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No, can't even find it. Strange.

Did they actually test it? IIRC, they just unveiled it - all the testing so far concerned only the solid motors & the only liquid one to be tested was the orbit-adjustment motors.

AUKUS is primarily a technology-sharing group with the single-point agenda of bringing the nascent Australian military capabilities up to par, in order to ensure Australia (or any future government of theirs) doesn't buckle under Chinese pressure, which was actually a distinct possibility...

Agni-6 is basically "Agni-5 Perfected". Yes, A5 covers our currently required range envelope, but only with unitary warheads. Even this supposed MIRV test* is likely to only allow reduced-range. We need A6 if we want to throw any kind of decent MIRV payload (like 6 x 500kg) over that same...

1 Arihant-class SSBN is operational (conducted first deterrence patrol in 2018), another is In the water awaiting commissioning, and the 3rd (bigger one) is being fitted out. A 4th is presumably under construction. No SSNs yet though - but a program for them (along with a future class of...

Pretty comprehensive look at the roles surrounding the two ships (INS Dhruv & INS Anvesh), which together comprise the DRDO Floating Test Range. Thanks to Other Forum-PK aka GODOFPARADOXES on Twitter. In addition, the INS Dhruv can independently work as a telemetry ship for non-BMD related...

6 new AEW aircraft (Netra Mk-2 mounted on Airbus A319/20/21 platform) have also been cleared.

Like I said: "I've arbitrarily drawn the line between major & minor combatant at 3,000T purely based on displacement (indicative of range/endurance/mission), otherwise some of the Minors here have more teeth than some Majors." Another factor which determined why I'm drawing it at 3k tons is...

I made a post on here a while back about the same: https://defencehub.live/threads/indian-navy-general-archive.93/page-8#post-92038 But I have now updated the 2 x MRSV to 4 in keeping with updated requirements. Here's the list as it stands: I've put together a pretty realistic/conservative...

During sea trials last month...

The Indian Navy's new 11,300-ton technology demonstration vessel INS Anvesh is reportedly out at sea (officially, sea trials haven't started yet). The large dual-face radar housing can be seen behind the superstructure: And the missile compartments behind that: This ship will supposedly...

Any 7.62x51 platform will have considerably higher recoil than IA's existing 5.56 INSAS staple. But among 7.62x51/.308 platforms, an AR-10 platform like the SIG 716 will actually have significantly milder recoil impulse compared to types like SLR - thanks to the buffer mechanism. Obviously, IA...

Last month, HAL had placed a $716 million order for 99 x F404-GE-IN20 afterburning turbofan engines from General Electric of US. This order goes toward fulfilling the $6 billion contract HAL received from the IAF earlier this year for 83 Tejas Mk-1A multirole fighters. The "IN20" is the...

NP-1 with a Navy Hawk AJT

Obviously, but I'm not telling you what we SHOULD be buying and for who - I'm telling you what we ARE buying and for who, as per the sources available. Why we are doing this? If I have to take a guess, like I said it could be us giving the Russians a biscuit and hopefully avoid buying a larger...

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That's what I thought but multiple sources are adamant that they are for IAF (including Neeraj Rajput who I trust). While the actual number of IAF personnel who use a rifle in day-to-day work is low, the armouries are likely to stock enough rifles for most personnel in case of need. The IAF has...

Netra AEW&C system of IAF: Indian-developed AESA early warning radar mounted on Embraer EMB-145I jet platform. Configured & modified by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS).

Perhaps, but unlikely to be the defining need. This is important for carriers that launch fighters as they may have to respond rapidly in order to intercept incoming threats. But large-scale vertical lift is almost never done spontaneously, even for HADR it all happens in a well thought-out...