Bharat Rakshak

rajeshks

The option should have been make and induct Mk-I in numbers, perfect it and take that learning to Mk-II. When mk-II production lines starts, sell the second hand mk1s to some Kazhakistan, Indonesia or new African friends - establishing supply chains, international customers etc Simply India dont ha...

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Is that a joke by Mr. Shukla? In the event of a war with China, how are we really going to move the missile by road from Bangalore to the NE? 2000 km by road! But why do you think the missile will be based in "Bangalore only"? Its just an example.. dont read it too 'literally' Moving 200k...

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elta 2052 or an mmr-2 version on mig35 could bring interesting change to this puppy. besides, on the engine, we could ask the klimovs to move over the SC blades in addtion to the BLISK tech they have. our vetrivel team is ready to version 2 for the next candiate, and could be very well the migs if ...

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I have said it in the past and will say it again. The Indian PSU's have a fundamental flaw in the management philosphy. They are more concerned with keeping people happy then producing results. They discorage risktaking, and encorage status quoe. ITI, Air India, Ashoka Hotels, BHEL, ONGC, Indian Oi...

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OK what makes the Stryker better than the BMP and what makes both suitable for the mountains that have no manoeuvre space? True it maybe cheap, but is the soldiers lives also cheap? The light tanks (unless there is something light and equally good as MBT protection) are dead meat in a plains warfar...

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sure enough.. all this natak is for price reduction and enabling competition, so that russkies and frenchies knows there is a always a gripen out there or a typhoon will strike if they don't play their trumph well. all in all, we are now keeping the race very competitive, untill some thing really g...

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Here is a great way to narrow down the MRCA contest, conduct a series of underground nuclear tests and wake up the next day morning and check how many are still there and go with what ever is left(Mig may be rafael). Its not rocket science to test these aircrafts, it completely foreign policy onlee...

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A comparable Russian product is BTR90 with better armament and armor. But its heavier at 20 Ton.
Carries a 30mm cannon and AT-5 Spandrel anti-tank missiles.

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India had the wheeled APC like the SKOTs. Then it converted to the BMPs. What is the qualitative advantage of a light tank/ Stryker over the BMP that light tanks have to be purchased or produced indigenously? Stryker costs 1.4 mil$, So does it give any cost advantage over BMP2? Also wiki says that ...

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Baldev wrote:even if mig21/29/27 or m2000 can be upgraded how can this not be possible for su30k

Moreover the upgrade cost of M2000 is more than what we get for a returned su 30.

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I cannot forget MMS .................................... for ................................ he really, no longer, has an incentive to sign CTBT!!! Very true... Nobel price was always a huge temptation for our leaders to betray national interests... West used the same tactics with Vajpayee + Mush....

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THE PRESSURE IS ON: In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize Even BEFORE MMS? President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperat...

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Prabu wrote: (I was on long holidays @ India and now I am back.)

Thats why you are not aware of the happenings here. We discussed this few days back.. Anyway welcome back.

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Other differences are longer range for Nag(7-8 for air version) and Javelin has direct attack mode to target buildings and low-flying helicopters. Does Nag communicate back? NAG missile is equipped with imaging infrared seeker (IIR), lock-on-before launch (LOBL) capability with the seeker tracking ...

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IAF top brass should stop wasting time on foreign tours and MRCA. Spend time at home in university campuses on creating strategies on next generation private-academic R&D Complexes. Armed forces of this country lack a vision. They sit in AC offices and think their only job is at border. They ar...

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It may be... But it is for us to decide whether we want to let the skeletons starve or we want our security.. Besides, i don't see, even if we don't go with them and instead go with unkil, those skeletons will stop starving... -Nitin May or may not be... but who want to see India in the same positi...

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There is a big difference what I want and what we can achieve. I want India to be self dependent. Personally, I favour scraping MRCA and put pressure on HAL to deliver results. We deliver better result under pressure then otherwise. HAL is not Ekalavya, they can't learn every thing their own. Also ...

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bulls eye, For latest TOT, It can be only long term ally - Russia For all junks, we can think of Unkil SUBJECT TO CLEARANCE FROM US CONGRESS -Nitin For that also India has to obey whatever they say in international relations, even if it means supporting their mad plans to starve the skeltons in 3rd...

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krishnan wrote:its Mayawi

True... Some Mayavi changed M to W

Is it a pure defensive EW suite or can be used to attack S300/400 radars?

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growler was testing a ram air pod with shrouded fan to generate organic power for jamming function. this should be something Russia can make fairly easily given their vast aerospace exp. a couple of dedicated ram air power generators for wing or fuselage pylons. we need to get proactive and fund/tr...

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Can somebody compare Nag's and Javelin's capabilities? It would have been nice to have Arun_S around here. And, hopefully, this time my request will not be ignored. Other differences are longer range for Nag(7-8 for air version) and Javelin has direct attack mode to target buildings and low-flying ...

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Where do you want to be? Your enemy 1.5 MT weapon – you 1 MT weapon? OR Your enemy 1.0 MT weapon – you 10KT weapon? If my enemy has 1 MT weapon I would go for 1 MT weapon if i want to project an aggressive posture. Otherwise if I settle for a 100 KT weapon that can effectively deter my enemy then i...

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RamaY, IF I have a 10 Kt nuke which can prevent my enemy from doing what they want to do, why invest in 1 Mt? For the same reason you are willing to pay a little more premium to get a Rs 10L life insurance coverage instead of Rs 1L coverage. You can afford the premium. Then my enemy tries to make 1...

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True. But, please note that I mentioned the GE F414 EDE engine. A derated version has been proposed for the T-50. This new engine is proposed for the F-18E/F and Gripen too. I tagged the LCA on to the list. Same engine for all of them. I was wondering, cant we even use kaveri powered LCA as jet tra...

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Neither the French AF based rafale, nor the UAE defined Rafale. The MRCA RFP should have defined ALL that is needed by the IAF. Sometime back there was a news that France offered around 40 rafale from their inventry as a stop gap measure. That will help us with numbers and an opportunity to know th...

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RKumar wrote: Another example, please remember Kargil what MiG could not do some other plane did.

Thats bcoz the best Mig we had was optimised for A2A role and other Migs didnt have PGM capability. This is not the case with russian machines now.

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It will be like talking to pakistan about stopping terrorism.

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I think it will be 126 F-18E/Fs, 74 Gripen NGs, 100 T-50 (via SoKo) and 150 GE F414 EDE engines for all these planes + the LCAs, and since the F-18s supposedly did not do well in the Jaiselmer heat, Boeing will throw in a few hangers to deal with hot conditions for the F-18s. And, call it a day. T-...

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Perhaps not Su-34, but I feel there is room for S-35. Not because of any deficiency in MKI, but because Su-35 is a single seater. And apparently, it would put much strain on IAF to support many 2 seater a/cs. And I would like India to have as many Sukhois as possible. I think 280-300 is a good numb...

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Let’s compare India’s case with a comparable nation, China. China pursued its national interests a.k.a ICBMs, TNs, Tibet, Tiwan in parallel to its economic development, and one can see how the interconnection between these seemingly disparate strategic objectives of a nation state work. Rest of wor...

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How about something simpler. We have no intention of using nuclear weapons, and if hit, we will respond in a way that suits us. We have approx. 250-300 250-300KT weapons, with an unknown un-assembled war-heads, which can be delivered by cruise missiles, missiles, air and sea. We are resolved to kee...

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IMHO... chances of each plane F-16 -> towards end of life from orgion country but proven - 5 points SH-18 -> Good plane but mainly build for navy and orgion US :( - 7 points Mig-35 -> We have 30MKI, no way buying everything from 1 - 3 points EuroF -> Have enough problem e.g. UK and slow progress - ...

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Atleast you do want India to develop capabilties unlike others who want to something else. Ramana, was this comment about me? If so, yes I am in favor of developing/having such capabilities. I don’t mind even if India smuggle a couple of RS-24 missiles and MT TN weapons from Russia and have it in o...

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The founding fathers of the doctrine also thought the same and unfortunately the others knew and foreclosed most of the options and on the last one the pressure is mounting. Also think about the scenario where we have the capabilities to attack north atlantic and there is a puppet govt in delhi sup...

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Can you please enlighten me how India automatically becomes 20th-century-Germany by having ICBMs and Megaton nukes? Could you please give me one good reason why a megaton bum on an ICBM is detrimental to India's security and image; and how it differs India's 25KT (or 45KT TN) weapon on a 2000.00000...

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This shows a mindset. No wonder Talbott said they should have let INC do the tests. The public opinion very clearly showed that it wasnt a Hindu bomb. And the KRC report and a Niagara of op-eds have also showed that the bomb was created by a national consensus. If India equips itself to the threat ...

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No posts, no unwanted discussions. Everyone got scared seeing russian... :) So russian language is a means to control threads, Mods please note. Btw can we take this as proof for the effectiveness of russian(weapons)??? :mrgreen: I try to do it with kid skin gloves only, don't I. If seriously, the ...

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I say this again, if its to counter China that we need additional Made-n-Russia 50 MKIs, then we should evaluate the Su-34 as a contender. Benefits: * Longer legs (IIRC around 400 Km more than MKI) * Armoured cockpit * Better aerodynamics for low level flight * 'Bomber' type cockpit configuration w...

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In reality the joke was to call 'K' kommerchesky. Iy was really a joke yeah... Indeed 'K' means 'korabelny' - a maritime or a carrier-based. Look how a number of navalized devices have such a designation: Su-30K, MiG-29K, RD-33K, RD-33MK. Since the Indian Su-30MKI is a derivative from the naval Su ...

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Could it be possible, even remotely that the IN will try to standardize on an RD-33MK fleet? the IAF Tejas may have an EJ-200 or perhaps an F414. Since the problem of having two entirely different platforms on the carriers is unique to the IN, it might want to standardize as far as possible. guessw...

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