The missiles in this photo looks a bit out of place. Can anyone confirm if this is genuine.

I think those are poorly constructed dummy missiles.

What is the tower on the left?. little bit odd.. looks like a control tower we find in airports.

It is an ATC tower.

She is looking nice here. Pics c/o SNaik BRF.

So it is possible as Pipavav does not have any design capablity (AFAIK). So the design has to come from someone else.
btw, what chance do you see for a PSU shipyard giving away their new bread-n-butter P-28 design to a competitor from the Private sector?

No PSU shipyard owns any of the major military ship designs. They are all owned by the naval design bureau.

In any case, Pipava does have some sort of joint production agreement with one of the PSU shipyards (forgot which one).

from the article:

i thought that the next IAC was due to be named INS Vishal, no? and i thought it was currently only in the planning phase, but the article mentions that construction on it started last year, what?

anyone know the real deal?

yep, the article is false here as well. IAC 2 design has not even been finalized yet. Construction will begin only after IAC 1 undergoes sea trials.

Fighters A/C usually take the limelight, but this thing is remarkable pieces of equipment.

PS: Why wasn’t the Ka-52 not in the Indian competition with the Mi-28 & AH-64?

Maybe cuz the Ka-52 doesnt have a main cannon turret.

http://idp.justthe80.com/air-force-projects/helicopters/attack-helicopters-for-iaf#TOC-Qualitative-Requirements

The IAF wants these gunships to be highly-agile, have good armor protection and a 20mm caliber turret gun, as also be capable of firing 70mm rockets with a 1.2-km range and missiles with at least 7-km range.

Maybe the IN will get some of these for its LHDs (either Ka-52s or the LCHs).

I read this thread for its comedy value… 😀

Is that round protrusion under the rear end of the plane a radar?

If thats for rear end coverage, guess that would be a sub-optimal design.

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Nice pic / catch.