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Air Force: Glory in the sky Navy: Securing 7,500 km

long coastal border

l The Government has ordered the purchase
of 4.5 generation 36 Rafale fighters. Air l The Government has set a target to enhance
Force has got eight fighters till date the strength of its Navy by four times within
l BrahMos made with India-Russia a span of 8-10 years. The objective is to
cooperation, is among the most dangerous increase the number of battleships and
missile in its category. The missile, after submarines
its successful trial in February, 2017, has l Manufacturing of deadliest Six Scorpene
been fitted with Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters submarines is in process at Mazagon
l Squadron of Tejas, the ‘Make in India’ Dockyard
fighter has been inducted in the Air Force l INS Kalvari, INS Karanj, INS Khanderi and
l Apache H-64 E helicopter has been INS Vagir have been inducted into the Navy
inducted in 2019. Now, heavy lifter Chinuk l Manufacturing of Shivalik category’s
helicopter is also a part of the fleet. Now, warship under Project A is in process.
world’s largest cargo plane Globemaster is l Navy has a plan to acquire six nuclear
also a part of Indian Air Force submarines along with 24 more under
l Approval for purchase of 12 new Project 75
Sukhoi-30 and 21 new Mig-29 from Russia. l First Indian flight carrier INS Vikrant,
Upgradation is in process of already manufactured at Cochin Shipyard will be
existing Mig-29 fighters inducted next year. A squadron of MIG-
l S-400, the world’s strongest and the 29 would be stationed at INS Vikrant.
most modern air defence system is being Maritime patrolling aircraft P-8I, BrahMos
purchased from Russia. It will be delivered and Harpoon would also be stationed at the
next year flight carrier

SEPTEMBER 7: Hypersonic Technology Demonstration OCTOBER 1: Laser Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile
Vehicle (HSTDV) was tested. (ATGM) was successfully test fired.
SEPTEMBER 22: Successful flight test of ABHYAS OCTOBER 3: Advanced version of Shaurya missile
- High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) was which is capable of carrying a nuclear weapon was
conducted. successfully tested.
SEPTEMBER 23: Laser Guided Anti-Tank Guided OCTOBER 5: Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of
Missile (ATGM) was successfully test fired. Torpedo (SMART) was successfully flight tested.
SEPTEMBER 23: Prithvi missile capable of hitting up to OCTOBER 9: New generation Anti Radiation Missile
500 kilometre was tested. (RUDRAM) was successfully Flight tested and was
SEPTEMBER 30: BrahMos surface-to-surface launched from Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft. It is the
supersonic cruise missile featuring indigenous Booster first indigenous anti-radiation missile of the country for
and Airframe Section was successfully flight tested. the Indian Air Force.

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