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It seems the total amount of Rupee-equivalent currency offloaded from vostro accounts by buying engineering goods was $4 bn. Nothing to indicate it was all 'arms'. Seems like a sensationalist title. Could also be industrial equipment that is often classified as dual-use i.e. explosives for...

I think at the core of is the Chinese belief that they hold the key of initiating any hostilities, that therefore they can choose the time & place as well as who to fight. Right now, they're not wrong about that, thanks to the fact that the SCS region remain incredibly important to the global...

Makes sense from a US perspective. The facilities in SCS/Singapore are simply too close to the action and liable to be attacked/degraded in the event of a kinetic war between US & China. Having repair & logistics facilities in India can be a nice insurance as attacking them would mean drawing...

Good news: The highest-selling model for 2 months straight has been from an Indian company, finally dethroning Suzuki & Hyundai from the mass market top spot. All thanks to the Tata Punch

New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet has made operational deployments of three of its ships in the South China Sea, a region where Beijing has territorial disputes with its neighbours. INS Delhi, a guided missile destroyer is accompanied by the INS Shakti, a fleet tanker, and INS Kiltan...

New 310-meter building dock at CSL shaping up (left)...larger carriers in the future will be built here; should be able to hold PANG-sized ships: The old dock on the right was where the Vikrant (262-meter) was built.

'SMART' standoff ASW missile tested again: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2019266

Interesting... https://x.com/rajatpTOI/status/1781164593102065880 So as per this the firepower element of the Integrated Rocket Forces will be chiefly based around four platforms: 1) BrahMos Block-II/Block-III/ER -- 290 to 800 km range; Ramjet 2) Nirbhay/ITCM/LRLACM -- 1000 km range...

Looks like Tata Electronics is already preparing plans to upgrade their Dholera fab to 14 nm node in a few years: https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-tata-electronics-prepares-ground-for-high-end-chips-3465109/

No, I think it has a different meaning in Hindi/Sanskrit. Yes.

The Mobile GCP is capable of incorporating inputs from any sensor - as long as you have a network that can transmit the inputs to the GCP via datalink/satellite. India has that system. I'm not well-versed regarding what the Philippines has. But the fact that they are spending the money on a...

Well, I have no information on that, sorry. There's no public timeline on road to full-scale production yet. Even if there was, it was unlikely to have been adhered to, so there's that.

I'm saying what's the need to ask me for my assumption on the status of the program?

What's the need to assume anything? When it completes testing & enters service, they'll announce it.

Nirbhay tested again - with indigenous STFE 'Manik' turbofan engine.

This is HUGE! @Nilgiri Tata Electronics inks deal with Tesla for semiconductor chips ahead of Elon Musk India visit: Report US EV automaker Tesla has signed a strategic deal with Tata Electronics to acquire semiconductor chips for its worldwide operations, according to a report by The...

Also, as per this report the number of Mk-2 models has been increased from 106 to ~200! Just as well....we're gonna be needing a whole lot of 4.5 gen single-engine planes if we want to approach any conflict with a high sortie rate throughout. All those flashy Rafales, MKI-Upgrades & AMCAs are...

Yes - it was pretty evident for a while for those following the news. Just waiting for the official announcement. Considering that the Giga Mexico seems to have been put on the back burner, it's possible this would become only the 3rd place outside the US to host a Gigafactory after Shanghai &...

S4 aka Arihant Stretch

Another thing I'm noticing just now... The length of the missile compartment has significantly increased in the new model. This was the old one: ...compared to the new one, where the compartment is now going almost all the way to the tail section: Assuming the old model had 12 x missile...