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According to the order, the minimum local content for an item should be 50%. While officials explained that quantum of indigenous content has not been fixed, the order adds that a ministry can prescribe a higher or lower percentage of it for a particular product.
To enhance the complexity of air defence, controls of the fighters were handed over to the destroyers of each group by the respective aircraft carriers. ADEX for the day terminated with the MiGs of INS Vikramaditya guiding the Rafale fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in a planned firing exercise on Pigeon Island.
In a statement, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet noted that the Indian Navy destroyer INS Kolkata and tanker INS Shakti sailed with two Japanese warships and one vessel each from the US and Philippines. Significantly, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force deployed its helicopter carrier JS Izumo, one of its largest vessels, for the manoeuvres.
It’s a time when the Indian Army’s counter-infiltration grid gets into a state of high energy to neutralise the disadvantages it faces. However, despite all the advantages that infiltrating terrorists may enjoy, there have been no major encounters on that grid this year.
An Assam Rifles compendium on ‘Indo-Myanmar border management’ has claimed that military diplomacy with the eastern neighbour has picked up over the years.
“The IAF is now planning to acquire the bunker buster or the building destroyer version with Mark 84 warhead which can decimate targeted buildings,” government sources told ANI.
Armed with night fighting capabilities, the tank is equipped with night vision devices and a thermal imaging system. It is also protected by explosive reactive armour (ERA). The tank is known for its mobility, lethal firepower, and first-hit ability during engagements. The Indian Defence Ministry is set to place the order on the State-owned ordnance factory.
Senior UN official Jelle Postma told that India helped the UN agencies get the programme started with its contribution of USD 250,000, giving them a push in the right direction and now other donors are also stepping in.
The in-principle approval to L&T MBDA was given after the company submitted that a provisional approval would help it start construction of its manufacturing facilities while awaiting its industrial licence from the Department for Promotion of Industrial and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
“It will be the largest ever conducted Varuna exercise with 11 of India and Frances’s most modern units, including two aircrafts and two submarines….,” a statement issued by the French Navy said.
