Biden's promise that they would be gone by September 11.

Jul 02, 2021

Pakistan Army Inducts China-made VT-4 Battle Tanks

The Pakistan Army has formally inducted the first batch of the China-made VT-4 battle tanks into its armoury.
Produced by Chinese state-owned armoured vehicle manufacturer, Norinco, the delivery of VT-4 tanks from the manufacturer began in April last year. Pakistan is the third country to have bought these tanks from China after Thailand and Nigeria.
Pakistan has been buying various weapons from China which has become its reliable partner in the defence field.

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari is Vice Chief of IAF

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari took over as Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force.
He has succeeded Air Marshal HS Arora, who retired after putting in more than 39 years of service.
During his tenure, Air Marshal Aora was instrumental in ensuring prompt and optimum operational deployment of assets in proportionate response to the developing situation in Eastern Ladakh.
Air Marshal Chaudhari was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF in December 1982. He has a flying experience of more than 3800 hours, including missions flown during Op Meghdoot and Op Safed Sagar.

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