1. 1India’s Defence System
World’s 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) Operation to annex the princely state of
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Chiefs
Army 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 -The oldest carrier in service.
- Centaur Class
-Commissioned in 1959 as
Royal Navy’s HMS Hermes and
transferred to India in 1987
-The only carrier in service in
Indian Navy as of 2011
INS Vikramaditya -Soviet: Admiral Gorshkov
- Kiev Class
- To enter Indian service in
2012
- entered service in 1987
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Vikrant Class INS Vishal -Indigenous
-Under construction
INS Vikrant -Retired in 1997
Submarines
Akula-II <INS Chakra> -Lease from Russia. For training
purpose
- Nuclear powered attack
submarine
-Can deliver nuclear missiles to
range of 300 km
INS Arihant -nuclear powered ballistic
missile submarines
-launched in 2009
-India’s first Indigenously
designed and built submarine
-Constructed as a part of the
Indian Navy’s Advanced
Technology Vessel Project
Scorpene class -diesel electric attack
submarine
-developed by French DCN and
Spanish company Navantia
-India has 6
Frigate
Shivalik Class -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
Talwar class -built by Russia
-this was the predecessor of
Shivalik
Multimission Maritime Aircraft Boeing P-8 Poseidon
Aircrafts
HAL Tejas -indigenous
-lightweight multirole jet
fighter
-tailless
-Received Initial Operating
Clearance in Jan 2011
-Second supersonic fighter
manufactured indigenously by
HAL after HAL Marut
HAL Marut 1960s
-retired in 1985
-indigenous
3. Helicopter HAL Dhruv -multi-role helicopter
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-indigenous
-2002
-exported to several countries
including Israel, Burma, Nepal
and Equador
Medium altitude long
endurance unmanned aeriel
vehicle
DRDO Rustom -will replace Heron UAVs
Missiles
Brahmos -World’s fastest cruise missile
<2.8 mach>
Range: 290 km
-Already inducted into army
and navy.
Astra -beyond visual range air-to-air
missile
-ranges beyond 20 nm
-under test
Shourya -hypersonic missile (7-8 mach)
-range: 700 km
Surface to surface missile
Land variant of K-15 missile
(which is launched under the
water)
Prithvi I Army version – 150 km
Prithvi II Air Force Version – 250 km
Prithvi III (Dhanush) Naval Version – 350 km
Agni (medium to
intercontinental range ballistic
missiles)
Agni I Medium range (500-700 km)
Agni II Intermediate range (2000-2500
km)
Agni II Prime (aka Agni IV) 2500-3000 km
Agni III Intermediate (3000-5500 km)
Agni V (under development) Intercontinental (5000 km)
Agni VI (under development) Intercontinental (10000 km)
LCA Program
Improvement Program
Futuristic Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS)
It is India’s program to equip the infantry with state of the art equipment
4. India’s 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.
India’s Joint Defence Exercises
Name Type With country?
Shatrujeet Military USA
Yudh Abhyas Military USA
Vajra Prahar Military USA
INDRA Military Russia
Garuda Air Force France
Indradhanush Air Force UK
Malabar Naval USA
SIMBEX Naval Singapore
Konkan Naval UK
Varuna Naval French
IBSAMAR Naval Joint naval exercise of India,
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Brazil and SA
EKUVERIN India-Maldives
Vanguard: US-China
MCRA Competition
IAF Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Competition bid to supply 126 multi -role combat
aircraft to the IAF.
India’s 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)