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Indian and Indonesian navies conduct exercise in Arabian sea

The Indian and Indonesian navies carried out a military exercise in the Arabian sea  To enhance operational interoperability and overall cooperation. Indian naval ship INS Talwar and Indonesian Navy's multirole corvette KRI Bung Tomo were part of the exercise, the Indian Navy said. "Enhancing Interoperability & strengthening Bilateral Maritime Cooperation Indian Navy Ship INS Talwar and Indonesian Navy's multirole Corvette KRI Bung Tomo, conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Arabian Sea today," it said in a tweet. India's maritime cooperation with Indonesia witnessed a renewed momentum in the last few years. Notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Navy participated in maritime exercises in the last few months with a number of countries, including Japan, Russia, Australia and the US. In November, India hosted the Malabar exercise, in which the navies of the US, Japan and Australia participated. India invited Australia for the exercise, effecti...

Army successfully launches BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

The missile can reach the speed of 2.8 times that of sound. The launch by the Army comes over a month after the Naval version of the BrahMos missile was successfully test-fired from INS Chennai. The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was launched in a top-attack configuration on November 24 The Indian Army Tuesday successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in a ‘top-attack’ configuration, hitting a target in the Bay of Bengal, in what is said to be the first in a series of tests of the missile system. The launch by the Army comes over a month after the  Naval version of the BrahMos missile was successfully test-fired  from the indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea. More tests of supersonic cruise missile are expected by the Navy and the Indian Air Force in the coming days. Indian Army successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on 24 Nov 2020 in a top-attack configuratio...