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Navy test-fires land attack variant of BrahMos missile Introduction: The Indian Navy successfully carried out the maiden test-firing of the land attack variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a stealth frigate in the Bay of Bengal. The testfiring is seen as a major capability addition as, so far, the Navy has inducted only the anti-ship variant in many of the frontline vessels.
atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high precision. Modern cruise missiles are capable of travelling at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and are able to fly on a non-ballistic, extremely low-altitude trajectory. Supersonic missile These missiles travel faster than the speed of sound, usually using ramjet engines.
Keywords to remember: BrahMos missile Yakhont Missile PAPER II Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests India, South Korea ink pacts on artillery guns
Capability: The land attack variant provides the naval ships the capability “to precisely neutralise selected targets deep inland, far away from coast, from stand-off ranges at sea. Majority of the frontline ships of the Navy, like the Kolkata, Ranvir and Teg classes of ships, are capable of firing this missile. Joint product: BrahMos, derived from Russian P-800 Oniks or Yakhont missile, is a joint product of India and Russia. The present range of the BrahMos is 290 km, which is now in the process of being extended up to 450 km following India‟s entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime last year.
Cruise Missile A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial targets that remains in the
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Introduction: India and South Korea signed two agreements to build artillery guns for the Indian Army and for collaboration in shipbuilding. One of them is an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between the governments while the other is a manufacturing agreement between two private companies. India has already nominated Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam while South Korea will designate their shipyard soon. The MoU was conceived under the overall umbrella of the „Special Strategic Partnership‟ between both sides, Defence Ministry said in a statement. Extension: “The MoU will come into effect from the date of signature by both sides and will be initially valid for a period of five years and would be automatically extended for further successive five year at a time,” the statement added.
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Rajaguru ias academy Contract with L&T The two sides will identify specific projects to work on and this cooperation is expected to enable HSL to upgrade and modernise its facilities.
Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Hanwa Techwin of South Korea signed a contract to manufacture the K9 Vajra-T tracked, self-propelled artillery guns for the Indian Army. The first of the guns should be delivered within this financial year. Keyword to remember: Artillery guns „Special Strategic Partnership‟ K9 Vajra-T
PAPER II Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests ‘Trump unlikely to upend Iran deal’ The Donald Trump administration is unlikely to upend the nuclear deal with Iran, its lead negotiator has said even as the President‟s national security team is reviewing the agreement. U.S. diplomat who led the negotiations with Iran, said the deal was not merely between
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the U.S. and Iran as other countries such as Russia and China were also involved. Complexity involved: “Many other countries made very difficult economic decisions to impose the sanctions on Iran. Many of these countries did so only because we were engaged in rigorous diplomacy. Some of those sanctions were beginning to fray, as it is very hard to maintain these difficult sanctions over a long period of time. So if it were to be renegotiated all over, you would be at ground zero again, and would be exceedingly difficult,” diplomat said. Diplomat pointed out that Russia, China, European countries and India are invested in Iran, and if the U.S. were to consider reimposing sanctions on Iran, these countries may oppose it. “The Iran deal was not made by U.S. alone. It was made with Russia, Germany, the U.K., China, the EU and all 15 members of the UNSC.” “If the administration were to put Iran under... sanctions for some other reasons — terrorism, support for Hezbollah etc.— then Iranians will also at some point withdraw from their part of the obligation, the centrifuges will start spinning again, they will keep the heavy water they are not supposed to. As the Trump administration has begun to speaking again, some of the cooler heads have begun to realise it, including Secretary of Defense James Mattis and [NSA] General McMaster... Before they pursue with a more confrontational path, there will be a number of voices in the administration that will advise restraint.” Under pressure: The Trump administration and the U.S. Congress are under tremendous pressure from key U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia to tighten the screws on Iran. The Iran deal was one of the reasons why relations of these two countries with the U.S. frayed under the Obama administration. Michael Oren, Israel‟s Deputy Minister for Diplomacy, argued in a newspaper piece this week that Iran is a bigger threat than Syria and North Korea combined.
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Rajaguru ias academy The U.S Congress is considering new sanctions against Iran for alleged state sponsorship of terrorism. “Congress has a major role in the relations with Iran. It has teed up legislation for additional sanctions for state
sponsorship of terrorism by Iran, but they are probably going to wait on it until the Iranian election which is on May 19”.
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Navy test-fires land attack variant of BrahMos missile Introduction: The Indian Navy successfully carried out the maiden test-firing of the land attack variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a stealth frigate in the Bay of Bengal. The testfiring is seen as a major capability addition as, so far, the Navy has inducted only the anti-ship variant in many of the frontline vessels.
atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high precision. Modern cruise missiles are capable of travelling at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and are able to fly on a non-ballistic, extremely low-altitude trajectory. Supersonic missile These missiles travel faster than the speed of sound, usually using ramjet engines.
Keywords to remember: BrahMos missile Yakhont Missile PAPER II Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests India, South Korea ink pacts on artillery guns
Capability: The land attack variant provides the naval ships the capability “to precisely neutralise selected targets deep inland, far away from coast, from stand-off ranges at sea. Majority of the frontline ships of the Navy, like the Kolkata, Ranvir and Teg classes of ships, are capable of firing this missile. Joint product: BrahMos, derived from Russian P-800 Oniks or Yakhont missile, is a joint product of India and Russia. The present range of the BrahMos is 290 km, which is now in the process of being extended up to 450 km following India‟s entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime last year.
Cruise Missile A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial targets that remains in the
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Introduction: India and South Korea signed two agreements to build artillery guns for the Indian Army and for collaboration in shipbuilding. One of them is an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between the governments while the other is a manufacturing agreement between two private companies. India has already nominated Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam while South Korea will designate their shipyard soon. The MoU was conceived under the overall umbrella of the „Special Strategic Partnership‟ between both sides, Defence Ministry said in a statement. Extension: “The MoU will come into effect from the date of signature by both sides and will be initially valid for a period of five years and would be automatically extended for further successive five year at a time,” the statement added.
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Rajaguru ias academy Contract with L&T The two sides will identify specific projects to work on and this cooperation is expected to enable HSL to upgrade and modernise its facilities.
Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Hanwa Techwin of South Korea signed a contract to manufacture the K9 Vajra-T tracked, self-propelled artillery guns for the Indian Army. The first of the guns should be delivered within this financial year. Keyword to remember: Artillery guns „Special Strategic Partnership‟ K9 Vajra-T
PAPER II Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests ‘Trump unlikely to upend Iran deal’ The Donald Trump administration is unlikely to upend the nuclear deal with Iran, its lead negotiator has said even as the President‟s national security team is reviewing the agreement. U.S. diplomat who led the negotiations with Iran, said the deal was not merely between
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the U.S. and Iran as other countries such as Russia and China were also involved. Complexity involved: “Many other countries made very difficult economic decisions to impose the sanctions on Iran. Many of these countries did so only because we were engaged in rigorous diplomacy. Some of those sanctions were beginning to fray, as it is very hard to maintain these difficult sanctions over a long period of time. So if it were to be renegotiated all over, you would be at ground zero again, and would be exceedingly difficult,” diplomat said. Diplomat pointed out that Russia, China, European countries and India are invested in Iran, and if the U.S. were to consider reimposing sanctions on Iran, these countries may oppose it. “The Iran deal was not made by U.S. alone. It was made with Russia, Germany, the U.K., China, the EU and all 15 members of the UNSC.” “If the administration were to put Iran under... sanctions for some other reasons — terrorism, support for Hezbollah etc.— then Iranians will also at some point withdraw from their part of the obligation, the centrifuges will start spinning again, they will keep the heavy water they are not supposed to. As the Trump administration has begun to speaking again, some of the cooler heads have begun to realise it, including Secretary of Defense James Mattis and [NSA] General McMaster... Before they pursue with a more confrontational path, there will be a number of voices in the administration that will advise restraint.” Under pressure: The Trump administration and the U.S. Congress are under tremendous pressure from key U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia to tighten the screws on Iran. The Iran deal was one of the reasons why relations of these two countries with the U.S. frayed under the Obama administration. Michael Oren, Israel‟s Deputy Minister for Diplomacy, argued in a newspaper piece this week that Iran is a bigger threat than Syria and North Korea combined.
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Rajaguru ias academy The U.S Congress is considering new sanctions against Iran for alleged state sponsorship of terrorism. “Congress has a major role in the relations with Iran. It has teed up legislation for additional sanctions for state
sponsorship of terrorism by Iran, but they are probably going to wait on it until the Iranian election which is on May 19”.
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