There is a higher chance that we will be having dedicated BMD vessels in form of NGD.
As new missiles are starting to come alive, the UVLS will also slowly start taking shape.
Yes very much. Remember that survey ship launched last year? This was in the making for a pretty longtime. The very first BMD idea was to have it on land and also sea. Next stage is space based laser BMD mounted on RLV.
The ship is surely INS Anvesh. One thing which is left is , was it fired from SLS or from VLS?
Just imagine, a single NGD will be capable of carrying all 4 types of BMD missiles - AAD, PDV, AD-1 and AD-2. Providing absolute defence against any incoming missile be it SRBM, MRBM and IRBM.
IMO, A41 has only SLS no VLS. The 4 tubes at the end are most probably the exhaust tubes.
No, it's only endo-atmospheric. An exo capability needs to be added, followed by a basic mid-course capability.
We will achieve Aster-equivalent capabilities once minimum exo capabilities are also demonstrated, ie, about 50-80Km altitude.
I guess bigger ships are the need of the hour for BMD.
If its a dedicated sea bsed BMD like Japan then both goes in imo, but it will be several/many years from now till that happens.
Not sure how much related it could be, but there is a civil works tender, finally its work coming on.
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Seems @Fatalis sir will have wish come true in next 2 years 
work started for the hardstand for firing at Junput as well.
work started for the hardstand for firing at Junput as well. 