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Leo.Davidson

Speaking of "push-button deterrent" are we speaking of an American doctrine or an Indian one? Nowhere in the Indian doctrine does it say that India intends to have a push-button deterrent. But I suppose if it is Indian it can't be good and we are better off following rahrah America. Appar...

Leo.Davidson

The Rustom design is a slim/slender 'cranked arrow' delta wing and the load bearing position of the wings are to the aft of the fuselage. This design with canards may be an elegant design.

But loading the wing (payload) will make the Tail HEAVY.

Leo.Davidson

So why exactly aren't they working on improving the INSAS and going for imports if they've worked out the teething problems and there isnt anything wrong with the gun per se? Because there is nothing that they can improve on. I'd compare the gun to say, the Ambassador car. Its a RELIC. We need to m...

Leo.Davidson

Navy to roll out 52 fast interceptor craft in a yr. To augment coastal security, the Indian Navy will roll out 52 fast interceptor crafts within a year out of which 12 would be stationed at the Southern Naval Command base in Kochi. “They are small in size but have great speeds and are capable of de...

Leo.Davidson

India developing aerial vehicle similar to American Predator drone (Rustom 2!) I am not sure, why India should announce such things in advance ? Is it not better to announce after it is Test flown and ready to use ? We have been showcasing Rustom HALE (now named Rustom-2) in AeroIndia for the last ...

Leo.Davidson

chackojoseph wrote:Indian Army test flights nuclear capable AGNI 1 ballistic missile

Until the missiles are containerized, I will not believe we have a pushbutton deterrent. Right now, we have a missile system that takes atleast a day in preparations.

Leo.Davidson

What is the second image? I do not believe it is the Carl Gustav 84 mm mark 3!!!

Leo.Davidson

The IL-476 is the way to go, but we cannot expect a delivery until 2020. In the mean time, we'll have to look for options to suffice our immediate requirements. It will also be better if we could get some kind of manufacturing deal with IL, so that we will be able to produce and service them locally...

Leo.Davidson

Do not know what to make of this (dated) article: Germany not happy with NH90 helicopter The Mil-8/17 is primarily an Army helicopter. A stable helicopter that can be used by the Army & Navy is the Eurocopter EC725. This helicopter meets or exceeds most of the specifications or parameters of th...

Leo.Davidson

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/pakistan-accuses-nato-of-cross-border-attack-that-kills-at-least-15-soldiers.html Pakistan accuses NATO of cross-border attack that kills at least 20 soldiers This is bad for India. everything they (NATO or US) screwup, they have to reward the porkis.

Leo.Davidson

http://bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=16829 Indian Army to deploy ‘Rudra’ along Pakistan border. Wasteful thinking. Given the well established and proven technology of using armed UAV's, this seems to be a wasteful expenditure of cash & resources. Sure enough, airborne troops are a m...

Leo.Davidson

The Iskandler is like the bad guy that everybody envies. Singha, Prahaar has a much smaller payload; not exactly suitable for nuclear or EMP warheads. And insufficient range for nuclear warhead. There is a cost to damage ratio that needs to be factored in every time you press that launch button. And...

Leo.Davidson

The Navy should pursue the Mig29M2 --> Mig-35 as its carrier borne and ground based multirole fighter. A dozen per carrier and a squadron per Command should suffice the Navy for 20-25 years.

Leo.Davidson

Army in pursuit of winged dream a squadron each of attack/armed, reconnaissance/observation and tactical battle-support copters for each of its 13 corps. The three 'strike' corps, with HQs at Mathura (1 Corps), Ambala (2 Corps) and Bhopal (21 Corps) will get more 'air assets' in keeping with their ...

Leo.Davidson

Except for India, SRBM is the sole responsibility of the Army, specifically Artillery. Both the Iskander & Prithvi fall in this category and should be controlled by the Artillery. Bad Ass, does not have anything to do with anybody's arse, it means bad guy. Shiv, you must be a Rajnikant clone or ...

Leo.Davidson

I'm somehow convinced that the Russian Iskander & our Prithvi are somehow intertwined. They both seem to be of similar class, payload, dimensions, etc. I hope DRDO has the capabilities of the Iskander at hand and will make the Prithvi similarly capable. Blurb of the Islander: 3800 kg, single sta...

Leo.Davidson

Looks like IAF will have around 226 Mi-17 helicopters by around 2018. 47 x Mi-17 (ordered ~1986) 40 x Mi-17IV (ordered ~2000) 80 x Mi-17V-5 (ordered ~2008) 59 x Mi-17V-5 (ordering ~2012) -------------------------------------- Total: 226 x Mi-17s Why is INDIA not going in for licensed production of ...

Leo.Davidson

The E-2D is as the subject states AEW which is a major concern for the government. The Sentinel is partially EI, which can be undertaken by any other aerial asset.

Leo.Davidson

Bragging about something you have is one thing. Doing the same over something in thin air is sheer stupidity. The hindi term is 'a bhail muje maar'.

Leo.Davidson

Nice to know that DRDO is finally getting to EMP. The next question, is how much of our military equipment is EMP resistant. My guess, is little if not none. Do we even have testing facilities for this kind of stuff?

Leo.Davidson

The Navy was interested in the E-2D Hawkeye. Add a dozen for the IAF, and you'll have the whole country and exclusive zone covered. The commonality of the IAF/Navy AEW solution, will bring down the per-unit price and easy maintenance.

Leo.Davidson

These shameful people need to meet the humble chappal. Manufacturing equipment should use jigs and specialized tools. Building prototypes does permit uses these tools due to time & money constraints. Smart engineers would define the jigs during the prototyping process. Producing two or even thre...

Leo.Davidson

IL76 structural work was all done and readymade by Beriev for A-50 already. path of least delay. airbus has never done the rotodome thing. boeing has never done it on 737, only on 767 and 707 and wedgetail uses a balance beam radar. we really had no easy option there. not sure we have it even now u...

Leo.Davidson

DRDO developing a futuristic e-bomb, i imagine it will be capable of targeting adversary computer systems, networks With electronic warfare and network-centric operations playing an increasingly significant role in today’s battlefield, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is dev...

Leo.Davidson

Indian Army may revive Bofors howitzers Indian Army may revive Bofors howitzers By Rahul Bedi 10/19/2011 The Indian Army wants to resurrect its long-dormant AB Bofors FH-77B 155mm/39-calibre towed howitzer programme, which was suspended in the late 1980s after allegations of corruption involving se...

Leo.Davidson

Are the Phalcon's AWACS or AEW ??? What's the data link being used? And which combat aircraft in the IAF support it?

Given the service-ability of the IL-76 platform, we need atleast a dozen of these birds to maintain air superiority.

Leo.Davidson

May the Rafale WINNNNNN !!! Flatten that baby and she'll outmatch the F-35. The F-35 is still work in progress, there is enough time to gather the characteristics and parameters of the F-35 and apply it to the Rafale. We don't need VTOL or VSTOL. Stuff the laser designator, etc in the fuselage and t...

Leo.Davidson

^^^ Lets see two scenarios: 1. Dhruv comes, few good guys slither down, heli returns back & good guys engage the bad guys. 2. Rudra comes, few good guys slither down & good guys engage the bad guys with rudra acting as aerial fire base. Which one would you prefer? Both these scenario's befi...

Leo.Davidson

Question: We are seeing a flurry of new ships being inducted or on the drawing boards. What is the mainstay HELICOPTER going to be ??? The SeaKing is old and outdated, and the Dhruv is petite, without folding rotors, etc.

Which helicopter should rightfully replace the SeaKing?

Leo.Davidson

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-developing-interceptor-missile-with-5000-km-range/articleshow/8338225.cms India developing interceptor missile with 5,000 km range NEW DELHI: India has started working on a network of air-defence systems which would be able to shoot down any enemy missi...

Leo.Davidson

I do not understand why HAL is making and the Army accepting these kindof pussy-fighters. Rudra is an armed variant of the ALH Dhruva chopper and "necessary changes have been made in the airframe of the chopper to give it agility and speed to make it a suitable support weapon for the ground tro...

Leo.Davidson

abhik wrote:Let me rephrase that. How many locos currently in production use gas turbine engines?

None. And they are highly fuel inefficient to be used on locomotive. Man, I got to have what these guys are smoking; coming up with bizarre implementations.

Leo.Davidson

UK proposes building future warships with India. Baloney. By far, Britain has better shipbuilding technology & expertise than INDIA. It used to take 10+ years for GRSE to build even small ships and I hope by now they've made some marginal improvements. Likewise all of the other goverment shipya...

Leo.Davidson

Pratik_S wrote:Indian Air Force has lost 999 planes in crashes since 1970

It's a SHAME. The article did not mention how many able-men were lost. It's a shame to loose so many man-and-machine in peace time. Apparently no senior IAF officer lost their kin, for the wheels to start turning.

Leo.Davidson

Philip, The M-8/17 in Kargil was shot down by multiple SAMs and didnt have teh cahff dispenser. I suspect even this Chinook was shot with a TSP supplied SAM. Most likely by an undercover SSG unit. Lets wait for the results. Actually it was downed by a rocket propelled grenade. And since they do not...

Leo.Davidson

Ramanna,a US analyst on the BBC just now, said that the Chinook was a "clumsy" helo,questioned why the helo was used for the mission as it was vulnerable to various small arms fire and RPGs.This is not the first Chinook to have been shot down in battle in recent times.The IAF should serio...

Leo.Davidson

PAF completes production of 26 JF-17 Thunder jets http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/PAF-completes-production-of-26-JF-17-Thunder-jets-Pak-official/articleshow/9544766.cms Commendable with a pinch of salt. Commendable that they have competent translators to convert the chainese text &...

Leo.Davidson

gakakkad wrote:^^^ Daring first post. And how very true.

Thanks.
I've been reading this forum for the past few years and it's time that sense prevails.

Leo.Davidson

X-post IAF plans to helm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited grounded DNAIndia Definately overreaching by IAF. Bureaucray or not, HAL is working just fine. Having the customer run your organization, is the best way to run a company into the wall. We are a democracy and the military needs to be in its pla...

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