Current Affairs - Defence

‘INS Vagsheer’: Sixth Scorpene Class Submarine Launched

Yard 11880 (INS Vagsheer), the sixth and last submarine of the Indian Navy’s Kalvari class submarines of Project 75 was launched on 20 April 2022 at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).

“Iron Beam”: World’s First Energy-based Weapons System

Israel has successfully tested the new “Iron Beam” laser-based interception system.

The "Iron Beam" is the "world’s first energy-based weapons system" that uses a laser to shoot down incoming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), rockets and mortars.