SP's MAI Issue No. 23 | December 1-15, 2016 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / REPORT
Indian Navy focused on positive maritime environment: CNS
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Sunil Lanba on the eve of Navy Day launched the redeveloped Indian Navy’s recruitment website, along with an official app, to simplify the application process to join the Indian Navy.
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MILITARY / REPORT
India signs M777 howitzers
By R. ChandrakanthBAE Systems in a statement has welcomed the signed letter of agreement and acceptance for Indian M777 howitzers.
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MILITARY / REPORT
Prime Minister Modi’s Japan visit - Historic nuclear deal signed
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan on November 11-12 may be termed the most historic as making an exception; Japan has signed a civil nuclear cooperation...
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MILITARY / REPORT
Current and future challenges of underwater vehicle
By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar mentioned that the current government has cleared...
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Blacklisting redefined
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Since December 2014, media was reporting that a new government policy legalising...
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MILITARY
Prime Minister dedicates GSL modernisation Phase 3A to the nationPrime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Phase 3A of Goa Shipyard Limited’s (GSL) ambitious infrastructural modernisation project to the nation and inaugurated the production of CGOPV Project, at Taleigao on November 13, 2016.
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MILITARY
Indian Navy inducts indigenously developed sonarsThe Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed over four Naval Systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the Indian Navy at a special ceremony in New Delhi on November 18, 2016.
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MILITARY
Guided missile destroyer INS Chennai joins the Indian NavyINS Chennai, a P-15A guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy by the Raksha Mantri Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
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MILITARY
LCU 57 launched at GRSE, KolkataThe seventh ship of LCU MK IV project was launched on November 24, 2016, at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. The chief guest, Dr Subhash Ramarao Bhamre, Raksha Rajya Mantri...
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MILITARY
Indian warship Shardul visits Port VictoriaIn a demonstration of India’s commitment to its ties with Seychelles and to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, Indian naval ship Shardul was at Port Victoria on a threeday visit.
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MILITARY
India successfully conducts twin trial of Prithvi-II missileIndia on November 21 successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile twice in quick succession as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha.
