General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian Drone for the Indian Armed Forces
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So it's confirmed. We're getting SDB. This is the third US bomb we've acquired in recent years, after the WCMD submunitions dispenser and more recently, JDAMs. iirc the IAF also wants a longer range missile than Hellfire for stand-off attacks which is supposedly still under development.
Wonder if the US would allow the integration of Indian munitions like Helina or ULPGM?
Wonder if the US would allow the integration of Indian munitions like Helina or ULPGM?
India's first of 31 MQ-9B UAVs set for delivery in 3-4 years
India is taking a major leap in drone warfare capabilities with the approval from its Cabinet Committee on Security [CCS] to acquire 31 MQ-9B Reaper drones.
bulgarianmilitary.com
The first delivery is stated to be 2028. Lot of waiting as usual. Hope to see Indian UAV systems having similar capability in the next decade. Let's see what happens.
There was talk of integrating JDAMs on LCA, no clue where we are on that, but the SDB family is far more desirable.
SIPRI shows that JDAMs are under negotiation/on order for the LCA. We really are buying an eclectic mix of munitions even as a range of indigenous ones is starting to come online!
I don't think they have been ordered, or we would have seen a DSCA release about it.
Internet chatter some time back indicated Chinese used EW to take control over our drones in the Eastern sector and forced some to land.
Assuming those reports were true, what could have been the cause? COTS components from China based suppliers?
What are the odds they couldn't do the same to a $30M MQ-9B?
Assuming those reports were true, what could have been the cause? COTS components from China based suppliers?
What are the odds they couldn't do the same to a $30M MQ-9B?
If the Chinese actually undertook something like that they're bigger fools than I thought they were. Who'd ever forewarn the enemy through such measures especially if you're scheduled to fight a war with them ?
Psyops, of course. They probably have other pressure points for use against us during war. We probably have some surprises of our own.
I read as hacking the computers ik n fighters like Su 30 mki.
And Rafale was designed to withstand EMP blast ..
And India wanted hack proof platforms thereafter.
About 5-6 years back, during Parikrama era.
India’s MQ-9B buy from the US caps fruitless push for homemade drone
Defense leaders in News Delhi believe their drone needs are too urgent to wait for domestic developments that have yet to mature.
www.defensenews.com
The MQ-9B is a HALE platform whereas the Tapas BH-201 is a MALE platform.India’s MQ-9B buy from the US caps fruitless push for homemade drone
Defense leaders in News Delhi believe their drone needs are too urgent to wait for domestic developments that have yet to mature.
There is a sea of difference between both platforms and their respective capabilities, one cannot replace the other.
Also the number 31 is barely enough for India's ISR requirements and the MQ-9B will be complemented by a cheaper, less capable MALE platform, either of foreign origin/licensed built or Indigenous in greater numbers.
