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12 February 2022 Daily Defence Current Affairs And Updates [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Daily Defence Current Affairs 12 February 2022 Adm R Hari Kumar Launched SANCHAR 2.0 Adm R Hari Kumar CNS launched Indian Navy’s indigenously designed & developed C2 messaging system SANCHAR...

Daily Defence Current Affairs 12 February 2022

Adm R Hari Kumar Launched SANCHAR 2.0

  • Adm R Hari Kumar CNS launched Indian Navy’s indigenously designed & developed C2 messaging system SANCHAR 2.0, contributing towards a paperless, secure & Green India with seamless connectivity.

9th Annual Army to Army Staff Talks India & SL

  • 9th Annual Army to Army Staff Talks AAST between Indian Army & Sri Lankan Army are being conducted at Pune. The talks will focus on further strengthening defence cooperation engagements including training and exchanges in the fields of sports & culture.
  • India provided financial assistance of 2.4 billion USD to Sri Lanka.

India – Sri Lanka Relations

  • The relationship between India and Sri Lanka is more than 2,500 years old.
  • Both countries have a legacy of intellectual, cultural, religious & linguistic interaction.
  • Sri Lanka is a member of regional groupings like BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) and SAARC in which India plays a leading role.

India – Sri Lanka Relations

  • The Palk Strait, about 40 km (25 miles) wide at its narrowest point, separates the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka.
  • India deployed Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka under Operation Pawan to disarm the different militant groups.
  • Defence and Security Cooperation
  • India and Sri Lanka conduct joint Military (‘Mitra Shakti’) and Naval exercises (SLINEX).

Commercial Relations

  • Sri Lanka has long been a priority destination for direct investment from India.
  • Sri Lanka is one of India’s largest trading partners among the SAARC countries. India in turn is Sri Lanka’s largest trade partner globally.
  • India’s exports to Sri Lanka amounted to $5.3 billion in 2015-17 whereas its imports from the country were at $743 million.

Gripen, Russian Biggest Challengers to Rafale: MMRCA  

  • The tender for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) or MMRCA.20 is a program that Delhi attaches utmost importance to.
  • In 2018, the Indian government issued an RFI for the procurement of 114 fighter jets under MRFA. The new fighters are expected to replace the ageing MiG-21s, Mirage 2000s, and the Jaguars of the Indian Air Force.

Contenders of MMRCA 2. O:

  • Lockheed Martin’s F-21, Boeing’s Super Hornet F/A-18 E/F and F-15EX, Dassault’s Rafale, Saab’s Gripen JAS-39 E/F, Russian MiG-35, and SU-35, and Eurofighter Typhoon.

Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meet on Indo-pacific

  • The FM of the Quad grouping of India, the US, Australia & Japan vowed to work vigorously to achieve the grouping’s shared vision of a free, open & inclusive Indo-Pacific & collectively deal with common threats such as terrorism.
  • At a joint media briefing after the talks, Quad foreign ministers reaffirmed their support to principles of openness, protection of national sovereignty & observance of rules & fair play.
  • About Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD):
  • It is the grouping of four democracies –India, Australia, the US, and Japan.
  • Objective to ensure and support a “free, open and prosperous” Indo-Pacific region.
  • It aims at countering China’s aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • Formed On: November 12, 2017.

Myanmar & Pakistan In Arms Deal, Guided By China

  • Pakistan’s military partnership with India’s eastern neighbour Myanmar is gathering momentum with a senior-level military delegation from the Directorate of Military Procurement from the SE Asian country scheduled to visit Pakistan for a pre-shipment inspection of arms.
  • Myanmar military is planning to purchase 60 &81 mm mortars, M-79 grenade launchers & Heavy Machine Guns from Pakistan.
  • India-Myanmar Relations:
  • Myanmar is geopolitically significant to India as it stands at the center of the India-Southeast Asia geography.
  • Myanmar is the only Southeast Asian country that shares a land border with northeastern India.
  • Myanmar is the only country that sits at the intersection of India’s “Neighborhood First” policy and its “Act East” policy.
  • As part of India’s SAGAR Vision, India developed the Sittwe port in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
  • Rohingya crisis in Myanmar impacted India.

Book By Lt Gen Satish Dua (Retd.)

  • General MM Naravane COAS has presented the book “Bharat Ke Jaanbaaj” by the author, Lieutenant General Satish Dua (Retd). The Book is about operations on LoC & unbreakable bonds of life & loyalty between officers & soldiers of Indian Army.

REVIEW QUESTIONS

  • Shaurya is a
  • Surface-to-Surface Missile
  • Surface-to-Air Missile
  • Submarine-to-Surface Missile
  • Surface-to-Sea Missile

ANSWER: A

  • UNSC Hq at
  • Austria
  • Geneva
  • New York
  • Berlin

ANSWER: C

  • Capital Of Maldives Is
  • Baku
  • Minsk
  • Male
  • Brussels

ANSWER: c

  • The Southern Command Indian Army HQ at
  • Jabalpur
  • Jaipur
  • Lucknow
  • Pune

     ANSWER: D

  • DRDO Netra Is An   
  • Submarine
  • Missile
  • UAV
  • Military transport aircraft

ANSWER: C

  • Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hq At
  • Agra
  • Lucknow
  • Hyderabad
  • Pune

ANSWER: D

  • Range of Rudram Anti-Radiation Missile Is
  • 200 km
  • 250 km
  • 350 km
  • 400 km

ANSWER: B

  • Surya Kiran exercise held between India and___?
  • USA
  • Iraq
  • Nepal
  • Magnolia

ANSWER: C

  • Mil Mi-17 Helicopter Developed by
  • Russia
  • Japan
  • France
  • Uzbekistan

ANSWER: A

  • Satish Dhawan Space Centre Is In
  • Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu
  • West Bengal
  • Andhra Pradesh

ANSWER: D

  • DRDO’s ‘RAKSHITA’
  • Destroyer
  • UAV
  • Anti-submarine torpedo
  • Bike ambulance

ANSWER: D

  • IGMDP Was Formulated By  
  • APJ Abdul Kalam
  • Satish Dhawan
  • Homi Bhabha
  • Vikram Sarabhai

ANSWER: A

  • SLINEX Ex Held B/w India &
  • Israel
  • USA
  • Sri Lanka
  • Oman

ANSWER: C

  • Sittwe Port Is Located In
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh
  • Myanmar
  • Holland

     ANSWER: C

  • ‘Bharat Ke Jaanbaaj’ Book written by___  
  • Lt Gen Satish Dua
  • Lt Gen Deepak Khare
  • Lt Gen KJS Dhillon
  • Lt Gen Depinder Singh

ANSWER: A

  • INS Chennai Built By
  • CSL
  • MDL
  • DRDO
  • ISRO

ANSWER: B

  • Motto of THE KUMAON REGIMENT Is
  • Parakramo Vijayate
  • Assam Vikram
  • Charge
  • Attack

ANSWER: A

  • S-400 is a
  • Destroyer
  • Helicopter
  • Anti-submarine torpedo
  • Surface-to-air missile system

ANSWER: D

  • Indian Navy Day Celebrated On 
  • December 1
  • December 4
  • December 9
  • December 10

ANSWER: A

  • The Su-30 is a
  • Destroyer
  • Helicopter
  • Anti-submarine torpedo
  • Fighter Air Craft

ANSWER: D

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