So Vikrant is officially commissioned to fight blind then? Haven't they still not yet installed the radars?
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You sure that that is the actual photo at commissioning? 13 years of construction and a big commissioning ceremony, and INS Vikrant is still not finished?
Commissioning in the Indian military seems to be a meaningless term. It has no radar installed, no arrestor wires, the deck hasn't even been fully surfaced. Never mind the fact they haven't even decided what plane to use on it.
Just like it was launched three times, I bet the Vikrant will be commissioned multiple times. It joins other prestigious Indian projects like the Tejas and Arjun tank that are commissioned only on paper to serve the egos of India's cyber warriors.
I'm sure that video is wrong. Wasn't the steel for the hull imported from Russia because the Indian steeel wasn't the right type?
Photo of Modi on Vikrant at commissioning -
Yeah... that AESA housing is looking pretty bare still. What's that they have covering it, pieces of sheet metal or canvas?
The plan is to install the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR there if I'm not mistaken -
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NGL, the island has a nostalgic feel. When the carrier retires, the island should be stripped and repurposed as a dosai restaurant. The balcony will be reserved for the higher caste.
You have a good point, but they make it very hard by inundating the internet with videos like this.
India can't create the same problem as China did to the USSR purely because of geography.
The biggest threat from India comes from its nuclear weapons. As primitive as they are Japan, Taiwan, or South Korea can't cause the deaths of tens or hundreds of thousands of people.
I don't
Also india dies have supersonic missile which can carries nukes and they are in talk with russia to jointly devlop hypersonic missile too .
I don't think that large scale war can occur between them and india is not a signatory of NPT ,CTBT ,so expect that India won't hesitate to use nuke as well as large scale war in Himalaya would be very difficult to both side and if anybody might blow a nuke on Himalaya then catastrophe would occur to both side.
Also india dies have supersonic missile which can carries nukes and they are in talk with russia to jointly devlop hypersonic missile too .
Tejas Mk2 project has been approved by Modi cabinet
In addition to 300+ million that got approved earlier it will get an additional 800+ million, for a total of around 1.12 billion USD.
Personally, I think it's a ridiculous waste of money. Building a brand new F-16 class fighter that will likely only be produced in small numbers after 2030. It'll be way too outdated by the time their units finish training with it. Should be cancelled along with the TEDBF and ORCA
What they should be focusing on is just AMCA + mass producing and localising Tejas. But that would make too much sense for India.
In addition to 300+ million that got approved earlier it will get an additional 800+ million, for a total of around 1.12 billion USD.
Personally, I think it's a ridiculous waste of money. Building a brand new F-16 class fighter that will likely only be produced in small numbers after 2030. It'll be way too outdated by the time their units finish training with it. Should be cancelled along with the TEDBF and ORCA
What they should be focusing on is just AMCA + mass producing and localising Tejas. But that would make too much sense for India.