In Daily Defence Current Affairs for 19 September 2023, we will see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs will be beneficial 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. Let us now see the Daily Defence Current Afffairs.

Anantnag: Kokernag Encounter Over; Let’s Uzair Khan Among 2 Killed 

• The Jammu and Kashmir police have called off the seven-day long operation in Kokernag area of Anantnag in southern Kashmir on Tuesday. Two militants, including an LeT commander, three army men and a police officer were killed here.
• Additional Director General of Police of Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, reached the encounter spot along with GoC Chinar Corps, Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, to review the situation on the ground.
• Earlier, Kumar along with Army’s GoC 15 Corps Commander Rajiv Ghai visited Gudool area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag to take stock of the ongoing anti-militancy operation that entered 7th day on Tuesday.
• On late Tuesday evening, the ill-fated operation was initiated based on intelligence inputs indicating the presence of militants in a concealed forest hideout.
• However, the militants swiftly detected the presence of the joint team comprising Army and J&K Police personnel on Wednesday morning.

Israel To Supply Suicide Drones To Undisclosed European Nation

• Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems announced on Sunday it was awarded a $95 million contract to supply its Skystriker “suicide” drone to an unspecified European country.
• The Haifa-based company said the contract will see Elbit supply several hundred of the drones over a two-year period.
• Elbit Systems’ SkyStriker LM is a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle that can passively loiter in the sky until it locates a target and fires a warhead of up to 10 kg.
• SkyStriker enables covert operations of up to two hours and has a range of 100 km.

Coastal Security drill ‘Operation Sajag’                      

• ‘Operation Sajag’, a drill involving all stakeholders of the coastal security construct, was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard along the west coast on September 18, 2023. The drill facilitates revalidation of the coastal security mechanism and bring awareness among the fishermen at sea.
• During the drill, extensive checking and verification of documents and crew passes of all fishing boats, barges and craft at sea was undertaken. A total of 118 ships including those from Customs, Marine Police, Ports & Indian Navy participated in the drill.
• The day-long drill is conducted every month and the outcomes are further progressed for improvement in the coastal security construct. The drill enables to verify implementation of various coastal security measures besides bringing out important lessons and highlight trends in coastal security.

9 Separatist Outfits Supporting Terror Groups Have Bases In Canada 

• At least nine separatist organisations supporting terror groups have their bases in Canada and despite multiple deportation requests Ottawa has taken no action against those involved in heinous crimes including the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, officials here said on Tuesday.
• They said that pro-Khalistani outfits such as the World Sikh Organization (WSO), Khalistan Tiger Force, Sikhs for Justice and Babbar Khalsa International working at the behest of Pakistan have been allegedly operating freely form the Canadian soil.
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government had “credible allegations” linking Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing with the “agents of the Government of India.”
• India has rejected the allegations as “absurd and motivated”.

Azerbaijan Launches Military Action In Karabakh To Disarm Armenians 

• Azerbaijan launched “anti-terrorist activities” in the Nagorno-Karabakh region to restore constitutional order and drive out what it called Armenian military formations there, a move that could foreshadow a new war in the region.
• Azerbaijan’s defence ministry spoke in a statement of its intention to “disarm and secure the withdrawal of formations of Armenia’s armed forces from our territories, (and) neutralise their military infrastructure.”
• Internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, Karabakh has an overwhelmingly ethnic Armenian population and broke from Baku’s control in the early 1990s after a war.
• Azerbaijan recaptured swathes of land in and around it in a 2020 war, but ethnic Armenian authorities who see the area as their ancestral homeland, remained in control of part of Karabakh, including its capital.

Defence Current Affairs Questions 19 Sept 2023

1. Operation Sajag Conducted By
   A. BSF
   B. NSG
   C. ICG
   D. SSB
   ANSWER: C

2. Motto Of Pioneer Corps Is
   A. Shram Sarva Vijayee
   B. Service Before Self
   C. Always Brave
   D. Exchange of Tactics Everywhere
   ANSWER: A
3. ZEUS Is A
   A. Missile
   B. All Terrain – Track-Based Robot
   C. Tank
   D. UAV
   ANSWER: B
4. Ex ‘SHAKTI’ Conducted b/w India &
   A. Qatar
   B. France
   C. UAE
   D. Israel
   ANSWER: B
5. 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue Will be Held In
   A. Paris
   B. London
   C. New Delhi
   D. Chennai
   ANSWER: C
6. Maritime Partnership Exercise B/w India & South Korea Held At
   A. Nava Sheva Port
   B. Busan Port
   C. Chennai Port
   D. Kandla Port
   ANSWER: B
7. AMCA Stands For
   A. Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft
   B. Advanced Medium Cooperation Aircraft
   C. Advanced Media Combat Aircraft
   D. None of the above
   ANSWER: A
8. Operation Safed Sagar Was Launched In
   A. 1997
   B. 1998
   C. 1999
   D. 2000
   ANSWER: C
9. SCALP Missile Is Developed By
   A. UK
   B. France
   C. Israel
   D. USA
   ANSWER: B
10. Range of Sagarika Missile Is
    A. 500 km
    B. 600 km
    C. 700 km
    D. None of the above
    ANSWER: C
11. India Purchased Jaguar Fighter Aircraft from
    A. USA
    B. Sweden
    C. France
    D. None of the above
    ANSWER: C
12. At Which Of The Following Places Is The Headquarters Of A Naval Command
    NOT Located?
    A. Mumbai
    B. Goa
    C. Kochi
    D. Visakhapatnam
    ANSWER: B
13. M61 Vulcan Is A
    A. Six- barrelled Gatling gun
    B. Heavy machine gun
    C. Pistol
    D. Rocket
    ANSWER: A
14. Hq Of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Is At
    A. USA
    B. Sweden
    C. France
    D. Austria
    ANSWER: D
15. Lusaka Is The Capital Of
    A. Zambia
    B. Venezuela
    C. United Kingdom
    D. Uganda
    ANSWER: A
16. “’My Life, My Mission’” Book Is Written By
    A. Baba Ramdev
    B. Venkaiah Naidu
    C. Meenakshi Lekhi
    D. Dr. Bibek Debroy
    ANSWER: A
17. Rashtriya Raksha University Is In
    A. Gandhinagar
    B. Mumbai
    C. New Delhi
    D. Chennai
    ANSWER: A
18. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Is A Project Of
    A. Brazil
    B. Russia
    C. China
    D. None of the above
    ANSWER: C
19. Which Is Not A Member Of SAARC?
    A. Afghanistan
    B. Bangladesh
    C. Bhutan
    D. Madagascar
    ANSWER: D
20. THAAD System Designed and Manufactured By
    A. Lockheed Martin
    B. Almaz – Antey
    C. Raytheon
    D. MBDA/ Eurosam
    ANSWER: A

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