The Indian army currently operates two regiments of the indigenous Aakash air defense systems and the army is now planning to place an order for two more regiments of the new Akash 1s air defense systems which turns out to be the procurement of approximately 2,000 missiles worth over 3.1 billion dollars the Akash 1s has an effective range of 30 kilometers with multi-target engagement capability and it comes with an indigenously developed seeker the new Akash 1s variant has already completed its developmental trials successfully and Bharat dynamics limited can produce 100 units per month top officials have said that the new variant has seen particular interests from Vietnam and discussions have started for its export and local manufacturing in Vietnam. Boeing has officially offered the strike optimized and latest variant of the F-15EX to India which has been upgraded with latest sensor fusion technology of the f-35 and f-22 stealth fighter jets and like the FA-18 block three fighter jet offer both Hindustan Aeronautics and Mahindra defence have been roped in as partners if it's f-15eX is selected by the Indian Air Force for the 114 fighter jets tender the Indian Air Force is not keen on buying the fa-18 block 3 since it is a carrier-based fighter jet and it had also lost the Eurofighter Typhoon and rafale fighter jet in technical rounds in the last tender while the f-15eX could be marketed with the 180 kilometers range a 120 AIMD Ram it is to be noted that the f-15 users in the asia-pacific region including Singapore have been bought into the f-35 program we have decided on the f-35b variant of the aircraft which can take off from a shorter runway and land the Indian Oil Corporation has developed a specialized winkler diesel fuel for high altitude and low temperature regions and has sought permission from the Directorate General of quality assurance of the Armed Forces to allow the Indian army to use winter diesel in the Ladakh region the Korea aerospace industries has revealed that it plans to roll out the first prototype of its fifth generation multi-role fighter jet in April 2021 the company also released an image of the prototypes fuselage which is being assembled at its facilities and the prototype is expected to conduct its first flight in 2022 and the block one variant will start production in 2026 while block 2 will start production in 2029 the Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana has said that India has expressed its intent to carry out navigation activities in the South China Sea as the navigation in the South China Sea is open to all countries and this comes after a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Modi and the president of Philippines the Philippine Foreign Minister had also warned China last week the Chinese if they stick to their coordinates do not impinge on Philippine territory should the exercises spill over to Philippine territory then China is forewarned that it will be met with the severus response diplomatic the border roads organization has built three new bridges in Ladakh sneem region which have become operational from yesterday and these strategically located bridges are helping Indian army to move tanks and other heavy artillery systems to the east in Ladakh sector and it also has the ability to withstand 70 ton heavy vehicles for smooth movement of troops to forward areas
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