being a bare minimum in this age and time is being tauted as ;FUTURISTIC; now ? kinda reminds me of the infamous line said by Orville Wright on his deathbed "
What a Dream it was...what a Nightmare it has become..." (on aviation and its consequences as a mean of warfare)
all that integrated comms and portable mission computer et al are absent here, oh and less said about those tactical plus protective gear is...
this is quite disappointing to look at, but giving to our current situation it's also a bitter truth that this is above that level and ;have to be; approved-appreciated
INSAS word itself seems to be cursed now lol everything even remotely associated with it gets dragged down, i'd suggest MoD to consult a good jyotish to suggest some auspicious names to our defense programs maybe that way they'll see light of the day...Atal ji renamed LCA as ;Tejas; and it is touching the skies with glory, albeit late but still...Someone named it ;Arjun; and it's still under perpetual dilemma of whether to fight or not and might require a ;Saarthi ammunition resupply vehicle; of its own to get going {pun here don't take it seriously} oh and ;Karna MBT;
forgot its own worth in a decisive fight against import lobby ;BHIM SPH; given a heavy dose of poision by same import lobby and is under coma now...
to all the newbies here i'd suggest you all to do labour of going through this old thread on original F-INSAS to get an idea about basics -
https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/f-insas-futuristic-infantry-soldier-as-a-system.446/