Indian military planners were always wary of armed drones and never tried to serisly pursue it. Even the MQ 9 drone deal is primarily for survelliance. However, India has doubled down on the armed munitions. AFAIK Indian miliatry planner favour them far more than the armed drones, especially...
India is not a Space behemoth like the USA, EU, Russia, China or even Japan. But we are slowing moving up the ladder. We are now actively working on semi-cryogenic engine(SCE 2000KN) which was successfully tested few weeks back. This engine when after replacing the second stage of GSLV MK3 will...
Key Figures March'23
Operational Routes: 833.028 km
Under Construction on existing Routes: 678.36 km
Planned on existing Routes: 1,273.769 km
Under Construction on New Routes: 185.71 km
Planned on New Routes: 1,163.955 km
We should be able to get to 1700KMs in near future and around 2400KMs...
It's currently under development by Adani, and it is the only way if Mumbai wants to secure its future as a financial hub, since GIFT is fast and upcoming. It may not seem today, but a decade and two later, it can become a rival to Mumbai's financial stronghold. Moreover, Mumbai needs an image...
Russo-Ukraine war has shown that the guided munitions are way to go. Much more effective than any drones while being reasonably cheap. They are also very difficult to counter if used in a swarm attack. Most nation will now focus a lot in these loitering munition in coming years.
We need such building in slums of Mumbai. Imagine if some portion of Dharavi can be exploited for commercial gains with these kind of commercial buildings, while the rest for dense high-rise public housing and Parks.
Of the 31 drones to be procured, 15 would go to the Navy and 8 each to the Army and IAF. Most of the time, these drones will primarily be used for surveillances, but it can also perform anti-ship role for Nave(which is a huge force-multiplier) and land based attacks on non-state actors(for Army...
Not much cooperation between the services. Even the 30 predator we are buying would be split 15/8/8 for Navy, AF and Army respectively. While the Navy makes sense, Army and Navy each having their own squadron don't make any sense. Army will also be getting the 6 Apache, while the 22 rests with...