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DEFENCE - June 2020

Jun 2020

Nov 09, 2020

India offers Coastal Surveillance Radar Systems to Philippines

Even as the Philippines lifted its ban on oil exploration in the South China Sea, opening the way for deals with China, India has offered to give coastal surveillance radar systems to Philippines to improve maritime domain awareness (MDA).
At a virtual meeting between Foreign Ministers of India and Philippines, Foreign Ministers S. Jaishankar and Teodoro Locsin Jr. revived a joint commission that last met over five years ago.
The two sides agreed to further strengthen defence engagement and maritime cooperation between the two countries, especially in military training and education, capacity building, regular goodwill visits, and procurement of defence equipment. They agreed to enhance cooperation in the area of counter terrorism with information exchange between concerned agencies and support in terms of specialised training needs.

Nov 07, 2020

Armed Forces Need to Embrace Change, Adopt Cutting Edge Technology

According to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, the need of the hour for the armed forces is to embrace change, adopt cutting edge technology, and aim for greater operational efficiency.
Rawat was speaking at a webinar session titled 'India's Security Horizon: The Coming Decade' and highlighted the structural reforms underway in the armed forces to face the contemporary challenges.
The webinar was organised by the National Defence College (NDC) as a part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Afghan National Army Receives Military Vehicles from the United States

The Afghan National Army has received 429 military vehicles from the US as part of Washington and the NATOs continued support to the war-torn country's forces.
According to Deputy Defence Minister Shah Mahmoud Miakhil, the military equipment and the vehicles received will be used to ensure the safety of the people.
According to Mikhail, 215 of the Humvees were received in Kabul and 214 others were handed to the Ministry of Defence in Kandahar.
Afghan forces have received 1,383 Humvees, 55 Mobile Strike Force vehicles, 10 helicopters and 4 A-29 aircraft from the US so far.
The US will transfer $102 million more in equipment in near future.

Nov 05, 2020

Joint Naval Exercise CARAT

Bangladesh and United States held a joint Naval Exercise CARAT. CARAT is Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training. The exercise was held at Chittagong.
Historically, the exercise involves people-to-people interactions, variety of professional exchanges, community relations project, Subject Matter Expert exchanges and social events. Due to COVID-19, the exercise was held virtually.
CARAT is a series of annual bilateral military exercise conducted by the US Pacific fleet with countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. The focus of the exercise is mainly on ASEAN. However, it is also held with non-ASEAN members such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
This year, Bangladesh was the second to hold the exercise after Brunei. CARAT Brunei was held in South China Sea between October 5 and October 9, 2020.

Successful Test-fire of Enhanced Version of Pinaka Rocket System

An enhanced version of Pinaka rocket system was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha's Balasore district.
As per reports, six rockets were launched in quick succession and the test met complete mission objectives.
This enhanced version would replace the existing Pinaka Mk1 rockets that are currently under production.
The rocket has a state-of-the-art guidance navigation and control system with which it has become efficient to identify its target and hit it.
Development of the enhanced Pinaka system was taken up to achieve longer range performance compared to the earlier designs with reduced length.

Nov 04, 2020

UN Adopts India Sponsored Resolutions on Nuclear Disarmament

The First Committee of UN General Assembly adopted two resolutions which were sponsored by India - 'Convention on the Prohibition of the use of Nuclear Weapons' and 'Reducing Nuclear Danger' under the 'Nuclear weapons' cluster.
These resolutions manifest India's commitment towards the goal of nuclear disarmament. The "Convention on the Prohibition of the use of Nuclear Weapons", tabled by India since 1982 in the General Assembly requests the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva to commence negotiations on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances.
The resolution, which is supported by a majority of UN members, reflects India's conviction that such a multilateral, universal and legally binding agreement would generate necessary political will among States possessing nuclear weapons to engage in negotiations leading to the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

India, United States, Japan and Australia Kick Off 'Malabar' Naval Drills

India, the United States, Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade, seen as part of efforts to balance China's vast military and economic power in the region.
The annual "Malabar" war games that India holds with the United States and Japan have been expanded to include Australia this year to cover all members of the Quad, an informal group of the four largest democracies in the Indo-Pacific.
China has accused the United States, which has been leading the effort to forge a common front among its allies, of a "Cold War mentality" and ideological prejudice.
Five ships of the Indian Navy, including a submarine, were deployed in the exercise along with U.S. Navy's John S McCain missile destroyer, Australia's Ballarat frigate and a Japanese destroyer.

Nov 03, 2020

China Creates World's Largest Aerial Launch Missile

China made the world's largest anti-ship ballistic missile to be launched from air into the sea, could pose a major threat to the Indian and US navies, capable of hitting up to 3000 km, the nuclear warhead can also carry Peaching.
China has put the world's largest air-launch missile into service amid mounting tensions from India and the United States.
China has deployed this missile on its H-6N strategic bomber. Recently, this Chinese aircraft was seen flying with the aerial launch version of the hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile. Such missiles are only supplied by US and Russian forces, except China.

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