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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
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 Navys HMS Hermes and transferred to India in 1987 -The only carrier in service in Indian Navy as of 2011 -Soviet: Admiral Gorshkov - Kiev Class - To enter Indian service in 2012 - entered service in 1987 -Indigenous
INS Vikramaditya
INS Vikrant
Submarines Akula-II <INS Chakra> -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 -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
INS Arihant
Scorpene class
Talwar class
HAL Tejas
HAL Marut
Helicopter
HAL Dhruv
-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
DRDO Rustom
-indigenous -2002 -exported to several countries including Israel, Burma, Nepal and Equador -will replace Heron UAVs
Brahmos
Astra
Shourya
Prithvi I Prithvi II Prithvi III (Dhanush) Agni (medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles) Agni I Agni II Agni II Prime (aka Agni IV) Agni III Agni V (under development) Agni VI (under development) LCA Program
-Worlds fastest cruise missile <2.8 mach> Range: 290 km -Already inducted into army and navy. -beyond visual range air-to-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 Naval Version 350 km
Medium range (500-700 km) Intermediate range (2000-2500 km) 2500-3000 km Intermediate (3000-5500 km) Intercontinental (5000 km) Intercontinental (10000 km)
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 Konkan Varuna IBSAMAR EKUVERIN Type Military Military Military Military Air Force Air Force Naval Naval Naval Naval Naval With country? USA USA USA Russia France UK USA Singapore UK French Joint naval exercise of India, Brazil and SA 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. 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)