There are lakhs of Indians who are in Military & Navel field. And am very proud that my best & loving buddies are also in this field. I feel very proud of them. hats of to them….!!! All of us know that these great people are striving to the core for our country. But most of us are not aware of various terminologies used in this particular field. This terms are highly useful for IAS Exams. Below are some of the terminologies used in this field:

ARSENAL - Place where arms and ammunition are manufactured and stored.

BATTALION - An army unit consisting of 1,000 combatants led by a Lieutenant Colonel.

BATTERY - A unit of a number of artillery guns, mobile or fixed.

BULL’S EYE - The point of target that has t be aimed or hit while practicing shooting.

COCKPIT- Pilot’s seat in the fuselage of an aeroplane.

CAMOUFLAGE - Hiding of objects by various means to deceive or bamboozle the enemy about their real location thereby protecting them from air and ground attacks.

COMMANDO - A mobile body of guerilla fighters.

CONSCRIPTION - Compulsory recruitment of personnel for service in the armed forces.

DIVISION - Normally, a division has 20,000 troops commanded by a Major General equipped with two or more brigades of infantry with befitting artillery and engineering equipment.

DOGFIGHT - An aerial duel between two or more aircraft’s at a close range.

FLOTILLA - A fleet of boats or small ships.

GUIDED MISSILES - Powered by rockets or jet propulsion, they are unmanned, self propelled air or space vehicle fitted with explosive warheads. Guided missiles are either self directed with inlaid controls or under remote controls based on the firing range.

ICBM - Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is a rocket propelled surface to surface guided missile carrying a nuclear warhead which can reach a destined city or installation in the world and destroy it entirely.

INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE (IRBM) - It is of three types, viz, air to air, surface to air, and air to surface. Air to air guided missile, launched from an aircraft is employed to hit target in the battlefield. Surface to surface and air to air guided missiles are employed against enemy missiles or targets.

JUMBO JET - A large passenger jet aircraft having the capacity to life nearly 447 passengers.

NUCLEAR UMBRELLA - Giving air shield to a city or by nuclear weapons. It is also called parasol or Sombrero.

STAR WARS - Deployment of weapons on satellites in space with a view to destroy inter-continental ballistic missiles in space coming from the enemy.

SQUADRON - Air Force formation consisting of 20 aircraft’s commanded by a Squadron Leader.