Vivek Krishnan
@Viv_Krishnan
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Entrepreneur, CEO of SSS Defence, a new age Defence co , Fund Manager and Blogger on global economics & finance, Ironman triathlete, RT’s, Likes ≠ endorsements
Bengaluru, India
Joined August 2015
Go ahead ! Give it a shot...so started a journey @ SSS Defence to design & make a top quality sniper rifle in India. Kudos to wonderful team. Let’s give our forces many more reasons to be proud of Indian industry. Jai Hind #MakeinIndia @DefProdnIndia
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
India News: SSS Defence, a Bangaluru-based firm has, in a first for an Indian firm, designed and developed two sniper rifles prototypes meant for the armed forces
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China is such a crazy country because you can wake up the number 2 commander in the military, have a massive villa in Beijing's Shunyi District, three mistresses housed in Sanlitun, excited to get the daily brief and to chat shit with the boys, but then end the day
Breaking | China’s No 2 general He Weidong expelled from the Communist Party
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The only PR that’s important is one which screws with the enemy’s morale. Every other PR is short lived
I always say Israel is losing the PR war, but have a read at this...……. Mitch Schneider October 10 at 12:09 PM “I keep hearing that Israel "lost the PR war." And you know what? Fine. Sure. Whatever. The world thinks we're monsters. The UN passed over 30 resolutions
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“The best way to predict the future is to create it”. Super stoked to see doers get ahead in Indian aerospace.
Humbled to have had the opportunity at @IAC2025sydney to unveil reuse of our launch vehicles as a strategy going forward for our missions. This is backed by patents we have recently received in the US, Europe and India and further strengthens our commitment to building original
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Let me clarify….this is not a view against a procurement system. Systems will have to change and lots of circulars have been issued to support Indian made defence systems. However, the remnant of old ideas continue to plague us to the point where it is super easy to agree that
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Lots of good will come out of this set up. Very interesting offence 👏👏👏
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Last 24 hours: Rajnath: "Any action will receive decisive reply that will change Pak's history & geography." Army Chief: "Won't exercise restraint next time. Will erase Pakistan from map." Air Chief: "Pak is moving terror targets, we will hit them wherever." 8pm, @ndtv
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Have no idea who runs this handle. But it’s always fair to have views and counter views. 1. MRAD is a proven weapon. If it’s a direct import, let’s clearly say so. If the same weapon is being assembled in India (in earnest) with Indian components, there is 0 assurance that it’s
@vivdhruv Specs and not sentiment drive such purchases. The MRAD is a proven multi calibre long range platform used by United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and available now with the full ecosystem including barrels quick change kits optics suppressors and support. SSS Defence
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When Dr. Kota says licensed production is not going to solve our problems, it’s best to believe
Dr Kota Harinarayana is an Indian aerospace sector hero. We should listen to him at-least now. https://t.co/LNl825W2od
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In any form or shape, if enacted, this will be one of the worst decisions for defence aatmanirbharta. I shall stand for protectionism in defence any day and with no shame even if others hold up the free markets card. Every military market we have approached to date protects their
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Brilliant 🧵
Tough R&D needs incentives: financial or existential. If not financial, then it soon becomes existential. We have been slaves before, because the other guy had guns while we were comfortable with our swords. Tough R&D doesn't drop from the skies to those who are comfortable.
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This is true in any manufacturing case but the most under rated and a super critical element of defence production. Process IP matters and is a key differentiator that’ll hold up over cycles. The true test of defence R&D is “how well can one supply in the most stressed
The toughest R&D in any prod devel is not to build the first product. Bringing the rocket to the launch pad, aircraft to flight line etc. are great achievements, but less than 10% of the R&D. The toughest R&D is building high volumes with high quality.
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In 2025, @sssdefence will be at @Milipol_Paris. Proud to be the first #BorninBharat infantry systems company displaying our fully indigenous systems in a premier foreign military & law enforcement expo. We signify the success of #MakeInIndia and also it’s potential for defence
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Might as well tell indigenous design and manufacturing co’s “Africa is your market”
Behold friends. We have Aatmanirbhar FDI in Defence. Why beat around the bush? Just say the govt is just not interested in an indigenous MIC. Govt likely to recognise foreign defence companies’ local arms as 'Indian vendors' in defence procurement.
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Couldn’t have said it better
@Viv_Krishnan Pushing two retention pins to put together to mate the upper and lower now classifies as local production...
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What a joke ! I can state with 100% assurance that the rifles are being imported. Barrett isn’t the type to make a small qty outside of the US.
Maharashtra’s elite commando unit " Force One" to procure US-made Barrett Multi-role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifles
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The original post was contentious. The retort was a wasted one & showed contempt for those who try and make a good living in India. It’s past the time when we ask NRI’s to come and do something productive in India. Those who stay back aren’t inferior and neither are they more
Off the mark. People who have lived outside India will desperately try to avoid returning to India because of the desperately poor QoL in Indian cities. I spent a year trying this myself in 2021 in Hyderabad. All I got was pollution, irregular electricity, shitty roads, and
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We are setting a new standard for Bharat ! Excited to reveal the @sssdefence Raptor in 300 Blackout (7.62x35). Entirely designed, developed and manufactured in Bharat, the Raptor embodies lethality, reliability, ergonomics, modularity and signature reduction. We designed our
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Hell yeah ! Too many guys hate to do the difficult stuff. Worse still, too many folks are willing to accept and believe in the myth that imports and screwdrivered stuff will get us across the line quick and we’ll have another generation correct the faults. Can’t speak for many
There’s an irony. We keep hearing speeches about reducing imports, but orders still go to those importing ready systems and doing screwdriver assembly. This may look like progress, but for the future of the country it’s not. True self-reliance only comes when you can design,
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https://t.co/3btoQA5wyP Between 2017 and 2025, one constant for us at @sssdefence is evolution. Two inviolable tenets that we followed 1.The customer should be at the centre of product development 2. Failure is inevitable and has to be welcomed. What we do with data points on
theweek.in
In the 2024 All India Police Commando Competition, a National Security Guard team with SSS’s Saber sniper rifle won first place, beating teams that used imported rifles. SSS now imports to three...
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