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What everyone has said pretty much. MiG-29K now.... ...and the TEDBF when its ready.

Ok so I'm hearing that the technology demonstration efforts under the HSTDV program have more or less concluded, or at least reached a point where development of 2 new weapon systems has started: a ground-launched & an air-launched hypersonic cruise missile system with air-breathing Scramjet...

MoD has confirmed that Indian Navy will be dispatching a 4-ship task force on a two-month deployment to the South China Sea. The task force will participate in various exercises including Malabar-2021 off Guam with allies & friendly countries in the Chinese neighbourhood. The earmarked vessels...

The INS Vikrant, the first aircraft carrier designed & built in India, sets out for her sea trials. The 45,000-ton STOBAR ship powered by four General Electric gas turbines was developed under Project-71 designation, and was known as IAC-1 before being officially named INS Vikrant, in...

A collage of new-generation surface-to-air systems developed by India's DRDO (not to scale): From left to right: AAD - Endo-atmospheric ABM with max ~30km apogee. First tested 2007, development complete. PDV - Exo-atmospheric ABM with max ~150km apogee. First tested 2014, development...

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HAL Rudra

Later on, other points of view (backed up by good sources) have emerged that the intention was always for 2 x smaller boats with 4 silos and 2 x larger boats with 8 silos. Will have to be seen, but it's also highly possible that the new infrastructure at SBC Vizag may indeed be for the S-4...

Part-3: Regarding the size & scope of Indian CASD arsenal, and the compulsion for converting Arihants into SSGNs Here you go regarding '***' Considering India does not have stockpiles of hundreds & hundreds of nukes, we might not even have the number it would be needed to simultaneously arm...

Part-2: Regarding the possible use of the SSNs in a land-attack role as SSGNs Regarding the use of VLS system to launch SLCMs from the Alphas - I don't think they will go down that way. Allow me to explain my point of view. In the 2030s, when the S-5 SSBNs start becoming available for carrying...

I will start off by posting excerpts from an interesting conversation I had a while ago regarding the various concerned programs, I'll be adding various links & pictures that weren't originally part of the convo in order to add more context for a forum audience. For better intake of info in a...

Use this thread to post all news, updates & discussions regarding the various nuclear submarine programs of the Indian Navy, including: Arihant-class SSBN S-4* SSBN S5-class SSBN Project-75A/Project-76 SSN Past & future leased Russian SSNs @Nilgiri @Cabatli_53 @T-123456 @Vergennes @Kartal1...

Note the improvement to the exhaust system made to reduce IR signature. Earlier prototypes (TD-1,2,3) had their exhaust directing gases to the rear (like most helos do), but masking this would require heavy IR blocker kit (like Apache uses) and every kg of unneeded weight affects performance...

Two makes of thermal imagers were seen on Indian 716s in recent times, both indigenous: RAJAK TI by Tata Advanced Systems (TAS): ARJUN LR-X7 by Tonbo Imaging:

A 716 being tested with a new magnifier developed at Ordnance Factory Dehradun

Some pics of the new 716s in service ^^ Helmet-mounted Arjun-H thermal imager from Tonbo Imaging