INDIAN ARMED FORCES

Over the last few months, the Indian Navy commissioned 3 frontline warships, boosting its fleet to 140 vessels. Another 41 warships are being built in the country, including the 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. All these will join a "blue water" navy that will radiate influence across the Indian Ocean.

But the Navy's Achilles' heel lies in its submarine arm with just 14 submarines in its fleet, the navy's sea denial capacity is less convincing than its ability for sea control. The Submarine arm of the Navy has been deteriorating & new submarines aren't being added with pace which is undermining the underwater fighting capabilities of the Indian Navy.

Armed Forces are working relentlessly & against time to rescue trapped people in Uttrakhand even as the state govt & central govt trade charges & become mute spectators. And as always its only the men & women in uniform which are proving to be saviours for the thousands of people affected.

K-15 Sagarika

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Livefist: 50 Years Since The 1962 India-China War

PSLV C21 blasting off on ISRO's 100th Space Mission

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ISRO: From ferrying rockets on cycles to eyeing Mars From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop's house as office, a bicycle as ferry, naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala, converting a toilet into a satellite data receiving centre in Bangalore, the Indian space odyssey has come a long way to launching lunar probes...

The first fully modified aircraft for India's indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System landed on Indian soil at Centre for Airborne Systems Bangalore, a DRDO lab, at 22:10, Wednesdat night. The aircraft & the flight crew was received by Dr Christopher Program Director & Dr K Tamil Mani, Chief Executive, CEMILAC. The acceptance of the Aircraft was completed over a period of 15 days at Embraer in Brazil by a team from CABS, its work centres, CEMILAC, DGAQA & IAF.

The Aircraft ferried with several mission system external components of DRDO including the Active Electronically scanned Array Antenna with passive electronics fitted on the Aircraft. The arrival of this Aircraft marks the beginning of another phase of journey leading to the next major milestone of integration of the DRDO developed system, which will be followed by development flight trials in India.

INDIAN ARMY_Counter Insurgency OPS

An IAF Sukhoi emitting flares

On August 11, riots in Mumbai saw 2 individuals vandalise the Amar Jawan memorial in the city, a sacred military structure for the country's lost soldiers. The images were captured by Mid-Day newspaper photographer Atul Kamble, who was also assaulted. 10 days since the violence, the police haven't managed to find the 2 individuals you see in the photographs. Now, Indian independent Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar has announced a reward of Rs 5-lakh for anyone who hands them over to the Mumbai Police, or supplies information that leads to their arrest. Have you seen anyone of them or have any credible info about them?

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