Bharat Rakshak

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.. Hopefully they will go with the LCA rather than the JF-17 junk. Uncle SAM, who supplies the engines, will block it. This has China written all over it. Expect them to promise they moon, such as supporting another misadventure in Falklands. China is aiming to tie down US and UK in as many theatre...

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On the Coup reporting in 2013:

"Somebody imagined a thing like that in the journalistic world"

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US wants pacts and agreements but not info/tech 'sharing' or any 'cooperation'. And neither side of political spectrum has the wherewithal to go against privateers to force it. Even strategic vision and intelligence are outsourced.

No one should have any illusions about it.

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Never heard of a 1000km glide bomb. It will have to powered or it will have to be dropped from 200km altitude.

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LRSOW is likely to be derivative of ITCM/Nirbhay. This announcement signals funding for development of airborne variant withouy boosters, different guidance logic, et al.

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More details on power take off shaft here

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Total defense production in the country is about $10 billion. And someone's claimed half of that is for Brahmos. Government sets target of achieving defence manufacturing worth Rs 1.75 lakh crore by 2024-25 https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/government-sets-target-of-achieving-defence-manufact...

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@Mollick.R
Love the passion of the guy in those videos

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idrw is reporting follow on order from IN for Sagar Defence Engineering's multi-copter. It has 3kg day/night imaging payload and 20km range.

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Is the MR-SAM dual-pulse core the same as Astra-II?

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Likely specs for export variant only. Astra MK3 is rumoured to surpass these specs.

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Wouldn't be surprised. Some of the 'old' press is as bad a clique as judiciary

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Helo UAV can be embarked on most surface ships. Fixed wing UAVs are really shore based. Even Masa is still experimenting and just from their flat tops.

A good marinised platform will have lot of applications. ASW, AEW, Comm relay, SAR, etc.

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Just want to correct your calculations slightly. If 190MW reactor is supposed to be an upgrade of Arihant 80MWe reactor then it will be 190MWe. So twin reactors will be be enough if you're comparing to Gerald Ford's 260MWe. But submarine reactors aren't comparable to surface ship reactors. You don't...

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Small unmanned helo which can deploy sonobuoys will be a force multiplier for a flotilla. You can send it to to target area deploy sonobuoys, and then hover in a safe area, acting as a communication relay to the flotilla. I wish I had come across this fire scout version before. Brilliant! Thanks @Ke...

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Just thinking aloud Is it possible to have any type of UAVs for ASW work ? The UAV would need to have a dunking sonar and at least 2 light weight ASW torpedoes, along with all the other paraphernalia of a UAV. As a dunking sonar is necessary it would be a type of quadcopter. While a helicopter can ...

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From the WaPo article referenced : The U.S., British and Australian governments are expected to unveil further details this month, including what kind of subs would be built and where. Because of backlogs in U.S. and British shipyards, analysts have predicted the subs might not become operational u...

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This passive cueing capability is now common in NATO. Post-Balakot PAF was rumoured to have used this. While our our Comms were also suspect, I'm more interested in this capability from SDR acquisition. We've also discussed Astra-II/III and Brahmos-A derivatives being used as AWACS killers. How do y...

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While we're going gaga over SDR, do we finally have real data sharing with other aircraft including AEW? What about passive cueing of missiles with targeting information from other aircraft?

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Before going for a larger AC, Indian Navy should look at <20,000 tons JS Izumo after its recent upgrade. It can now carry 12 J-35B, 8 V-22 Osprey and 7 ASW helos. Not a complement to be scoffed at!

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sanjaykumar wrote:The Americans had that complaint about Japan from the 1970s onwards.

Look at where America is now and where Japan is today.

What is South Korea?

It is exporting nuclear reactors, submarines, fighters, howitzers besides electronics and automobiles. That is South Korea!

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My limited understanding is that India's military doctrine is to defend our land mass at all costs and not to take the fight to the enemy. Having said that, ... China angle has definitely impacted planned numbers. After Galwan, there's a need to create more escalation tiers. Disproportionate costs ...

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LCA Tejas have already trained with Singapore Air Force F-16 in month long exercise in Nov-Dec. There must have been several DAC exercises with Mirage-2000, Mig-29, etc. This UAE trip will be a good test of squadron's combat readiness against familiar platforms in the hands of unfamiliar adversaries.

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14,000 is correct. Sorry, can't take your word for it. Since 2007 induction, that's $4-5 billion in annual acquisition costs. Assuming a ramp-up after 2014, I just don't see how that's possible when there are other requirements competing for the same resources, viz, strategic missiles, Akash Mk1, e...

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We should definitely have 14K brahmos but not via Brahmos Aerosapce. It has 49% russian equity, so money goes to russia. It is not like we wire 49% of gross costs to Russia. Only share of net profit, and costs of any components sourced from Russia! All R&D, including for import substitution of ...

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14,000 Brahmos? And we believe it?

This is silly.

At $3-5million a pop, that's 42-70 billion dollars. Someone is extrapolating massively. 3-4000 will also be extraordinary.

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Adani credit facilities expose collateral web full of red flags

Apparently Green Bonds were used to secure funding for other businesses including coal mines in Australia. ESG funds will obviously have problem with this.

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Every Aero India, HAL will 'come out swinging' with something new and not follow it up with anything tangible. I'd like them challenged on IJT and CATS loyal wingman.

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Can any visitors please ascertain status of IJT Sitara? HAL hasn't shown a good track record before trying to hoodwink everyone with HLFT-42

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Isro workhorse Vikas engine passes key test throttleable to 67%

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.^^^ Something wrong with the way Maths is taught there. Navantia built submarines that were 100 tons overweight and had buoyancy issue. :rotfl: it took a hindu pm to reintroduce math to uk undergrad studies :mrgreen: clearly western world mirrors the roman decadence What rubbish! Educate yourself ...

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Rakesh, I have to listen to full 1.5 hours to get the answer (that is on top of, I have already heard it many months ago). Can you do few lines please on the reason? Fanne, If memory serves right, there were fuel system issues and landing gear over weight issues. The cost involved for rectifying th...

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Re: Tejas As Mao sir described it, NLCA is a delta on AF-LCA Tejas just like the AF-Trainer version. Main and rear fuselage are from AF-LCA. Front fuselage is from AF-Trainer. Will the AF-Trainer be called a different name? No. Does any other country call AF/Navy versions differently (e.g., Rafale, ...

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Another Masa weapon system F-22 is not battle tested!

JTull · Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017 +1

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I would not use data from Ukraine to support any argument. Just too many factors affecting the situation. I suspect the situation demanded use of Hotel charges. Sure to reduce barrel life. And, if the rate was very high too, then a reduced life is even more predictable. I just have a small peeve wi...

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gakakkad wrote:Shorting bonds must be whole lot more complicated than shorting stocks . They must somehow take x account interest rates of bonds.

No one needs to short the bond. It's about the increase in credit spreads which can be done with minimal margin using CSOs.

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Looking forward to AI-23 for further MK2 changes, borrowing from TEDBF with reduced RCS
Wishlist
1. DSI intakes
2. nose and chine reshaping

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I doubt the entire carbon composite wing is being considered. Perhaps just the moving control surfaces. This may not be for radar cross-section as the air-intake is a bigger loud-speaker, and the exhaust's IR signature is massive too. I suspect this may to reduce the maintenance frequency of the mov...

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