Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Four months after Operation Sindoor, which showcased the Indian security forces apt planning and measured targets, the Modi Government has now prepared a 15-year roadmap during which India’s armed forces will be transformed through the infusion of billions of dollars and cutting-edge technology. According to a report by NDTV, the roadmap includes the “addition of nuclear-powered warships, next-generation battle tanks, hypersonic missiles, stealth bomber drones, AI-powered weapons, and space-based warfare technology to India’s arsenal.’
As per this report, the Indian Army will induct nearly 1,800 future tanks to replace the Soviet era T-72 fleet, 400 light tanks for mountain warfare, 50,000 tank-mounted anti-tank guided missiles, and over 700 robotic counter-IED systems. Similarly, the Navy will get a new aircraft carrier, 10 next-generation frigates, 7 advanced corvettes, and 4 landing dock platforms.
“Nuclear propulsion for warships has been greenlit, as well as electromagnetic aircraft launch systems,” the report claimed. The Air Force will also acquire 75 high-altitude pseudo-satellites, 150 stealth bomber drones, hundreds of precision-guided munitions, and over 100 remotely piloted aircraft.
This roadmap is being seen as a major and bold step to enhance India’s security warfare apparatus, which includes AI, space warfare and other critical domains which have become a necessary tool in the present context, given the lessons being learnt from the ongoing wars between Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Gaza and the concluded war between Israel-Iran-America.
