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Defence Forces Module Type Relevant Modules

Aircrafts 3
Air Force Missiles 3
Tech Misc. 3
Missiles 14
Army Tech Misc. 3
Weapons 2
1
Missiles 2
Navy Tech Misc. 2
Warships 10
Weapons 1
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 Name Defence Forces Module Type

Tejas Air Force Aircrafts

M777
Army Weapons

Kavach (KVx)
series laser walls Army Tech Misc.
AgniII Army Missiles

Block-III version
of Brahmos
cruise missile Army Missiles

Agni III Army Missiles

Barak Army Missiles

INLCU L51
Navy Warships

USHUS-II
submarine sonar
Navy Tech Misc.

INS vikramaditya Navy Warships

INS Tillanchang
Navy Warships

SWATHI Army Tech Misc.

INS KALVARI Navy Warships

Advance Area
Defence (AAD)
interceptor
Army Missiles
missile

Phalcon AWACS
Air Force Tech Misc.

ICGS AYUSH
Navy Warships

INSV Tarini
Navy Warships

NETRA.
Air Force Tech Misc.

INS Sarvekshak,
Navy Warships

IUHDSS
Navy Tech Misc.
Pinaka Mark II Army Missiles

Dhanush Gun Army Weapons

Nirbhay Army Missiles

INS chennai Navy Warships

Tapas 201 Air Force Aircrafts

Aryaman and
Atulya
Navy Warships

INS Arihant
Navy

Mormugao
Navy Warships

MR-SAM
Air Force Missiles

Varunastra Navy Weapons

Nag Army Missiles

Akash Army Missiles

Shaurya Army Missiles

Prahaar Army Missiles

Astra Air Force Missiles

HELINA Air Force Missiles

Nirbhay Army Missiles

K-15 Sagarika Navy Missiles

Amogha Army Missiles

Kamov Ka-226
Air Force Aircrafts

Nishant Air Force Tech Misc.

INDRA Army Tech Misc.

Prithivi Army Missiles

Trishul Navy Missiles

 Brief Intro Note4students (wherever applicable)

1.The HAL Tejas is an Indian single-seat, single-jet engine,

multi-role light fighter designed by the Aeronautical
Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Navy.
2.The aircraft has a tail-less compound delta-wing configuration,
which provides for high maneuverability.
3.It came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme,
which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21
fighters. LCA was officially named "Tejas" in 2003, meaning
"Radiant" in Sanskrit by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee

The M777 howitzer is a towed 155 mm artillery piece. It

succeeded the M198 howitzer in the United States Marine Corps
and United States Army in 2005. The M777 is also used by the
ground forces of Australia, Canada, India and Saudi Arabia. It
made its combat debut in the War in Afghanistan.

The M777 is manufactured by BAE Systems' Global Combat

Systems division. Prime contract management is based in
Barrow-in-Furness in the United Kingdom as well as manufacture
and assembly of the titanium structures and associated recoil
components. Final integration and testing of the weapon is
undertaken at BAE's facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

The hi-tech Kavach (KVx) series laser walls immediately alert

the nearest outpost about intrusion attempts and triggers action
from a Quick Response Tool(QRT), which is IoT device,
developed by CRON Systems, a Delhi-based defence IoT
company.CRON Systems has developed Kavach laser walls
after working with our jawans on ground and thoroughly
understanding their needs and challenges.It takes five KVx-
series walls, connected with infra-red, to secure a kilometre-long
stretch. Each wall is connected with a quick response tool
(QRT), an IoT device, to help jawans respond to alerts.
Jawans use miCRON, a command and control platform, to
manage the devices and monitor the border from their outpost. It
monitors large swathes of any territory from a single interface. All
devices on miCRON use CRONet, an encrypted network, to
communicate with each other.
Agni-II, is a strategic ballistic missile. The Agni missile family is
envisaged to be the mainstay of the Indian missile-based
strategic nuclear deterrence. The Agni-II is a medium-range
ballistic missile (MRBM) with two solid fuel stages and a Post
Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle
(RV). The Agni's manoeuvring RV is made of a carbon-carbon
composite material that is light and able to sustain high thermal
stresses of re-entry, in a variety of trajectories. The Agni-IIA is a
more advanced version of Agni-II, albeit with more sophisticated
and lighter materials, yielding a better range and operating
regime. Agni-IIA was later renamed as Agni-IV plugging the gap
between Agni-II and Agni-III. Range: 2000 Km

Block III had advanced guidance and upgraded software,

incorporating high manoeuvres at multiple points and steep dive
from high altitude. The steep dive capability of the Block III
enables it to hit targets hidden behind a mountain range. It will be
deployed in Arunachal Pradesh. It can engage ground targets
from an altitude as low as 10 meters for surgical strikes with out
any collateral damage. It is capable of being launched from
multiple platforms like submarines, ships, aircraft and land based
Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL). Range: 450 Km (to be
upgraded to 600 Km)

Agni-III is an intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by

India as the successor to Agni-II. It has a range of 3,500 km-
5,000 km, and is capable of engaging targets deep inside
neighbouring countries. The missiles Circular error probable
(CEP) is within 40 meters range, which makes it the most
sophisticated and accurate ballistic missile of its range class in
the world.

1.Barak 8 (the Hebrew word for Lightning) also known as LR-

SAM or as MR-SAM is an Indian-Israeli surface-to-air missile
(SAM), designed to defend against any type of airborne threat
including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as
well as cruise missiles and combat jets. Both maritime and land-
based versions of the system exist.
Also used by navy
2.Barak 8 was jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries
(IAI), India's Defence Research & Development Organisation
(DRDO), Israel's Administration for the Development of
Weapons and Technological Infrastructure, Elta Systems,
Rafael and other companies. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
produce the missiles.
1.INLCU L51 was commissioned into the Indian Navy. LCU 51 IS
First of the Eight ships of the LCU Mk IV Class.

2.It has been built by M/s Garden Reach Ship Builders &
Engineers Ltd, Kolkata, it is the first of the eight ships of the LCU
MK IV Class. Conceived and designed indigenously, the
commissioning of the ship adds a feather to the glorious chapter
in the nations Make in India initiatives & indigenisation efforts
in the field of warship design and construction. With a
displacement of 900 tons the magnificent ship spans 62.8 m in
length and 11 m in breadth.

1.Sonars are the eyes and ears of a submarine under water.

DRDO has developed the State-of-the-Art submarine sonar suite,
USHUS-II, a highly evolved compendium of multiple sensors.

2.The constituent sonars in the suite include passive sonar,

active sonar, intercept sonar, obstacle avoidance sonar and
underwater telephony.

INS Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier which

entered into service with the Indian Navy in 2013. Originally built
as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the
Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy (as Admiral
Gorshkov) before being decommissioned in 1996.

1.INS Tillanchang, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) was

recently commissioned into the Indian Navy.
2.INS Tillanchang is the third ship of four follow-on WJFAC
built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
(GRSE) Kolkata. The first two ships of the class, IN ships
Tarmugli and Tihayu were commissioned in 2016 and are
based at Visakhapatnam.
3.The ship has been indigenously designed and built and is an
upgrade from the Chetlat class of Fast Attack Craft that the
Indian Navy possesses.

1.The Swathi Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) is a mobile

artillery locating phased array radar developed by India.This
counter-battery radar is designed to detect and track incoming
artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for
Counter-battery fire.

2.The WLR has been jointly developed by DRDO's Bangalore

based laboratory, LRDE and the Government owned Bharat
Electronics Limited (BEL). The sub-systems have been
fabricated by BEL based on the DRDO designs and delivered
to LRDE for integration

INS Kalvari (S50) is the first of the Indian Navy's six Kalvari-
class submarines being built in India. It is a diesel-electric
attack submarine which is designed by DCNS (French naval
defence and energy company) and being manufactured at
Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai
1.Advanced Air Defence (AAD) is an anti-ballistic missile
designed to intercept incoming ballistic missiles in the endo-
atmosphere at an altitude of 30 km (19 mi).
2.AAD is a single-stage, solid-fuelled missile.
3.Guidance is similar to that of Prithvi Air Defence (PAD): it has
an inertial navigation system, midcourse updates from ground
based radar and active radar homing in the terminal phase

Phalcon AWACS(Airborne Warning AND Control Systems) is

the India First AWACS which is capable of detecting any aerial
threats more effectively than ground-based radars.It is also
capable to defend the IAF against cruise missiles and hostile
aircraft more efficiently.

1.Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Ayush, the last in the series
of 20 Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV s), designed and indigenously
built by M/s Cochin Shipyard Limited, was was recently
commissioned. Indian Coast Guard

2.The 50-metre FPV is equipped with state-of-the-art

weaponry, communication and navigational equipment.

1.The Indian Navys second ocean going sailboat Tarini was

recently inducted. INSV Tarini is a sloop built by M/s Aquarius
Shipyard Pvt Ltd at Divar, Goa.
Sailboat
2.The sail boat Tarini is being inducted into the Navy and is
slated to be the platform for First Indian All Women
Circumnavigation of the Globe expedition of the Indian Navy.

1.The DRDO Netra is an Indian, light-weight, autonomous UAV

for surveillance and reconnaissance operations.
2.It has been jointly developed by the Defence Research and
BSF and CRPF
Development Organisation's Research and Development
Establishment (R&DE), and IdeaForge, a Mumbai-based
private firm.

INS Sarvekshak (J22) is a hydrographic survey ship in the

Indian Navy, under the Southern Naval Command. Apart from a
helicopter and Bofors 40 mm gun, the ship is also equipped with
four survey motor boats, two small boats.

1.The Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and

Surveillance System(IUHDSS) is a multi-sensor system capable
of detecting, identifying, tracking and generating warnings for all
types of surface and underwater threats.

2.It is a state of the art system with integrated radars, electro

optic cameras and sonars.
1.Pinaka II, also called Guided Pinaka, is being developed by
Armament Research and Development Establishment
(ARDE), Pune; Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad;
and Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL),
Hyderabad.

2.The Mark II version is equipped with a navigation, guidance,

control kit and has considerably enhanced the range and
accuracy of the missile. The accuracy of the missile is estimated
to be between 60m-80m at all ranges.

Background: Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in

India and developed by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army. The
system has a maximum range of 40 km for Mark-I and 65 km
for Mark-II, and can fire a salvo of 12 HE rockets in 44
seconds. The system is mounted on a Tatra truck for mobility.
Pinaka saw service during the Kargil War, where it was
successful in neutralising enemy positions on the mountain tops.
It has since been inducted into the Indian Army in large numbers.

The Dhanush is a 155 mm towed howitzer used by the Indian

Army. The design is based on Bofors, now Haubits FH77 which
India acquired in the 1980s. The gun as of June 2016 has
entered into active production with confirmed order of 414 guns

1.Nirbhay is a long range, subsonic cruise missile designed and

developed in India by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation. Nirbhay is an all-weather, low-cost, long-range
cruise missile capable of carrying conventional and nuclear
war heads.
will be used by all the three forces
2.The missile has a range of more than 1000 km, weighs about
1500 kg and has a length of 6 metres. The missile is powered by
a solid rocket booster for take off which is developed by
Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL).

1.INS Chennai (D65) is the third ship of the Kolkata-class

stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy.

2.it was constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in

Mumbai. INS Chennai is the last of the three ships built under the
code name Project 15A. INS Chennai has on its seal a Bull
symbolizing the Jallikattu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu from
where the ship associates its heritage.

TAPAS-BH-201 is a long endurance Unmanned aerial vehicle

(UAV) which used to be previously referred as Rustom-II, being
developed by India on the lines of the American Predator
drones.
1.The Indian Coast Guard Ships Aryaman and Atulya, the
eighteenth and nineteenth in the series of twenty Fast Patrol
Vessels (FPVs), designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited,
were commissioned .

2.The 50m long indigenous FPVs displace 317 tonnes of water

and can achieve a maximum speed of 33 knots with range of
1500 nautical miles at an economical speed of 13 knots.
Equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry, advanced
communication and navigational equipment, the ships are ideal
platform for undertaking multifarious close-coast missions such
as surveillance, search and rescue and interdiction.

1.INS Arihant is the lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-

powered ballistic missile submarines.
Submarine
2.The 6,000 tonne vessel was built under the Advanced
Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in
the port city of Visakhapatnam.

INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class

stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She is
being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and has
been launched on 17 September 2016. The ship is expected to
get commissioned by 2020

1.The Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (or MR-SAM)

project was introduced when Indian Air Force decided to replace
the ageing Russian-made air defense systems.

2.The MR-SAM air defense system was jointly developed by

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Indian Defense
Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for the
Indian Air force and Indian Army. This joint development
program was constituted between India and Israel in 2007.

Barak 8 (the Hebrew word for Lightning) also known as LR-SAM

or as MR-SAM is the Indian-Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM),
designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including
aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as
cruise missiles and combat jets. Both maritime and land-based
versions of the system exist,

The Varunastra is an Indian advanced heavyweight anti-

submarine torpedo, developed by Naval Science and
Technological Laboratory of the DRDO for the Indian Navy

1.Nag is a third generation "Fire-and-forget" anti-tank missile

developed in India.
2.It is one of five missile systems developed by the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the
Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).
1.Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile
defence system developed by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), Ordnance Factories
Board and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in India.

2.The missile system can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at

altitudes up to 18,000 m

The Shaurya missile is a short-range surface-to-surface

ballistic missile developed for use by the Indian Army.
Capable of hypersonic speeds, it has a range of 600 km and is
capable of carrying a payload of one-tonne conventional or
nuclear warhead

Prahaar is a solid-fuelled Surface-to-surface guided short-

range tactical ballistic missile that would be equipped with
omni-directional warheads and could be used for hitting
both tactical and strategic targets
Astra is a 'Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile' (BVRAAM)
being developed for the Indian Air Force
A variant of NAG Missile to be launched from Helicopter is being
developed under the Project named HELINA (HELIcopter
launched NAg). It will be structurally different from the Nag.
Nirbhay is a long range, subsonic cruise missile designed and
developed in India by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation.
1.K-15 Sagarika is a nuclear-capable submarine-launched
ballistic missile with a range of 750 kilometres (466 mi).
2.It belongs to the K Missile family and forms a part of India's
nuclear triad, and will provide retaliatory nuclear strike
capability

Amogha-1, is a second generation, Anti-Tank Guided Missile

which has pin point accuracy for a range up to 2.8 km.
It is under development by Bharat Dynamics at Hyderabad.
It has also become the first missile designed and tested by the
Bharat Dynamics Ltd company.

1.The Kamov Ka-226 is a small, twin-engined Russian utility

helicopter.
2.The Ka-226 features an interchangeable mission pod, rather
than a conventional cabin, allowing the use of various
accommodation or equipment configurations. The Ka-226
entered service in 2002.

The DRDO Nishant was an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

developed by India's ADE (Aeronautical Development
Establishment), a branch of DRDO (Defence Research and
Development Organisation) for the Indian Armed Forces. The
Nishant UAV is primarily tasked with intelligence gathering over
enemy territory and also for reconnaissance, training,
surveillance, target designation, artillery fire correction, damage
assessment, ELINT and SIGINT.
The Indian Doppler Radar (INDRA) series of 2D radars were
developed by India's DRDO for the Army and Air Force. The
INDRA-I is a mobile surveillance radar for low level target
detection while the INDRA-II is for ground controlled interception
of targets.

1. It is Indias first indigenously built tactical surface to surface

missile. It has a maximum range of 300 Km. It was first test fired
in year 1988 from Sriharikota. .
2.Prithvi I is considered as Indias first indigenous ballistic
missile. Naval variant of the Prithvi missiles are called
Dhanush.
3.The weight of Prithvi missile is about 4.5 to 5 Tons and it is
designed to carry warhead of 0.5 Ton. All the variants of Prithvi
can carry nuclear warheads. Prithvi I and Prithvi II are based on
liquid fuels which increases set-up time before launching thus
making these missiles redundant. Prithvi III uses solid fuel
which is more reliable as it reduces operational set-up time.
Prithvi III has range 350 Km plus which is considerably more
than Agni I and Agni II. This is in service from year 2004.

It is a short range surface to air missile. It was designed for the

primary function of defending naval ships against any missile
attack, although it can be used to intercept low flying targets on
land also. It has a range of 5 to 9 Km. The weight of the missile is
130 Kg and it can carry warhead up to 5 Kg. It was first
successfully test launched in year 1988. This missile has been
removed from service in year 2008.