In 1889 a force with the name of Gilgit Levies was raised under the command of Colonel Algernon Durand. The force, in 1891, fought the battle of Nilt against Hunza.
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In 1913 Maj JC Bridges reorganized the force on company basis and the force was thus named as Gilgit scouts.
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Gilgit Scouts
When Gilgit scts were raised, its strength was 582. The recruitment in the Gilgit scouts was based on the recommendation of Mirs and Rajas of the area.Close relatives of Mirs and Rajas were used to be given direct viceroy commission in corps of Gilgit scouts.
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#Gilgit scouts were the first battalion in 1948 to capture #Kargil and Batalik and were then warded the motto of Victors.
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📌📌Northern Scouts
In 1947 Gilgit Scouts reverted to their original duties of internal security under #Pakistani Political agent of Northern Areas. 582 men of Gilgit scouts were placed under the command of Major Muhammad Tufail #Shaheed (Nishan-e-Haider).
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The remaining personnel of the expanded Corps were designated as the Corps of Northern Scouts in November 1949.
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📌📌Karakoram Scouts
The northern scouts were bifurcated on 1st January 1964, and Karakoram scouts were raised with its Head Quarters at Skardu.
For centralization of administrative and operational control, the entire force was re-organized into 10 infantry units, 3 mountain batteries and a regimental centre with effect from 1 November 1975.
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Gilgit scouts were converted into 1st and 2nd Northern Light Infantry Battalion. After outstanding performance in the Kargil conflict of 1999, the entire Northern Light Infantry Regiment was given the status of regular infantry.
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📌📌Action in Azad Kashmir
1st Northern Light Infantry Regiment remained involved in acts of gallantry while its tenure in Azad Kashmir. A number of successful fire raids were carried out on enemy.
Out of this India had created a powerful force against West Pakistan (Present day Pakistan)and the deployment of the two forces at the start of the war were:
Lahore
🇵🇰: one inf Div
🇮🇳: two divisions (7, 15)
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- 11 AN/APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radars
- 11 Modular Mission Computers (MMC) 7000AH
- 19 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120C-7/C-8 or equivalent missiles
- 28) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs)
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- 11 M61A1 Vulcan Cannons
- 20AIM-9X Block II missiles
- 8 AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs);
- 4 AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units
- 4 AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units
- 24 FMU-139 or FMU-152 fuze systems
1. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, HI (U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters) 2. Naval Base Kitsap, WA 3. Naval Station Everett, WA 4. Naval Base San Diego and Naval Base
Coronado, CA (U.S. Third Fleet headquarters)
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5. Naval Station Mayport, FL (U.S. Fourth Fleet headquarters) 6. Naval Submarine Base King’s Bay, GA 7. Naval Base Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary
Base Little Creek, VA (U.S. Fleet Forces Command and U.S. Second Fleet headquarters) 8. Naval Submarine Base New London, CT
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9. Keflavik, Iceland—Expeditionary Maritime Operations Center 10. Naval Station Rota, Spain 11. Naval Support Activity Gaeta, Italy (U.S. Sixth Fleet headquarters) 12. Naval Support Activity, Bahrain (U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters) 13. Lemonnier, Djibouti—Camp Lemonnier
Chinese Companies showcasing their defense products at World Defense Show (#WDS2022), Saudi Arabia
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Eight Chinese companies joined the exhibition, including China Aerospace Long March International Trading Co. (ALIT), China National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corporation, China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation,
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China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd(CSTC), China North Industries Corp. (NORINCO), CETC International Co., Ltd, ELINC China Co.,Ltd (ELINC), Poly Technologies Inc.