Indian Sonar and Torpedo developments

randomradio said:
I think you should read again. I said we do not know what's part of the collaboration and that DRDO already has a pumpjet program.

As for Shakti, you mean a program that apparently ended 10 years ago by your claim, but was tested by the IN only last year? :rolleyes:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1667036821426151424

Also, MMRCA is still around, only under a different name.
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This is varunastra 🤦‍♂️. Shakti was a separate program.
 
randomradio said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1742501763008327971
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randomradio said:
I think you should read again. I said we do not know what's part of the collaboration and that DRDO already has a pumpjet program.

As for Shakti, you mean a program that apparently ended 10 years ago by your claim, but was tested by the IN only last year? :rolleyes:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1667036821426151424

Also, MMRCA is still around, only under a different name.
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This is the sub-launched version of the Varunastra called EHWT now renamed Takshak. (improved battery, higher speed and other tweaks iirc)
 
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Ashwin said:
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What your snippet talks about is a program before Shakti torpedo, and Shakti is the weapon that was to be pursued if the old pumpjet design worked as intended. It's like if HSTDV worked, we will make a weapon using it, but if it failed, we would go back to the drawing board.

So the old pumpjet TD ended, replaced by a new program in 2018. But the Shakti torpedo itself still exists. The issue is they made the mistake of naming a TD project "Shakti" instead of some forlorn abbreviation like HSTDV or SFDR.

In any case, going back to the earlier claim, foreign collaboration is not expected through direct import, we want to refine our own tech. The indigenization expectation is 95-97% for SSNs, so it's obvious we are looking at a domestic project.
 
randomradio said:
What your snippet talks about is a program before Shakti torpedo, and Shakti is the weapon that was to be pursued if the old pumpjet design worked as intended. It's like if HSTDV worked, we will make a weapon using it, but if it failed, we would go back to the drawing board.

So the old pumpjet TD ended, replaced by a new program in 2018. But the Shakti torpedo itself still exists. The issue is they made the mistake of naming a TD project "Shakti" instead of some forlorn abbreviation like HSTDV or SFDR.
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Any reference to your claims?

Speedster1 said:
This is the sub-launched version of the Varunastra called EHWT now renamed Takshak. (improved battery, higher speed and other tweaks iirc)
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Not sure abut this. EHWT is a clean sheet design. Sub Varunastra will be ready soon, its less ambitious. cc @marich01
 
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Ashwin said:
Any reference to your claims?
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The issue with TDs is it's difficult to get such data on the Internet. But you can see previous examples like Astra and Nirbhay. Astra went through 3 design phases, the first 2 became TDs. And Nirbhay transitioned to ITCM and LR-LACM. So DRDO stopped naming TDs and started using abbreviations, with names coming in later. Shakti is from the same era as Astra and Nirbhay. DRDO also made another change, where they will showcase technologies only after the TD phase has progressed sufficiently or has completed.
 
Gautam said:
Short range torpedo defence system or maybe some king pf UUV:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1854442404889370716

https://twitter.com/x/status/1854464146462429394

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Altair recently got an order for ASW practice targets from the IN. This could be it.

www.google.com

Pune-based start-up to supply 840 anti-submarine warfare training targets to Navy

The expendable mobile training targets will be supplied in less than nine months, says COO of Altair Infrasec
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