At the Water Survival Training Facility (WSTF) INS Garuda in Kochi on May 24, the Indian Navy and the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)...

On April 4, 2023, Finland officially joined NATO. Following its accession into the North Atlantic Alliance, the length of the common frontier between NATO and Russia has doubled to 2,600 kilometres. Finland, the 31st state to join the Western defence alliance against the backdrop of the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, shares a 1,300-kilometer northern border with Russia. From the Barents Sea in the north to the Gulf of Finland in the south, Finland's border with Russia consists primarily of forests, with few significant settlements. The border is largely undefended. The state Finnish Armed Forces According to military estimates from the NATO headquarters in Brussels, the Finnish army can independently secure its borders. The military forces on...

At the Water Survival Training Facility (WSTF) INS Garuda in Kochi on May 24, the Indian Navy and the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) presented the Gaganyaan Recovery Training Plan. The training paper was released simultaneously by Vice Admiral Atul Anand, Director General of Naval Operations; Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC); and Dr. Umamaheshwaran R, Director of the SFC (Human Space Flight Centre) of the ISRO. The document provides an overview of the Crew Module recovery training schedule that will be carried out throughout the mission. It details the total training needs for teams that will be taking part in recovery operations. These teams may include naval aviators, divers, MARCOs (Marine...