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MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS

October Defence Current Affairs.

Malabar Exercise phase (II)-

Phase (II) of the Malabar exercise took place in the Bay of
Bengal in October.

  • India, the USA, Japan and Australia participate in Malabar exercises.

  • INS Ranvijay (D55) INS Satpura(F48)participated on Indian behalf.

  • US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vision, USS Lake companion, USS Stockdale 

  • Japanese helicopter carrier JS Kaga, JS Marasame.

  • Australian HMAS Sirus, HMAS Ballarat also participated.

  • Phase I of this exercise was conducted in the Philippine Sea in August.

Exercise Mitra Shakti-

  • 8th edition of 14 days ex Mitra Shakti was launched on 4th Oct 2020 with Srilankan army and Indian army.
  • The exercise will be held in the Ampara district.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas

  • IND -USA joint military exercise Ex: Yudh Abhyas 2021 took place at a joint base in Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, USA.
  • It was the 17th edition of Ex. Yudh Abhyas.
  • Yudh Abhyas is the largest running joint military and defence cooperation exercise between the two countries.

87th anniversary of Indian Air Force.

  • On 8th Oct IAF celebrated its 89 anniversary.
  • The motto of IAF- "Touch the Sky with Glory".
  • This motto is taken from the 11th chapter of Shrimadbhagwat Geeta.
  • IAF was founded in 1932

Agni 5 test-fired.

On 28 Oct, India teste-fired  Agni 5 missile with very high accuracy in response to the Chinese DF-17 hypersonic missile with was tested a few days before. 
  • Agni 5 is a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 5000km.
  • The first test of Agni 5 was conducted in 2012.
  • Agni 5 uses 3 stages solid-fueled engine.
  • Agni 5 can hit multiple targets simultaneously.
  • It is developed by DRDO. 

JIMEX exercise-

5th edition of IND- JAPAN maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX was conducted in the Arabian Sea.

  • INS Kochi (destroyer) and INS Teg (frigate) 

INFANTRY DAY-

27 Oct is observed as infantry day in the remembrance of the first military event of independent India.

  • On this day in 1947 Indian army repelled the first attack on Indian soil in the Kashmir valley.




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