PM Modi to address nation at 9 am today for Rashtra Raksha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 9 am today. After this, the Prime Minister will go to Jhansi for Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv. Besides this he will inaugurate some key irrigation schemes in Uttar Pradesh s Mahoba.

Today is the Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. PM is about to inaugurate key schemes relating to irrigation in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. During the Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv PM Modi, the Advanced Electronic Warfare EW suite for Naval ships designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO will be handed over to the Indian Navy. The system was designed by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory DERL Hyderabad, a DRDO lab for Capital Warships for the Indian Navy, for interception, detection, classification, identification and jamming of conventional and modern radiars.

The Advanced Electronic Warfare EW System, also known as Shakti, will replace the earlier generation EW systems of the Indian Navy. The Shakti EW system will provide an electronic layer of defence against modern radars and anti-ship missiles to ensure dominance and survival in the maritime battlefield.

This system has been integrated with Electronic Support Measures ESM and Electronic Counter Measures ECM for defending Indian Navy Ships against missile attacks. The ESM of the system helps in detecting the accurate direction and intercepting modern radars. It is packed with features like built-in radar fingerprinting and data recording replay feature for post-mission analysis.

The first Shakti system has already been installed on board the INS Vishakhapatnam and is being installed on board the indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant. 12 Shakti systems are produced at Bharat Electronics Ltd and are supported by over 50 MSMEs at a total cost of Rs 1,805 crore.