Defense

Uttar Pradesh government has allowed French company Dassault Aviation to set up a unit in

Buoyed by the results, which bolster an Automatic Identification System (AIS), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is to go ahead with its ambitious Rs 336 crore plan of 2017 to equip some 2 lakh sub-20 metre boats with transponders.This would ensure that the 7516-km long Indian coastline along 9 states and 4 Union Territories remain inviolate.

India Today TV has learnt that a blueprint to secure India’s civil airports and prevent such drone attacks is in advanced stages. Sources said an IIT Bombay alumni company, IdeaForge, has been tasked by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to come up with a solution by the year-end. op sources told India Today that “Several companies came in for the field test including Israel, German and Indian companies each promising state of the art technology.”

Handing over of drones will be done after due process and will be distributed equally between the MoD and the MHA (and their constituent organisations/agencies) after a joint inspection that will be conducted by the nodal officers of the MoD and the MHA.
The step has been taken after the drone attack on the world’s biggest oil company — Aramco — in Saudi Arabia this month. The distribution of drones will be done twice every year.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has raised the issue of disposal of drones considering auction or dismantling of drones as a threat to the nation.

Top among the discussions would be the proposal to bring Bangladesh into India’s coastal radar chain network which several countries in the region have already joined.

The two-day conference was chaired by Vice-Admiral GS Pabby, Chief of Material, integrated headquarters, ministry of defence (Navy) to assess the progress of refit of ships and submarines and infrastructure projects. The review is being attended by a high-level delegation from naval headquarters, ENC, Andaman and Nicobar Command, naval dockyards, repair yards and material organisations from Visakhapatnam and Port Blair.

Trump’s assurance that the two countries will hold a tri-service military exercise came right after Prime Minister Modi’s pledge to improve synergy between the two countries.

In 2019, until 13 September, the BSF caught 914 Bangladeshi nationals who were trying to infiltrate into India from the border areas of the southern parts of Bengal. In 2018, the BSF caught 1,677 such illegal immigrants, while in 2017, the number was 1,274.

While speaking about possible action in PoK, Rawat said: “The Army’s 15 Corps performs war games and it is not only on defending land. Some of them would involve going across. Even 14 Corps does such war games. So, there are plans.”The Srinagar-based 15 Corps, besides being largely involved in counter-terrorist operations, has operational tasks against India’s western neighbour. The 14 Corps, based in Leh, is involved in operations not only on the western front, but on the eastern one with China as well.