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    Indias Defence System

    Worlds largest arms importer


    Third largest military force in the world
    Defence budget:
    Number of commands <head>
    o Army: 7 <Lieutenant generals>
    o IAF: 5 operational and two functional commands <Air Marshal>
    o Navy: 4 commands <Vice Admiral>
    Indian navy is only one of the six navies in the world to have nuclear
    capability
    IAF: fourth largest air force
    Indian Coast Guard: 1978 through the Coast Guard Act

    Major Operations of the Armed forces


    Army
    Operation Polo (1948)

    Chiefs
    Army

    Operation to annex the princely state


    of Hyderabad

    Gen. V K Singh (PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC)


    26th General
    Rajput regiment
    Succeeded Deepak Kapoor
    First Chief: Robert McGregor Mcdonald Lockard
    First Indian Chief: Field Marshal K M Cariappa
    Gen Pran Nath Thapar was Chief during Indo-China war <V K Krishna
    Menon was Defence Minister>
    Gen Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri during 1965 war
    Field Marshal Manekshaw during 1971 war
    Gen Ved Prakash Malik during Kargil conflict

    Weapons
    Aircraft Carrier
    INS Viraat

    INS Vikramaditya

    -The oldest carrier in


    service.
    - Centaur Class
    -Commissioned in 1959
    as Royal Navys HMS
    Hermes and transferred
    to India in 1987
    -The only carrier in
    service in Indian Navy as
    of 2011
    -Soviet: Admiral
    Gorshkov

    Vikrant Class INS Vishal


    INS Vikrant

    - Kiev Class
    - To enter Indian service
    in 2012
    - entered service in 1987
    -Indigenous
    -Under construction
    -Retired in 1997

    Submarines
    Akula-II <INS Chakra>

    INS Arihant

    Scorpene class

    -Lease from Russia. For


    training purpose
    - Nuclear powered attack
    submarine
    -Can deliver nuclear
    missiles to range of 300
    km
    -nuclear powered ballistic
    missile submarines
    -launched in 2009
    -Indias first Indigenously
    designed and built
    submarine
    -Constructed as a part of
    the Indian Navys
    Advanced Technology
    Vessel Project
    -diesel electric attack
    submarine
    -developed by French
    DCN and Spanish
    company Navantia
    -India has 6

    Frigate
    Shivalik Class

    Talwar class

    Multimission Maritime
    Aircraft

    Boeing P-8 Poseidon

    -multi role frigates with


    stealth features
    -first warships being build
    in India with such
    features
    -lead vessel
    commissioned in 2010
    -built by Mazagon dock
    limited
    -built by Russia
    -this was the predecessor
    of Shivalik

    Aircrafts
    HAL Tejas

    HAL Marut

    Helicopter

    HAL Dhruv

    Medium altitude long


    endurance unmanned
    aeriel vehicle

    DRDO Rustom

    -indigenous
    -lightweight multirole jet
    fighter
    -tailless
    -Received Initial
    Operating Clearance in
    Jan 2011
    -Second supersonic
    fighter manufactured
    indigenously by HAL after
    HAL Marut
    1960s
    -retired in 1985
    -indigenous
    -multi-role helicopter
    -indigenous
    -2002
    -exported to several
    countries including Israel,
    Burma, Nepal and
    Equador
    -will replace Heron UAVs

    Missiles
    Brahmos

    Astra

    Shourya

    Prithvi I
    Prithvi II

    -Worlds fastest cruise


    missile <2.8 mach>
    Range: 290 km
    -Already inducted into
    army and navy.
    -beyond visual range airto-air missile
    -ranges beyond 20 nm
    -under test
    -hypersonic missile (7-8
    mach)
    -range: 700 km
    Surface to surface missile
    Land variant of K-15
    missile (which is
    launched under the
    water)
    Army version 150 km
    Air Force Version 250
    km

    Prithvi III (Dhanush)

    Naval Version 350 km

    Agni I

    Medium range (500-700


    km)
    Intermediate range
    (2000-2500 km)
    2500-3000 km

    Agni (medium to
    intercontinental range
    ballistic missiles)

    Agni II
    Agni II Prime (aka Agni
    IV)
    Agni III
    Agni V (under
    development)
    Agni VI (under
    development)

    Intermediate (3000-5500
    km)
    Intercontinental (5000
    km)
    Intercontinental (10000
    km)

    LCA Program
    Improvement Program
    Futuristic Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS)
    It is Indias program to equip the infantry with state of the art equipment

    Indias nuclear missiles and nuclear warheads are handled by the Strategic
    Forces Command. It was created in 2003. It is a part of the Nuclear Command
    Authority. PM heads the NCA.

    Indias Joint Defence Exercises


    Name
    Shatrujeet
    Yudh Abhyas
    Vajra Prahar
    INDRA
    Garuda
    Indradhanush
    Malabar
    SIMBEX

    Type
    Military
    Military
    Military
    Military
    Air Force
    Air Force
    Naval
    Naval

    With country?
    USA
    USA
    USA
    Russia
    France
    UK
    USA
    Singapore

    Konkan
    Varuna
    IBSAMAR

    Naval
    Naval
    Naval

    UK
    French
    Joint naval exercise of
    India, Brazil and SA
    India-Maldives

    EKUVERIN

    Vanguard: US-China

    MCRA Competition
    IAF Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Competition bid to supply 126
    multi-role combat aircraft to the IAF.
    Indias single largest defence deal (USD 9.37 bn)
    2 of the 6 competing fighter jets have been shortlisted
    o Eurofighter Typhoon (built by consortium of three countries)
    o Dassault Rafale (France)

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