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Pratik, excellent job! I like both, but the first one looks gorgeous! Can it be without the black triangle and just the aircraft itself? So the Tejas in black and each individual bird in white? Thank you, Rakesh ji. Is this what you were looking for? Click for hi-res https://i.imgur.com/AKvWRms.png...

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PratikDas wrote:
yensoy wrote:Can the 324 Tejas swarm be shaped like a Tejas?
This was an internal requirement which didn’t meet delivery deadlines. It will indeed be the Mk1A.

Click for hi-res

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yensoy wrote:Can the 324 Tejas swarm be shaped like a Tejas?

This was an internal requirement which didn’t meet delivery deadlines. It will indeed be the Mk1A.

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In that Helina poster above, I see the range as >7 Kms. That's very heartening. We have always heard of tests being conducted at 7Km ranges though I recall a statement of an eventual range of 20 Kms made once. How will these IR guided, fire and forget, ATGMs have a lock on at such extreme ranges? H...

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Now that the Tejas stands tall on the shoulders of giants, with only one of those giants being the Hon. Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman, I'd like to share the video of LCA's first flight once more, when so many fell in love with it and the people around it at first sight, when it hadn't been named ...

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^^^ My chaiwalla's BIL reported the above confign. And it is my vivid recollection of having seen it in Indian press reporting upon first successful launch. I was unable to find that article in my disc archive. BTW the above is an echo chamber revibration from my old articles. I will continue to lo...

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Pratik ji, need better graphics.. that background matrix grid might not come out well on prints. The checkers are added by the viewing program to depict a transparency. The transparency blends well on forums like this which have a color scheme and then the image renders without checkers. In any cas...

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Rakesh wrote:Pratik Saar, they will be deployed everywhere the F-16 and F-18 were supposed to be

Given the latest news, I can now celebrate this

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Manish_P wrote:
PratikDas wrote: Let it be so.
Nice graphic this!

Thanks. Here's a larger version if you like.

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I plead with members on this thread to resist the urge to point fingers at IAF, ADA, HAL, their suppliers, at least till the next big piece of news comes out. Can we take a break from the usual?

IF we get 18 squadrons of Tejas, where would we want them to be?

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From the DRDO chief - IAF has already committed to over 300 LCAs: Speaking of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Christopher said HAL had already got an order to manufacture 123 LCAs. “In addition to that, the air force has given in writing another 201 aircraft, which is the next version, that we c...

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That is beautiful. So they signed a Letter of Intent for the Tejas Mk 2 . How many planes do they need in the MRCA contest? 100? :lol: Let the Mk1A take over the role of the MiG-21 (light fighter) and let the Mk2 be India's Multi-Role Combat Aircraft. Manu Saar, you have won post-of-the-year award....

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Does anyone else feel the celebrations are premature until we have more sources confirming the Mk2 path? It's not dhoti shivering. Mk2 is the right path. It's just that I have little faith in Indian media.

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SaiK wrote:Here, I cleaned up a little bit more. Added BRF chappa.
stabs are in place now.

Love it already. I hope the designers have been reading Indranil's rants about wing-body blending and do a commendable job.

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Several interesting things about this launch: 1. The solid rockets smoke only during ignition. After lift-off, no smoke. No smoke trail. 1.1 There was white smoke, and then black smoke on the launch pad, perhaps two different solid fuels are being used. 2. The rockets that landed back .....it seems...

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Prithvi will be retired. Prithvi II is here to stay. Cheapest way to hit something 350 kms away. In order of distance for land based launches: Artillery < Pinaka < Prahaar < Prithvi II < Agni 1P < Agni 2P < Agni 3P (not sure) < Agni 5 < Agni 6. I suppose the Shaurya would sit beside the Agni 1?

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smells like agni1 and prithvi2 . agni1 has not been tested for a long time. Perfect guess saar! First the Agni-1 and now this... #India test fires surface-to-surface ballistic #missile Prithvi-II #India test fires surface-to-surface ballistic #missile Prithvi-II which has the capability to strike 3...

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ArjunPandit wrote:
brar_w wrote:
Is the haze intentional or is it due to rotating blades

It's intentional blurring for concealment. You can see that the blurring remains circular even as the plane flies past and the angle towards the blurred spot changes.

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#BREAKING: Agni-I ballistic missile successfully test fired off Odisha coast.

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Gyan wrote:I think Moksha for LCA will be achieved only when we order additional 100 LCA in AJT variant powered with Kaveri Engine

Yes, but for now we'll settle for one more karmic cycle with reincarnation in the form of Tejas Mk2.

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Russia’s Proton rocket falls on hard times In 2017, Proton spent the first half of the year grounded by massive quality control problems with its engines. The rocket returned to flight successfully in June and completed four seemingly flawless missions since then, but insurance rates for the Proton...

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If we have successfully validated thermonuclear design, why not simply sign CTBT and NPT and be done with it? Honest query. Did India EVER say/imply that it will sigh CTBT/NPT if and only if India validates thermonuclear design? India didn't say that but Occam's razor does indicate that, at least v...

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Are you saying those 300kt/350kg bums drawn by someone on BR website were fake? That is a surprisingly honest admission :lol: Anyway here is some official info from horses mouth, but it will definitely not satisfy the fizzle fetish group. These two slides are from a talk Dr. Saraswat gave in IITB i...

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Indranil wrote:
PratikDas wrote:Indranil, was the root-cause for the HSTT oil leak related to your anecdote about changing transmission oil in your vehicle?
No, no. Just an anecdote.

Ok, thanks. Thought there was some Chanakyan connection there

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Indranil, was the root-cause for the HSTT oil leak related to your anecdote about changing transmission oil in your vehicle?

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Dr.KSivan, Director of VSSC will be the next chairman of ISRO. Most deserving! I remember admiring the resolute confidence with which he spoke and the earnestness with which he thanked all the contributors for the successful launch of the GSLV. Re: GSLV-Mk III launch program/post-launch analysis Po...

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and the charging logistics?? Certainly inconvenient but not insurmountable. The Tesla battery is designed to replace ~50 liters of gasoline, you'll need like 30 of those to replace a MBT's fuel requirement. This is a monkey wrench in the works, no doubt and I hadn't considered the MTU engine's burn...

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Pratik has a conceptual study on an electric drive for Arjun. He will post here soon. This is the DSJ issue with all the details. http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/dsj/issue/view/582/showToc Karan Ji, this is far from exhaustive or publication-grade, but here goes: I was looking into Ar...

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Do we have fabrication capabilities for GaN or source it from somewhere else? GoI gave approval to setup commercial scale GaN facility at IISc this year at a cost of ~$500M. IISc already has sub-commercial scale fab capability, https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/946947625034555392 29 Dec 2017 It i...

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From Odisha:
AAD successfully tested with a direct hit

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Swarajya Mag: Defence Ministry Undergoing Major Shakeup Sitharaman: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that a major "shakeup" is being given to the Defence Ministry to speed up various acquisition projects, ensure transparency and clear backlogs for key programmes. She als...

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Prasad wrote:Srai,
Will see if we can add a 500km map too.

Meanwhile LCA facebook page says SP7 had its first flight today.

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The goal is to leave the door open for everyone to save face as the LCA is chosen instead of the SEF. Nothing else matters.

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Anamika??? My mango ears have not heard of it. Probably DDM. NAMICA (Nag Missile Carrier) is a tank destroyer built for the army. It is equipped with a thermal imager for target acquisition. NAMICA is a modified BMP-2 IFV produced as "Sarath" in India. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_...

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Rakesh wrote:You can always buy SEF

Game over

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Have no doubt that it is somewhat in line with current IAF thought process and is not DDM I remember that when news of a SE fighter first hit DDM, BRF was unanimous that it was a hitjob but it turned out it wasnt There seems a serious battle underway and hope Tejas triumphs at the end Saurav Jha ha...

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Thanks to Delhi Defence Review:

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Hearty congratulations to the whole team! Toiled under pressure and delivered. New turbojet even!

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in a long long time, namo is the first jedi who has unfurled the banner of revolt against the creeping irrelevance of India and the descent into breakdown and chaos. his armies are as yet small and traitors, moles and spies are crawling all over camp. http://d2trtkcohkrm90.cloudfront.net/images/emo...

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