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HAL Dhruv of the Border Security Force (BSF)

They're also pitching it to the IAF, as an alternative for the now-dropped JV with Russia for Il-214 MTA (as An-32RE replacement)

"How long it takes" depends on variables like how much you are prepared to spend, how many qualified nuclear scientists are available, how much working experience they have with nuclear tech, how much new infrastructure you have to build, what level of secrecy you need to follow etc. A country...

It's mutual cooperation. It's not very practical for India to interact with its north-eastern states avoiding Bangladesh, best to transit through instead. Bangladesh on the other hand cannot interact with the wider world via land except through India (or Myanmar with which they have bad...

...number of tank destroyers based on WhAP 8x8 platform cleared is apparently 105 https://www.theigmp.org/2022/06/dac-approved-105-whap-for-indian-army-equipped-with-atgms.html

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...