News in Shorts
Posted 27 Jul 2024
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United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia to UNSC.
- Each year UNGA elects five non-permanent members (out of 10 in total) of UNSC for a two-year term through a secret ballot.
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- UNSC
Multilateral Peace Operations
SIPRI published a topical backgrounder titled ‘Multilateral peace operations in 2023: Developments and trends’ on important developments related to multilateral peace operations during 2023.
Key Findings on multilateral peace operations
- Largest numbers of multilateral peace operations (20) were conducted by the United Nations.
- India was the highest contributor of military personnel for UN peacekeeping forces in 2023.
- In 2023, 63 multilateral peace operations were active in 37 countries.
- Largest deployment of peacekeeping forces was in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Multilateral peace operations in 2023
Project 28
INS Kiltan, one of Project 28 (P28) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvettes, visited Brunei as part of operational deployment.
About P28
- It was aimed at building 4 indigenous ASW corvettes or Kamorta class ships.
- Features of ASW corvettes:
- Equipped with anti-aircraft guns, torpedo launcher and early warning, fire control radars etc.
- Can be deployed in nuclear, biological and chemical warfare conditions.
- Utilized indigenously developed special high strength warship grade steel type DMR 249A.
- Designed by: Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design.
- Built by: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata.
- Ships: INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti.
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- PROJECT 28
Nagastra-1
Indian Army received First indigenous Loitering Munition suicide drones Nagastra-1.
About Nagastra-1
- Developed by Solar Industries’ Economics Explosives Ltd (EEL) Nagpur.
- Can neutralize hostile threats in ‘kamikaze mode’ with GPS-enabled precision strikes with an accuracy of up to 2 metres.
- Kamikaze refers to members of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (such as a ship)
- However, Nagastra-1 is capable of carrying out precision strikes on enemy camps without endangering the lives of soldiers.
- Equipped with day-and-night surveillance cameras.
- Carries a 1 kg high-explosive fragmenting warhead.
- Unique features include abort, recover and reuse, facilitated by a parachute recovery mechanism.
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- Drones
- NAGASTRA-1
RudraM-II
RudraM-II missile was successfully flight-tested from Su-30 MK-I.
About RudraM-II
- Indigenously developed solid-propelled air-launched missile, designed for air-to-surface operations.
- Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- In 2020, RudraM, a new-generation anti-radiation missiles (NGARMs) was successfully tested.
- It is first indigenous ARM of Indian Air Force.
- It is equipped with the Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system and Passive Homing Head (PHH).
- PHH can detect, classify and engage targets over a wide band of frequencies as programmed.
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- RUDRAM-II
Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MOCR)
DRDO handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Indian Navy.
MR-MOCR
- Developed by: DRDO’s Defence Laboratory in Jodhpur.
- Purpose: Obscure radar signals reduce detection.
- Specification:
- Chaff is a passive electronic countermeasure consisting of electrically conducting fine fiber of resonant length to act as a microwave dipole.
- Working mechanism: The rocket, when fired, forms a microwave obscurant cloud in space, thus creating an effective shield against hostile threats having Radio Frequency seekers.
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- Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket
Javelin Anti-Tank Weapon System
India and the US held discussions on the co-production of American javelin missiles in India, as per reports.
About Javelin anti-tank Weapon System
- World’s premier single man-portable medium-range anti-tank weapon system.
- Missile automatically guides itself to the target after launch (fire-and-forget principle), this allows the gunner to take cover and avoid counter fire.
- Can be safely fired from inside buildings or bunkers.
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- Javelin Anti-tank Weapon System
- fire-and-forget principle
Exercises in News
- JIMEX: Bilateral Japan – India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX) 2024 commenced at Yokosuka in Japan. This is the eighth edition, since its inception in 2012.
- Exercise HOPEX: Exercise HOPEX is a joint military exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Egyptian Air Force.
- Aim – to promote bilateral and regional cooperation.
- IAF’s Rafale fighter jets, C-17 Globemaster and IL-78 tankers are participating in the exercise.
- Location – Egypt.
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- Military Exercise
- JIMEX