Defense

Thirteen IAF personell had lost their lives on 3 June as the aircraft crashed on the way to Mechukha from the Jorhat airbase.
Expressing gratitude to the Arunachal Pradesh Government for the support and assistance extended to the IAF in search and rescue operations, the AoC-in-C said, “Only with active support and cooperation of the state government through its district administrations and local people the daunting task could be completed.”

Weighing 88 kg, ASRAAM is a Within-Visual-Range (WVR) dominance weapon with a range of over 25 km. It accepts target information via aircraft sensors, such as radar or helmet-mounted sight, but can also act as an autonomous infrared search and track system.

The deal — valued at more than $15 billion — has attracted initial offers from global defence majors, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Sweden’s Saab. At least 85 per cent of production has to be in India, according to an initial document issued more than a year back. The Indian Air Force and Navy require as many as 400 single- and double-engine combat aircraft, according to the government.

Giving details of the number of terrorists eliminated in different years, the minister said that 104 terrorists were killed in 2014, 97 in 2015, 140 in 2016, 210 in 2017, and 249 in 2018.

The flag weighing 15 Kilograms is made of knitted polyester fabric called ‘Deneir polyester’. The Chakra of the flag is printed by using specialised printing process. The 108 foot high monumental flag is the 27th Monumental Flag by Flag Foundation of India (FFOI) in Defence establishments across the country.

India signed an agreement with Russia last October to procure a batch of the S-400 missile defence systems at an estimated cost of Rs. 40,000 crore. India went ahead to seal the deal notwithstanding the US’s warnings against it. India believes that it meets the US waiver criteria for procuring the S-400 missile defence system from sanctions-hit Russia.

In the coming days, apart from a joint Army exercise with France, the IAF’s Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) will also conduct exercise at Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer district. Over 40 guns, fighter planes, fight helicopters and goods carrier planes will also be included in this exercise.

Integrated electric power generation in surface warships has been described as the “direction of future naval propulsion”, and this transition would mark a major technological leap. The new Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warships will be the first Indian Navy ships fitted with an electrical drive.

“Out of five accused, one was a suicide bomber. One accused was arrested, while two others were neutralized during pro-active engagement by the security forces. One of the accused, Mudasir Ahmad Khan alias Mohammed Bhai, was neutralised during proactive engagement by the security forces,” Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said