Dr

Gaurav Garg

Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile

(LRSAM) Barak 8

the missile co-developed by India and Israel

The missile was red from INS Kolkata and it
successfully intercepted an aerial target at
extended ranges.

India successfully test-red

indigenously developed MBRL Pinaka
II at Pokhran


Successful test-ring of Pinaka II mulJ barrel rocket
launcher (MBRL) System.


Pinaka is an unguided rocket system and capable
of neutralizing large areas with rapid salvos.

DRDO successfully test-red an@-tank

missile Nag in Rajasthan

NAG is a third generaJon re-and-forget and
can be red anJ-tank missile. It can be red
during night and day as well.

CRPF to deploy women commandos

in an@-Naxal opera@ons

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed
about 300 women commandos for undertaking
anJ-Naxal operaJons in select LeP-wing
Extremism-aected states.

The decision was announced on 5 January 2016 by
CRPF Director General Prakash Mishra

Indo-French military exercise

Shak@-2016

Who: Indo-French military exercise ShakJ-2016
Where: Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan's
Bikaner

Eight-day counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency joint exercise ShakJ-2016 in Rajasthan.
This is the third ediJon in the series of bilateral
exercises under this banner

Indigenously Built ASW CorvePe INS

KadmaP commissioned in
Visakhapatnam

AnJ-submarine warfare (ASW) corve]e INS Kadma]

- commissioned in the Indian Navy
- 7 January 2016
commissioned in the Indian Navy at naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam
by Then Chief of the Naval Sta, Admiral R K Dhowan.

INS Kadma] is named aPer one of the large islands amongst the
Lakshadweep group of Islands o the west coast of India.

DRDO successfully test red New

Tank Ammuni@on for Arjun MBT

New Tank AmmuniJon for Arjun Main Ba]le Tank

Where: Chandipur , Odisha
What: DRDO test red
When: 6 January 2016
Successfully test red the new PenetraJon-Cum
Blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB) AmmuniJon tank
at Chandipur, Odisha. This was specially designed
for Arjun Main Ba]le Tank (MBT).

Guard exercise Sahyog-Kaijin 2016

India and Japan
Chennai

15 January 2016
The Coast Guards of India and Japan on 15 January 2016 conducted their 15th
joint exercise o the coast of Chennai.
Indias Coast Guard vessel Samudra Pehredar and the Japanese vessel Echigo
were berthed at Chennai Port for the bilateral training called Sahyog-Kaijin
2016.
The highlight of the joint exercise was anJ-piracy. However, search and
rescue operaJons and interoperability between the two forces was also given
emphasis.

It is a biennial bilateral exercise

India successfully test red Akash

missile at Chandipur

India on 28 January 2016 test red its indigenously-built
surface-to-air Akash missile from complex-3 of the Integrated
Test Range (ITR).at Chandipuri in Odisha.

About Akash Missile
The Akash (sky) is a mid-range surface-to-air missile (SAM)
system.
It is developed by Defence Research and Development
OrganisaJon (DRDO

First joint tac@cal exercise Sino-India

Coopera@on 2016 held in Chusul-Moldo area
along LoAC

Chusul-Moldo area is located along the Line of Actual

Control (LoAC) in the Ladakh region of Jammu and

Kashmir
.
Details related to Sino-India 2016 exercise

The focus ofa the exercise was on joint acJons to tackle
aspects of humanitarian aid and disaster relief.

It complements the Hand-in-Hand series of India-China
joint exercises which started in 2007.

Interna@onal Fleet Review 2016

concluded in Visakhapatnam

When: 8 February 2016
InternaJonal Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 of the Indian Navy was concluded on 8 February 2016

The 5-day long event was hosted by the Indian Navy with the theme United through Oceans. It was a]ended
by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The review was aimed at assuring the country of the Indian Navys preparedness, high morale and
discipline.
Considered as countrys biggest military exercise

The list of parJcipaJng countries included the 5 permanent members of the UNSC the USA, China, the UK,
Russia and France, South Korea, Brazil, Canada, etc.

Dolphin was chosen as the mascot for the IFR-2016.
About Interna@onal Fleet Review
A eet review is a ceremonial and stately inspecJon of naval warships by the supreme commander of
armed forces, the President of India.

The rst IFR was held o the coast of Mumbai in 2001 when APJ Abdul Kalam was the President. 29
countries parJcipated in that event.

Exercise IBSAMAR between India,

South Africa, Brazil started in Goa

The Ph ediJon of exercise IBSAMAR between
Brazil, India and South Africa kicked o on 19
February 2016 in Goa. The exercise will conclude on
29 February 2016.
This is the rst Jme that Exercise IBSAMAR is being
conducted in Indian waters. All the previous
ediJons were being held o South Africa.

India successfully test-red indigenously

developed Prithvi II missile from
Chandipur

Indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile

The medium range missile is capable of carrying 500 kg to
1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion
twin engines.
the missile has a strike range of 350 km
The rst missile to be developed by DRDO under India's
Integrated Guided Missile Development Program
(IGMDP), Prithvi-II was inducted into India's armed forces
in 2003.

.

7th India, Seychelles joint military exercise

LAMITYE 2016 began in Seychelles


LAMITYE 2016, the 7th joint military training
exercise between the Indian Army and the
Seychelles Peoples Defence Forces (SPDF)
began on 15 February 2016.

It will be a 2-week long exercise Jll 28 February
2016 and conducted at Seychelles Defence
Academy (SDA) in Victoria, Seychelles.

9th Indo-Nepal Combined BaPalion level

Military Training Exercise Surya Kiran started in
UParakhand


Where: Pithoragarh , U]arakhand

India successfully test-red Agni-I

ballis@c missile

Where: Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) on the Odisha coast
When: 14 March 2016

Agni-I was developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory, the premier missile
development laboratory of DRDO in collaboraJon with Defence Research
Development Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat and integrated by Bharat
Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad.

The missile is 15-metre-long and weighed 12 tonnes and equipped with
sophisJcated navigaJon system which ensures it reaches the target with a high
degree of accuracy and precision.

The missile is a surface-to-surface and single-stage missile powered by solid
propellants and capable of hilng a target 700 kilometers away.

India, ASEAN Plus mul@lateral military exercise

FORCE 18 concluded in Pune

Exercise FORCE 18, the largest ground forces mulJnaJonal eld training exercise on
Humanitarian Mine Ac@on and Peacekeeping Opera@ons concluded on 8 March
2016 in Pune, Maharashtra.

FORCE 18, which was conducted from 2 March to 8 March 2016, was the largest
Ground Forces Exercise ever conducted on Indian soil.
The Indian Army con@ngent of 40 soldiers was led by Lt Col Sophia Qureshi, a
Woman Ocer from the Corps of Signals. Qureshi now has the rare disJncJon of
becoming the rst woman ocer to lead an Indian Army training conJngent in such
a large mulJnaJonal exercise.
About ASEAN
The AssociaJon of Southeast Asian NaJons (ASEAN) is a poliJcal and economic
organizaJon of ten Southeast Asian countries.
It was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore and Thailand.

India, Indonesia joint training exercise

Garuda Shak@ IV - at Magelang

The fourth ediJon of the joint exercise Garuda ShakJ
between India and Indonesia commenced on 10 March 2016
at Magelang, Indonesia.


Features of Garuda Shak@ IV
The exercise is being conducted as joint Counter Insurgency
operaJons exercise in urban and rural scenario and
encompass various facets of tacJcal Counter Insurgency
operaJons.

Indian Air Force successfully conducted

Exercise Iron Fist in Pokhran



When: 18 March 2016
Why: To demonstrate IAF's combat readiness

Indian Coast Guard vessel Arnvesh

commissioned

Where: Visakhapatnam

The Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV), ICGS Arnvesh, of the Indian Coast Guard
(ICG) was commissioned on 21 March 2016 in Visakhapatnam.

Arnvesh is equipped with the most-advanced navigaJonal and
communicaJon sensors and equipment, including night vision
capabiliJes.
It is ]ed with 40/60 Bofors gun onboard as main armament.

Tata Motors signed a contract with Indian

Army to supply another 619 HMV trucks


high-mobility vehicle (HMV) mulJ-axle truck.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar agged o

Indias rst indigenous Sonar Dome

QUICK DIGEST
Who: India's rst indigenous Sonar Dome
Where: Goa

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 29 March 2016 agged o
Indias rst indigenous composites bow mounted Sonar Dome .


The huge bow mounted Sonar Dome is designed and developed by
Research & Development Establishment (Engineers), a DRDO
laboratory based in Pune.

Panagarh airbase renamed afer

former IAF chief Arjan Singh

Who: Panagarh Air Force Base
Where: West Bengal

As Squadron Leader, he led the Tiger squadron in saving Imphal
Valley against the marauding Japanese forces. At that Jme, he was the
commanding ocer of No.1 Squadron.
His leadership and daring exploits earned him a Dis@nguished Flying
Cross (DFC), which was pinned on him by Lord Mountba]en in Imphal
during the operaJons.

Nuclear-capable K-4 undersea ballis@c missile

successfully test red from INS Arihant



Where: 45 nauJcal miles away from Vishakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh

Nuclear capable undersea ballisJc missile, code named K-4, was successfully
test red on 31 March 2016 from an undisclosed locaJon in the Bay of
Bengal. The test was conducted nearly 45 nauJcal miles away from
Vishakhapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh.

K-4 is a nuclear capable intermediate-range submarine-launched ballisJc
missile under development by DRDO to arm the Arihant-class submarines.
The missile has a reported eecJve range of over 3500 km.

INS Karmuk CorvePe par@cipated in IndoThai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)

Who: Indian Missile Corve]e , INS Karmuk

Where: Port Blair , Andaman & Nicobar
What: ParJcipated in Indo-Thai CORPAT
When: 25 April 2016
Indian Missile Corve]e, INS Karmuk along with a Dornier
MariJme Patrol AircraP parJcipated in the 22nd IndoThai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) on 25 April 2016 in the
Andaman Sea.
Indias indigenously built Missile Corve]e is based at the
Andaman and Nicobar Command.

Indo-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise, Nomadic

Elephant 2016

Who: Indo-Mongolia Joint Military
Exercise, Nomadic Elephant 2016
When: 25 April 2016
The 11th Indo-Mongolia joint training Exercise,
Jtled Nomadic Elephant - 2016 commenced on 25
April 2016 in Mongolia. The exercise aims at
promoJng military associaJons between India and
Mongolia will culminate on 8 May 2016.

Naval Detachment Inaugurated at

Androth Island of Lakshadweep

A Naval Detachment (NAVDET) was on 26 April 2016
inaugurated at the Androth Island of Lakshadweep Vice
Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM, Flag Ocer
Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command.

The Ocer-In-Charge of the Detachment is Lt Cdr Angom
B Singh who will funcJon under the Naval Ocer-inCharge (Lakshadweep and Minicoy Island).

Indian Navy decommissioned INS

Veer and INS Nipat

Who: INS Veer and INS Nipat

What: Decommissioned

Indian Navy on 28 April 2016 decommissioned
Indian Naval Ships (INS) Veer and Nipat at a
ceremony in the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. They
both are of VEER class corve]es.

Oshore patrol vessel ICGS Shaurya

launched

Who: Oshore patrol vessel ICGS Shaurya

Where: Vasco

Goa-based defence shipyard, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), on 5 May 2016
launched Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Shaurya at Vasco. The is the Ph ship
of a series of six o-shore patrol vessels (OPVs) that the Indian Coast Guard
had tasked the Vasco defence public sector undertaking to build.
This 105-metre new generaJon OPV that was launched by the Governor of Goa,
Mridula Sinha will be delivered to the Coast Guard aPer sea trials are
completed. The ICGS Shaurya will be commissioned into service in early 2017.


The vessel is capable of cruising at a speed of 23 knots and has a range of
6000 nauJcal miles.

Indian Navy decommissions ghter

planes Sea Harriers

Indian Navy on 11 May 2016 decommissioned its
eet of iconic Sea Harriers. This episode of
decommissioning marked the end of an era in
Indias naval history, as the country holds an ocial
ceremony phasing out the last of its iconic Sea
Harrier jets.

They were replaced with new generaJon MIG-29 K
ghters in a ceremony on INS Hansa near Vasco.

Two Harbour Defence Systems commissioned at Vizag

to enhance Navy's surveillance capability

Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and
Surveillance System (IUHDSS) and Mine Warfare
Data Centre (MWDC) were inaugurated on 11 May
2016.
They were inaugurated by Flag Ocer
Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, at the Naval Dockyard in
Visakhapatnam.

India successfully test res indigenous Advanced Air

Defence interceptor missile, Ashwin


Where: The complex of Abdul Kalam Island o Odisha coast

When: 15 May 2016

Ashwin is capable of destroying any incoming hosJle
ballisJc missile.
Indigenously developed by DRDO
With this, India became the fourth country to have
successfully developed this anJ-ballisJc missile system. The
other three are United States, Russia and Israel.

2016 Red Flag Aerial combat exercises

conclude in Alaska

The Air Forces of India and the U.S. on 13 May 2016 concluded the 2016 Red
Flag aerial combat exercises at Alaska in the U.S.

The four-week long aerial combat exercises were held at the Eielson Air Force
Base in Alaska, United States of America. This was the second Jme India had
parJcipated in such an exercise aPer 2008.


Exercise Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise hosted at
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Red Flag Alaska is held at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. It is a successor
to the previous COPE THUNDER exercise series in the Western Pacic and
Alaska.

India successfully test res indigenously

developed Prithvi-II missile

Where: Chandipur , o Odisha coast


India on 18 May 2016 successfully test red indigenously developed Prithvi-II
missile from the Chandipur, o Odisha coast.

It weighs 4600 kilogram and has a strike range of 350 kilometer.
It is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by
liquid propulsion twin engines.
It is the rst missile to be developed by Defence Research and Development
OrganisaJon (DRDO) under India's Integrated Guided Missile Development
Program (IGMDP).

27th India-Indonesia CORPAT concludes in

Belawan


When: 19 May 2016
The 27th ediJon of the India-Indonesian CORPAT
(Coordinated Patrol) concluded on 19 May 2016 in
Belawan, Indonesia.

The Indian and Indonesian navies have been carrying
out Coordinated Patrolling along the InternaJonal
MariJme Boundary Line (IMBL) twice a year since 2002.

 INS Tarmugli commissioned into

Indian Navy

Fast A]ack CraP INS Tarmugli was on 23 May
2016 commissioned into Indian Navy today by
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, AVSM, Flag Ocer
Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command
at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.

Indian Coast Guard Ship ARUSH

Commissioned

Who: Indian Coast Guard Ship ARUSH

Where: Kochi

The Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ARUSH was commissioned
on 26 May 2016 by the Coast Guard Commander (Western
Seaboard) AddiJonal Director General SPS Basra at Kochi.
The ship has been named ICGS ARUSH that means rst ray of
sun. ARUSH is the seventeenth ship in the series of twenty
Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs), designed and built by M/s Cochin
Shipyard Limited.

Land-aPack version of BrahMos missile

successfully test-red by Indian Air Force


Where: Pokaran in Jaisalmer , Rajasthan

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on 27 May 2016 successfully test-red the
land-a]ack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
BrahMos missile was developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture (JV)
aPer the two countries signed an agreement in February 1998.

It has derived its name from the names of two rivers Brahmaputra
and Moskva Rivers of the two countries.

It is the fastest missile in the world which has a ight range of up to
290 kilometers an

Manohar Parrikar inaugurates second

submarine assembly workshop in Mazgaon

Second submarine assembly workshop of the
Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) was inaugurated by
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 28 May
2016.
.
INS Kalvari, the rst submarine of this class, is
expected to join the Indian Navy by end of 2016.

Exercise Desert Eagle-II concluded

Exercise Desert Eagle II, which was the second in the
series of bilateral exercises between Indian Air Force
(IAF) and United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAE AF), was
concluded on 3 June 2016.

This was a ten-day air combat exercise in which the IAF
and the UAE Air Force undertook air exercises from AlDhafra Air Base, Abu Dhabi starJng from 22 May 2016.

Indian Reserve BaPalion to be named

afer Maharana Pratap


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 8 June
2016 announced that a new Indian Reserve
Ba]alion in Rajasthan will be named aPer
Maharana Pratap. The ba]alion will be named
as Maharana Pratap reserve ba]alion.

Joint Naval Exercise Malabar 2016

begins

India, the United States and Japan This is the 20th
ediJon of Malabar Exercise that was conducted Jll
17 June 2016 .

This year, four Indian ships are parJcipaJng in
the exercise including INS Satpura, INS Sahyadri,
INS ShakJ and INS Kirch.

Navy inducts Indigenous Heavyweight

Torpedo 'Varunastra'

29 June 2016

Indigenously built LCA Tejas inducted

in IAF

QUICK DIGEST

Who: Indigenous Light Combat AircraP (LCA) Tejas

Where: AircraP System TesJng Establishment in Bengaluru
What: Inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF)
When: 1 July 2016
The rst squadron of home-grown Light Combat AircraP (LCA) Tejas was
inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF) at the AircraP System TesJng Establishment
in Bengaluru on 1 July 2016. The squadron has been named Flying Daggers
45.

The Light Combat AircraP Tejas is a supersonic, single-seat, single-engine
mulJrole light ghter aircraP that uses fourth generaJon technologies.
It was co-developed by the AeronauJcal Development Agency in cooperaJon
with the Bengaluru-based Hindustan AeronauJcs Limited.

INS Tarasa, Follow-on Water Jet Fast

APack Craf, launched by Indian Navy


Where: Kolkata
What: Launched by Indian Navy
When: 30 June 2016

Exercise RIPMAC 2016

Who: Exercise RIPMAC 2016
Where: Hawaii
When: 30 June 2016
The theme of RIMPAC 2016 is Capable, Adap@ve, Partners. RIMPAC 2016 is
the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Highlights of the RIPMAC 2016
Twenty-six naJons, 45 ships, ve submarines, more than 200 aircraP, and
25000 personnel will parJcipate in the biennial Rim of the Pacic (RIMPAC)
exercise that is scheduled from 30 June to 4 August 2016.
This year's exercise includes forces from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, China, Peru, Korea, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States.

India's rst Integrated Defence

Communica@on Network launched

Who: India's rst Integrated Defence CommunicaJon Network

When: 30 June 2016
India's rst Integrated Defence CommunicaJon Network (DCN) was
launched on 30 June 2016.
The DCN was inaugurated by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at
South Block.
The network enables the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Special
Forces Command to share situaJonal awareness for a faster decisionmaking process. It is the rst tri-service communica@on and IT
network of the Armed Forces.

Chief of Naval Sta Admiral Sunil Lanba commissions

Marine Commandos base INS Karna


Who: Marine Commandos' base INS Karna
Where: Vishakhapatnam
What: Commissioned by Admiral Sunil Lanba
When: 12 July 2016
Chief of Naval Sta Admiral Sunil Lanba on 12 July 2016 commissioned
INS Karna in Vishakhapatnam.
INS Karma is a dedicated base for Marine Commandos (MARCOS),
which is a Special OperaJon Forces of Indian Navy.
INS Karna is located on the premises of INS Kalinga near Bhimili.
Captain Varun Singh will be the Commanding Ocer of INS Karna.

India signs $1 billion deal with US for

procuring four Poseidon-8I aircraf


Poseidon-8I aircraP
India siged $1 billion deal with Boeing for
procuring four aircraPs
When: 27 July 2016

Joint Indo-Thailand Military Exercise Maitree

culminates

Who: Joint Indo-Thailand Military Exercise Maitree'
Where: Krabi , Thailand

When: 29 July 2016

90 soldiers of Indian Army and Royal Thailand
Army had parJcipated in the two week long
Exercise.

Dr Gaurav Garg