Vijainder K Thakur

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Vijainder K Thakur is a retired IAF Jaguar pilot. He is also an author, software architect, entrepreneur, and military analyst. Reach out to the author at vkthakur (at) gmail.com

Age of Single-Pilot Stealth Fighters May Be Ending: China’s J-20S, Korea’s KF-21 & Russia’s Su-57D Prove India Was Right With FGFA

The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), which India and Russia once planned to co-develop, was envisioned as a two-seat variant of the Sukhoi Su-57. The...

India’s DRDO Hails Successful Trials of ULPGM-V3 Counter-Drone System Ignoring Key Lessons From Ukraine War: OPED

The Indian MoD on May 19 announced the completion of development trials of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 (ULPGM-V3) in air-to-ground...

India “Pauses” BrahMos-2 Missile Program? 3 Reasons Why Delhi May Be Holding Its Hypersonic Dream: OPED

India's quest for the BrahMos-2 hypersonic cruise missile has come face-to-face with some grim reality checks, and BrahMos Aerospace, which was to develop the...

From Tata WhAP to Vikram VT21: DRDO’s AAP Marks Generational Leap Through Public-Private Collaboration

On April 25, VRDE and Bharat Forge initiated field trials of Advanced Armored Platforms (AAP) — Tracked and Wheeled (Tr & Wh) advanced Infantry...

BrahMos Production Crashes Over 50% Due to Staff Exodus, BrahMos-NG Delays, Report Claims; Will India Lose Its Missile Edge?

Indian news portal NBTOnline (part of Times of India) has reported, based on inputs from “reliable sources,” that the production of BrahMos missiles has...

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Vijainder K Thakur is a retired IAF Jaguar pilot. He is also an author, software architect, entrepreneur, and military analyst. Reach out to the author at vkthakur (at) gmail.com