Beautiful crmc , back end is almost 1360mm with a near 1000mm nozzle system with actuation control, not telling which. Front end can fit perfectly with a pruthvi derived stage system among other stuff. 
Bigger doorway beside is through which they bring these in and out of the room.
(pic; ASL)
Bigger doorway beside is through which they bring these in and out of the room.
(pic; ASL)
With multiple vendors IAF could try more in future or would want a kit to do the existing old bombs ?
Gaurav LRGB tested , there was a long notam for 125km , no doubt tested for 70-80km range at least.
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.......will shred Pakistani army to pieces
Yeah, 248+ 200= 448 total units ordered till now(as per earlier reports, if this 200 order isn't the first one!). This is just the beginning as IAF is mighty impressed with Astra MK1. They'll definitely order more in tranches. Just imagine how much IAF would adore MK2 and MK3 variants
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.......will shred Pakistani army to pieces
Yeah, 248+ 200= 448 total units ordered till now(as per earlier reports, if this 200 order isn't the first one!). This is just the beginning as IAF is mighty impressed with Astra MK1. They'll definitely order more in tranches. Just imagine how much IAF would adore MK2 and MK3 variants
No it's very very less ordered compares to the number of aircrafts it's going to be integrated..
We ordered 500 Mica for 50 mirages for example.
We have integrated with Tejas, Su 30 already with plan to integrate in Every other type.
Definitely need kits for the Russian KAB500/1500 and older bombs in the inventory. The Russians are doing the same.
Astra MK1 is more cost effective than any imported BVR. This order is just the beginning. Eventually we'll order Astra series missiles in thousands.
Indian Air Force approves additional Astra Mk 1 production
Janes is reporting that its indeed addition order for Astra according to their sources. But, what does that mean? files forwarded to DAC?
glide kits are different project, TARA.
Makes sense. Was the PG-HSLD kit just a TD like the Sudarshan LGB or do they plan to induct it?
When Indian and Chinese army was face to face 4 years back and there were possibility of conflict, In my analysis, there were two areas where Chinese had an edge. 1st was long range cruise missile and another was longer range MBRL. If we make 300 km MBRL, we can neutralize one of the advantage which China has over us. If we operationalize ITCM, we can neutralize one more advantage of China to some extent. Our big plus point is Brahmos III steep dive cruise missile and Operationalization of Pralay. These are mountain warfare specific missiles and it gives a disproportionate advantage to us in mountain terrain. we need to neutralize Chinese advantages one by one. We do have Excalibur rounds as well. We can make one Ramjet powered guided cell like Excalibur which can give us a big advantage over our enemy.
Yes Definitely.
Nirbhay is already available in a certain quantity and via multi platform use case. Plus , soon again
Btw I do not see mass use of high end stuff being used too frequently.
For your last part, read this
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Insights Into India's Next-Gen Ramjet Powered 155mm Artillery Shells
WION spoke to Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd), Professor of Practice at IIT Madras, whose team had exhibited the theoretical possibilities ...
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