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IR jammer
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As a future upgrade, I would love to see independent post boost vehicles for each RV like the Yars-M (so even in early midcourse, destroying one MIRV bus doesn't destroy all RVs) and extendable nozzle cones, if it hasn't been employed already.
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The Agni-V Mk2 (Divyastra) is an advanced, MIRV capable iteration of the Agni-V.
Major improvements include replacement of maraging steel first stage casing with one manufactured using carbon composite filament winding, it is India's largest composite casing for now.
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ATAGS based MGS by TASL.
Possibly the turret version for TASL's AAP (hull in pic is IPMV) and the one in the quote is likely BFL's (in a rather limited capacity but it is what it is).
Image cc:@alpha_defense
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⚡️Bharat Forge / KSSL 155mm 52 cal gun on a 4x4 chassis via @chakranewz
- 24 tons
- Aluminium gun carriage
- Autoloader
- 5 rounds / minute
- Fired already, being sent to Balasore for trials
Kalyani raising the bar again.
ALT Thanks to @@dotcom_1106 for the heads up
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⚡️Bharat Forge / KSSL Light Tank via @chakranewz
- First Indian private sector designed tank
- March 2026 rollout, Army trials by Sept 2026
- 105mm gun
- ~25 tons
- Modular, took just 1 year to design
- Amphibious, 2 jets at rear
- Indigenous turret
- Caterpillar engine, RENK transmission both made in India. Rest by Kalyani.
ALT Thanks to @@dotcom_1106
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The new tile architecture has been introduced by an AMPL official in this video by @Defencematrix1.
youtu.be/ofKFSKNW1pY?t=212
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We now have a TRM count of the AMCA radar: 1528 GaN TRMs. This radar will use LRDE's new tile based architecture. However, the new architecture may debut earlier with the Su30MKI's VIruspaksha radar instead, which is being progressed using both architectures simultaneously.
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There is a new version of the LCA AF Mk2 radar antenna. While the profile of the antenna housing likely remains the same, the addition of 14 new QTRMs takes the TRM count to 968, up from 912. This increase may have required the use of GaN TRMs over GaAs.
nitter.cf/DefSysCI/status/185416…
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DRDO-LRDE's airborne radars can be categorized based on the architectures being used. The plank architecture (Uttam) supports dipole antennas. The newer, more compact tile architecture (Virupaksha) can house high bandwidth Vivaldi antennas.
New details are discussed as follows:🧵
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In March 2023, the DAC cleared IAF's proposal for an indigenously design, developed and manufactured Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSOW) to be integrated on the Su-30MKI.
It has been learned that LRSOW now refers to RudraM-IV, adding to DRDO's range of ground attack missiles.
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P-17B will not cost $1.19 billion per ship.
P-17B is stipulated to be 'more weapon intensive' than P-15B, commenting on exact configuration is not possible at the moment but P-17B can be expected to feature ≥48 cells, including cells for >250km class LRSAM.
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The Vertical Launch Unit (VLU) for the VLSRSAM will undergo major design changes.
Instead of a single plenum uptake chamber (PUC) duct for all 8 missile canister, there will now be four smaller PUC ducts with twin hatch doors.
There are changes to the overall dimensions as well.
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The Indian Navy will witness a significant increase in the number of VLS cells across its fleet in the next 6 years. The table below includes major warships ordered/under construction for the Indian Navy.
The Indian Navy's fleet will add more than 600 cells to it's fleet by 2030.
