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India's 1,000th Homemade T-90 Tank Rolls Off Production Line

1 source · first reported 28d ago

India's Heavy Vehicles Factory rolled out the 1,000th T-90 Bhishma main battle tank, marking the completion of a production run that began with Russian blueprints and foreign components two decades ago.

Why it matters

This milestone highlights India's progress in indigenizing its defense capabilities, with the T-90 tank now being roughly 80% Indian-made.

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