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    India Navy Corvettes

    INS Pralaya, a Veer-class (Tarantul) missile boat - pics released today by the Navy. Appears to be significantly upgraded with an Israeli EL/M-2238 STAR multi-purpose air & surface search radar in addition to a BEL Lynx U1 fire control radar. ASuW armament comprises of 16 x Kh35 "Switchblade"...
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    India Navy Indian Navy

    Official graphic of the class, 110-meter 3,300-ton: The original INS Sandhayak: 88-meter, 1,930-ton class (this hull was decommissioned in June '21) -
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    India Navy SSK Submarines

    The L&T SOV400 special operations midget sub has been shown again - at the EDEX 2021 expo in Egypt:
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    Featured Historical contract for the acquisition of 80 Rafale F4 by the United Arab Emirates

    The second batch of Rafales for IAF (perhaps 36 more) are likely to happen regardless of any other deal. We don't know which version they could be (more of the same F3R, F4.1 or perhaps F4.2, with all ISEs obviously which seem lacking on other export Rafales). But the price will come down...
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    Featured Historical contract for the acquisition of 80 Rafale F4 by the United Arab Emirates

    Nice - I still remember the days when everyone was buying Typhoon left right & centre and Rafale was internationally ignored. But now the tables are turned. Have to hand it to the French for sticking with it and developing the platform into a truly advanced & mature system. For example, Typhoon...
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    India Navy Aircraft Carriers

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    India Helicopter Programs

    The aircraft in question: ALH Dhruv Mk-3 MR Dornier Do-228 (license built by HAL) - SAR variant pictured
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    Navy Taiwan Lays Keel Of New IDS Submarine For ROC Navy

    A very good article on the matter of Taiwan's submarine program, and on the cooperation its receiving by its friends (and China's potential enemies): https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/taiwan-china-submarines/ "Taipei’s chief foreign weapons supplier, the United States, has...
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    India Air-Force Indian Air Force

    The various "India-Specific Enhancements" or ISEs that were contracted in the Rafale deal will begin being carried out on IAF's fleet starting January 2022. About 13 of them are publicly available to list: Radio Altimeter height measurement increased from 10,000 feet to 15,000 feet Radar...
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    India Navy Destroyers

    INS Kolkata exercises with FS Chevalier Paul (Horizon-class)
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    India Indian Automobile Industry: News & Updates

    Royal Enfield revealed their SG650 bobber concept at EICMA-21 - This is a beaut :love: Plus the 120th Anniversary editions of the Interceptor & Continental GT 650s:
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    India Indian Automobile Industry: News & Updates

    I think Indian companies (Tata & Mahindra) have more or less cracked the Global NCAP for good: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/auto/news/mahindra-xuv700-scores-5-star-in-crash-test/articleshow/87626390.cms
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    India HAL Tejas Program

    NLCA Pic credit: Deb Rana
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    India Navy Future of the Indian Navy: Combatant Fleet Composition

    Thanks! As of the Gowind, like @Nilgiri said it's only a placeholder for now - given the actual design of NGC is not yet public, I just chose whatever seemed to be the most logical (to me). Why choose a foreign design? I'd say the compulsions are similar as to why the US went with Fincantieri's...
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    India Navy Destroyers

    For some reason, Indian media calls all Indian ships since P-17 Shivalik (as well as the Talwar-class) as stealth - its laughable. Yes they all have some degree of design built to induce deflection of radar but that in of itself can hardly make them stealth! If these are stealth, then what are...
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    India Navy Future of the Indian Navy: Combatant Fleet Composition

    It's a hypothetical but it doesn't reflect reality of their ORBAT. How would it be okay for the SSF to leave its critical operational roles for both defense of Chinese mainland & offense against SCS navies (plus possible US involvement) and sail into a near-permanent IOR deployment? The...
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    India Navy Future of the Indian Navy: Combatant Fleet Composition

    No problem. @Nilgiri is your guy. Yes but where? The IN has no intention of challenging or fighting PLAN inside the SCS, at least not alone. The force design is mostly for ensuring security of the IOR region and preventing PLAN from using the region against Indian interests in war time. No...

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