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Applies to all helmets (and even BPJs) when talking about rifle calibre rounds. That said, Patka is made of steel. ACH is made of Kevlar i.e. the stuff Soft Armor Panels (SAPs) on vests are made from. Kevlar invariably cannot stop rifle rounds. The most that ACH is advertised as being able to...

It doesn't quite work like that. Attack helos are designed to counter Heavy Armour i.e. main battle tanks & armoured formations. Not other attack helos. If anything is to prompt IAF/IA into expanding orders, it would be a surge in numbers & quality of PA MBTs.

While the Patkas do not offer very good trauma protection, they do stop 7.62x39 Ball better than the ACH can. And that's the primary reason why several operators, on an individual level, prefer to keep using the Patkas. The Patka's level of ballistic protection can only possibly be afforded by...

India's MKU seems to be the supplier for the new high-cut combat helmets of the Singapore Army, replacing their old PASGT-pattern ones. Same company supplies ACH-pattern helmets for the Indian Army, among other recent customers (3rd pic). It's unclear if Singapore army's Load-Bearing System...

India & France to co-develop new turboshaft engine, possibly for IMRH. Have to wonder if this won't be a version of the new Aneto-1K (2,500shp, 1,860kW) engine, like Shakti was a version of Ardiden...

Thanks to Aditya_G

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Broadly speaking, Mk-2 will have these improvements over Mk-1/Mk-1A: Higher thrust class engine Overall a bigger, heavier aircraft Canards Significantly higher fuel & payload capacity & MTOW, plus more hardpoints Internal IRST GaN AESA radar Panoramic cockpit with single wide-angle MFD Flight...

As this is a developing story of significant importance, I've started a new thread to compile the various reports & images. After a while this thread will be merged into the existing Nuclear submarine thread. For a long while, there were reports & speculations that the last 2 of the 4 x...

"Arihant Stretch" class is indeed real. That means either 8 x long-range SLBMs (K4/K5) or up to 24 x medium-range ones (K15). :love:

Brilliant thread by Indranil Roy: Reproducing here: LCA Mk2’s nose cone is smaller in length (~10%) and diameter (~10%) than Mk1s even though it will house a more powerful radar and internal IRST. In this thread, I want to show you how this is ONLY possible by build, learn, repeat. Instead...

Agnikul is teasing big time...

There is quite a callous disregard shown by the author of this piece toward the distinction between nuclear-armed & nuclear-powered vessels - and of what exactly construes "nuclear arms" as per his definition. HI Sutton made a pretty brief but excellent infographic in response to many such...

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If I'm not wrong the 035B is a slightly more modernized version of the Ming-class compared to the 035G which Bangladesh received.

Continuing the steady modernization of India’s missile arsenal, both conventional and nuclear-tipped, the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) conducted on Wednesday the maiden launch of an indigenous, new-generation, surface-to-surface missile called “Pralay.” DRDO officials are categorically...

Who said anything about Pralay being submarine launched? It's not. It's a land based missile designed to replace Prithvi.

Getting reports that the first test of new 500-km SRBM "Pralay" was conducted today. More details awaited... @Nilgiri @Zapper anything?

Now on we go with the Stage-3 of India's nuclear power program. The Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) is the main proposed reactor for the 3rd stage of the program. The AHWR is an advanced fuel cycle reactor compliant to Generation III+ safety standards using fuel clusters comprising of...

--While the topic has been briefly covered before, this two-part article, written by @Gautam offers a more in-depth look at the program, accompanied by great diagrams & pictures, and slightly edited by me-- India' 3 stage nuclear power program has been the object of my fascination for long. A...