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No confirmation yet but I'm hearing the approval was for 8 corvettes instead of 7 as previously thought. Combined with the 6 x NGMVs this should give us 14 multipurpose corvettes of roughly 2500/3000-ton displacement equipped with SSMs, Torpedoes, SAMs & APARs.

In a significant move, the defence ministry on Monday approved the procurement of military equipment and platforms worth Rs 76,390 crore ($9.82 billion) from domestic industries. The procurement proposals were approved by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath...

One more floating dock on the way - currently have 2 in service

So the slash to 57 was fake news? https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/iaf-to-vault-multi-role-fighter-aircraft-program-under-buy-global-make-india-114-aircraft-in-the-pipeline-intact/2548146/

It's sarcasm bro...after the news that Astra was overweight by 50kg. "Flameless, thrustless" propellent is the key. Mihir Shah is a master of this art.

Wise choice - the Chinook can perform 90% of roles the CH-53K can, at a fraction of the cost.

A local production line for mere 57 jets is financially non-viable. The new tender is dead before its born. I only hope this means we'll end up going for a Govt-to-Govt deal for 57 more Rafales (F4 variant) and call it a day. Rest of the requirement will be met by Tejas Mk-2s.

I'll offer my thoughts on a more broad answer "how to counter stealth aircraft". Surveillance Long-wavelength radars have historically never had much of a fundamental problem with detecting LO/VLO aircraft - the only aircraft that can reliably defeat these radars are the likes of B-2 Spirit...

SSS Defence's own take on the AR-15 platform: Seen here fitted with Vortex Optics UH-1 holosight & a Tonbo Imaging EK thermal imager combo

the Dry Kaveri (non-afterburning) variant intended for large UCAVs

The effect of sanctions is often overstated to the extreme. Even if sanctions do occur at some point in the future, it doesn't mean all US hardware drops dead like a fly. Even after CAATSA, the upkeep of F-16s for the Turkish air force hasn't stopped. Iran had been under sanctions for 40 years...

Slides from a Boeing presentation recently... Interesting that MQ-25 and US-Australian MQ-28 'Ghost Bat' seem to be among the offers. Always thought MQ-25 would be a 'natural' offer to India eventually considering the STOBAR carriers...would rather use a drone instead of a fighter for...

3rd P-17A FFG

Will be similar to the Kalaat Beni Abbes sold to Algeria

NASM-SR test fired for first time

This shows a certain disconnect with reality. A coherent state is always capable of posing a far greater threat to another country than an incoherent state riddled with civil war. I would argue its in India's interest to devolve Pakistan to a state of civil war, as that would totally eradicate...

Human-rated version of S200 solid rocket booster, called HS200 has been tested: The S200 is the 3rd largest SRB in the world after the Space Shuttle's boosters & that of Ariane 5, and is the largest in Asia.