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Mpdms will be produced by a Pvt company
The project completion date is 24 months
It will have both single Luncher and multi luncher variants
I really hope we create a SPAAG (gun+missile) turret that can be fitted to different chassis rather than importing the BIHO or any other platform. We already have everything developed apart from the MANPAD and the rest just needs to be packaged properly.
 

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Copy paste from BRF . Credit Karan M.

How many programs though from DRDO alone, mind-boggling.

- Akash, Akash Mk1S
- Akash NG
- QRSAM
- SRSAM (same as VL-Astra?)
- MRSAM (IAF), LRSAM (Navy), MRSAM (IA)
- XRSAM (same as PDV/AAD?)
- Program AD (PDV/AAD, now Phase 2 in devpt)
- Astra, Astra Mk2
- SFDR
- VL-Astra
- Nag/PROSPINA
- Helina
- MPATGM
- CLGM (Arjun missile)
- SANT
- NGARM (Rudra M1), Rudra M2/M3 (NGARM body with different seeker types)
- PGHSLD (different bomb types, laser seeker + satnav)
- Garuda/Garuthma glide bombs (wing kits + satnav)
- SAAW
- MPGMs (PGM warheads)/UAV launched missiles
- Pinaka 1, 2 guided
- Pralay (Shourya variant)
- Prahar (AAD redesigned)
- Naval anti-ship missile (desi Penguin/Sea Skua?)
- Nirbhay (Sea/Air/Land)
- Brahmos ER (800km beyond current 450km?)
- Brahmos NG (lightweight, multi-purpose)
-Brahmos hypersonic

This is apart from the strategic programs
Any additions to this list in past two years other than SMART - Supersonic missile assisted Release of Torpedo & Rudram1?
 
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Ya'll Nibbiars

what’s with the negativity? Woke up on wrong side of the bed?

There are already enough professional Dalals in journalism whose only job is to spread negativity daily and ensure that the citizens are never not anxious.

we don’t need to join the negativity bandwagon. keep it factual on SM.

as far as MWF goes, cockpit ergonomics are going to designed in the country, MFD are going to be manufactured within the country, cockpit is going to be manufactured within the country. So where’s the problem?
 

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what’s with the negativity? Woke up on wrong side of the bed?

There are already enough professional Dalals in journalism whose only job is to spread negativity daily and ensure that the citizens are never not anxious.

we don’t need to join the negativity bandwagon. keep it factual on SM.

as far as MWF goes, cockpit ergonomics are going to designed in the country, MFD are going to be manufactured within the country, cockpit is going to be manufactured within the country. So where’s the problem?
Ya’ll Nibbiars lack of trust by our MoD's. And bias against our Products.

Ya'll Nibbiars @ezsasa Nibba I can't directly name the MoD's in the tweets thats why indirect route.
 
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Ya’ll Nibbiars lack of trust by our MoD's. And bias against our Products.

Ya'll Nibbiars @ezsasa Nibba I can't directly name the MoD's in the tweets thats why indirect route.
“Lack of trust by MoD on desi products” is a narrative. On one hand the same MoD is ensuring a percentage of their capex budget dedicated to indigenous products this year, how does that compute with “lack of trust”.

A better approach would be to look at it with weapon system tech as a vertical, in some verticals the country is self sufficient and yet to reach self sufficiency in many.

-there are verticals “MoD” buys nothing but indigenous (strategic missiles, radars, missiles, dumb bombs etc.)
-there are verticals “Mod” buys nothing but foreign because domestic systems are not ready yet, but armed forces can’t wait. (Twin engine fighters, MALE drones)
-there are verticals “MoD” has already earmarked for future dates that they won’t be imported beyond those dates ( negative import list)
-there are verticals “MoD” is funding themselves, so that domestic industry can develop themselves. ( pinaka, QRSAM , drone, anti drone )

Blanket statements can be misleading.
 

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