Daily Defence Current Affairs With Video Lecture 12 July 2023 [DOWNLOAD PDF]

In Daily Defence Current Affairs for 12th July 2023, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs will be very helpful...

Divyanshu Pandey
July 12, 2023
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In Daily Defence Current Affairs for 12th July 2023, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs 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 12 July 2023

India To Buy 26 More Rafale Jets, 3 Scorpene Submarines From France

India is planning to buy 26 more Rafale fighter jets and three Scorpene-class conventional submarines from France. The proposals by the defence forces have been placed before the Defence Ministry and are likely to be announced during PM Modi’s visit to France this week, the agency said citing sources.
As per the proposals, the Indian Navy will get 22 single-seated Rafale Marine aircraft along with four trainer aircraft, the report said, adding that the Navy had been pressing for acquiring these aircraft and submarines as they have been facing shortages in view of the security challenges around the country.
The deals are estimated to be worth over Rs 90,000 crore but the final cost would be clear only after the contract negotiations are completed which will be held after the deal is announced, the report said.
India has already got the delivery of 36 Rafales, for which it signed the deal in 2016. In 2016, India and France signed a Rs 59,000 crore deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets, equipped with the latest missiles and weapon systems besides multiple India-specific modifications.

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Indonesia Warns Nuclear Weapons Put Southeast Asia A ‘Miscalculation Away’

Indonesia’s top diplomat warned of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi raised the alarm ahead of a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations starting later Tuesday in Jakarta.
The agenda will spotlight Myanmar’s deadly civil strife, continuing tensions in the South China Sea and efforts to fortify regional economies amid the global headwinds set off by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In 1995, ASEAN states signed a treaty that declared Southeast Asia’s commitment to be a nuclear-weapon-free zone, one of five in the world.

JIMEX 23 CONCLUDES

The 7th edition of JIMEX 23 hosted by the Indian Navy concluded in the Bay of Bengal with the two sides bidding farewell to each other with a customary steampast.
INS Delhi, Kamorta and Shakti, under the command of RAdm Gurcharan Singh, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet and JMSDF ship Samidare under the command of RAdm Nishiyama Takahiro, Commander Escort Flotilla One, participated in the six- day-long exercise.

IIT Kanpur develops AI-enabled ‘Suicide Drones’

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has developed an indigenous version of the Kamikaze drone (a type of suicide drone). The suicide drone can carry a warhead of up to 6 kg for up to 100 km.
Speaking about the development of the drone, Subramaniam Sadrala, Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Department of IIT Kanpur, said that the drones are equipped with stalled technology which enables them to escape radar identification.
The development of the drone has been going on since last year under DRDO’s Young Scientist Laboratory (DYSL-CT) project, professor Sadrala added.
In the next phase of development, the drones will undergo target destruction trials in the next six months.

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