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Sanjay

tsarkar, in what way was R77 disappointing ?

Sanjay

Ramana, what you seem to be saying is despite all of the shortcomings the Tejas is still more agile than JF-17. It has a decent radar let down somewhat by the current radome. The radar type should lend itself to easy compatibility with the Derby BVR AAM. It has been cleared for R-73, dumb and smart ...

Sanjay

Gentlemen, let me ask a question, fundamentally has anything changed ? Is the Tejas less agile that Vivek showed us ? Is the aircraft less capable or more vulnerable than we thought ? Is the RWR a big zero ? Isn't it the case that the Derby trials and flight testing the gun firing are the issues to ...

Sanjay

Other than ruminating here and elsewhere, is there any way to get a strong counter-narrative working ?

Sanjay

Well Shiv, given those (I am also the occasional lurker at Paki fora) the Tejas Mk.1 does not seem so bad. It seems that we have CAG reports, Das Reports and IAF "reports" bashing Tejas but none are in any sort of context. How do we explain the negativity of the CAG et al vs the positive v...

Sanjay

Suraj, what is your view on the skepticism over the GDP growth rate ?

Sanjay

No I meant that if the order is only 36, would it make sense for industries to position themselves to meet such an offset requirement ?

Would not an offset plan combined with the Uni report tend to suggest more than 36 might be ordered ?

Sanjay

Ramana - right of course. But it might be nice to get some estimates. I think Vivek (in his brilliant analysis) suggested a Tejas Mk.1 STR of 16 deg/sec (as opposed to an ASR of 18 deg/sec). ITR would be interesting as well. Now you say Astra is doing well - and it is - but remember it needs to be i...

Sanjay

RIP Ray Sahib. I will miss all your contributions, guidance and especially your stories.

My deepest condolences to his family.

Sanjay

But you notice that nobody is asking - doing a 50% offset for 36 aircraft is not economical. I suspect that UNI report is more correct than we realise.

Sanjay

Karan M - I agree entirely. The problem is that there is no counter narrative. I find that the BVR tests though are taking too long. I also would really like to see a comparison between the JF17 and the Tejas in terms of flight performance and potential. As a matter of fact, can a comprehensive coun...

Sanjay

You would think so wouldn't you ? I would like the expert BRF crew to answer a simple question - even with sub-optimal RWR and assuming BVR tests work OK - is the Tejas Mk.1 on par with JF-17 ? If the answer is yes, then IAF has no excuse for ordering only 40. Incidentally, they are now latching on ...

Sanjay

The questions to ask are as follows: 1) Is the Tejas Mk.1 able to hold its own in A2A combat against JF-17 in WVR and BVR combat ? 2) Is the RWR on Tejas Mk.1 adequate (I am led to understand there is some excessive EMI) to provide sufficient protection ? 3) Is there any cogent reason why the Tejas ...

Sanjay

Might want to consider this story:
http://www.uniindia.com/news/national/i ... 76471.html

Sanjay

Astra Mk.1 has already shown a range of 65km:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a ... 134417.ece

Sanjay

I wonder what the "very long range" was ?

Sanjay

Karan M - that is exactly my point.

I know this may be anathema some for me to ask this - what is the probable STR/ITR of Tejas ?

Sanjay

Do you realise something - other than the assessment done on the Beta Coefficient, (which puts STR at 16 deg/sec I think) - we still do not have a clear idea what the ITR/ STR is for the Tejas. What the naysayers have done is use the lack of data to fill in the gaps with anything they want.

Sanjay

Maitya, I agree with you 100%. The thing is we don't even know how far short of the ASR targets Tejas is falling. Say you demand STR of 18deg/sec and hit 16 deg/sec (very different from 10 deg/sec) - then IAF get real that is pretty fair. Same with ITR - demand 23 deg/sec and say you get 20-21 deg/s...

Sanjay

Is it possible to do a synopsis of what we know about the Tejas' performance vs ASR ?

It is all well and good for media hacks to say it does not meet ASR for ITR/STR etc but how far off is it ?

Sanjay

Just to ask a straightforward question, is the new analysis pointing to a Tejas Mk.1 that is inferior to its potential rival the JF-17 in STR and ITR by such a margin that it is at a severe disadvantage in WVR A2A combat ? The technical debate is one which I can only look on in admiration as to the ...

Sanjay

Thanks a heap Singha. Was ITR of Tejas much worse than F-16 ?

Sanjay

I haven't seen Shalav's analysis - what did it indicate in this regard ?

Sanjay

Thanks Singha. Any idea on how they compare ITR/STR ?

Sanjay

A question: after reading all the analysis, can it still said Tejas Mk.1 is underpowered ? Isn't that too simplistic ? Would ITR and STR be about par with M2K ?

Sanjay

After all the interviews/ tweets etc: what do we know about IAF Rafales post 36 ?

Sanjay

On IBN7 did DM actually say 90 or so Rafales to be made in India under MII ?

Sanjay

I agree about the gold but clearly people have money to spend on gold (wisely or unwisely !).

Sanjay

A question: How poor is India really ? I mean you have folks like Surjit Bhalla indicating that the MDG for income poverty was met some time ago. Also you have this 20-30K tonnes of gold in private hands etc. While I can certainly see infrastructure poverty, is India as destitute as suggested ?

Sanjay

I really appreciate the incredible technical discussion. Not to say I follow it all but it shows BRF at its best. For a complete layman (like me), what conclusions can we come to in respect of the LCA STR & ITR and its max AoA ? One of the concerns I have about people like Prof Das is that they ...

Sanjay

The 1876 bn was as of end of fiscal 2013-2014 from my reading of the site.

Sanjay

Can I ask something ? What is the power shortfall in India now ? I sensed that there has been an increase in power generation. Has this had an impact on peak demand shortage and power outages ?

Sanjay

pankajs, what were his war wastage comments ?

Sanjay

Interesting viewpoint. Any other views in support or against ?

Sanjay

I appreciate the comments and the info. So all this unorganized sector is completely absent from GDP figures ? If included what would that do to GDP and more importantly what does it do to the whole poverty debate ? Would make for some interesting calculations.

Sanjay

Sanjay saar, Indian GDP is 3rd in the world in Purchasing power parity terms. This is the only measure in GDP terms that matters. It removes a lot of noise and also ingenious accounting used by many countries (like prostitution used in GDP measurement in UQ). It is not a complete measure of Indian ...

Sanjay

With Brazil slowing to a crawl and with exchange rates as they are, my calculations show that we should be ahead of them and near the UK even now. Am I getting that wrong ? What advantage would there be to removing the base year ? As a layman (got understanding economics lingo), the nominal values m...

Sanjay

I understand what you are saying and it is true enough. However, I am looking at nominal GDP. IIRC we should be at around US$2.2trn nominal as of end March 2015. That should already exceed Brazil shouldn't it ? If growth is 6%+, then by end March 2016, Britain and possibly France could be surpassed....

Sanjay

Apologies for this question, but if the current economy is US$2.2 trn or so, at present growth rates, would India not be poised to overtake Brazil or perhaps even the UK by the end of this fiscal ?

Sanjay

A request if I may: can we list links to any photo albums people care to share with us ? Maybe a BR AI 2015 album page ?

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