Exide is among the very few specialised firms that can make high-end batteries for a wide range of submarines such as the Russian Kilo, 636, Romeo and Foxtrot class, German 209 class, French Scorpene class and indigenous nuclear submarines.
The drones would enable units on the border to carry out a 24-hour watch against threats, Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat said in New Delhi on Saturday. He didn’t provide details. The government plans to spend $250 billion over 10 years until 2025 on military modernization to meet challenges from Pakistan and China.
The public sector Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) on Friday delivered the fourth of a series of six 10-tonne bollard pull tugs being constructed for the Indian Navy. The tug, vessel No 187 constructed and delivered by the HSL, named Avtar, has a speed of 12 knots, according to a press release issued by the company.
The five-metre-long, 50-centimetre-thick, and 1.5 ton Brahmos-NG is half the dimensions of the Brahmos missiles currently in service today with the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army, and the Navy.The Brahmos-NG’s significant weight and size reductions mean that it can be carried by many more platforms including the conventional submarines and the fighter aircraft.
“This is the first time an Indian waterway is being used as a channel for transport of cargo between two countries, using India for transit,” shipping minister Mansukh Mandaviya said while flagging off the ship.
As per the case registered by NIA on July 9, the accused hailing from Chennai and Nagapattinam, and others “while being within and beyond India, had conspired and conducted consequent preparations to wage war against the Government of India by forming the terrorist gang Ansarulla
TAL Shyena is India’s first domestically produced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, and it was developed by DRDO’s Naval Science and Technological Laboratory. BDL manufacturers the the torpedoes at its facility in Visakhapatnam.
The torpedoes were manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), which is a public sector enterprise. Larsen & Toubro was behind the integration of the torpedoes with launcher systems.
Roman military expert Vegetius in his military treatise De re military gave a phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum”. Translated from Latin to English, this phrase reads: “If you want peace, prepare for war”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme ‘Make in India’ can receive a big boost if private players along with the Defence PSUs work together to secure the country’s interests.
As per news report, in the meeting, it was directed that the ministry wants a core team with members from IITs, the defence and space sectors to be constituted to leverage the expertise of these IITs and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
The MoU on RSDP signed between India and Myanmar in December 2017 aims to contribute to the socio-economic development of the area.
