Military Terminology Flashcards

The Ministry of Defence's framework governing capital acquisitions for the Armed Forces.

The senior-most military officer in India, a post created in December 2019, who heads the Department of Military Affairs and is the principal military adviser to the Defence Minister.

A department of the Ministry of Defence created in January 2020, headed by the CDS, responsible for promoting jointness and integration among the Services.

A Ministry of Defence initiative to engage start-ups, MSMEs and innovators in defence innovation.

India's policy of self-reliance, which in defence means indigenous design, development and manufacture and reduced import dependence.

Armed police forces under the Ministry of Home Affairs, such as the BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF, SSB and Assam Rifles.

Systems and tactics for detecting, tracking and defeating hostile unmanned aircraft.

A government-owned company engaged in defence production, such as HAL, BEL or BDL.

The research and development organisation of the Ministry of Defence.

A maritime zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from a coastal state's baseline, in which the state has sovereign rights over natural resources.

Military action that uses the electromagnetic spectrum to sense, deny or exploit an adversary's use of it.

The strategic region spanning the Indian and Pacific Oceans, central to contemporary maritime and strategic policy.