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India Boosts Afghan Military Role India’s military establishment is finalizing plans to train thousands of Afghan Army officers. Will New Delhi secure a first movers’ advantage? On Monday, more than 85 nations began a meeting in Bonn to discuss the future of Afghanistan from 2014, when U.S.-led tro...

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I think at this stage what matters is not the technical capabilities of Rafale vs EF but the commercials, ToT, & how much bargaining power / flexibility India will have when it comes to the MLU. I think the second part is very critical as we dont want the winner blackmailing us when the time for...

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^^ looks like the pace of testing is picking up. That probably means the fuel leakage problem has been solved.

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^^ they dont suck at selling... they are just greedy. That is why the M2K upgrade took so long & is so expensive. I hope India doesnt choose Rafale ... as I think they will shaft us when time for MLU comes just like in the M2K deal.

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Update on LSP-7, Naval Version, & AMCA. Tejas LSP-7 to be flown in next month It will be in the final configuration of the fighter plane The Light Combat Aircraft, ‘Tejas' LSP-7 to be flown in the first fortnight of December will be in the final configuration of the fighter plane and “almost clo...

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I think the key I hope the MoD will keep this in mind is in addition to the technical evaluation & the life cycle cost, how much bargaining power will the Supplier have in negotiating the costs at the time of the MLU. I dont want to see another M2K upgrade fiasco happen ... this is what makes me...

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Re. Impact of a LCA Mishap My 2 cents is that in India, people will be roasted by superiors, juniors, media, public, pretty much everyone for trying & failing. If someone doesnt do anything & fails, no one cares. If someone tries something & succeeds, then everyone claims that success as...

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@ Not sure what will happen to LCA, but the fact remains we have built up the infrastructure & capabilities to design, test & to an extent manufacture a 4+ gen fighter. This is absolutely essential for us in future, as it has laid the foundations for AMCA, our UCAV & other programs. I st...

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More problems for F-35B

New cracks for the F-35B, and life under probation

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"Opportunity knocks but once"! We have lost the opportunity to have had easy pickings of the UK's early retired Harriers,which could've been acquired at throwaway costs.I have been advocating this ver since the UK mothballed their Harriers.While many have derided the acquisition of them f...

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This package supposedly involves many facets of military/defence technology and know how..including missile tech, naval tech, submarine tech, material science tech, kaveri, satelite/surveillance, space etc. Apparently Sarko, Merkel and Cameron have been all ears to MMS's requests. MMS is said to be...

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^^ +1

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^^^ M777 will be purchased as it has been designated as a mountain weapon system. besides it is FMS contract, from the Khan land. NO obstruction will come from any source as it can only be used against the Panda land. FMS route is generally not good for India, since there is no offsets and everythi...

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@George, re the IAF - MOD decision making I dont think you understand how the Indian bureaucracy works - I would recommend watching or better still reading Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister if you haven't already

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.... It is quite obvious that the F-35 marketing push by Ajai Shukla, Pentagon reports etc is aimed at derailing the MMRCA decision. .... Anup, Is shukla getting a Lifafa or marketing for personal gains? You should be ashemed of yourself. Katareji, Name is Arun not Anup. Re. Shukla - that is not wh...

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Katare ji, my 2 cents. - not everyone who opposes F-35 does it from compulsive anti-americanism. Many people here support better relations with America but find the arguments supporting F-35 faulty thanks to marketing hype / plain ignorance. I for one am yet to be convinced that F-35 is a good optio...

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Q to the gurus - having spent $2bn on the M2K upgrade does it make sense from a economic & logistics perspective (spares / maintenance etc) to go with EF? Alternatively does Rafale get any advantage from a the M2K upgrade? Apologies if this has been answered before - since the price difference i...

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Good to hear the Indian Govt is taking some big steps to counter China. Just hope they follow through on these decisions quickly & it doesnt get stuck in bureaucratic inertia. I hope they at least clear the Artillery deal quickly & lay the Bofors ghost to rest.

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Anyone who has been following the F-35 saga, knows that it has been plagued with technical problems & delays (HT The Dew Line Blog & Wired Danger room are my sources). The plane has busted budgets & Pentagon / Congress is seriously considering pulling the plug on the VTOL version. With t...

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Well the "quid-pro-quo" was with all the major countries that supported India, including Russia & France not just US. Everyone one knows it, nobody is blind, that is how international relations are done. In economics there is an old saying "there is nothing called a free lunch&quo...

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So much for the "Messiah" http://www.indianexpress.com/news/graft ... e/846643/0

How unfortunate is it that we need to depend on the diplomatic cables to learn about corruption while our own media remains blind to it.

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arunsrinivasan wrote:What is the view on Kishen Reddy's performance in the state so far?

That's good to know but I was talking about his work on building the party in the state.

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What is the view on Kishen Reddy's performance in the state so far?

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either way, all that really matters is that EJ penetration will increase in the coming years. people know that Jagan is a corrupt factionist. but as long as he keeps doling our the subsidies and freebies, people will be fine. a majority of the govt employees will vote for Jagan. YSR has created a f...

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While I hate the congress, I hate Jagan/YSR more!

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Thanks for the replies. Sorry for going OT, maybe these posts should be moved to the build your tank thread

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More out of curiosity, in that case, they should be able to power a tank with the same? A smaller version perhaps? I asked the same question some months back in the build your tank thread never got an answer. What are the pros & cons of using Diesel Electric hybrid engine to power a tank? I ask...

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@Hiten
Thanks for this. That presentation from Dr. Suresh is from 2007, unless am mistaken. Is there any update on developments after that?

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Rahul M wrote:times now is right wing ? that too ultra ? being centrist is the extent of its rightwingness.

Well you can't blame us for calling it right wing we grew up on NDTV and CNN-IBN after all

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^^ not sure if this is a good idea. A key reason for Brahmos's destructive power is its momentum, once you make it reusable, a big chunk of the mass is removed thereby reducing its momentum. Unless one can increase the payload capacity to compensate, making it reusable will reduce its effectives. my...

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via Livefist Finally, India's Carrier Fighter Ready To Fly The carrier variant of India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Tejas) will make its maiden flight in July. It should be said that confidence for the LCA Navy's first flight has taken its time coming. The programme team had initially ai...

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^^ the sheer ridiculousness of China's demand can be seen from the map above. Am amazed at their arrogance!

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Question for the gurus - Ryan Crocker is being appointed the new US Ambassador to Afghanistan. Any thoughts on what this means for Afghanistan / India / TSP ? Is he Pro / Anti TSP?

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+1 Israelis / Jews have become somewhat of a holy cow. Everytime there is any criticism, the holocaust is remembered (I should add though not in the above posts). The holocaust is only one of the several genocides dotting human history. By no means was it an unique event and it has been repeated si...

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re dual manned - unmanned makes a lot of sense, as it will have the disadvantages of both without the advantage of either. Me thinks we need to have separate manned & unmanned programs ... my 2 naya paise.

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Apologies if this is a re-post. An Open Letter to General Pasaha By Ejaz Haider, Published: June 7, 2011 The writer was a Ford Scholar at the Programme in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security at UIUC (1997) and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Studies P...

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@ Shivji, thanks for the lucid explanation on Israel / TSP. Please x-post on the India - Israel thread for the sake of completeness.

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What Russia Fears in Asia Despite its growing military and economic power, Russia doesn't see China as a threat. The potential chaos in Central Asia is another matter. Developments in Central Asia and Pakistan are a major concern for Russia, but the growing military might of China isn’t really, at ...

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A good read on the development of combat drones by Boeing & how the US Military Industrial complex operates warts & all ...

The Secret History of Boeing’s Killer Drone

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Question to the gurus, if Ilyas Kashmiri is actually dead - what is the impact on India, TSP, TSPA, etc.

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