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The Sri Lanka School of Military Engineering conducts basic and advanced CBRN courses for Army and Navy personnel. Personnel receive local and foreign training from the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The unit was established in 2016 at the SLAF Bandaranayake.The No 49 Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive Wing came into action when a Sri Lankan Airlines aircraft took off from Bandaranike International Airport to repatriate Sri Lankan students from the Chinese province of Wuhan, affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak. [2]
In July 1972 the "Dominion of Ceylon" became the "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" and the Royal Ceylon Navy became the Sri Lanka Navy. The ensign, along with the Flag Officers' flags, were redesigned. The term "Captain of the Navy", introduced in the Navy Act, was changed to "Commander of the Navy", in keeping with the terminology ...
The following tables present the ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Navy.These ranks are similar to Royal Naval officer ranks and the ratings ranks. Sri Lanka does have an Admiral rank, but it is usually only awarded to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) or as an honorary rank; Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda was the only Sri Lankan naval officer to hold a full admiral rank while in active service.
Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport [5] T. B. Ilangaratne: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 July 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping [6] P. B. G. Kalugalla: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism [7] Wimala Kannangara: United National ...
Sri Lanka: Offshore patrol vessels: 1: 330 tons: Former navy ship handed over to coast guard in 2021 [11] Future Offshore patrol vessels (3) VARD 7 085 Sri Lanka: Offshore patrol vessels: 3: 1900 tons: The Sri Lankan cabinet approved a $180 million order for three OPVs built at the Colombo Dockyard to a Vard 7 85 metre design.
Special Boat Squadron troops, during the independence day Parade. The SBS was modeled after the Special Boat Service of the Royal Navy.In its role as a naval special forces unit it takes up a wide variety of operations such as amphibious raids, maritime counter-terrorism, reconnaissance and target indication, combat swimmer missions and small boat operations.
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...