Why in the News?
The Ministry of Defence has released the Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap 2025 (TPCR-2025), a 15-year blueprint for military preparedness and modernization.
About Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR-2025):
- Overview: A strategic modernization blueprint released by the Ministry of Defence to guide India’s Armed Forces for the next 10–15 years.
- Scope: Covers tri-services for multi-domain operations across land, sea, air, cyber, and space.
- Industry Role: Provides clear requirements to defence industry, MSMEs, and start-ups to focus R&D, manufacturing, and innovation.
- Policy Alignment: Linked to Atmanirbhar Bharat, reducing import dependence and strengthening indigenous production.
- Objective: Ensure forces remain technologically competitive, prepared for emerging threats, and resilient in a dynamic security environment.
Key Features of TPCR-2025:
- Nuclear & CBRN Preparedness: Strengthening nuclear command systems, survivability infrastructure, radiation detection, decontamination units, unmanned CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) vehicles.
- Drones & Unmanned Systems: Development of stealth drones (range 1,500 km, altitude 60,000 ft), AI-enabled loitering munitions, anti-drone EW bubbles.
- Electronic & Cyber Warfare: Deployment of advanced jammers, EW payloads, info-dominance systems, and readiness for cyber and space warfare.
- Service Modernization:
- Army: New tanks, light tanks, UAV-launched PGMs, electromagnetic weapons.
- Navy: New destroyers, corvettes, mine vessels, nuclear-powered warships, third aircraft carrier.
- Air Force: Stratospheric airships, long-range cruise missiles, hardened PGMs.
- Implementation: Regular industry–services consultations, engagement with MSMEs and start-ups, periodic updates.
Significance:
- Serves as a capability roadmap for long-term defence planning.
- Strengthens domestic defence ecosystem.
- Ensures future combat readiness in multi-domain operations.
| [UPSC 2020] In India, why are some nuclear reactors kept under “IAEA safeguards” while others are not?
Options: (a) Some use uranium and others use thorium (b) Some use imported uranium and others use domestic supplies (c) Some are operated by foreign enterprises and others are operated by domestic enterprises (d) Some are State-owned and others are privately owned * |
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