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Depressed trajectory of an Agni? Why is SDRE mijjiles always Depressed hain ji? They must start testing it to its full range flying over the penguins of Antarctica and taking a detour back into the Indian Ocean. It is reasonable to assume that this was Agni-6, if ever there was a nomenclature like ...

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India conducts its maiden test of 'nuclear-capable ICBM' off Odisha coast - ToI

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Depressed trajectory of an Agni?

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India successfully tests long-range hypersonic anti-ship missile off Odisha - ToI India has successfully test-fired a long-range hypersonic anti-ship missile (LR-AShM) off the Odisha coast. The missile, developed by DRDO, accurately struck a designated target at a range of 1,500 km , marking a majo...

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uddu wrote: ↑01 May 2026 08:46. . . then it's another name could be the Electronic Heavy Weight Torpedo Takshak.

Takshak is an upgraded version where both battery and the RLG have been upgraded.

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DRDO ready for Agni 6, awaits Centre's nod - ANI On the development of the Agni-VI ballistic missile, DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat on Thursday said the programme depends on a government decision, adding that the agency is fully prepared to proceed when approval is granted. Speaking at the National S...

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A_Gupta wrote: ↑20 Apr 2026 17:44China battles outbreak of highly contagious African foot-and-mouth disease

https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/caixi ... th-disease

IIRC, there was a similar outbreak just before Chinese Corona too.

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MoD Expected to Approve Dual-Satellite Guided SAAW for Surgical Strikes With EO/IIR Variant Planned Next https://defence.in/threads/mod-expected-to-approve-dual-satellite-guided-saaw-for-surgical-strikes-with-eo-iir-variant-planned-next.17534/ The above report is inaccurate when it comes to EO/IR i...

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^ This is AMOGHA-III and great news, especially if range is 4Kms. This is Top-attack, day & night & with dual seeker (IIR+EO). It had been making steady progress since 2018. By April 2024, DRDO had concluded the trials and was confident. The user evaluation trials followed that. Looks like t...

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// btw China took thorium from South India illegally - maybe the Mao/Commy cabal and DMK included helped. One company did all the damage, VV Minerals. The owner of the company which exported sand from Tutocorin & Kanyakumari districts has accepted that his company "mined 93 lakh metric ton...

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A Fast Breeder Reactor is the highest form of Dravidian ideology of self-sufficiency without any imports of outside fuels, ideas and and dependence. It creates its own future. It allows tamil thorium which was discarded as useless to run the entire country. Disappointed with Vaiko for betraying the...

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Question to Dr Nayarji and Premkumarji and Forum members : Should we invest only in the Quantum Satellite technology or Should it be in parallel development to NAVIC. Have both the systems. Do Mobile compaines and civilian users need to pay for GPS use?? If so a secure and reliable NAVIC will be a ...

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NavIC: India’s “jinxed” navigational program, or a cornerstone of India’s misplaced space priorities? - Ajay Lele, The Space Review India’s NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) is a regional satellite navigation system developed to provide accurate positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) ...

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Lisa wrote: ↑24 Feb 2026 01:37 I am so happy to read, if true,

NHPC steps up Salal Dam desilting in Chenab to reclaim lost storage

Don't know if it is being done now.

But, IIRC, it was done already last year, including the opening of the low-level sluice gates to recover lost head.

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'They bombed our civilian compatriots': 'Dozens' killed after Pakistan conducts airstrikes in Afghanistan - ToI Afghanistan said Sunday that “dozens” of people were killed and wounded after Pakistan carried out airstrikes in eastern border provinces, in one of the deadliest recent escalations betwe...

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Indian Navy likely to commission third indigenous N-powered submarine by April-May - ToI India’s sea-based nuclear deterrent will be strengthened soon as the country’s third indigenous Arihant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Aridhaman (designated S4), is likely to be c...

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India moves to stop Ravi waters to Pak as Shahpur Kandi dam nears finish - ToI India is preparing to stop surplus water from the Ravi flowing into Pakistan once the Shahpur Kandi dam on Punjab-J&K border becomes operational , marking a long-awaited shift in use of eastern river waters of Indus ...

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And, China has a huge number & variety of delivery systems that INF Treaty prevented the US from having.

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S_Madhukar wrote: ↑10 Feb 2026 05:25 I would still expect MEA to march up the Chinese ambassador and ask him some pointed questions !

Agreed. That's statecraft and no such opportunity must be lost, especially against our only mortal enemy, China.

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In a first for India, a desi aerospace firm gains in-orbit snooping capability, takes images of ISS - ToI In a giant leap for the Indian space sector, domestic aerospace company Azista Space has demonstrated a new indigenous capability in space by taking images of objects in orbit from another sate...

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T20 World Cup: Pakistan PM confirms no change in India boycott stance Gautam I hope ICC makes this decision expensive for Pakistan. Gautam ji, Pakistan is putting up a show to impress BD and other Muslim countries and it might still buckle in the last minute trying to get the best of both the world...

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The World Bank has no further role to play in the issue. All it could do was to either arrange for a Neutral Expert or a Court of Arbitration. Unfortunately, it has been caught in its own trap when it constituted a CoA for what was clearly an NE's job and then it also constituted an NE too for the s...

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If the CoA goes ahead and gives an ex-parte order which would be against Indian interests, that would end up in dustbin just like what China did in the case of the Indo-China Sea in 2016. IWT is passe and will never be revived, even with a successor state to Pakistan.

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As an aside a few years ago an event of this nature would have led to hundreds of posts, analyses and insights on BR. Now we’re struggling to get half a dozen. Since March 31, 2022, this is only the 149th page. That tells the story by itself. A far cry from those days when a new thread was started ...

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The problem for the Chinese in TSP is that both the Baloch and the TTP hate them viscerally. The Taliban are pressurized by PRC to curtail the TTP attacks on the Chinese. So, the option for TTP is to enable the Baloch.

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What are the weapons being used by the attackers in Balochistan, and where were they procured from? Both Taliban and the TTP could be supplying them with weapons. The Taliban have a huge cache of American weapons left behind when Biden chaotically withdrew in 2021. Don't know what weapons are being...

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/drdo-analyses-chinese-pl-15-missile-astra-ii-will-co-opt-its-advanced-tech-101760751326571.html . . . All these advancements, particularly the radar technology, are being incorporated into India's indigenous Astra missile development programme. Doesn't anyb...

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Just to add to that confirmation by Uddu ji.

DRDO Chief G.Sateesh Reddy said in September 2019 that the range of Astra was being extended. He also said in May 2022 that the missile range will be extended beyond 150 Kms.

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The PSLV-C62 failure marks a setback for India’s space ambitions - Ajay Lele, The Space Review On January 12, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) experienced a setback when its PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission failed to reach the designated orbit. While the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) pe...

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𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻? Each case has a different reason. While Pakistan & BD have once again become the lapdogs of the US, the latter does not want the increasing levels of stoked Islamist extremism from these two countries to hit the US back. They had b...

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Isro sees warning in two consecutive PSLV failures - Chethan Kumar, ToI Any space agency will tell you that every rocket launch comes with anxious moments, no matter what the record is. Yet, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failing twice in consecutive attempts won't be easy for Isro t...

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‘Deviation seen in third-stage': Isro’s PSLV-C62 mission fails A workhorse PSLV suffering two successive 3rd stage failures is unbelievable. The C-61 FAC has not determined the exact cause of that failure yet. SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday said that the PSLV-C...

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Now, launch streaming is stopped.
From the graphics, it appeared that when the 3rd stage ended and the coast phase began, the rocket lost its attitude.
Briefly later, the info display showed that PS4 had ignited.

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India closer to becoming 2nd nation to re-fuel on-orbit satellite - ToI When OrbitAid's 25-kg Ayulsat lifts off aboard Isro's PSLV-C62 Monday, the mission's success will bring India a step closer to becoming the second country in the world to demonstrate on-orbit satellite refuelling , a capability...

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^ China has long held the view that India possesses the nuclear-weapons more for prestige and that it lacked the political stomach to order a nuclear strike if and when the time came.

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Looks like that the C62 mission carries a sensitive payload, EOS-N1. Of course, any 'Earth/Ocean Observation Satellite' can be of dual-purpose use. ISRO simply says 'earth observation satellite for a user'. The ISRO Brochure is totally silent on EOS-N1. There was some info in the brochure of the ear...

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^ That's very true. The Kashmiris were very unhappy with the IWT for they felt that their waters had been robbed.

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Looks like nimble moves are being made by IA based on lessons learnt from Op. Sindoor.

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Thank you, Ashok for the clarification & details. It is exciting to see start-ups doing such things as in-orbit refuelling and on-board processing. Both are at cutting-edge developments today. Best wishes for their success. Once upon a time such ideas would have been frowned upon in Indian space...

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Is this a classified payload?

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