INS Tushil
✅It is an upgraded Krivak III class frigate of the Project 1135.6 of which six are already in service.
Tushil means “the protector shield”, and its crest represents the “Abhedya Kavacham (impenetrable shield)”.
✅Its motto is “Nirbhay, Abhedya aur Balsheel (Fearless, Indomitable, and Resolute)”.
✅It is designed for blue water operations across the spectrum of naval warfare in all four dimensions air, surface, underwater and electromagnetic.
✅It is armed with a range of advanced weapons, including the jointly-developed Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles.
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✅It is an upgraded Krivak III class frigate of the Project 1135.6 of which six are already in service.
Tushil means “the protector shield”, and its crest represents the “Abhedya Kavacham (impenetrable shield)”.
✅Its motto is “Nirbhay, Abhedya aur Balsheel (Fearless, Indomitable, and Resolute)”.
✅It is designed for blue water operations across the spectrum of naval warfare in all four dimensions air, surface, underwater and electromagnetic.
✅It is armed with a range of advanced weapons, including the jointly-developed Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles.
#gs3
#prelims #security #science_technology
#defence
🔳 4th edition of La Perouse
◼️The Indian Navy is participating in this mega war game along with the navies of eight countries including the US and France
◾️ This naval exercise is going on in the Malacca Sunda and Lombok Strait between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
◾️ The 9-day exercise, which began on January 16, aims to enhance cooperation among the participating countries in the field of maritime surveillance air operations and information sharing
◾️ The French Carrier Strike Group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is the mainstay of this mega exercise
◾️India, America, France, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Britain are participating in the exercise
◾️India's indigenous missile destroyer INS Mumbai is part of it
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◼️The Indian Navy is participating in this mega war game along with the navies of eight countries including the US and France
◾️ This naval exercise is going on in the Malacca Sunda and Lombok Strait between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
◾️ The 9-day exercise, which began on January 16, aims to enhance cooperation among the participating countries in the field of maritime surveillance air operations and information sharing
◾️ The French Carrier Strike Group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is the mainstay of this mega exercise
◾️India, America, France, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Britain are participating in the exercise
◾️India's indigenous missile destroyer INS Mumbai is part of it
#UPSC #PSC #prelims #currentaffairs #defence