by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 1, 2021 | Defence & Defence Technology
India-Bangladesh border security is of paramount importance to India, both from the external and internal security point of view. Five Indian states—West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Assam share the border with Bangladesh. Border Security Force (BSF)...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 30, 2021 | Defence & Defence Technology
SITMEX-20 The second edition of the India, Thailand, and Singapore trilateral maritime exercise, SITMEX-20, hosted by the Singapore Navy, concluded in the Andaman Sea on November 22, 2020. It was a ‘non-contact, at sea only’ exercise in view of Covid-19...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 10, 2020 | Defence & Defence Technology
Within a span of 35 days the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has test-fired ten of its strategic nuclear and conventional missiles. This fast-track effort of development and testing of missiles by DRDO is to strengthen India’s armoury because of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 9, 2020 | Defence & Defence Technology
In the midst of India’s bitter border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired an air launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft, belonging to Thanjavur-based Tigersharks...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 9, 2020 | Defence & Defence Technology
The Prithvi-II missile was test-fired on October 16, 2020 as part of a night trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore, located at the Odisha coast. The night trial was successfully conducted with the missile met with the expected parameters as part of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 9, 2020 | Defence & Defence Technology
As reported on October 22, 2020, Chief of Army Staff General M.M. Naravane commissioned the Anti-Submarine Warfare stealth corvette INS Kavaratti into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam as a combat-ready platform as the ship has completed sea...