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By the way...an observation: Armenia has spent over $400 million over the last couple months purchasing weapons in India alone ($250 million for MBRLs, ATGMs and now this $155 million). That's over half of their entire defence budget (about ~$750 million). I don't know what else they're buying...

It appears previous reports were slightly incorrect...the item being sold is not the Bharat-52 155mm, 52-cal towed howitzer, but instead its the MaRG 155-BR, a 155mm 39-cal self-propelled howitzer mounted on 4x4 high mobility vehicle. https://www.kssl.in/our-business-artillery

Rumor has it the customer is Saudi Arabia

Kalyani Group has secured a $155 million contract to export its Bharat-52 howitzer (155mm, 52-cal) to an undisclosed foreign customer. The numbers are believed (not yet confirmed) to be in the region of 50-75 units based on the typical price of a 155mm gun...and the customer is speculated to be...

Agnikul Cosmos tests India's first Privately-developed Semi-Cryogenic Engine The hot test was conducted by firing the Agnilet Engine for 15 seconds on November 4 at ISRO's Vertical Test Facility. In Short The test was part of the memorandum signed between ISRO and Agnikul Cosmos The hot...

India's first private sector rocket Vikram-S to launch in November: Here's what we know The mission will be historic, since rockets in the country so far have been the domain of the State-owned Indian Space Research Organisation. In Short Prarambh mission is expected to launch in the second...

For what it's worth, I will say this: If German re-alignment does happen, Turkey will be seen as a natural partner & ally in both economic and defence-related matters.

I take it your view is that Germany would choose the first option i.e. roll over & reorganize its economy into a services-based one, despite all the losses it would bring to the current powers that be in Deutschland. I wouldn't say its not a valid option - it very much is, especially if the...

Some more recent developments which add further context to the evolving situation > https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/german-cabinet-approves-investment-by-chinas-cosco-hamburg-port-terminal-sources-2022-10-26/ And very recently this from Scholz's poorly-timed visit to Xi's China: "...But...

As some of you know, I'm a geopolitics enthusiast and the current era is perhaps the most volatile one in several decades. The Post-WW2 world order may be on its last legs and all bets are off regarding how the next era will shape up. With that in mind, I've taken note of the current state of...

The only IOR country where India has a history of intervening militarily to defend against a foreign attack (in that case, non-state actors like PLOTE) is the Maldives. So that's the safest bet if one wants to guess. Though very similar security arrangements are also likely to be in place with...

The LRMFR - the BMD-capable future radar for Next-Gen surface combatants (NGD & NGF). If these figures are in mm, each of these radar faces/arrays are even larger in size than the AN/SPY-6 The radar has already been installed on the INS Anvesh T&E ship, though no clear photographs are as of...

Bellatrix to set up $76-million ‘Space taxi’, propulsion systems R&D centre near Bengaluru https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bellatrix-to-set-up-76-million-space-taxi-propulsion-systems-rd-centre-factory-near-bengaluru/articleshow/95262148.cms

So AD-1 is capable of intercepting 5,000-km class missiles? Note that the range/altitude figures of AD-1 are still unknown...may as well be exo-atmosphere capable.

This is 18 years ago. Undoubtedly meant for Phase-1 tech demos as I said, not Phase-2.

L&T SOV400 midget sub

2 year old thread but still extremely relevant regarding the Phase-II BMD program, of which the XSV-1 (aka PDV Mk-2) ASAT is also a part due to technology overlap: Note that one of the slides mentioning an older iteration of ASAT design uses an Agni-1/2 solid booster to achieve an altitude of...

You sure? The Phase-I BMD (AAD) had Ka-band but the new ones seem to be Ku-band (plus they'll now be AESAs obviously).

I don't read too much into Russian propaganda. It's like their claim of Kinzhal being operational & that it was used in combat against Ukraine, which turned out be false claims...