Articles By Prof Prodyut Das

A Commentary on the Tejas Programme (based on the DRDO’s recent book-...

A Commentary on the Tejas Programme (based on the DRDO’s recent book-...

By: Prof Prodyut Das | Date: 24 Aug , 2022

Several years ago, Air Marshal Rajkumar (PR) and Mr. Srikanth (BRS) had written a smaller book with a similar sounding name. Though the present book “Radiance in the Indian skies: The Tejas...

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Creating An Indian Weapons Industry

Creating An Indian Weapons Industry

By: Prof Prodyut Das | Issue: Vol. 33.4 Oct-Dec 2018 | Date: 04 Mar , 2019

The monopoly of the West over the production of all industrial goods a hundred years ago has been taken over by Far Eastern countries such as China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan who have offered...

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Creating an Indian Weapons Industry: The Total Matrix Approach

Creating an Indian Weapons Industry: The Total Matrix Approach

By: Prof Prodyut Das | Issue: Vol. 32.2 Apr-Jun 2017 | Date: 12 Aug , 2017

The present “Fire and Forget” style of weapons development has not worked and will not work in a hundred years. The development of weapons independence will need the active and sustained...

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Developing Stealth Technology: Lessons from the US XST/F117 Programme

Developing Stealth Technology: Lessons from the US XST/F117 Programme

By: Prof Prodyut Das | Issue: Vol. 32.1 Jan-Mar 2017 | Date: 15 Feb , 2017

Rene Descartes (1596-1650 AD) had observed, “If you begin with certainties, you will end up in doubts but if you are content to begin with doubts, you will end up in certainties”. The...

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