DRDO will
begin trials of Made-in-India towed artillery in June but Army still has
‘concerns’
Confirmatory desert trials of the indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with private firms Bharat Forge and TATA Power SED, will begin in June.
After the summer trials this year, orders can be placed in
the industry, following which the system will become operational in the armed
forces.
Validation trials at high altitude areas, including mobility
trials in hilly and mountainous terrain have been completed.
Army is supposed to have a different kinds of artillery,
including the towed system, which is meant to be a 155mm into 52 caliber.
With the global procurement plans for a towed gun faltering
despite multiple attempts, the project for ATAGS was rolled out by the DRDO
around 2010.
ATAGS, which is being developed by the DRDO with the two
private firms, fired for the first time in a fully integrated model in 2016.
IS China’s Air Defense System HQ-9 Inferior to Russia’s S-400
?
China has been procuring various Soviet-designed defense
system like S-400 or S-300s and developed an updated version of those, which is
less capable than provided by the original Russian product.
The National Interest reported that the Chinese industry
doesn't really have a "bottleneck" or a specific part that is known
to be inferior relative to the Russian product.
The HQ-9 is China's primary long-range domestic surface-to-air
missile. Outwardly, it seems similar to the S-300, using large flat face radars
and a large missile that vertically launches out of a canister.
But since the Sino-Soviet split in the 19 fifties, China
didn't receive that much assistance in surface-to-air missile development from
the Soviet Union.
The current acquisition of S-400s in 2018 probably will
contribute further towards the development of the HQ-9.
As a result of these developments, many variants of the HQ-9
have been developed. The HQ-9A was the first major deployed upgrade, which
added additional anti-ballistic capability through improved electronics.
The HQ-9B is said to improve range, possibly out to around
250 or even 300 kilometers. The HQ-9 is said to have been deployed to islands
on the South China Sea.
How Russia’s Top Nuclear Submarines End Up Sailing for India
?
A somewhat unusual arrangement, India’s willingness to
lease—rather than procure or import outright— submarine technology from Russia
has clear precedent in recent history.
In the latest instance of long-standing military cooperation
between Moscow and New Delhi, India is set to rent additional Russian
nuclear-powered attack submarines as a stepping stone on its path to acquiring
an indigenous nuclear submarine force.
With the Chakra II lease set to expire in several years,
India has rented yet another Akula-class vessel. Dubbed the Chakra III, the
Akula submarine will be transferred to India by 2025 as part of a $3 billion
contract.
The deal includes the refurbishment of the submarine with
Indian sensors and communications components. From what little has been
publicly revealed, it appears that this latest contract imposes few
restrictions on what the Indian navy is allowed to do with the Chakra III.
Though its primary purpose is likely as a testbed to
facilitate India’s plans to indigenously produce six nuclear attack submarines,
it remains to be seen if the Chakra III will be used in the ongoing China-India
tensions in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
A Stealth Variant of the Chinese Z-20 Blackhawk clone is now
available in concept model format
The Z 20 has been promoted as a replacement for the People’s
Liberation Army’s 35 year old Black Hawks used on the Tibetan Plateau and the
Russian-built KA28 helicopters which provide air cover for warships.
The Z 20 – developed by Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, a
subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) – made its maiden
flight in 2013 and entered service last year.
The multi role Z-20 had two Chinese made turboshaft engines,
a fly-by-wire electronic flight control system, and could operate at night and
in poor weather.
This aircraft has good usability for both plains and
plateaus, with wide compatibility so that the basic platform can be refitted
for other tasks.
Despite similarities in appearance with American Black Hawks,
the Z-20 has Chinese developed lift, transmission, flight control, and avionics
systems, and China thinks it should not be regarded as a copy of the US
machine.
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