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INS Vikrant & INS Vikramaditya at Naval Base Karwar on the Western Coast

More info: https://www.business-standard.com/markets/capital-market-news/aerolloy-technologies-secures-order-from-blue-origin-126010900598_1.html https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/a93ec4c8-be83-4bea-8fd2-69d256569cf1.pdf I've had my eye on PTC and its subsidiaries for...

I'm firmly of the opinion that nuclear testing is going to resume, globally, sooner than later. Not just US, but everyone. Russia didn't withdraw from CTBT for no reason either. Some parts of the US Govt seem to believe China was testing as recently as 2020. India will see any such resumption...

Some recent SOF pics from my collection: Para SF operator somewhere in the Kashmir Valley, with a IWI Tavor TAR-21 rifle w/ Mepro MOR reflex optic/laser combo & pressure pad-operated flashlight. Note the TASL RAJAK I-222B binocular night vision goggles (PVS-31A license-manufactured by Tata...

Great news! What's even more amazing is this bit in the report: "The ATVP has already begun construction of the first two units of the S5 SSBNs" That means the S5 class will indeed be built in the existing dry dock at SBC Vizag (the same one that built the Arihant-class boats), whereas the...

New, larger drydock seems to be pretty much complete!

18% Good if it holds...that would be a lower tariff than any major ASEAN state (19%), Bangladesh (20%), Vietnam (20%) or Pakistan (19%). Major competitive advantage for exporters of labour-intensive sectors like textiles, leather goods etc. Businesses in Pakistan in particular cannot be happy...

From the rehearsal a few days ago:

Size of the Block-2 when fully extended in orbit:

I believe this was identified to be ECS condensate. Seems to be dumping fuel:

2.4m diameter - this thing is huge! Thicker than Trident-II D5, Bulava and even M51. Most definitely ICBM-ranged with ~3 ton MIRVed payload as shown in that old chart.

Amazing photos of the LVM3-M5 launch by Dheeraj Khandelwal -

There's apparently a cool stream with lots of close-up shots of the launch tower, unfortunately it's only available for the live visitors' gallery. Wish they streamed it on Youtube:

Snaps:

Okay so the missile in the second quoted post is Dhvani with a booster section, more details on that: And about other HGV configurations as well: