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> Hasn't South Korea's CVX been cancelled? > The Project-23000 is a bit of a pie in the sky. Hasn't been approved/funded and likely never will be. > India's future carrier plans are...a bit undecided right now. The Navy certainly wants a 3rd carrier but right now there's no confirmation as to...

Reactor End Shield built by L&T for Kaiga Units 5 & 6 (IPHWR-700 reactors):

World's oldest operating nuclear units back on India's grid Friday, 19 June 2026 Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), image from a NPCIL video Tarapur 1 and 2 are BWR units commissioned at the site in Maharashtra in 1969 as India's first commercial nuclear power plant. Built by GE on a...

Reliance Jio eyes India's own satellite broadband network Reliance Jio is evaluating the development of a sovereign low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation for India as it looks to expand connectivity to remote parts of the country, Reliance Jio Chairman Akash Ambani said at Reliance...

Somebody on Twitter spotted an LRMFR housing/enclosure (probably awaiting the radar panels themselves?) at the Near Field Test Range (NFTR), Kolar. I think this is our first look at what the outer protective shell/radome of the LRMFR would look like:

The NLCA takes off from INS Vikramaditya with 62-63 kN thrust. Thanks to member "Choice_of_inevitability" on another forum for the find. I missed seeing this video back when it was released in 2020:

Seems a new system is getting close to launch testing. The shape (wider booster section that tapers into a slimmer upper stage) resembles the VEDA satellite launch vehicle, which we know has been under development: But GODOFPARADOXES indicates this is "P-32", which was previously...

White House released full text of the MoU The points summarised are as follows: 1. The U.S. and Iran, and their allies in the current war, by signing this MoU, declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on...

It appears the booster rocket has changed design: Earlier booster: Additionally, it seems the latest launch was conducted from an actual sealed canister instead of the skeleton-frame launcher used for earlier tests. Operationally, it would be deployed in canisters so that's progress. This...

Video of recent launch, I'm guessing this was AD-2: You're welcome! Here's also a nice write-up by Snehesh Alex Philip regarding the BMD program in general, in light of the recent tests...

They tested 3 different missiles over a 48-hour period! NASM-MR, a longer-ranged member of the new NASM family. Unlike the short 55 km-ranged NASM-SR which is entirely rocket-powered, the NASM-MR has an air-breathing turbofan (believed to be a scaled-down version of the STFE Manik developed for...

Sweden's view of a next-gen fighter is probably a much closer fit for Germany's requirements than the Dassault-led design. But whether that can result in a successful JV or not remains to be seen. Personally, I feel Germany will dilly-dally for longer yet...especially as they are set to receive...

Knowing what we know now (confirmation of ~10K tons, VLS & what not), I think it might be worth it to take a second look at this design that NSTL was testing a while ago: Overall configuration appears to be quite similar to the Virginia-class (sail-forward design, crossform rudder, pumpjet).

Far as I know, this is the first public look at our Harop launchers, mounted on a Tata LPTA 8x8 truck: Enhanced version as the original is very low-res:

Apparently, the Army/MoD are working on a 3rd batch order for an additional 300 K-9T self-propelled howitzers. https://newsable.asianetnews.com/india/indian-army-plans-23000-crore-deal-for-additional-300-k9-vajra-guns-biggest-artillery-procurement-decades-articleshow-n0b9pgg Alpha Defence...

I feel they'll prefer to diversify in order to create back-ups. The Govt/IAF has already expressed an interest in both FCAS & GCAP. Right now there's too many unknowns regarding the AMCA Mk2 (with NG engine), so expecting to create a 6th gen out of that without any Plan B would be quite risky...

Well, that has happened. https://www.twz.com/air/franco-german-future-fighter-effort-collapses-over-irreconcilable-differences Now time to see what this means for India's interest in the program. For starters, carrier-spec airframe and nuclear-hardened electronics will be a-okay for IAF/IN...

Update on the NSTL's Large Cavitation Tunnel (LCT) project: Now that "international technical collaboration" has been confirmed, we need to take a second look at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's 2024 visit to the William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) at the US Navy's Surface...

AMCA model spotted at the ORANGE facility near Hyderabad, sourced via Twitter/X (Apple Maps image of May 2026): ORANGE is the Open-Range RCS Test Facility located just north of the Air Force Academy outside Hyderabad, southern India: It's outfitted somewhat similarly to Skunk Works'...

Thought I should follow this up now that there have been some updates. My previous guesstimate was right - South Korea is indeed going for LEU (usually meaning 5-7% enriched, but can be upto 20%) for their SSN program...