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China’s YJ‑20 Hypersonic Missile

China’s YJ‑20 Hypersonic Missile

Why in news? Photographs of China’s advanced Type 055 destroyers surfaced in December 2025 showing what analysts believe to be the YJ‑20 hypersoni...

Pinaka LRGR‑120 Rocket

Pinaka LRGR‑120 Rocket

Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR‑...

INS Vagsheer – Sixth Kalvari‑class Submarine

INS Vagsheer – Sixth Kalvari‑class Submarine

Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu became only the second Indian head of state to undertake a submarine sortie when she boarded INS Vagsheer at the...

K‑4 Submarine‑Launched Ballistic Missile

K‑4 Submarine‑Launched Ballistic Missile

Why in news? India recently tested the K‑4 missile from the nuclear‑powered submarine INS Arighaat off the coast of Visakhapatnam. The successful ...

Samudra Pratap

Samudra Pratap

Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has inducted the Samudra Pratap, the country’s first indigenously designed and built pollution control ves...

Directed Energy Weapons

Directed Energy Weapons

Why in news? Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) approved the transfer of technology for a multi‑channel 10 kW laser‑based direc...

Akash‑NG Missile System

Akash‑NG Missile System

Why in news? On 23 December 2025 the Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully completed user evaluation trials of the Akash‑NG (...

INSV Kaundinya – Reviving Ancient Shipbuilding

INSV Kaundinya – Reviving Ancient Shipbuilding

Why in news? The Indian Navy’s stitched‑plank sailing vessel INSV Kaundinya is scheduled to undertake its maiden overseas voyage on 29 December ...

Indian Navy receives ASW ship ‘Anjadip’

Indian Navy receives ASW ship ‘Anjadip’

Why in news? The Indian Navy took delivery of Anjadip on 22 December 2025 in Chennai. It is the third in a series of eight Anti‑Submarine Warfare Sh...

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

Why in news? On 20 December 2025 the Sashastra Seema Bal celebrated its 62nd Raising Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders praised th...

Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System

Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System

Why in news? The U.S. Army activated the Bravo Battery of the 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment at Joint Base Lewis‑McChord on 17 Decemb...

Indian Coast Guard Ship Amulya

Indian Coast Guard Ship Amulya

Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned a new Fast Patrol Vessel, ICG Ship Amulya, on 19 December 2025 at Goa. The ship is the third of...

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