14th August 2024 (10 Topics)
Tarang Shakti
Context
India is hosting its largest-ever multinational air exercise, Tarang Shakti. This exercise underscores India's growing role in global defense collaboration and its commitment to showcasing and enhancing its aerial capabilities on an international stage.
About the Exercise
- Exercise Tarang Shakti involves air forces from 10 countries, including Germany, France, and Spain, participating directly, while other nations observe.
- The first phase focuses on demonstrating aerial prowess with diverse fighter aircraft like Eurofighter Typhoons, French Rafales, and India’s LCA Tejas.
- The second phase will feature additional participants such as Australia, Bangladesh, the UAE, Singapore, the US, and Greece.
- Indian Air Force’s aerial assets: Rafale, Sukhoi, Mirage, Jaguar, Tejas, MiG-29, Prachand, Rudra attack helicopters, ALH Dhruv, C-130, IL-78, and AWACS systems.
- Significance and Objectives
- Tarang Shakti aims to enhance communication and operational integration among participating air forces, improve individual and joint capabilities, and showcase India’s indigenous defense technologies.
- It emphasizes real-time simulation, airborne networking, and the integration of sensor data to bolster situational awareness and collective effectiveness in aerial operations.
Layers of India’s Air Defence CapabilityCurrently, India’s air defense arsenal includes the S-400 air defence missile system and medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) systems, developed in collaboration with Israel. The IAF also operates other air defense weapons, including the Israeli SpyDer, Soviet-origin systems such as Pechora, OSA-AK, Tunguska, Strela, and Shilka, along with Zu-23-2B anti-aircraft guns, upgraded L-70 anti-aircraft guns manufactured by Bofors AB, and the Igla MANPADS (man-portable air defence system). India’s air defence is organized in layers, each with specific roles and equipment.
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