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HAL offers 40 more Sukhois at one-third of Rafale’s cost
HAL Chairman T Suvarna Raju said: “We will offer a very competitive price. Since 2010, we have been delivering the Su-30 at Rs 4.25 billion. We can deliver another three squadrons at that same price.” So, the IAF will pay Rs 170 billion for 40 additional Su-30s.
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Bengaluru man proposes Killer Robot Vehicles for Surgical Strike
From unmanned tiny robotic vehicles for a surgical strike across the border to an autonomous under-water transporter to fix limpet mines onto enemy ships, future war technologies seek to take the soldiers out of high-risk operations.
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Boeing says F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet can help India grow its aerospace ecosystem
Boeing’s current F/A-18 production involves 60,000 jobs and 800 suppliers in 44 states in the US and this can be replicated in India, Thom Breckenridge, vice president, global sales, Boeing India, told PTI in an interview, as the company seeks to enterb India’s fighter jet bidding process.
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Pakistan alarmed as India could move ICJ over Sharif statement
Pakistan is alarmed after India threatened to take former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s controversial statement on the 2008 Mumbai attacks to the International Court of Justice.
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China Approves $1 Billion Loan for Sri Lanka Expressway to Counter India
China has approved a $1 billion loan to revive a long-delayed expressway in central Sri Lanka, the island’s government said Monday.
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China’s Sichuan county bans India-educated monks from teaching ‘wrong’ Buddhism
A county in China’s south-west Sichuan Province has imposed a ban on Indian monks teaching Buddhism on grounds that it could breed separatism. According to a report in the Global Times, authorities in Litang County have accused some Indian-origin monks of teaching Buddhism incorrectly to residents.
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Indian Army conducts snow clearing operation in U’khand
The route to Hemkund Sahib is still three to four feet under the snow.The operation for snow clearing started from April 25.
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Military and judiciary: What India can learn from Israel
On March 24, 2016, two Palestinian assailants stabbed an Israeli soldier in the Tel Rumeida. They were subsequently shot and incapacitated by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Several minutes later, IDF soldier Sergeant Elor Azaria, a medic, shot one of the assailants, Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, in the head. The incident was caught on camera by a Palestinian volunteer working for the Israeli human rights group and the IDF subsequently launched an investigation into the incident.
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Pakistan’s Economy goes from bad to worse as growth seen slowing : Bloomberg Report
Pakistan’s outgoing government expects the economy will grow at the fastest pace in more than a decade in the coming fiscal year, but economists are doubtful, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
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BSF Jawan killed as Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Jammu
A Border Security Force jawan was killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani army along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior BSF official said today.
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Why India Should Fear China’s Growing Naval Power
At a recent press conference in New Delhi, India’s Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman surprised reporters by stating that she saw ‘no tension between the navies of India and China in the Indian Ocean’. In response to a question about a perceived ‘tussle’ for supremacy in the Indian Ocean, Sitharaman downplayed the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) threat in India’s near-seas, choosing curiously not to elaborate on the matter.
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India, Russia working on roadmap to dodge US sanctions and get Russian arms
India and Russia, with proposed defence projects worth over $12 billion hanging in balance, are working on a road map to get around the new US sanctions regime that seeks to deter countries from buying Russian weapon systems.
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India becomes 5th country in world to have fully operational submarine-launched nuclear missile
India has a fully operational submarine-launched missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. As and is the process of developing a similar missile that can be launched from land with a range of about 600 km. The land version will complete the Agni and Prithvi series of indigenously developed nuclear missiles.
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Modi to hold informal summit with Vladimir Putin in wake of US sanctions against Russia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on 21 May for an informal summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the summer beach resort of Sochi amid US sanctions against Moscow that might impact Russian military supplies to India, particularly an estimated Rs 40,000-crore deal to buy the sophisticated, long-range S-400 air defence system.
Modi will be travelling to Russia at Putin’s invitation, the government said on Friday.
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Russian firm hopes to bag deal for unit 5, 6 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plants
Hoping to sign the contracts for Units 5 & 6 for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plants (KNPP) soon, Andrey Nikipelov, CEO, Atomenegromash, the firm associated with State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia — ROSATOM– iterated his commitment to complete delivery of equipment for KNPP units 3 & 4 fully and finally by 2019, here at ATOMEXPO-2018 on Monday. The three-day mega event marking 10th Anniversary of International Atomic Forum –ATOMEXPO-2018 is witnessing participation of 66 nuclear power states including France, Korea, China and India with over 3000 delegates, at Main Media Centre in resort city Sochi in Russia.
- Amament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) successfully test-fired Pinaka II multi barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) System. The three-day long user assisted trials were conducted at Pokhran in Rajasthan.
- Central Reserve Police Force Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to deploy about 300 women commandos for undertaking anti-Naxal operations in select Left-wing Extremism-affected states. The women squad, comprising about three companies (300 personnel) will be based in areas of West Bengal and Jharkhand where the anti-Naxal offensive is not as tricky and challenging as may be in Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
- Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM), the missile co-developed by India and Israel, was successfully test-fired on the Western Sea Board. The missile was fired from INS Kolkata.The test-fire was jointly carried out by the Indian Navy, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries. For LRSAM or BARAK 8 missile, as it is called in Israel, it was the first test in India.
- Indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra, successfully test fired. The test was conducted by the Indian Air Force off the coast of Odisha near the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore.
- Godavari India’s first indigenously designed and built warship Indian Navy Service (INS) Godavari was decommissioned in Naval Dockyard Mumbai. With her decommissioning, INS Godavari (F-20) will complete its full life cycle, meeting all responsibilities and duties assigned, proving the success of Indian ship design and construction.
- The second Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette Kadmatt built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) was handed over to Indian Navy at Kolkata.
- The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed over the Maareech – Advanced Torpedo Defence System – developed by DRDO to the Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan in Vishakhapatnam.
Question and Answers
Q1. At which of the following places is the Headquarters of South Western Air Command located?
A ) Vadodara
B) Jodhpur
C) Pune
D) Gandhinagar
Answer: Option D
Q2. Who of the following was the Chief of Army at the time of Indo-Pak war of 1971?
A ) General PP Kumaramangalam
B ) Field Marshall SHFJ Manekshaw
C ) General JN Chaudhari
D ) General KS Thimayya
Answer: Option B
Q3. Which of the following was the first aircraft inducted by the Indian Air Force (then Royal Indian Air Force) in 1932?
A ) de Havilland Tiger Moth
B ) Westland Wapiti
C ) Supermarine Spitfire
D ) Fairchild Packet
Answer: Option B
Q4. Indra series of exercises are jointly held biennially in the Indian Ocean by India and –
A ) Russia
B ) France
C ) Singapore
D ) Israel
Answer: Option A
Q5. Which of the following is the equivalent rank in Army of the Naval rank of Captain?
A ) Colonel
B ) Brigadier
C ) Major
D ) Captain
Answer: Option A
Q6. Who of the following is the only Chief of Air Staff to be given the rank of Marshall of the Indian Air Force?
A ) Arjan Singh
B ) Subroto Mukherjee
C ) C. Lal
D ) P. Mehra
Answer: Option A
Q7. Which of the following corps deals with the supply of weaponry and ammunition to the Indian Army?
A ) Army Ordnance Corps
B ) Corps
C ) Army Supply Corps
D ) Corps of EME
Answer: Option A
Q8. Which of the following is India’s first indigenously developed nuclear powered submarine?
A ) INS Vikrant
B ) INS Trikhand
C ) INS Arihant
D ) INS Sindhurakshak
Answer: Option C
Q9. Which of the following is home base of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya?
A ) Visakhapatnam
B ) Cochin
C ) Karwar
D ) Jamnagar
Answer: Option C
Q10. At which of the following places is the Heavy Vehicles Factory located?
A ) Kanpur
B ) Khadki
C ) Avadi
D ) 24 Paraganas
Answer: Option C
Q11.Which of the following aircraft is the air-to-air refueller of the Indian Air Force?
A ) C – 17 Globemaster
B ) IIyushin – 76
C ) IIyushin – 78
D ) C – 130J Hercules
Answer: Option C
Q12. At which of the following places was a new officers Training Academy for training Army officers established in 2011?
A ) Pune
B ) Jabalpur
C ) Secunderabad
D ) Gaya
Answer: Option D
Q13. “Panda-Kangaroo 2017” is the joint military training exercise between China and
A ) Russia
B ) Japan
C ) Australia
D ) India
Answer: Option C
Q14. Admiral Gorshkov, the Soviet aircraft carrier imported by India is now named –
A ) INS Vikrant
B ) INS Vikramaditya
C ) INS Virat
D ) INS Vishaal
Answer: Option B
Q15. From which of the following countries has India purchased the Pilatus PC-7 trainer aircraft
A ) United States of America
B ) France
C ) Switzerland
D ) Germany
Answer: Option C
Q16. Which of the following organizations has Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha as its slogan?
A ) Border Security Forece
B ) Sikh Light Infantry
C ) Indian Air Force
D ) National Security Guard
Answer: Option D
Q17. With Which country Russia begin joint military drills DRUZBA 2017?
A ) India
B ) Pakistan
C ) New Zealand
D ) Australia
Answer: Option B
Q18. Admiral Gorshkov, the Soviet aircraft carrier imported by India is now named –
A ) INS Vikrant
B ) INS Vikramaditya
C ) INS Virat
D ) INS Vishaal
Answer: Option B
Q19. Which naval Ship commissioned into Indian Navy?
A ) INS Viraat
B ) INS Kolkata
C ) INS TARASA
D ) INS Betwa
Answer: Option C
Q20. Which country commissioning its first radar-evading J-20 stealth fighter jets into military service recently?
A ) Bhutan
B ) Nepal
C ) China
D ) Pakisthan
Answer: Option C