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The time difference between India and Amur, Russia is roughly +3 and half hours, so i have been sitting infront of this computer for the past 12 hours expecting some news................now that i heard of it, i just wish i could catch one glimpse, just to quench my curiosity.......anyway going to t...

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Beautiful pictures, can you please post the links to these?..........Thanks.

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Russia is set to hold the first test of its futuristic fifth-generation fighter jet on Friday, a source at the country's largest aircraft producer said on Thursday. So lets wait till tomorrow to see the face of the new queen of the sky :wink:. Queen???.........I was hoping it would be a Dark Knight...

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SaiK wrote:Guys, for those who hate pak-fa name, think about a 'k' version of it, and how would you call it?

LOL

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Ironic that this Fighter Aircraft destined to serve with the Indian Air Force has a "PAK" on it.............maybe the reason for changing the acronym to FGFA. Sukoi may give its coveted "SU - XX" to the T-50, once its starts commercial production. Hope to catch a glimpse tomorrow...

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One doubt Guruji's How we are going to provide protection to our IAC's without SSN's Can SSK's provide effective coverage for them??? I think not. We may need a limited no of SSN's for at least to provide cover to our proposed 3 carrier groups. So 6 SSN's may be needed. Then what about the protecti...

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durgesh wrote:First indigenous Shivalik class frigate to be inducted in April

Thanks for posting the news.........have been waiting a long time for info regarding INS Shivalik.

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Update saying Indian Navy to Commission the IN 303 BLACK PANTHERS on 19 February, 2010. To be commissioned by the defence minister of India.

http://chhindits.blogspot.com/2010/01/f ... black.html

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Philip, All the MIG 29Ks being ordered are not necessarily for fleet based operations. Expect some of them to be permanently based in shore based ops. Indian Navy will have to have shore based Mig 29 K, since they cannot do training for carrier take off/ landing with the BAE HAWK 132 (17 on order),...

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No news of INS Shivalik...........last heard that it was dry docked after sea trials

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http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/01/video-more-mig-29k-tests.html Update on Livefist titled Video: More on Mig 29 K Test This gives the impression that the video is about Indian Navy Mig 29 K. This is not a recent test . Infact this test is from SOVIET era when they actually held the test SU 33 V/...

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More pictures of IN Mig 29 K from Pilot.strizhi...............

http://pilot.strizhi.info/2009/12/30/7082

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Two updates from Russia (both dated 28 December): India received 6 MiG-29K in 2009, not 4, according to Chief of OAK. Nerpa will be transferred already in April, 2010. Can you please post links regarding both of your updates? MIG had transferred the Mig 29 K to the Indian Navy in Russia itself. Thi...

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Wishing everyone a very happy & prosperous new year 2010!!!

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austin ,may be ken knows about what su-33 actual MTOW is. would be nice to have a figure. -------------------------- ************XXXXXXXXXX************ very very important document with a number of interesting pics. highly recommended. http://indiannavy.nic.in/maritime_strat.pdf ************XXXXXXX...

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18 tonnes????

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The Mig-29K is capable of operating from a ski jump and being recovered using a catapult as has been tested on the Kuznetsov. Isnt the same arrangement also going to be used for the Indian carrier? Catapult is used as launching system in the CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take off But Assisted Recovery...

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Livefist article on sea gripen http://livefist.blogspot.com/2009/12/exclusive-sea-gripen-pitch-to-indian.html As was reported recently, the Indian Navy has sent out an RFI on a new multirole deck-based fighter. One of the potential contenders is Saab with its little known Sea Gripen. Here's an offi...

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There was an article saying IN Mig 29K are more capable than its counterparts in IAF... it may be possible to copy the present k landing gear on to the 35 since they are from one family. Although some modifications interms of structural reinforcements and slow approach speeds needs to be made for c...

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There was an article saying IN Mig 29K are more capable than its counterparts in IAF... it may be possible to copy the present k landing gear on to the 35 since they are from one family. Although some modifications interms of structural reinforcements and slow approach speeds needs to be made for ca...

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Thank you Maz & Kapil for uploading very good quality pictures. Waiting for more. Thanks again

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Rahulji,

Going a little off topic, I know Craig was being humourous, but it also made me think about the "Doolittle Raid", where the B-25 Mitchell of U.S. Army Airforces were loaded on USS Hornet for invading Tokyo as a revenge on Pearl harbour.

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http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=12108 The President is expected to witness Sukhoi Su-30 and Sea Harrier fighter jets take off from the ship during her three hour stay. ?????? :shock: The above line is from a news aritcle posted in the Top Stories section of Bharat Rakshak.Com o...

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http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=12108 The President is expected to witness Sukhoi Su-30 and Sea Harrier fighter jets take off from the ship during her three hour stay. ?????? :shock: The above line is from a news aritcle posted in the Top Stories section of Bharat Rakshak.Com o...

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a) CAG/MOD reports (with the caveat that CAG reports are anything betweem 2-3 years late on the information it provides. so the report in 2009 is actually from 2006-2007), statements by ministers in parliament, news reports explicitly quoting IAF officers b) reports by the handful of usually reliab...

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I believe it's just dust and dirt on the Mig's, should be able to clean and repaint it if neccesary.

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Wishing everyone a very happy christmas and an advanced happy new year 2010!!!...

Hope our nation will have good fortune in terms of incorporating newer, cutting edge technologies into our armed forces and maintain peace and stability all throughout the next decade and beyond...

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Anoop, We need to see who has expressed what concerns, we have to also see what the final user has to say about such concerns. IIRC, the current or former CNS expressed great pleasure at how the 29K was coming along - there was an interview posted @ Keypubs by Austin i think. Concerns based on a co...

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Rahul ji, I am aware that any "Registered alien" in the wikipedia can change it's content. The links which correspond to what i wanted to post (which are shown in the reference section), no longer works. I did not want to post dead links and hence, i was forced to refer directly to wikiped...

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I had edited my last post without knowing that you have answered. Details regarding what you have asked are beyond my knowledge. I leave this to the experts.

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My condolences to Dr. R. Balasubramaniam's family. May he rest in peace.

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Kesri D, Here are the pics of the helipads on the Giri class. Although I don't seem to be able to find it, one of the giri class has a helipad that is cut out semicircularly on the port side at the very end. http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8518/85319593.jpg INS Udaygiri F35 http://img138.imagesh...

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is there any other way ? I know what you are saying and I'm saying it is still wrong. please compare with the attrition rates of other air forces, including the USAF. factor in the attrition rates of fighters belonging to the same gen as the bulk of IAF fleet and then tell me if you were correct. a...

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We do not use any of our Frontline fighters in direct combat operations. But this is IAF's 13th crash of year 2009, 8th for a fighter jet.
http://www.zeenews.com/news583429.html

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Really sad to hear another one bites the dust...... Not speculating, but IAF has a poor record when it comes to service & maintainance. anoop, kindly don't shoot off your mouth, especially when you are wrong. Sir, Ofcourse, At this point of time, we have no clear data on what happened, could be...

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Jamal K. Malik wrote:Induction of Admiral Gorshkov

Finally, a date is set for induction, hope they would be able to keep this one.

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Really sad to hear another one bites the dust......

Not speculating, but IAF has a poor record when it comes to service & maintainance.

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Does the Indian Navy ever make use of the Tu-142s in-flight refuelling capability ? Not that I know of , the bear has long legs (combat radius of over 6000Km) which is enough to meet IN mission requirements without having to refuel in mid air specially when the Bear can take off with complete weapo...

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Sorry, I had edited my earlier post without knowing that you had replied. The question was will the Mig 29 K still be an effective fighter operating from a smaller carrier like Gorshkov/Vikramaditya and Vikrant ADS. Can that be verified at present since none of them are operatinal... It is likely th...

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I was talking about a Mig 29 K taking off with full air to air weapons, after using a considerable amount of fuel in STOBAR take off mode and still being effective in Air superiority role (in terms of range, on station time, Air combat manoeuvring with the weapons package etc.) The naval fulcrum ca...

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