The top 4 most powerful Made In India weapons at 2020

With the strength of over 1.4 million active personnel the Indian Armed Forces is the world's second-largest military force next to China and has the world's fourth-largest defence budget. Today in this post we are going to review the 4 most powerful weapons of Indian Armed Forces at present.

BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land and can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads.

It is the fastest supersonic cruise missile and the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation. The missile is equipped with stealth technology designed to make it less visible to radar and other detection methods.

BrahMos claims it has the capability of attacking surface targets by flying as low as five meters thereby making it extremely difficult for enemy radar to detect.

Currently the indian army deployed its BrahMos regiments in Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh. The air-launched and naval versions of BrahMos are already operational and are in active service.

Agni Missile Series

The Agni missiles are long range, nuclear weapons capable surface to surface ballistic missiles.

The Agni missile series has a operational range varying from 700 km to 8.000+ km.

The latest MIRV capaple Agni 6 which has a operational range of 10.000+ km is under development.

Kolkata Class Destroyer

The Kolkata class  are a class of stealth guided missile destroyers constructed for the Indian Navy  and are the largest destroyers to be operated by the Indian Navy.

These are the first stealth destroyers being built by India and marked a significant development in India's shipbuilding technology. The ships would incorporate modern weapons and sensors, and will have an advanced information warfare suite and an auxiliary control system with a sophisticated power distribution architecture, and modular crew quarters.

The class have a length of 163 m and total displacement 7.400 tonnes. The supersonic BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles are the primary offensive armament of the Kolkata class. The ship's main air-defence armament is composed of four eight-cell vertical launching systems allowing for up to thirty-two Barak 8 air defence missiles.

Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme

The Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Programme is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi-layered ballistic missile defence system to protect India from ballistic missile attacks.

Introduced in light of the ballistic missile threat from mainly Pakistan as well as from China, it is a double-tiered system consisting of two land and sea-based interceptor missiles, namely the Prithvi Air Defence  missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence missile for lower altitude interception.

The two-tiered shield should be able to intercept any incoming missile launched from 5.000 kilometres away. India became the fourth country to have successfully developed an anti-ballistic missile system after United States, Russia and Israel. China became the 5th country to do so.

The countries of the South China Sea area prepare for a Naval War

Escalating tensions in the South China Sea has resulted in several countries in that region to strengthen their naval capabilities, as demonstrated by some facts:

In May 2019, Philippine Navy announced its plans to buy 25-30 warships including destroyers to modernize and increase its existing fleet by 2030.

In December 2019, China announced its plans to build two guided-missile Type 055 and Type 052D destroyers that will be ready for battle service by 2021.

In January 2020, China presented its first fourth-generation guided-missile destroyer "Nanchang" intended be used as aircraft carrier escort.

In March 2020, Japan announced its plans to build its second Maya class destroyer that will be equipped with the Aegis defense system and will exhibit ballistic missile defense capability. The first Maya class destroyer was launched in 2019 and it is expected to be commissioned in a few months.

In May 2020, Australia also concluded its Air Warfare Destroyer program by commissioning the Hobart Class guided missile Aegis capable HMAS Sydney V destroyer. Australia is expected to purchase defense systems and other technological support worth billions to support the upgradation of the latest fleet.

Indian Navy has under construction four 7300 tons destroyers at Mazagon Docks in Mumbai, and the Indian government has signed a deal to acquire advanced sensor and weapon systems package for nearly USD 800 million to arm these under-construction warships.

Some other small nations with limited capabilities in shipbuilding are purchasing destroyers from other markets such as China, Europe, Japan, South Korea or United States.

Indian sub tragedy blamed on mishandling of Russian-made missiles

The recent disastrous submarine explosion in India which killed 18 Indian sailors was caused by Russian-made Klub missiles inside the vessel, according to the Indian newspaper Mumbai Mirror, citing sources from the Indian Navy.

According to the report, the crew placed the Klub anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles into two designated chambers, each containing missiles. While the first chamber was successfully loaded, two missiles in the second missile chamber were misplaced, causing an electric short circuit that triggered the accidental launch of one missile which hit the bulkhead and exploded.