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Centre for Defence Research and Development (CDRD) is a Sri Lankan Research and Development (R&D) institute under the Ministry of Defence responsible for the development technology for the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. The CDRD cooperates with various branches of the military as well as other entities and is engaged in the development of both ...
Sri Lanka Armed Forces: Member of: National Security Council: Reports to: President of Sri Lanka Minister of Defence: Seat: Office of the Chief of Defence Staff, Block No. 5, BMICH, Bauddhaloka mawatha, Colombo 7: Appointer: The President: Term length: Term of two years. An officer serving as the CDS shall be eligible to be re-appointed for one ...
The National Defence College, located in Colombo, is the defence service training institute and highest seat of strategic learning for officers of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Sri Lanka Police and the Public Services.
Defence.lk is the official web portal of the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka. At the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War it was the Sri Lanka's 7th most viewed web site, with an average daily hit rate of over 8.8 million in May, 2009.
Sri Lanka: Branch/service Sri Lanka Army: Years of service: 1971–2009: Rank: Field Marshal: Unit: Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment: Commands: Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni Commander of the Army Chief of the Defence Staff: Battles/wars: Sri Lankan Civil War, Insurrection 1987–89: Awards
The First Battle of Elephant Pass (Codenamed Operation Aakaya Kadal Veli, which means 'Air-Sea-Air' by LTTE) was fought in July 1991 for the control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass, which was of strategic importance as it linked the northern mainland known as Wanni with the Jaffna Peninsula.
The highest level of military headquarters is the Ministry of Defence, since 1978 except for a few rare occasions the president retained the portfolio defence, thus being the minister of defence. The ministry and the armed forces have been controlled by the during these periods by either a minister of state, deputy minister for defence, and of ...
Ministry of External Affairs and Defence; Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping (briefly Ministry of Highways and Investment Promotion) Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Ministry of Productivity Promotion; Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development