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Vikrant is out at sea with a Western Fleet carrier group!

I was just editing the post LOL. Read now. Yes - Fincantieri is a consultant and it's very apparent that it's a DDX-based design, there's quite some changes though. Currently the plan seems to be for 5 ships.

Interesting tid bits from this promotional video of Next-Generation Combat Management System (ostensibly intended for NGD and NGF programs): Could this be a conceptual render of the 10,000-13,000 ton NGD, unofficially known as the Project-18 DDG? Few observations: This is definitely...

Technical glitch in the core stage - launch postponed by one day to 23 October. Pics of the 36 sats encapsulated in the nose fairing:

Some more new pics:

New pics dropped from induction event: And a cool video:

First Pinaka export: Private companies to lead from front India's first export of the indigenous Pinaka multi barrel rocket launchers (MBRL) will see private sector companies leading from the front, with the bulk of the order to be executed by industry partners that have established production...

The government-to-government contract, valued at about Rs 2,000 cr, is learnt to have been signed earlier this month. Supplies to be fast-tracked according to Armenia's requirement. SNEHESH ALEX PHILIP 29 September, 2022 03:12 pm IST Pinaka MLRS system New Delhi: Armenia has signed a contract...

Indian Navy press release Two Diving Support Vessels (Nistar and Nipun) being built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Visakhapatnam were launched on 22 September 2022 by Mrs. Kala Hari Kumar, in presence of Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff who presided over the ceremony as Chief Guest. VAdm...

So is South Korea...but when the time came to obtain tech the Americans weren't willing to share i.e. missiles, they went to Russia of all countries for assistance. (KMSAM is a modified 9M96E and Hyunmoo-2 is a modified Iskander-E...the same tech tree has now spawned SK's submarine-launched...

As I said, if at all there is cooperation in the nuclear weapons field, it will not be in terms of supply of material - Japan has enough of that. It would be in terms of offering infrastructure for off-site cold testing. The Japanese public is not likely to be okay with testing close to cities...

My comments: While the terms 'counter-strike' and 'counter-value' are invariably linked to nuclear weapons in any other context, it appears that at least so far the Japanese are only hinting at a conventional long-range strike capability with cruise missiles. The procurement in question is...

New Delhi: Sending a strong signal to China, India Tuesday said that it would support Japan’s plan to acquire counter-strike missiles as part of security and defence cooperation between the two countries. The development came at the second round of the 2+2 ministerial meeting Thursday held in...

The production of TRMs may yet be subcontracted to Astra. But the final integrator of the radar is definitely going to be HAL - they beat out BEL for the contract.

Some of the UTTAM's modes of operation revealed for public: Uttam has over 16 different types of operational modes and the radar can operate in multiple modes simultaneously by changing modes pulse-to-pulse which gives the pilot exceptional situational awareness and mission flexibility. 1...

On 26 August 2022, the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) formally completed transfer of technology (ToT) for the production of the Uttam active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the presence of the senior leadership of the Indian...

First of all, the article is a news item that dealt with matters of fact - it doesn't tell you whether to be proud or not. The fact that it even implied pride was your assumption. -- On a different note, the article does signify a lot...Not because of surpassing the UK in nominal terms, but...

So how are we supposed to fix that without increasing public spending? How do we increase public spending without increasing tax base? How do we increase tax base if the goods & services produced in country don't increase?