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Ankit Desai

When PM ride Arjun, he did not order on same day but the order followed.

It was not only LCH hand over ceremony but EW suit for Navy, MR-20 UAV, SWITCH VTOL UAV too.

Please watch/listen R Madhavan video I posted. He is expecting 150+ LCH.

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HAL Chairman R Madhavan: LCH & Tejas MK1A update.

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Look at the serial numbers of both aircraft in these pictures and tell me what you see different :) Both aircraft (actual and model) are from the Dubai Air Show. You can drag and drop both pictures into new browser windows to see them in their full size. For folks who still cannot read the serial n...

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https://twitter.com/HALHQBLR/status/1458351055415111686

"Three FOC LCA Tejas from 18 Sqn AF landed at Dubai to take part in Dubai Air Show-2021."

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That is why I said that it should be installed at its midlife refit, when the boat will be out of commission for a good length of time. At her midlife refit, these boats will be cut open anyway. The first of the Kalvari Class was commissioned only in 2017, so there is a long time (more than a decad...

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... The better option is to go for additional Scorpenes and retrofit all of them with DRDO AIP during their midlife refits. Time for IN to focus on Project 75 Alpha i.e. the six-build SSN program. IIRC DRDO API, there is no clarity how & when they would test it. Meaning, they have to open Sub l...

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India’s submarine strength The government has also decided that of the 12 submarines to be built indigenously after the P75 and P75i projects, six would be SSNs instead of SSK . Singh called this decision a “very, very positive development”, but cautioned about “a question mark” over how quickly th...

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IN should go with three more Scorpenes until P-75I finalize.

My 2 cent and not an emotional outburst.

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Mazagon Dock delivers 4th Scorpene Submarine 'Vela' to Indian Navy The acceptance papers were signed by retired Vice-Admiral Narayan Prasad who is Chairman and Managing Director of MDL and Rear Admiral K.P. Arvindan, in the presence of top officials of IN and MDL. The fifth submarine in the series,...

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Forgetting to mention Tejas-Mk2 once can be considered an oversight. But when he does it twice (wherein he mentions even AMCA-Mk2), there is some "daal me kuch kaala" The interviewer didn't have the basic sense to ask "What about Tejas Mk2"? Hopefully there will be at least one ...

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INS Vishakhapatnam P15B Destroyer delivered to the Navy.

https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1 ... 2399465473

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2021 AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships is underway.

Schedule & Result.

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Youtube Channel

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From Trishul to Bhadra: Non-lethal weapons ready for Indian forces to tackle Chinese troops

Video

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IAF's view on MK2 by Sandeep Unnithan

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Three more Rafale fighters touch down at Jamnagar airbase

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For Indian shooters, gold but no glitter

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.... Before the rafale came into the picture, the frenchies had offered to transfer the Mirage 2k line to India but later withdrew the offer and offered us the rafales instead. Will they offer us the rafale line this time or maybe even a JV to build it in India with either the reliance group or the...

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LUH are being tested in Ladakh for tail rotor upgrade.

The order for first six LUH choppers will be part of larger efforts,LUH number expected to increase exponentially after first order.

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Y I Patel wrote:Regarding the missile being called “Veda” - the correct name is probably “Vedha”, roughly translated as hitting with an arrow. Arjun performed Matsya Vedha to win Draupadi’s hand.

The name likely means it is an ABM or a satellite interceptor

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It is from ANI. https://www.sify.com/news/ccs-clears-two-iaf-projects-worth-over-rs-30000-crore-6-aewc-planes-56-c-295-transport-aircraft-approved-news-national-vjisacehfihea.html New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): In a major boost for the Indian Air Force, the central government has cleared two ...

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https://twitter.com/livefist/status/1435587260469051392 Livefist: BREAKING: Indian Cabinet approves procurement of 56 @Airbus C-295MW transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force to replace its old Avro transports While 16 of the twin-turboprop C-295MW aircraft will be delivered in a flyaway conditi...

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Sport psychologist is kind of must specially in sports where one requires millimeter precision like Archery & Shooting.

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Vips wrote:
AshishA wrote:At what time will the exit polls come out tomorrow?
Immediately after voting closes. Probably at 6:01 PM IST

Financial Express - According to the EC, the exit polls can be published after 7.30 pm tomorrow.

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Deepika needs to control her nerves. She won't get such chance against mighty South Korean.

I am surprised after so many years, she is still becoming nervous at last arrow.

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Individual medal matches are going on now. Deepika entered in Final. Atanu is next in semi.

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Army explores procurement of 350 light tanks RFI to vendors for the procurement of 350 new-generation light tanks, less than 25-tonne in weight, in a project under the “Make in India ethos” with requisite transfer of technology. The RFI specifies that the combat weight of the light tank should not ...

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..... In a major development - in North Dinajpur district (of WB), half of top TMC leadership defected to BJP. By the way, BJP is much stronger in North Bengal. The word of mouth in the border districts is that "Hindus don't want to be refugees again in their homeland ". I think much depe...

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Looks like Air Craft Carrier plan on hold and focus towards SSK & SSN.

Not sure authenticity of it. Six Secret Submarine for Indian Navy ?

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Navy to seek nod for expansion of nuke, diesel submarine fleet The navy’s new plan, inspired by a similar cabinet authorisation for 42 squadrons of the Indian Air Force, will seek approvals for six nuclear-powered attack submarines and 18 diesel attack submarines, a South Block official said. -Ankit

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Amit Shah predicts 65-68 seats after Phase 3 in WB.

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Thanks Ankit! I agree Bajrang looked scratchy and barely managed to win. He needs to put in a lot of work to get to peak shape by Tokyo. Vinesh was much more dominant . On top of this : No overseas fans at Tokyo Olympics: Indian athletes won’t have personal coaches India’s medal prospects for the T...

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Ankit: what are Bajrang and Vinesh's medal chances in Tokyo - both ideally and realistically ? How about the rest of squad ? I know in wrestling someone can get lucky through repechage. Vinesh is in better shape than Bajrang. Vinesh should get a medal. Vinesh defeated two girls who qualified today ...

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Pistole/Rifle/Shotgun World Cup has started at New Delhi. https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/schedule.ashx?cshipid=2986 Two Indian Men qualified for 10 m Air rifle event. India is targeting Olympic quota in 25m Men rapid fire event. Athletics federation cup ended today. Few national &...

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Where do people like that Wolfpack guy get their information from? I have never seen him post any links to any new report. I don't know how you would differentiate between fact, rumor and mere wishful thinking with accounts like these. I agree with you nachiket, at time it is frustrating to me, but...

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The article of Business World interview with G. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman DRDO can go to any thread since it covers Light Tank, Missile program and future, AIP, UAV, Tejas-II, AMCA, TEDBF to AI. Posting here with light tank quote and all questions asked. What is the USP of DRDO’s proposed light tank ...

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The wait for more submarines gets longer! Project 75 I gets delayed further Two RfPs are to be issued: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is going to issue the two shortlisted Strategic Partners (SP) – Mumbai based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Larsen & Toubro (L&T). And then, this will be follo...

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About state of Skeet shooting. Foreign skeet coach abandons Indian shooters before Olympics The shooters have earned 15 quota places, two of them in shotgun (skeet) for the Olympics.Quota places go to countries, not to shooters. India has won skeet quota through Punjab's Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Mai...

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What are India's best medal hopes at Tokyo and can we finally hope for a double digit medal count? Would love to be pointed to some good articles or writeups about India's chances in 2021 It is too early to know. With Chinese virus every one's body clock is kind of reset. They have (the one qualifi...

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