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According to a source in the ministry, the government had in the first phase planned to construct 61 roads along the India-China border totalling 3,346 km. Of these, 36 roads (1,260 km) have been constructed, while links have been established in 20 others (2,035 km) which are being tested. Work on the remaining five roads has begun and will be completed soon.
Two warships of Indian Navy will arrive at Paradip port shortly ahead of Indian Navy Day to be celebrated on December 4. The warships will reach the prohibited region of Paradip. Later, the civilians can get an opportunity to undertake a guided tour of India’s two front line warships for two days.
Pinaka is an indigenous multi-barrel rocket launch (MBRL) system, which has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army. Its weapon system has a state-of-the-art guidance kit bolstered by an advanced navigation and control system.
The Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the Indian Air Force (IAF), is a little known success in Defence research. The system called ‘Netra’ which was inducted into the armed forces in 2017 played a behind-the-scenes role in the much talked about Balakot surgical strikes in February 2019.
ndia is set to receive the first consignment of the S-400 missile systems in September 2021, the Rosoboronexpert head said on Wednesday.
“Russia will deliver the first batch of it’s S-400 missile systems to India in September 2021, Rosoboronexport Director General Alexander Mikheev told Sputnik at the Dubai Airshow
Two years after the introduction of so-called Mission Based Deployments, the Indian navy has started the process of equipping its warships with sophisticated electronic navigation systems. While implementing the Indian Naval Indigenisation Plan 2015-30, the Navy said the electronic charts and planning system should be capable of monitoring and guiding multiple ships on multiple routes.
The C295 is a multi-role transport aircraft that can carry a maximum payload of 9.25 tonnes. It has a range of 2,000 nautical miles when carrying 6 tonnes; it can carry up to 71 troops. According to Airbus, a total of 209 C295 aircraft have been ordered by 28 countries across the world. As its dimensions are smaller than the Indian Air Force’s existing fleet of C-130J, C-17 and IL-76 transport aircraft, the C295 can take off and land at a wider variety of airfields.
Each side will send 100 troops to take part in the 7th India and China joint military exercises – ‘Hand in Hand’ – which will focuss on counter-terrorism operations, Defence Ministry spokesman Col Ren Guoqiang told a media briefing. The exercises, which will conclude on December 23, will include live shooting and adoptive and basic training, he said, adding that true to its name, ‘Hand in Hand’, China and Indian militaries should also work hand in hand for the benefit of people in both the nations.
Akash is India’s first indigenously produced medium range Surface to Air missile that can engage
It suggested that Army officers and their families should change settings of their WhatsApp chats where they can be added to groups only by those people who are present in their contact list.
The advisory has come at a time when recently two Army jawans were virtually honey-trapped by Pakistani virtual spies who chat and interact with Indian defence personnel over social media applications to gain classified information.
