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    Breakthrough sciences and technologies

    ITER Fusion Reactor Project - Who builds what
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    India Navy Frigates

    INS Tabar (F44), a Talwar-class frigate of Indian Navy departs the Port of Naples after conclusion of exercises along with Antonio Marceglia (F597), a FREMM/Carlo Bergamini-class frigate of the Italian Navy. Also, note that the Russian TK-25E-5 electronic support measures system on the Tabar has...
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    Space A Brief History of Indian Orbital Rockets

    Wait for Part-2!
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    Space A Brief History of Indian Orbital Rockets

    NOTE: In this compilation I'm only going to mention orbital-rated launch vehicles, as such any sub-orbital launchers/sounding rockets will not be mentioned. I'm going to divide this into two parts. The first part will cover the history up till this point, the second part will talk about where...
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    India Missiles and Guided Munitions

    There is nothing at all to suggest Dhanush is capable of, or ever intended, to target ships. Or land for that matter if speaking of intention. SRBMs of this type are effective against air bases, ports & major infrastructure only when launched in salvos of AT LEAST 5-10 missiles, taking into...
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    India Coffee House

    Thank you!
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    India Missiles and Guided Munitions

    To expand further on this, till now the peak of RV/Kill Vehicle maneuvering technology from DRDO was seen on the PDV anti-ballistic missile originally tested for the first time in 2014 (and the XSV-1 aka PDV Mk-2 ASAT weapon tested in 2019), and that relied entirely on an advanced DACS system...
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    India Navy Indian Navy

    I had posted a similar list in another forum, I've made some modifications since and am posting one here as well. I've put together a pretty realistic/conservative estimate of the Indian Navy's warship & submarine plans for the next 2 decades. NOTE: Only those projects that are known...
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    India Navy Nuclear Submarines (SSBN & SSN)

    I don't think this was posted in the thread before, so doing it now. Artwork credit: H.I. Sutton @ Navalnews.com
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    India Navy Destroyers

    Some pics of the Kolkata-class DDG from my collection.
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    India Missiles and Guided Munitions

    We've had MaRV since Agni-2 in the 90s. There's two ways to maneuver the re-entry vehicle. a) use of control fins (older method, used on Agni-2 and still used on most Pakistani BMs) b) use of Divert & Attitude Control System (DACS) thrusters (newer method, used on Indian BMs from Agni-3...

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