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 For air to air they are divided into 2 BVR beyond visual range and WVR within visual range.
IAF uses Astra. A2A use various method like active homing radar system. Heat seekers etc.
 Astra (INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED IN INDIA) (Sanskrit: अस्त्र, Astra: Throwing weapon) is an
active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) developed by the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India. Astra is designed to be
capable of engaging targets at varying range and altitudes allowing for engagement of both
short-range targets (up to 20 km) and long-range targets (up to 80-110 km) using alternative
propulsion modes. Except for a failure in one test, the missile has successfully completed all
its tests. The missile was last tested on 18 March 2015 from a Su-30MKI fighter against a
simulated live target. Astra uses a smokeless propulsion system.
 The Novator K-100 is a Russian air-to-air missile designed as an "AWACS killer" at ranges up
to 400 km. The missile has had various names during its troubled history, including Izdeliye
172 ('Article 172'), AAM-L (RVV-L), KS–172, KS-1, 172S-1 and R-172. The airframe appears to
have been derived from the 9K37 Buk surface-to-air missile (SAM) but development stalled
in the mid-1990s for lack of funds.[4] It appears to have restarted in 2004 after a deal with
India, who wants to produce the missile in India for their Su-30MKI fighters. It is the heaviest
air-to-air missile ever produced.
 The MBDA MICA (Missile d’interception, de combat et d’autodéfense, “interception, combat
and self-defence missile”) is an anti-air multi-target, all weather, fire-and-forget short and
medium-range missile system. It is intended for use both by air platforms as individual
missiles as well as ground units and ships, which can be equipped with the rapid fire MICA
Vertical Launch System. It is fitted with a thrust vector control (TVC) system. It was
developed from 1982 onward by Matra. The first trials occurred in 1991, and the missile was
commissioned in 1996 to equip the Rafale and Mirage 2000. It is a replacement for both the
Super 530, in the interception role, and the Magic II, in the dogfighting role.
 Ballistic Missile Classes:
o By Range
 Tactical ballistic missile: Range between about 150 km and 300 km
 Theatre ballistic missile (TBM): Range between 300 km and 3,500 km
 Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM): Range between 300 km and 1,000 km
 Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM): Range between 1,000 km and 3,500
km
 Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) or long-range ballistic missile
(LRBM): Range between 3,500 km and 5,500 km
 Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM): Range greater than 5,500 km
Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
 Classification by platform
o Air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM)
o Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM)
o Air-to-air missile (AAM)
o Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
o Ballistic missile
o Cruise missile
o Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
o Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
o Shoulder-fired missile
 o Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
o Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM)
o Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
o Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)
 Classification by target type
o Anti-ballistic missile (ABM)
o Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT)
o Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)
o Anti-ship missile (AShM)
o Anti-submarine missile
o Anti-tank missile (ATGM)
o Land-attack missile (LACM)
 Dhanush is an (Quasi or Semi Ballistic Missile) Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile and we have recently
tested Anti Air Field Bomb which first of its kind and India is the only nation that have
developed these weapons. No country Possess this kind of Weapon which can put a big
crater in the TARMACs(Runways)

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 Agni 2 is two and half solid propulsion state which is post boost vehicle. The Agni-II is a
medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) with two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle
(PBV) integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV). The Agni's manoeuvring RV is made
of a carbon-carbon composite material that is light and able to sustain high thermal stresses
of re-entry, in a variety of trajectories.
 The Agni-IIA is a more advanced version of Agni-II, albeit with more sophisticated and lighter
materials, yielding a better range and operating regime. Agni-IIA was later renamed as Agni-
IV plugging the gap between Agni-II and Agni-III. While the first test of Agni-IV in December
2010 was a failure, the second test flight in November 2011 was a success
 Agni2 and Agni3: Ring Laser Gyro- INS (Inertial Navigation System), optionally augmented by
GPS terminal guidance with possible radar scene correlation; also laser gyroscopes and
MLTD bus for On-board Comms.

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 Amphibious navy ships [L05_S09]:
o In 2014, India was struck by a very disastrous tsunami, during that time the navy’s
capability proved to inadequate in regards to amphibious and rescue operations and
all humanitarian efforts were on a standstill because of that inadequacy. This class of
navy ships were commissioned as a response to enhance capabilities in the said
areas.
o INS Jalashwa [Water Horse/Hippopotamus]: Motto = Fearless pioneers and the ship
was commissioned on June22, 2007.
o INS Shardul
 Aircraft Carriers a.k.a Air Defence Ships
o INS Vikrant "The Courageous" was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian
Navy. The ship was built as HMS Hercules for the Royal Navy during World War II, as
the war ended the ship was scrapped to dust and sold to India in 1957 and
completed construction in 1961. INS Vikrant was commissioned as the first aircraft
carrier of the Indian Navy and played a key role in enforcing the naval blockade of
 East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. Decommissioned in January
1997.
o INS Viraat (The Grand Old Lady) was commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy’s HMS
Hermes (world’s longest serving aircraft carrier and warship) and decommissioned in
1984 Sold to India in 1987 and re-commissioned into Indian navy as INS Viraat on
12th may 1987. Decommissioned on March 6, 2017.
o INS Vikramaditya is a Russian decommissioned Aircraft Carrier originally built as
BAKU, was commissioned in 1987 with the Soviet Navy and then served the Russian
Navy (as Admiral Gorshkov). Decommissioned from Russian Navy in 1996 and then
sold to India in 2004. Entered into service with the Indian Navy in 2013.
o The Vikrant class was formerly known as Project 71 Air Defence Ship (ADS) or
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC). The class represents the largest warships and the
first aircraft carriers to be designed and built in India.
 INS VIKRANT (IAC-I) new aircraft carrier with a displacement of
40000+tonnes is about to be inducted into the navy in the next year (2018,
launched in 2013).
 INS VISHAL (IAC-II) is in design and development Phase which will be India’s
biggest aircraft carrier (India’s first supercarrier) and a formidable IAC which
can compete with big boys of America's Nuclear Powered Super Carriers
(NPSC).
 Destroyers can be remembered as KKCDMM (Kochi, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Mysore and
Mumbai). KKC ships are Stealth Guided missile destroyers of Kolkata Class and DMM are
Delhi class
 Shivalik Class are the Stealth Guided Frigates built indigenously in India from 2000-2010
 In response to the Pokhran-1 test (Smiling Buddha) 1974 , the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group)
was formed

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 Wassenaar ARRANGEMENT and not Agreement: The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, commonly known as
the Wassenaar Arrangement, is a multilateral export control regime (MECR) with 41
participating states including many former COMECON (Warsaw Pact) countries.
 The Wassenaar Agreement was an agreement reached in 1982 between employers'
organisations and labour unions in the Netherlands to restrain wage growth in return for the
adoption of policies to combat unemployment and inflation, such as reductions in working
hours and the expansion of part-time employment. The agreement has been credited with
ending the wage-price spiral of the 1970s, greatly reducing unemployment and producing
strong growth in output and employment.[1] The International Labour Organization
describes the Wassenaar as "a ground-breaking agreement, setting the tone for later social
pacts in many European countries".