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DEFENCE - October 2019

Oct 2019

Nov 10, 2019

Indo-Russian joint tri-service exercise to be held from December 10-19

The first-ever joint tri-service exercise between India and Russia codenamed INDRA 2019 will be conducted from December 10-19, 2019.
Company-sized mechanised contingents, fighter and transport aircraft as well as ships of respective Armies, Air Forces and Navies will participate in this 10-days exercise.
In preparation of this exercise, a joint planning conference was held from November 7 to 10, 2019, in two phases.
Phase I of the conference was conducted at respective service locations of Babina, Pune and Goa to discuss service-specific modalities.
The second phase was held at New Delhi on November 9 and 10, 2019 to fine-tune joint service for smooth execution of the exercise.

Nov 09, 2019

MPC For MILAN 2020 Concludes At Visakhapatnam

The Mid Planning Conference (MPC) for MILAN exercise concluded at HQENC Visakhapatnam.
The three-day conference was attended by 29 delegates from 17 friendly Foreign Navies.
Delivering the Opening Address, Commodore Sanjiv Issar, Commodore Milan briefed on the broad programme of MILAN 2020 scheduled to be conducted at Visakhapatnam in March 2020.
The scope of exercise planned during the harbour and sea phase of MILAN 2020 was discussed in detail with the delegates of the participating countries during the conference.

IAF Releases Multiplayer Version Of 'Indian Air Force - a Cut Above' Game

The Indian Air Force launched the multiplayer version of its interactive mobile game which lets users experience the thrill of flying a combat aircraft.
The multiplayer version of the game named "Indian Air Force - A Cut Above" was launched by Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora.
The then chief of air staff, B S Dhanoa, had launched the single-player version of the game on May 31, 2019.
The game, available for Android and iOS, is a combat simulator which lets the players choose from an array of fighter aircraft, including Tejas, Rafale Mirage-2000, Su-30 among others.

Nov 08, 2019

India, Indonesia Joint Naval Exercise 'Samudra Shakti' Underway in Bay Of Bengal

Anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta is jointly exercising with Indonesian warship KRI Usman Harun, a multi-role corvette, in the Bay of Bengal as part of an ongoing bilateral exercise 'Samudra Shakti'.
The joint exercises include, manoeuvres, surface warfare exercises, air defence exercises, weapon firing drills, helicopter operations and boarding operations.
INS Kamorta is an anti-submarine warfare corvette. The Indian Navy-Indonesian Navy bilateral exercise 'Samudra Shakti' was held from November 6-7, 2019.

Nov 07, 2019

Chinese Soldiers Will Fly Like Iron Man In The Future

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is said to be evaluating "advanced exoskeleton systems" or weaponised body-braces with flying capability.
The Chinese state media expectedly called them "Iron Man" suits, which will carry "heavy firepower" and "special armour".
Several types of exoskeletons were recently tested at completion in Beijing where nearly 100 research institutes, companies, and universities showcased their products.
The competition titled the "Super Warrior 2019 Military Individual Exoskeleton System Challenge" was organised by the PLA's Equipment Department.

Nov 06, 2019

Israeli Tethered Drones to Check Cross-border Crime in Assam

The BSF has recently procured Israeli tethered drones and thermal imagers to check smuggling and illegal infiltration in Dhubri sector of Assam, where a major part of the India-Bangladesh border passes through a riverine stretch, making it difficult to erect fences.
The drones, equipped with day-night vision cameras, can fly up to a height of 150 metre to capture images on the ground, especially of isolated areas not visible to unaided human eye.
The 61-km-long border in Dhubri area of western Assam, where the Brahmaputra enters Bangladesh, comprises vast chars (sand bars) and multiple river channels that make border patrolling a daunting task, especially during the monsoons.
Cattle smuggling and drug trafficking activities are usually carried out at night. These newly employed drones will be able to send images of smugglers hiding in the vicinity of the border area during day time.

New Firearm Policy in Works

A new firearm policy proposes to bar individuals, with few exceptions, from possessing more than one gun, down from three now, and introduce four different categories of offences that would attract jail term of 10 years besides a fine.
The proposed amendments to Arms Act stipulates jail term that can go up to life imprisonment for possession of weapons looted "from armed forces or police", engagement in "organised crime syndicate" or "illicit trafficking", and rash and negligent use of firearms.
This category of offense has been included in the draft bill to rein in incidents of celebratory firing resulting in deaths, people aware of the development said. Punishment will not be the same for the four new categories of offense.
The bill is likely to be tabled before Parliament in the upcoming session starting from November 18, 2019.
The proposed amendment would curtail the number of gun licences one can possess to one from existing three.
"Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no person, other than a person referred to in subsection (3), shall acquire, have in his possession or carry, at any time, more than one firearm," the draft amendment states.
Earlier, the minimum punishment was five years which may be extended to ten years with a fine.

Operation "Maa" by Army in J&K Yields Results

It was a quiet humane operation of approaching "Maa" (mother) launched by Kashmir-based XV Army Corps that saw around 50 Kashmiri youths return to normal life this year, after abandoning the terror groups they had joined.
In this operation, the Army, on the directions of General Officer Commanding (GoC) of 15 Corps Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, undertook an exercise in the hunt for missing youths and approached their families.
The strategically located 15 Corps, also known as Chinar Corps, is at the forefront in fighting the insurgency in the Valley as well as countering Pakistan's actions on the Line of Control (LoC).

Rajnath Singh Urges Russian Defence Industries to Jointly Manufacture in India

Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon the Russian defence industry to work jointly to modernise India's defence platforms and manufacture equipment to give a massive boost to the two nations' exports to third countries.
The defence minister said the Indian government is encouraging Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to make use of the 'Make in India' initiative.
Singh was addressing the CEOs of OEMs from the Russian defence industry after jointly inaugurating the 'India-Russia Defence Industry Cooperation Conference' with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in Moscow.
He urged industry leaders to make use of the significant economic reforms undertaken by the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve ease of doing business and opening up the defence manufacturing sector for foreign participation.
The defence minister is on a three-day visit to Russia to co-chair the 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation.
Singh assured that India will provide orders for procurement of agreed quantities at mutually decided price for a period not less than five years.
He expressed hope that the manufacturing under the agreement in India will lead to reduction in cost, reduction in timelines of the supplies and progressive indigenisation of spares.

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