Milestones of Defence in India in 2011 with Full details

The Following are the Complete List of all the successful tests of 2011 collected from various newspapers for students appearing for civil service examinations and other competitive examinations.

• Initial Operational Clearance Ceremony to LCA (Tejas) at Bangalore on January 10, 2011.  Defence Minister Shri AK Antony formally handed over the release to service certificate of Tejas Aircraft to the chief of Air Staff, Air chief Marshal PV Naik. Read More>>

• Successful launch of Dhanush and Prithvi Missiles by the Strategic Forces Command from Interim Test Range, Chandipur, Orissa and a warship off Orissa Coast on March 11, 2011. Read More>>

• Kaveri engine being developed by the DRDO for the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft successfully completed the first phase Flying Test Bed trials mounted on a modified IL-76 aircraft in Russia during April.

• Indian Naval crew began training in Russia in April aboard the new Aircraft Carrier Admiral Gorshkov, being rechristened INS Vikramaditya, to be inducted into the Indian Naval fleet. Read More>>

• The Nuclear-capable, Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-fired for its full range of 350 km on 9th June, 2011 by the personnel of Strategic Force Command as part of a regular user training exercise. Read More>>

• Defence Minister Shri AK Antony inaugurated the DRDO’s state-of-the-art composite propellant processing facility – ACEM (Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials) at Nasik in Maharashtra on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011. Read More>>

• Successful launch of new Surface to Surface Tactical Missile ‘PRAHAAR’ by DRDO on Thursday, July 21, 2011. Read More>>

• Successful flight test of the 700- km range SHOURYA Missile from Launch Complex III of Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off OrissaCoast on Saturday, Sep 24, 2011. Read More>>

• India's nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile was successfully test-fired, with a range of 350 kms, as part of user trial by the Armed Forces from Chandipur off Orissa coast, about 15 km from here. In collaboration with DRDO, DPR also organised a press briefing on the strategic significance of the event on the same day. Read More>>

• LCA Tejas (Navy) made successful Ground Run at Bangalore on Tuesday, Sep 27, 2011. Read More>>

• Successful flight testing of Surface to Surface Strategic Missile AGNI (A-II) on Friday, September 30, 2011, from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Orissa Coast. Read More>>

• The DRDO conducted the 5th successful flight of UAV ‘Rustom I’ near Hosur, Karnataka on Friday, Nov 11, 2011. Read More>>

• The successful test launch of the 3,500 km range Agni-IV, the most advanced long range missile system, on Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 was the highlight of the year. The missile was launched from a Road Mobile System at 9.00 AM from Wheelers’ Island off the coast of Odisha. Read More>>

• Sixth successful test launch of Agni-AI Ballistic Missile from WheelerIsland on Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 by Armed Forces. Read More>>