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- 12 Nov 2020 03:09
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
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Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
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- 11 Nov 2020 14:52
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
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Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
The Mk1A order is pending with the MoD. It is up to them to allocate funds and sign a contract with HAL. They either don't have the money or it is some typical bureaucratic nonsense holding things up. A small nuance. The DAC, which is essentially the MoD has approved it. It is pending with the CCS....
- 11 Nov 2020 14:39
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Really? Pray enlighten us what the “planners” options would be besides dhoti shivering? Here is your enlightenment Vivek https://idrw.org/lca-tejass-american-f404-engine-gets-rare-praise-from-indian-air-force-chief-and-why-engine-deserves-it/ General Electric had supplied India, 8 baseline F404 eng...
- 11 Nov 2020 14:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 5268
- Views: 1821680
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
And so it begins! https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-china-agree-to-3-step-disengagement-plan-in-pangong-report-2323748?pfrom=home-topscroll Quoted from this article: As per the disengagement plan which is to be carried out in three steps in one week from the talks in the Pangong lake area, the ...
- 11 Nov 2020 13:46
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
- Replies: 3611
- Views: 1272483
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Sandeep is usually very reliable but I do know successful Uran firings in Indian waters in the last decade. Having said that propulsion problems did exist in Uran and good that an indigenous solution was developed. Sea Eagle is been phased out with DRDO's SR anti-ship missile... NASM-SR is a helicop...
- 05 Nov 2020 02:40
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Amplifying this more - 8 Tu-142M served for 29 years and logged approx 30,000 flight hours. 8 P-8I served 7 years since 2013 and logged more flight hours than that. With Tu-142, we get 3 hours per day of ASW flights (30,000/29/365) With P-8I, we get 12 hours per day of ASW flights (30,000/7/365) Bot...
- 05 Nov 2020 02:25
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
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- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
The above report seems to be from IDRW which has done the usual copy paste mish mash of other reports. The grammatical errors kind of give it away. This is a Week magazine reproduction of a Murali Anantha Krishna report on Manorama. Though you've explained both the EW and sensor data fused on movin...
- 05 Nov 2020 02:14
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
The history of the Su-30 MKI actually goes against your point that large orders are placed only after ICY conformance is achieved to the necessary levels. How? Lets see in details whether the Su-30MKI and Tejas programs have different or similar yardsticks. The initial order for the Su-30 itself wa...
- 05 Nov 2020 00:13
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
This discussion started because you said the reason IAF wasn't ordering the Tejas in larger numbers was because the production standardization wasn't complete yet. My exact words were - Those doing rona dhona on large orders being not placed need to track when ICY is completely achieved so that pro...
- 04 Nov 2020 20:50
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
All this ICY stuff is a distraction IMHO. While undoubtedly good to have from the IAFs perspective, doubt any of our MiGs ever had it. In fact world over most aircraft didn't. Only the latest 4Gen aircraft standardized on it as mfg tooling was improved. In short the LCA will be used even without th...
- 04 Nov 2020 18:37
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
If the video is from the current test, then nose fins indicate guided Pinaka.RajaRudra wrote:There is news about testing of enhanced version PINAKA - In a quick fire mode.
https://twitter.com/DRDO_India/status/1 ... 2473768960
- 04 Nov 2020 18:34
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
https://i1.wp.com/ddr.delhidefencereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PHH-new.jpg?w=696 Came across two seeker heads for NGARM. So Rudra M1 and Rudra M2 will be probably be the missiles with these two seeker heads. Leaves the question what seeker Rudra M3 will have. BTW why does DRDO use names us...
- 04 Nov 2020 18:26
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
- Replies: 5322
- Views: 1850021
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Not sure why people are writing the obituary of the Jaguar. It is the development platform for the SAAW. Most likely the SAAW platform will go on Jaguar. It has received new weapons like Harpoon, CBU-105 and ASRAAM https://www.livefistdefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EGbKyteWkAEfPdc.jpg In the...
- 02 Nov 2020 17:02
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5247
- Views: 1548397
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
My mistake, there is an EO instead of IIR seeker like I wrote for SAAW that increases accuracy to <3 meters. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbEzZqSa8oM/X3JYExRCeOI/AAAAAAAAUd0/cDAp_uIc3i8abUge5rRBXG557-fPCgtCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/SAAW.jpg <7 meters isnt good for many targets like tanks trucks etc hence the ...
- 02 Nov 2020 14:40
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1248005
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
My mistake, saw it on a mobile and failed to see the IAF mark under cockpit and on the tail.
- 02 Nov 2020 14:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
- Replies: 3160
- Views: 931058
Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics
A good reference for H-BGV trajectories and flight profile (though it doesn't show skip) - https://i.postimg.cc/5yBDtRfh/Trajectory.jpg I know Rakesh doesnt like quoting images but this helps me perfectly understand why hypersonic vehicles have advantages over ballistic missiles and answers my earl...
- 02 Nov 2020 14:31
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Self Deleted Off Topic Posts. My apologies to all members for the digression.
- 02 Nov 2020 14:16
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
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- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
And before you make any further theoretical statements, Tanaji, please answer specifically the two questions I asked. The current SP series of planes of which there will be 40 should be alike. Are all 40 Tejas SP really alike given that Sridharan and HAL officials have given the exact number of pipe...
- 02 Nov 2020 13:45
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
If an item conforms to designed tolerances, by definition it is standardized. There are no ifs or buts to it, and should be re-usable across planes. Can you share any references that for Tejas, all items "conforms to designed tolerances" and "re-usable across planes"? Be specifi...
- 02 Nov 2020 13:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Naval Aviation
- Replies: 2818
- Views: 897796
Re: Indian Naval Aviation
From what i understood we did not choose EJ over some cost and tooling advantages in GE bid Both Eurofighter and Eurojet are children of an orgy of multiple parents with troubled roadmaps. UK & Italy have moved to F-35A/B Spain is confused Germany is left holding the baby. During the Indian com...
- 02 Nov 2020 13:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5247
- Views: 1548397
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
has the capacity to manufacture about 60 RF Seekers per month and about 300 IIR Seekers per month. This gives a rough indication of number of missiles planned to be manufactured monthly. RF seeker is used by Astra, Akash 1S for Army and QRSAM IIR seeker is used by Nag, SANT, SAAW & MPATGM. 300 ...
- 01 Nov 2020 13:37
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1248005
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1322585391560499200?s=20 ---> Glam looks are a superpower Never before seen side by side dual pylon on any IAF aircraft. The Su-30MKI has four hard points on each wing including wingtips and now it’s 5 https://fighterjetsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IAF-Pla...
- 31 Oct 2020 21:51
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
so the non ICY are used for training and testing?? because if they are non ICY they need to be based near the factory or else they are a maintenance nightmare? Mostly training. Because when you plan a large fleet, you need to train adequate pilots. That doesnt happen overnight. We have a peculiar s...
- 31 Oct 2020 21:27
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
So what happens to non ICY airframes ( non standardized) when standardized production starts? Every aircraft undergoes a mid life refit every 10/15 years. Then they are retrofitted to the latest standards. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/first-indigenously-overhauled-sukhoi-su-30mki-jet-h...
- 31 Oct 2020 18:59
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Read the other indicators - The first two Su-30MKI squadrons (No 24, 20) were based at Pune close to HAL Nashik and where IAF 11 BRD is located. The first two Tejas squadrons (No 45, 18) are based at Sulur Coimbatore close to HAL Bangalore. Why? Because of non standardization, they will need higher ...
- 31 Oct 2020 18:55
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
I have yet to understand this, so perhaps you may be kind enough to explain how this is possible: A design authority specifies the design of an item which includes among other things, dimensions and more importantly tolerances. The tolerances are there exactly to state how much deviation from the d...
- 31 Oct 2020 18:31
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Csaurabh:Thank you but thats exactly my point. The current SP series of planes of which there will be 40 should be alike. The assertion is that these are not and is one of the reasons why IAF has not ordered 83 more yet (not my assertion). That assertion, is pure hogwash. Kartik, Firstly, can you g...
- 31 Oct 2020 18:08
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1894297
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Thank you but thats exactly my point. The current SP series of planes of which there will be 40 should be alike. The assertion is that these are not and is one of the reasons why IAF has not ordered 83 more yet (not my assertion). Are all 40 really alike? Firstly, lets define "alike" from...
- 30 Oct 2020 16:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3269
- Views: 841873
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Kattupalli.Then where will the aircraft be stationed on land? There are two existing options.The naval air station at ARK or perhaps the IAF's base at Tambaram. Not sure if there are old WW2 airstrips north of Katu. Old INS Vikrant spent its South West Monsoons at Madras with aircraft at Tambaram. ...
- 29 Oct 2020 22:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Historical Battles in Ancient & Medieval Bharat
- Replies: 2455
- Views: 583610
Re: Historical Battles in Ancient & Medieval Bharat
Personally I am very happy you covered the military aspects of Tarain 1 & 2 in proper detail. The famous Rajput Charge in Tarain 1 destroying Ghurid wings and the horse archer flank attacks in Tarain 2. Tarain 2 was very similar to Roman defeat in Battle of Carrhae where Parthians used light hor...
- 29 Oct 2020 21:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Historical Battles in Ancient & Medieval Bharat
- Replies: 2455
- Views: 583610
Re: Historical Battles in Ancient & Medieval Bharat
Hi Virendra, Finished reading your book. As someone who loves facts over fiction, I really liked the way you went through multiple sources and discussed the merits of each source before finally settling on your analysis. Some additional things I would have liked were - 1. Map of the second invasion ...
- 29 Oct 2020 16:05
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
- Replies: 5322
- Views: 1850021
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
can anyone ID the airstrip below? Hosur Airport. Often used by HAL as a second airport and away from the civil congestion over Bangalore. During flight testing, having an airfield nearby for possible emergencies is helpful. There used to be a private aeronautical company named Taneja Aerospace base...
- 29 Oct 2020 15:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3269
- Views: 841873
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Deal was already concluded. Exceptions can be made with banned companies, especially for purchase of spares
- 29 Oct 2020 10:46
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
No one seems to be talking about collateral damage involved in swarm vs anti swarm debate. Enemy doesn't care about collateral damage but India does. This introduces some constraints. There are zones where enemy aerial objects damaged by own AA allowed to fall. This includes own unengaged missiles ...
- 29 Oct 2020 10:44
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
CIWS have turrets with super fast electric drives for 360 degree coverage in azimuth and 89 degrees in elevation https://www.wired.com/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki/ Let me paint a scenario. A swarm of harop equivalent drones, let us say 20 nos. is attacking a target. Let us assume the drone speed is 250...
- 29 Oct 2020 10:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3269
- Views: 841873
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
The large air search radar doesnt look like Lanza or the BEL 3D air surveillance radar that was recently displayed. Selex RAN-40L https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/selex-es-in-india More recently Selex ES has been awarded a contract to supply the Indian Navy with its ...
- 28 Oct 2020 22:02
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
How many CIWS(with AHEAD) are you going to deploy at the said target to provide 360 degree defense? Is this approach even feasible for majority of battlefield targets? CIWS have turrets with super fast electric drives for 360 degree coverage in azimuth and 89 degrees in elevation https://www.wired....
- 28 Oct 2020 21:56
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Especially if we get some proper new gen fragmentation rounds. We have this manufactured by OFB under full ToT & License from Swedes for many years - http://164.100.95.83/products/data/ammunition/mc/14.htm The 40/70 PFFC IM 212, HE Pre Formed Fragmentation with Tungsten Cubes, has been designed...
- 28 Oct 2020 21:49
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2349280
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Jamming works very well against present generation drones & loitering munitions without sophisticated communication but Armenian systems are Soviet era (90's) and incapable. Being under Russian umbrella they never modernized unlike Azeri's who along with Turks heavily purchased Israeli systems b...
- 28 Oct 2020 21:24
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1248005
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
There are NO HAL components in MiG-29 UPG program. It’s run by IAF 11 BRD at Nashik with zero involvement from HAL HAL license manufactures the RD33 for the MiG29 UPG and iirc some avionics and spares as well. https://hal-india.co.in/Product_Details.aspx?Mkey=54&lKey=&CKey=30 You're right. ...