There will be a FCAS because there is a Rafale. There is a Rafale because there was a Mirage.
If there is no MCA, there will be no AMCA.
Whether India joins FCAS or not, India's own development must be uncompromised, steady and continuous.
Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) was successfully flight tested from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on 15th June 2026.
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DRDO successfully conducted the flight-test of the indigenously developed Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM. The missile achieved all mission objectives, validating critical technologies and demonstrating India’s growing long-range precision strike capability
As Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi's tenure comes to a close, the Indian Army looks fundamentally different, with 50,000 drones, new combat formations, indigenous supply chains, multi-domain doctrine. Legacy will be "drone general" who worked on building uturistic army
While Hal has demonstrated optional manned capability with OMCa and developed Cats Warrior for ground testing and a second prototype for flight trials, even the new Space Research and Technology is working on the Abhay CCA platform, it would be foolish to call it basic.
After the successfull development of PHASE-1 & PHASE-2 of BMD, we are entering into the PHASE-3 which is being developed by @DRDO_India to counter the Next Gen Hypersonic Threats .
PHASE-3 will have two Interceptor/ Kill Vehicle(KV)
> AD-AH
>AD-AM
The whole coverage of BMD which consists
> PHASE-1
> PHASE-2
> ASAT
With PHASE-3 in future we have have even more layered defence sheild against Hypersonics, Gilde Vehicles and MIRVs
Phase 2 of India’s Ballistic Missile Defence shield BMD completed
The Phase 3, which has been initiated by the DRDO, will see the development of two new interceptor missiles, which are internally called AD-AH and AD-AM.
Between these two, you can cover the entire cruise missile spectrum, from subsonic to transonic cruise missiles.
Land attack, Air Launched, anti Ship, submarine launched etc
The Indian Air Force deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the An-32 accident at Jorhat, Assam.
Sqn Ldr Prashant Singh, Flt Lt Shubham Kumar, Sgt Jitendra Sharma, Agniveervayu Khemaram Kumawat and Agniveervayu Danish Alam made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
IAF extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and stands firmly with them in this hour of grief.
@DefenceMinIndia@SpokespersonMoD@HQ_IDS_India@adgpi@IndiannavyMedia@indiannavy