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- 08 Mar 2021 02:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
- Replies: 1513
- Views: 474731
Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
Once Astra 2 starts testing, Pak will ask for C7/C8 using the "no change of strategic balance" argument. Most probably it will get it as well. I won't be surprised, if they are already asking for it, given that Meteor is now available to us. The only way out for us is to double down on in...
- 18 Feb 2021 23:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 725641
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Kudos to the Indian Army and the humble village lads who looked the Dlagon in the eye and forced it to slink away. Jai Ma Bharati! The sequence of deescalation steps, with the vacating of the Kailash range being the last and upcoming discussions on Depsang mean India won this round. As for what was ...
- 16 Feb 2021 02:53
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 283989
Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
What is the radome like structure on the left hand side of the Mk1A turret (the side that doesnt have the ERA)? It looks like some kinds of sensor, but I havent seen any description of what exactly it is.
- 15 Feb 2021 11:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 283989
Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
I don't think we have the means to transport Arjun on the LAC, or do we? if we can, then some 100 of Arjuns in Depsang plane will conclusively and decisively close any option for China. Step 1: Drive a heavy crane there. Step 2: Disassemble the tank into turret and chasis. Step 3: Reassemble on sit...
- 13 Feb 2021 21:29
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8942
- Views: 1048400
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
The vaccination rate must pick up fast or we may be in a pickle come summer season just two and a half months away. In India, as temperatures rise, people spend more time indoors resulting in lower vit D, and with AirConditioning turned on. A combination of these reasons is probably the reason why ...
- 13 Feb 2021 11:57
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8942
- Views: 1048400
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
The vaccination rate must pick up fast or we may be in a pickle come summer season just two and a half months away. In India, as temperatures rise, people spend more time indoors resulting in lower vit D, and with AirConditioning turned on. A combination of these reasons is probably the reason why ...
- 12 Feb 2021 02:40
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2571
- Views: 237684
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Jailing any Twitter employees will be counter productive. It will only give material to ultra leftists and like. You can bet there will be demonstrations on the streets with their photos as heroes with numerous articles in the press. A far better option is as asgkhan has suggested which is to put r...
- 09 Feb 2021 02:53
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 462
- Views: 45116
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
https://www.opindia.com/2021/02/meity-koo-twitter-khalistan-anti-india-accounts-order-jack-dorsey-activity/ The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and many of its organisations have moved to Koo, a Made-in-India alternative to micro blogging platform Twitter, Your Story has reported...
- 06 Feb 2021 07:39
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2571
- Views: 237684
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Chaiwala input. PM spoke to Biden yesterday. Among other topics, PM expressed GOI's displeasure that an internal matter of India has become a political football for woke people in US celebrity culture who have no clue what the issues actually are... with the result that a whole nation & its dem...
- 04 Feb 2021 02:42
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 5143
- Views: 887985
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) , the incoming chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, explicitly called for strict economic sanctions to be imposed if the military does not pull back. This guy is a complete Chinese/Paki/Islamist stooge. No wonder he wants hard-hitting US sanctions on Myanmar g...
- 02 Feb 2021 07:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3713
- Views: 801273
Re: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
A320 weather radar. Doesnt look like there is too much space in the nose for a big honking radar. At most a meter and half wide. https://i.redd.it/3dtska1xld8z.jpg Another picture with a human for scale. https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/120550795_620170075341649_3406366536658331388_o.jp...
- 01 Feb 2021 06:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 279967
Re: Kargil War Thread - VI
Old television series about the Kargil war. Notable for many first person interviews/snippets. Very stilted commentary typical of how english was spoken in that time. There is a 5 min clip of Flt Lt Nachiketa too.
- 30 Jan 2021 22:38
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 5114
- Views: 787164
Re: Internal Security Watch
Lol these guys don't wait for principles or morals when it comes to protesting ... heck most of them don't even understand the details of the law they're protesting , They only need a leader or a news channel to tell them its bad and they'll be in the streets marching I would rather have more sikhs...
- 30 Jan 2021 11:47
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 5114
- Views: 787164
Re: Internal Security Watch
Guys I have been on this forum since '06 days it is sad that some posts on this thread have either come to maligning Sikhs or some portraying them as victims and historical context of their anti-india/anti-hindu stance and justifying how they behave are direct result of this context. I disagree wit...
- 29 Jan 2021 05:59
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 5114
- Views: 787164
Re: Internal Security Watch
Subsequently, Sikhs *were backstabbed* by the Congress leadership when Congress agreed to a partition that resulted in a loss of vast lands and properties in Punjab. Many other political promises made to Sikhs were broken, some for understandable reasons. The whole ugly scene culminated in the cyni...
- 29 Jan 2021 04:43
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 5114
- Views: 787164
Re: Internal Security Watch
^^ Come out of the make believe world of "Dharmic" brotherhood. There is no such thing. Notwithstanding your fairyland of "Dharmics", economic and social repercussion will be painful for the self proclaimed "martial race". They have committed treasons many times. What ...
- 29 Jan 2021 01:36
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 5114
- Views: 787164
Re: Internal Security Watch
Here's a kicker - I am hearing about some new WhatsApp groups inciting hatred among JAINS towards Hindus.. a good friend of mine, Jain from some semi-urban part of North India, tells me that he has been getting a barrage of posts showing how Jain saints have been insulted by Hindu "Mobs",...
- 26 Jan 2021 11:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 4252
- Views: 1243954
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
nam wrote:Rudram 3 images been deliberately released. 2nd time.
This is one fat lady! Looks like a very long range missile to take out radars from 200 or 300 kms away!
- 23 Jan 2021 22:37
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
- Replies: 3797
- Views: 759588
Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
We should ask for meteor integration on LCA Mk1 for the extra rafale order. Otherwise, there is only a period of 5 years or so when these extra rafales will matter. By then LCA Mk2/desi rafale will be productionised along with the SFDR Astra 3.
- 20 Jan 2021 23:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
- Replies: 3435
- Views: 879581
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
jamwal wrote:Why are these 127mm guns so expensive?
What about alternatives?
About ~$50 million per gun. Not that expensive. I suppose these were chosen for future longer range 'smart rounds' that would increase the effectiveness of the gun in the air defense role.
- 10 Jan 2021 13:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
- Replies: 4437
- Views: 879970
Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Soldiers should be given a 'hardened' android phone that does not connect to the google playstore etc. and can only install safe apps. With SMS and voice calls allowed, that will take care of 90% of their needs when deployed. It wont prevent careless leaks but how much is the risk of that, its for t...
- 04 Jan 2021 23:10
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Malacca is not the only strait connecting the Pacific to the Indian ocean! There are others that can be used - Sunda straits, Lombok straits - as long as the flotilla is supported by tankers. Then there are foreign bases. If there is a large chinese naval presence at Djibouti, dreams of blocking the...
- 28 Dec 2020 11:04
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
You can keep rotfl-maoing, but any STOBAR carrier going up against a CATOBAR will likely lose simply because the catobar can see and shoot the stobar long before the stobar can. Against the Varyag and their other stobar, our current carriers have a decent fighting chance. Against their third emals e...
- 28 Dec 2020 07:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
My apologies for suggesting we should invest in our own MIC instead of buying catapults and SHs/Rafale-M etc. That's indeed dhoti-shivering. We should cancel the TEDBF etc and work with Boeing for all of our naval fighter needs because the chini carriers are on their way. I am all for supporting lo...
- 28 Dec 2020 06:14
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
LCA with an 8.5 meter wingspan fits in Vikramaditya and Vikrant lifts. Rafale has an unfolded wingspan of 11 meters. How about manually folding 1.5meter wingtips for Rafale? That may be possible.
- 28 Dec 2020 06:08
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
In many cases, Chinese elite are figuratively and literally sleeping with the US elite. A peace or a detente is not completely impossible here! Sudeep saar, imo whatever bromance is between the two is because of cheap chini labor. And chinese aren't going to slave for eternity just so americans can...
- 28 Dec 2020 02:14
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
The navy wants a large carrier because the existing carriers cant hack it against the future Chinese fleet. Nothing works to take on a CBG sailing in blue waters, other than a CBG of your own. If the DF21 concept worked so well, why are the Chinese spending so much money to build up their super carr...
- 28 Dec 2020 01:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
A cbg, at least in theory, can protect itself with anti ballistic missiles. No such luck with subs. Its the ocean equivalent of a heavy armored division. It can defend itself from the air, fight underwater attacks, and outrage/outshoot anything on the surface. Take the carrier out and you are left ...
- 27 Dec 2020 07:15
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
What if they get lucky and there is a separate peace between them and the US? them and Australia? them and Indonesia? Lose any one of these countries and they get a clean passage to the Indian ocean. What if the chinese get lucky and one shot all of our carriers(including the catobar) with a barrag...
- 27 Dec 2020 06:24
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
The chopper situation has been fixed to some extent with the romeo order. The subs do have older torpedos, just not the latest ones. They also have missiles (exocets) and klubs. The Barak 8 loadout seems small to us, but IN seems ok with it for now. The IN capex budget is $4 billion an year. What ar...
- 26 Dec 2020 23:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Conflict is looming in the next 2-4 years is my gut feel. In that scenario, every short term dollar needs to spent wisely so we are able to win with the minimal amount of time and damage to own assets. [However, there will be a day after the conflict and there will be a conflict after that. Even if ...
- 26 Dec 2020 11:38
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
This is like arguing about whether tanks protect the infantry and are therefore better, or infantry protecting the tanks and therefore better, or whether its the sniper who is the best because he can shoot a general and end the battle. The escorts and the carrier work together to achieve concentrat...
- 26 Dec 2020 05:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Straight from the horse's mouth Sonar 2076 system has a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,500km). https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-most-powerful-submarine-joins-the-navy#:~:text=The%20submarine%20has%20the%20capacity,nautical%20miles%20(5%2C500km). Straight from the salesman's mouth is more li...
- 26 Dec 2020 03:55
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
It is entirely possible that I am simply too thick to understand this conversation. Many here seem to be quite adamant about the need for a 65k tonne flat top. However, i cannot fathom as to where we are going to get the funding for a this. This when we can barely meet current requirements and paym...
- 26 Dec 2020 02:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
My mistake for engaging with a clown like you . Wont repeat it again. Kindly desist from name calling. You have been warned. Next time, it will be a ban. I hope you follow your advice above. Yes, but a professional proposal from serving naval brass is perfectly fit to be called a wet dream. I dont ...
- 26 Dec 2020 02:42
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
No no, a fire control solution will be devised using SONAR from 3000km away!
- 26 Dec 2020 02:22
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Way to miss the point Philip. That strike range is only against static targets. A barge with Kaliber missiles will have the same range. Unless you have a sensor in the loop, how does the sub know where to shoot? Such a capability can be used to attack land based targets at long range but are useless...
- 25 Dec 2020 23:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
- Replies: 2179
- Views: 286868
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
1. Anything underwater has an inherent limitation on how much data it can get. A data rate of 50 baud is extremely high for underwater platforms! Therefore, a question of 'sensor fused' warfare from an underwater system is out of the question. 2. If an SSN is at a particular point in the ocean, just...
- 24 Dec 2020 04:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
- Replies: 1513
- Views: 474731
Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
What will a Pakistani recognition of Israel practically mean? They arent a neighbor that poses an invasion threat. They have nukes, but that doesnt mean they are about to launch them at Israel. Any benefits to Israel are only notional here. The real threat to Israel comes from its immediate neighbor...
- 24 Dec 2020 04:51
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
- Replies: 1513
- Views: 474731
Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
nachiket wrote:sudeepj wrote: PAF doesnt have the money to operate a two seat fighter like J11.
Twin engined you mean. The J-11 is a single seater.
Meant a twin engine fighter.. but two seats also add additional costs. They can only afford light weight fighters.