Defense

Tactical Data Link is the means to disseminate processed information from Radars, EW, IFF, Sonars and information related to various combat function between the far-fighting Units on a battlefield. TDL exchanges digital information on a near-Real-Time basis over a common network, with this tactical data updated continuously and automatically by each of the Net Units (or Node).

Troops participated in a “special plogging awareness drive” in Siachen and collected a large number of waste for incineration. Troops participated in a “special plogging awareness drive” in Siachen and collected a large number of waste for incineration. Later, the garbage and plastic waste was segregated and incinerated in a fuel-less incinerator, he said, adding the collection from incinerator was used in greenhouse maintained by Siachen brigade.

The first group of civilians successfully trekked to the world’s highest battlefield at Siachen Glacier and returned after a 21-day trip recently, taking adventure tourism to greater heights in the country. With defence minister Rajnath Singh giving the green signal to open Siachen to tourists, more civilians can look forward to heading for the icy heights in August 2020.

The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019 is aimed at promoting the safety and security of India’s maritime trade, including the safety of its crew members. A text of the bill available on the Lok Sabha website said the government’s aim in drafting the proposed legislation was to keep up India’s commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), concluded in 1982. India ratified the UNCLOS in 1995.

The MHA also said that 22,557 terrorists have been killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir since 1990 and 1,011 terrorists have been eliminated, 42 terrorists have been apprehended and 2253 have been pushed back/returned due to efficient vigil of security forces from 2005 till October 31, 2019.

The purchase of these choppers — capable of hunting submarines, hitting at enemy ships and also conducting search and rescue operations at sea — is expected to boost the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare operations. Singh will sign the deal on the sidelines of the 2+2 talks, which will be his first visit to Washington as India’s defence minister.

This year, the naval component of the exercise would be held in two phases and the arrival of Russian Navy ships here marks the commencement of Harbour Phase, which will be held between December 10 and December 15.
This will be followed by the ‘sea phase’ conducted in the Arabian Sea from December 16 – 19.

These howitzer guns will be inducted in the Army by the end of this year.
The guns have been bought from US and are being tested for long-distance firing capacity. The trials are going on under the supervision of foreign experts.
In October, the Indian Army had inducted the US Excalibur artillery ammunition in its inventory.

“The first lot of 10,000 SiG 716 assault rifles has arrived in India and has been sent to the Northern Command,” top Indian Army sources told ANI.
The Northern Command looks after the counter-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir including the stopping the influx of terrorists from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) who are trained there.