Defence

The world's highest tunnel, motorable road and fighter aircraft base is being constructed in India's eastern ladakh to provide more strength to the infrastructure for both military and civilian use. Border Roads Organization chief Lt. General Rajeev Chaudhry confirmed that the world's highest bi-lane tunnel known as Sela tunnel will be soon inaugurated by PM Modi, and it will be one of the biggest establishment in the defence sector. The highest motorable road is built at Umling La Pass. The BRO has started a road connecting Likru , Mig-La and Phukche at a height of 19,400 ft. This construction of…

The decision by the Defence Ministry to acquire indigenous  short-range trajectory surface-to-surface (SRBM) missile Pralay, a traditional weapon that has become prepared for induction in precisely seven years, provides Indian military the heft to its war-fighting capabilities. A high-level meeting of the Defence Ministry cleared the acquisition of around one hundred twenty pralay missiles for the military and their preparation on the borders. India currently permits the employment of trajectory missiles in plan of action roles, thus the acquisition of those trajectory missiles is taken into account a big development for the state. The missile are India’s 1st plan of…

In a step to enhance the operational capabilities of the military and also the Indian Coast Guard in future, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accorded approval for Acceptance inevitably (AoN) for twenty-four Capital Acquisition Proposals. These proposals embody six for the Indian Army, six for the Indian Air Force, ten for the Indian Navy and 2 for the Indian Coast Guard for a complete worth of Rs 84,328 crore.It is pertinent to say that twenty one proposals, value Rs 82,127 crore (97.4%), are approved for procural from indigenous sources. This new initiative of DAC…

The seventh edition of Exercise Sangam, a joint military service division exercise between Indian Navy MARCOs and naval forces SEALs commenced in state. This edition which is able to see personnel from SEAL Team 5 based mostly at city, US and Indian Navy MARCOs from INS Abhimanyu along aims at exchange of concepts and experiences on numerous aspects of maritime special operations. The exercise is planned for a length of 3 weeks whereby personnel can exercise and hone their skills in maritime interdiction operations, dissent missions, combat free fall jumps, special heliborne operations and numerous alternative evolutions.Exercise Sangam was initial…