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The navy chief said it is proceeding recently. But likely we will only hear more news on it sometime in 2023.

One correction here, a republic was not founded till 1956 (well after Jinnah died) and it was not secular given the (heavily Islamist) objectives resolution that had passed in the draft assembly. That was large part of why the 1956 constitution declared Pakistan to be an "Islamic republic" and...

https://www.businessworld.in/article/American-MQ9B-combat-drones-set-to-be-assembled-in-India/20-12-2022-458834/ Tri-service procurement of world’s most advanced drones leveraged for transfer of niche technologies to DRDO, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar tells Vishal Thapar in an...

https://www.ndtv.com/business/tata-groups-big-leap-in-the-semiconductor-industry-3605086 The salt-to-steel conglomerate intends to invest US$90 billion (about ₹ 7,452 billion) in the semiconductor industry across the group companies over the next five years. It plans to foray into advanced chip...

Similar to CPEC with Pakistan (supposed to cover 45 - 60 billion USD long term) ....These are all "Memorandums of understanding" (MOU) i.e worth the paper they are signed on for now.... and "lets see how it goes" etc. and essentially promissory + good vibes notes. Different to actual committed...

So much for the Yuan-oil blah blah.... CCP got nothing there and damaged relations with Iran at same time.

https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/good-news-for-india-vietnam-as-apple-suppliers-accelerate-buildup-outside-china-analysts-71671442607955.html...

Will have to do better than a decimation (technically). A decimation is just 1 in 10. Taiwan will have to find a way to sense and interdict a large majority of Chinese vessels to make landing attempts as painful as possible. i.e any landings have to be like Dieppe. PLA cannot be allowed to...

Yes broadly the biggest influences regarding shipyard investments etc were (post independence): 50s- 60s British (inertia from British Raj era) 60s - 90s Soviet and Russian (especially close cooperation promoted by folks like Admiral Sergey Gorshkov, especially after Indo-USSR strategic...

Yes there are various less optimal trajectories available depending on sea state, weather etc.... these will be chosen before launch. Radars have to pay attention to weather as well :P

Broadest current number of various (pre-service) stages of IN vessels launched/under-construction/fitting-out/sea-trial etc: SSBN (Arihant) - 3 SSK (Kalvari) - 2 Destroyer (Vizag) - 2 Frigate (Nilgiri) - 7 Frigate (Talwar) - 4 Corvette (ASW-SWC) - 9 Survey Vessels (GRSE) - 4 Multi purpose...

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ins-mormugao-launch-today-5-things-to-know-about-guided-missile-destroyer-ship-11671344484658.html INS Mormugao launch today. 5 things to know about guided missile destroyer ship 1 min read . Updated: 18 Dec 2022, 12:39 PM IST A historic day for the Indian...

Maybe @Gessler knows more about it. Last I heard it was being field tested.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/india-test-fires-agni-v-ballistic-missile-8326983/ INDIA on Thursday carried out a successful night time flight test of the long-range surface-to-surface Nuclear Capable Ballistic missile, Agni-5 amidst increased tension with China following the...

Yes the basis of the terminal stage kinematics are similar to yakhont/oniks: https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-n-26/ When approaching the target, the missile descends to a 10 – 15 m altitude to avoid detection. At low/terminal altitudes, the missile’s maximum speed is 680m/s (Mach 2)...