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DEFENCE - October 2019

Oct 2019

Mar 10, 2020

Indian Coast Guard Conducts 9th Edition of Rescue Exercise 'SAREX-2020' in Goa

Indian Coast Guard (ICG), an armed force that protects India's maritime interests,has conducted a 2-day 9th edition of national level search and rescue exercise 'SAREX-2020' based on the theme 'Harmonization of Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue (HAMSAR)' in the sea at Vasco, South Goa district from March 5-7,2020.
It was inaugurated by Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Secretary (Defence), Ministry of Defence.
For the 1st time, it was attended by 3 pillars of national SAR mechanism i.e. Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Defence.
It also saw the participation of 24 representatives from 19 countries, primarily from Asia and Africa, international delegates including 38 national observers and officials of 7 commercial airlines including 2 helicopter operators.
This exercise consisted of a series of conduct of workshop, table top exercise and sea exercise with focus on Mass Rescue operation (MRO).

Mar 08, 2020

Russia Offers TOS-2 'Tosochka' Heavy Flamethrower Vehicles to India

Defense Ministry of Russia offered India its latest TOS-2 'Tosochka' heavy flamethrower vehicles for defeating enemy personnel. TOS-2 (the R&D work 'Tosochka') is a derivative of the TOS-1A 'Solntsepyok' heavy flamethrower system with improved performance characteristics. As compared to its predecessor, it is mounted on the wheeled chassis.
According to Russian designers, the heavy flamethrower systems are intended to destroy light-armor vehicles, incapacitation of the personnel deployed on open spaces or in shelters, initiate fires and smokescreens by smoke/incendiary munitions. TOS-2 is armed with fuel-air explosive munitions that use spraying of combustible material and explosion of the formed gas cloud. In terms of power, they are compared with midget tactical nuclear munitions, though they have no radiation effect.

Mar 07, 2020

India and USA Begin Work on BECA Draft Agreement

India and the United States have begun work on the draft paper of the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), the third of the "foundational" pacts that aims to bring the armed forces of the two countries closer. Work on the drafts has just begun after a successful meeting on BECA in Washington DC. After several rounds of discussions led by the Indian ministry of defence and the U.S. National Geospatial Agency, it was decided to begin work on the draft. Indian and U.S. armed forces officials were part of the meeting.
BECA is the third of the agreements, India already having signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) and the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA). Both sides are confident that the agreement could be signed by the end of the year.
In fact, both sides are working towards signing the agreement with the Trump administration before the November US Presidential polls. BECA would lead to sharing information relating to various kinds of data, whether it is imagery, hydrological, topographical or other kinds of data.

Mar 04, 2020

India Defers Navy Maritime Exercise in Milan

India decided to postpone its biggest maritime exercise, called Milan, in the wake of rising cases of coronavirus infections outside China. The multi-nation naval drills were to be staged off the Vishakhapatnam coast from March 18 to 28.
The conduct of Milan 2020 had generated a very enthusiastic response, with navies around the world having expressed their desire to participate; and in deference to this interest, the Indian Navy looks forward to scheduling Milan at a later, convenient date.
Around 40 countries were scheduled to take part in the exercise, but China was not invited for the drills. The exercise was traditionally staged off Port Blair, but has been moved to the eastern seaboard as it offers better bandwidth for conducting bigger drills. The latest edition of Milan was being organised in the backdrop of China's growing naval activity in the Indian Ocean region.

Mar 03, 2020

Nagpur Based Company Develops Next-Gen Electronic Grenade for Army

Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), a company under city's Solar Group, a major producer of commercial and defence explosives, expects to put up its latest electronic multimodal hand grenade for trials soon. This is one step ahead of the latest grenade being acquired by the Army.
The technology for making the grenade has been shared with the company by Chandigarh-based Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), a unit under DRDO.
Based on it, EEL has come up with initial units of the grenade, that were also put up on display at Axis-2020 exhibition under way at VNIT.
TBRL has also shared the technology of the non-electronic multimodal grenades with EEL, making it the sole private player to take part in the process for supplying the weapon to the army.
EEL has already taken part in a request for proposal (RFP) by the Army to make multimodal grenades without using the electronic mechanism. The weapon will also be made by the Ordnance Factory, Khamaria in Madhya Pradesh. Both the entities await the bulk production order from the Army.

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