The first of three Project 17A stealth ships, INS Himgiri was launched today. The ship built by GRSE was inaugurated by Smt. Madhulika Rawat, wife of CDS Bipin Rawat who was also in attendance as Chief Guest.
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While the Navy was the first service which took up the indigenisation program long before, the share of the Navy as a percentage of total defence budget shows a decline in the Navy share from 18.12 % to 14.55%. So, the resources from budgetary sources will not be able to keep pace with the requirements of the Defence forces. GoI must look into the navy budget. Navy also needs to adopt an innovative approach for financing its shipbuilding programs.
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Taking forward the synergy achieved in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2020, which was conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 03 to 06 November 2020, this phase will involve coordinated operations of increasing complexity between the navies of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
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The CAS visited the South Western Air Command (SWAC) on 12th Nov to review of operational readiness of personnel and take stock of infrastructural developments. Within SWAC, the CAS visited AFS Vadodara and AFS Deesa and interacted with the airmen and women deployed there.
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The Indian Army has gifted 20 fully trained military horses and 10 mine detection dogs to the Bangladesh Army, in an effort to strengthen bilateral and military cooperation between the two nations. The Indian Army also trained the Bangladesh Army personnel to handle the equines and canines.
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The MALABAR naval exercise is scheduled in two phases in November 2020. Phase 1 of the Exercise MALABAR 20 involving participation by Indian Navy (IN), United States Navy (USN), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is set to commence off Visakhapatnam in Bay of Bengal from 03 to 06 November 2020.
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The Indian Army has developed a secure messaging application called the 'Secure Application for Internet' (SAI). This application has been developed under the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' mission initiated by GOI.
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India successfully testfires SANT Missile off Odisha coast
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