Daily Defence Current Affairs And Updates 4 October 2022 [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Divyanshu Pandey
October 4, 2022
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‘Today’s 4th October 2022 Defence Current Affairs and Updates will show us the latest defense-related news about national and international current events. These current events and questions will be very helpful for your upcoming NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agniveer Air force, Women Military Police, INET, MNS, ACC exams, SCO, PCSL, CAPF, and SSB interviews, and direct entries for Army, Navy, and Air force like SSC Tech, TGC, JAG, NCC, TES, 10+2 Cadet. Download a PDF file about current events at the end of this article.

Defence Current Affairs 04 October 2022

Indigenously Designed & Developed LCH inducted Into IAF: Read More

Maritime Partnership Exercise 2022

Maritime Partnership Exercise b/w Indian Navy and R. South Korean Navy is Started on 03 Oct 2022.
Maritime Partnership Exercise MPX b/n Indian Navy’s indigenous NOPV INS Sumedha & Republic of Korea🇰🇷 ROK Navy ships Hansando & Dae Cheong in the Bay of Bengal.
Strengthening interoperability & maritime cooperation is the main objective of the MPX 2022 b/w both navies.
INS Sumedha is the third Saryu class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, designed and constructed indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited.
Length: 105 m
Launched: 21 May 2011
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Armament: 76-mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount);
close-in weapon system; CHAFF launchers;

Centre Provides ‘Z’ Category Delhi Police Security Cover To New CDS Anil Chauhan

The Centre has provided ‘Z’ category armed security cover of Delhi Police to the newly elected Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan
Ministry of Home Affairs issued the order to the Delhi Police days after Chauhan took charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff, more than nine months after the death of General Bipin Rawat, the country’s first CDS.
Nearly 58 armed Delhi Police personnel will be guarding Chauhan at his residence as well as during travel.
He is also the Principal Military Advisor to the Defence Minister on all tri-Service matters as well as head of the Department of Military Affairs as Secretary.
He is also the Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC).
While taking charge, General Chauhan had said he was proud to be assuming the responsibility of the highest rank in the Indian armed forces.
For the first time, a three-star officer has been brought back from retirement to hold a four-star rank.

Air Marshal SP Dharkar Takes Over As IAF’s Eastern Air Commander

Air Marshal SP Dharkar on Saturday took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command from Air Marshal R D Mathur in Shillong
According to IAF officials, an experienced fighter pilot with over 3600 hours of flying, he succeeds Air Marshal DK Patnaik who superannuated on Friday after more than 38 years of distinguished service in the IAF.
Air Marshal Dharkar is an alumnus of the RIMC Dehradun, NDA, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Air War College, USA.
Commissioned in June 1985, he is a Qualified Flying Instructor, Fighter Strike Leader and Instrument Rating Instructor & Examiner and has also been an Air Force Examiner.
During his illustrious career, he has commanded a front-line fighter squadron and a Fighter Flying Training Establishment.
He has instructional experience in conducting Professional Military Education for medium and senior-level officers at the Defence Services Staff College and at the College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad.
Air Marshal Dharkar has served as Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Training) at Air Headquarters and Air Defence Commander at Headquarters Eastern Air Command.
He has the distinction of being the first Director General of the Defence Space Agency. Before assuming his present appointment, he was the Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar.

MiG-21 Squadron Is Replaced By A Mig-29 Squadron At Srinagar AFS

The IAF has kicked off the phased retirement of its existing four MiG-21 ‘Bison’ fighter squadrons, with the first one in Srinagar being “number-plated” on Friday. It has been replaced by a MiG-29 squadron for air defence of the critical region.
The Srinagar-based ‘51 Swordarms’ Squadron of MiG-21s had played a major role in thwarting Pakistan Air Force’s retaliation a day after the IAF’s pre-dawn air strikes on the Jaish-e-Mohammed facility at Balakot on February 26, 2019.
Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, then a Wing Commander, was awarded a Vir Chakra for shooting down an F-16, while his MiG-21 also went down during the aerial skirmish on that day.
The other three squadrons of the single-engine MiG-21s, which were the first truly supersonic fighters to be inducted by IAF in 1963 but have been dogged by an alarmingly high crash rate in later years, willbe phased out by 2025, as was reported by TOIin July.
These three MiG-21 squadrons are currently based in Uttarlai, Suratgarh and Nal in Rajasthan. Retirement of the old and highly-unforgivingMiG-21s, which lack modern systems with built-in safety mechanisms, has been delayed several times because of the shortfall in fighter squadrons.
IAF is currently making do with just 32-33 squadrons (each squadron has 16-18 jets), when its “authorised strength” is 42. 5 squadrons to deal with China and Pakistan, due to the long delays in induction of new fighters, including the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft.
IAF, of course, now has 36 new omni-role Rafale fighters, inducted under the Rs 59,000-crore deal with France. The force is also banking upon the induction of 73 “improved” Tejas Mark-1A fighters and 10 trainers, in the February 2024-February 2029 timeframe under the Rs 46,898-crore contract inked with HAL last year.

Paramilitary Force, Border Police Force Get New Chiefs

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Anish Dayal Singh have been appointed as the new Director Generals of the CRPF and ITBP respectively, a government order said.
Sujoy Lal Thaosen, a 1988-batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently working as the director general (DG) of the border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and holding the additional charge of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
Anish Dayal Singh, a 1988-batch officer (Manipur cadre), is currently serving as a special director in the Intelligence Bureau.
Sujoy Lal Thaosen’s scheduled retirement is in November this year, while Anish Dayal Singh will superannuate in December 2024.
The order for their appointment was issued by the Personnel Ministry after sanction from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the prime minister.