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shiv wrote:
nachiket wrote: Anybody have a video of that?
I have a video of that. In fact it may already be online - let me look through my uploads (106 of them) - will post the link if it is online. Not sure if the LCA is capable of that.

Added later - OK its here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuY5LxN_18

Thanks shiv!

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Rahul M wrote:
recall the famous pokhran firepower demo in late 80s wherein two Mirage2000 flew like this, with a westland wapiti in between?
that was at tilpat range, near dilli. HPT-32 not wapiti IIRC.

Anybody have a video of that?

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symontk wrote:Did something close to cobra acrobatics, went up fast and then dropped down with tail and then turned back

Sounds more like a tail slide!! Can it actually do it?

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How do the latest versions of Chinki S-300 and S-400 systems, designed with the explicit intent to shoot down F-teen planes impact the tender? IMHO it would mean that none of the F-teen birds can even be based off Leh/Ladakh, there wopuld be scores of S-400 batteries waiting just across the LAC. Ar...

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AFAIK we needed something to counter the F-16s which pakis were getting. We had nothing even close at the time(except the Mig-23 maybe). The M2k matched up pretty well against the F-16 and was always meant to be an F-16 competitor when designed. Add to that IAF had a good past experience with Dassa...

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Can anyone throw a light on the circumstances under which IAF chose M2K when it did ? Trying to understand the options it had, the logic IAF possibly went with in selecting the Mirage. Wondering if there are any learnings or context from that procurement to this MRCA competition. AFAIK we needed so...

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Any news about the MRCA being a split tender with two different aircraft ? That is highly unlikely and unnecessary. There was a rumour about a split tender in the press a long time ago but I think the then ACM had stated that it will be a single aircraft. Further increasing the number of types in t...

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^^ Well if that is the case, then nice jhapad!

Maybe the GOI can learn something.

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What intrigues me is our own (forum) penchant for demanding private participation when government agencies fail (LCA/Arjun etc) , and now - IPL a private body has gone right ahead and shown the gumption that the GoI never had - we look for clues of the GoI's hand in this. I think IPL jhapad is a pr...

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Also, the mouth watering prospect of EA-18G Growlers would be a potent driving force!!! The growler hasn't been offered yet and until it is don't count your chickens. There were talks about dumbing down the APG-79 before offering it to India. Under these circumstances there is no way the ultra cutt...

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Sorry if posted before..
Boeing Gets Initial India Request For 6 Refueling Planes

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Does anyone know why the Delhi Metro and the other new underground rail systems being started in India use overhead electric wires for providing power instead of the Third-rail system used for the Kolkata Metro(and most other electric urban rail systems around the world) ?

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^^ Please post this in the Indian Military Aviation Thread.

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LoL yeah, like IAF will go for Rafale or Eurofarter at 140 mil each with almost no advantage over MKI :rotfl: . Mig-29K only cost 41 mil with spares and ammo, wow what a steal. Compared to the 40 mil just to upgrade a piece of outdated crap like mirage2k that's simply god sent. Not to mention relic...

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ArmenT wrote:Saw this posted on milphotos earlier...
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What's going on here? Troops learning to do the Haka?

Can you identify the unit? BSF, CRPF?

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Look at the aircraft on the runway to the right. It looks like a C-17. Its definitely larger than the Il-76s which you can see all over the airbase. The C-130s and C-17 must be American. On a stopover for fuel perhaps. Just guessing. BTW, doesn't the Agra AFB have any fighter squadron present? It se...

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CM, that would be aprox $41.5M per mig29k. still steep increase going by the screw driver package, with no AESA, no SC blades nor any new stores. What the hell does that mean? I assume you are referring to a lack of tech transfer of SC blade tech along with Mig-29s. But India never asked for any te...

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More on the Chennai radar issue Answering a question on replacing the existing Mono-pulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR), Mr. Agrawal said a new MSSR would be installed on the AAI premises at Porur. It was expected to be commissioned within six months. The previous ToI report said it would be ...

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Newbie question: I was on a trip to mathura and saw the INSAS rifle closely with the personnel deployed for security in the Krishna Janmasthan Temple. Why is the INSAS rifle painted in the colour scheme of black and light brown, with the butt and the part which rests on the the left hand while firi...

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However, the IAF has made it clear that it is not in favour of continuing the Russian origin IL 78 aircraft as its mid-air tanker of the Future. The Russian aircraft was the only other contender in the ongoing contract but was rejected by the IAF which found the Airbus a Superior Tanker. There hasn...

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Which of the contenders can beat Su30 - MKK hands down and does not come with any strings attached ? That's MRCA winner. :P MKK ? Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy Kitayski = “Modernised Commercial for China ” ? for IAF MRCA ? really ? :wink: What's wrong with that statement? In a potential war with ...

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The link is in Russian, articles #2 is about MiGs, article #4 - about Nerpa. http://www.rusarm.ru/news/lenty/lenta_09_12_29.html Can we assume you know your russian and the Article states that 6 Mig-29 Ks were transferred to India, pls confirm. Also does the article state how many are Ks and how ma...

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Singha wrote:
the dedicated FFG/DDG can continue with Kamovs and Sea Kings until NH90/SH60s arrive.

Has any such tender been floated?

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Lets also discuss this whole alleged 'fear' in the IM society. Does it really exist? Or is this 'fear' just a ruse to stay away from the mainstream and remain ghettoized? Is this fear rational or is it a defence mechanism or an alibi to justify wrongdoings? Are there instances and incidents that ca...

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..... I guess to his earlier list, he was adding posts which would be offensive to Hindus. But personally, I think the policy would be both unenforceable and maybe not really necessary. But you can't accuse Archan of being biased. Either you take a stance of no discussion on any religious subject (...

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My feedback: Someone please lock the feedback thread before things get any uglier. We have moderators fighting each other now. This is too much for us nanha mujahids to take. :( People need to take a chill pill here. Its just a forum for god's sake. Nobody here is in charge of deciding India's domes...

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1998 was very different, when the macro story was that of a country coming out fairly well out of the Asian crisis.. Not really. India was not part of any asian crisis but the sanctions and ratings had been down very badly. Acharya ji, I don't get your line of reasoning in the past few posts. How d...

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But the disconnect that Shiv speaks off with the present generation of NRIs is inexplicable. Communication is no longer an issue. The India that they have left behind is changing faster than imaginable. And no amount of brainwashing in Hindu supremacist idealogy can wish away the 150-180 million In...

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Nice one Jagan garu, helps to put things in perspective. About the A2A refuelling pic, I thought it was also a part of the Phil Camp book on IAF flankers (could be wrong though). FWIW, from poster ghostrider 883 @ combatace forums: http://forum.combatace.com/topic/31127-new-book-sukhoi-su-30-flanke...

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Whatever LCA's are produced in the fothcoming decade,we should take as a "bonus" for the IAF,who simply cannot rely upon the aircraft being inducted according to schedule with the expected capability thanks to the underperforming US engine .Therefore,the MMRCA conetst becomes critical for...

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What type of weapons load will a 65KN Kaveri allow for the LCA? I wonder if the IAF can't take a leaf out of the nuke strategists bag of tricks and build a lot of 65KN Kaveri powered LCAs to compensate for the weaker engine. There is no point in discussing a scenario like this. The IAF is never goi...

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not quite. that is if they can stick to the 4 year deadline. initial stages of the Mk2 test program can be conducted with the GE F-404. How exactly? The whole point of having a MkII version is the new engine. Aside from that the only major difference would (possibly) be an AESA radar. But the LCA n...

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Maybe that speed beyond Mach 1.6 is tactically important and hence wasn't bothered with. But the airframe certainly has the potential to get there without too much of a stretch at altitude. Hmm.. Mach 2 would have been a nice point to make in a "pissing contest".. DDM can always beat you ...

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Israel to India: Buy F-16s, not Swedish Gripen fighter jets Posting in Full. Over the past year, Israel has advised India to purchase American F-16 fighter jets rather than Swedish-made Gripen warplanes. The F-16 has been in direct competition with the JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft and India has b...

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The first time around, DRDO had neither the capabilities nor the facilities nor the technical expertise to expedite the process and thus suffered from many failures. Today the expertise and the facilities are already in existence. More over the designers and the engineers of the original LCA would ...

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Have you considered the possibility that it was (and still is) our unhealthy obsession with the Nehru-Gandhi family which brought this upon us? This "external power" business couldn't be more ridiculous. For some reasons, she entered national political scene. Hence she was urged to enter a...

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Rahul M wrote: HAL -140
Russia - 50+40+50 = 140

Are those last 50 confirmed?? We just had a couple of media reports IIRC. There hasn't been any confirmation from the MoD has there?

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Nachiket, Section is of 10 soldiers. The Engineers have 11. An Inf Battalion is around 800 and it depends on the Mod they are on. Coy 2IC is a Captain. Lts are too raw to actually have independent command compared to the JCOs and Havs. Ok..I get it now. JCO's and Havildars have a lot more experienc...

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Pargha, I was quite satisfied with the INSAS. It is those who are not fighting the enemey who are more worried. In the Kargil War, there was much hoo hah about the troops not having clothing as in Siachen etc. I was there during Kargil Ops and before in Op Intrusion Dalunang before that. If we coul...

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My guess is that its actually the weapons that make the upgrade so darned expensive. Unlike the MiG-29 upg, the M2k-5/9 simply does not have decent weapons within the IAF inventory that it can use. I mean whats the point of upgrading the Mirage with an RDY 2 if it is going to use magics and super 5...

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