Bharat Rakshak

Prem Kumar

HAL CMD saying engine change for Mk2 not happening. I think HAL CMD, IAF, Rajnath Singh & Modi are reading the tea leaves wrong I'd put the probability of GE engines being sanctioned at above 30% Its time the GOI woke up to this reality and aggressively fund Kaveri. This must come from Modi Ji ...

Prem Kumar

^ I hope you meant that in jest

Prem Kumar

India needs an "Arattai" moment in Kaveri

F@#$ GE: lets go full blast on Kaveri. Triple-down in investment, talent & reverse-engineering. Make it an all-hands-on-deck effort, directed from the PMO itself

It will be really stupid to wait till the axe falls

Prem Kumar

We can expect the Pakis to carry out a terror attack *while* US construction firms are repairing PAF bases

Genius Munir will calculate that India won't hit airbases where US civilians are working

We must warn Americans to evacuate, if such an eventuality arises

Prem Kumar

Any timelines that come out of the current or previous HAL Chairmen's mouth can be assumed to be a lie unless proven otherwise

Prem Kumar

<Forwarding as received> https://x.com/SaffronSunanda/status/1971250815412338733 Have you heard of the "I love Muhammad" rallies everywhere? Started in social media. Now in the streets. They will stick these posters everywhere and if anyone objects or removes them, there will be calls for ...

Prem Kumar

That's why I don't fault Putin for poisoning criminal elements conspiring with his enemies ... If you arrest the guy, our DEI head of SC (CJI) will give him a bail. Sometimes you need out of box thinking When it comes to tackling hard-violence, Amit Shah is king. Example: Maoists, Islamic terror, A...

Prem Kumar

Twin-seater doubling up as MUMT is a great idea! By the time Tejas-Mk2 and AMCA come around, these could be perfected on the Mk1a platform. Since the latter two are also single-seater, we can probably expect the same mix of single:twin seater variants for them Its also time to go for a B2 type steal...

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Fantastic news all around! RM Rajnath Singh has delivered on the following big-ticket items (three of these in just 2025) - a big shoutout to him! He has silently caught up on so much of the pending orders that, without him, would have never materialized 1) 83 original Tejas-mk1a (in 2021) 2) 97 Mk1...

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PM Modi Declares Dependence India’s Biggest Enemy, Calls For Self-Reliance At Bhavnagar Rally One of the biggest dependencies is the fact that the kids of most of our politicians & babus (yes, from the BJP as well), are in the US. That *green card dependency* itself causes a lot of policy pussy...

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PMO to hold a KEY meeting on Sept 23 to discuss creating India’s own ‘BIG FOUR’ domestic accounting firms — Aim: Reduce dependence on global giants. Amazing decision, this needs to be pursued on war footing. Very smart move, for the following reasons: 1) India has the skilled manpower to do this. N...

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Astra-1 is the longest range AAM with the IAF today. Let that sink in! Meteor hasn't been inducted, R-77 is relatively short-ranged and R-37 induction (if any) is miniscule Which is why the anemic order for Astra-1 by the IAF is grating! So is the sloth of HAL to get the Astra-1 certification for T...

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With CJI Gavai *warning* the EC over Bihar SIR, we need to be watchful. He may give the necessary ammo to Soros-backed Rahul to declare *all* elections from 2014 as stolen and hence a "coup" is the answer Its harder in India (too many sensible people) but an attempt will be made, no doubt ...

Prem Kumar

Setting the record straight : 1. SAAW was inducted in good quantity early into confrontation in Tibet against Cheen. So has been in reasonable qty inventory since then. 2. Op Sindoor has set the stage for long range light payload precision attack ( Ookrain war et el) in greater quantity. Hence emer...

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$150 Million for Kaveri

But ...
$7 Billion for Safran
$25 Billion + for Rafale

We are not a poor nation. We are a nation that has no sense of purpose or self-confidence.

Prem Kumar

Where are the articles lambasting GE in our mainstream media?

Criticism reserved only for homegrown product delays?

Prem Kumar

..Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has contracted a local firm to indigenize the product, with the firm reportedly making significant progress towards completing the component and enabling mass production We must be close....how about we reverse ban them from doing business in india Good point. ...

Prem Kumar

Might be on behalf of US clients (or the fear of losing them), but not US investors. Because Infosys was bootstrapped till they went public. But yes, there were strong rumors that people like NRN did this We can trust a decent % of our mercantile class to pressurize the Govt to bend at its knees, if...

Prem Kumar

The first pair of Tejas Mk1A has now been delayed by a month. Follow on contract for F404 turbofans should be close to signing. HAL to deliver 2 Tejas Mk-1A aircraft in October despite engine delays https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/hal-to-deliver-2-tejas-mk-1a-aircraft-in-october-despite-engin...

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dhankar and a big business man with friends in the north (name may be already out) were running a variation of this game and dhankar and pals were trying to rope in two CMs supporting the govt, before khujliwal spilled the beans, and in return, asking for leniency in his cases Chetak Ji: totally at...

Prem Kumar

How did Alpha Tocol end up manufacturing the rear-fuselage of Tejas, if they are this bad?

Prem Kumar

This is where people like Adani can excel. I doubt if they will ever do core R&D like Kalyani. But once a tech is mature & IP is transferred, they can scale up very fast They are an excellent replacement for the OFBs And if they continue acquiring other players like Alpha Tocol, they can go ...

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/29/1122839/this-american-nuclear-company-could-help-indias-thorium-dream/ CleanCore (founded by Indian-American) will be allowed to sell their Thorium fuel that can be used in India's PHWR. Less radioactive waste, more complete burn up of Uranium and less pr...

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India to begin testing new long-range interceptor missiles for defence shield next year https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-to-begin-testing-new-long-range-interceptor-missiles-for-defence-shield-next-year/articleshow/123536547.cms Nice article. A couple of things stand out & hopefu...

Prem Kumar

As much as IAF has to cop the blame for their MRFA fetish, lack of support for indigenization etc, HAL isn't smelling of roses either As you point out, we see blatant shifting of Tejas-MK2 timelines with no sense of shame. They moved Mk2 rollout by 3-6 months just within this year. None of our defen...

Prem Kumar

But we will import only Rampage under emergency procurement, sir! Then we will let DRDO go on a wild-goose chase for air-launched Pinaka, which will go through 5 years of endless trials for a token 100 order, if at all Yesterday, IAF Chief gave interview where he said new weapons must be developed f...

Prem Kumar

Interestingly, Netra-Mk2 has gotten CCS clearance but Netra-Mk1a has only AoN! Strange are the ways of our procurement. The scrambling for Embraers for Mk1a's is squarely IAF's fault. As usual, they did piecemeal ordering after innumerable trials, let the line go idle and woke up one day (post Balak...

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IAF is piecemeal ordering (83 + 97 Mk1a or 120 + hopefully 80 Mk2 etc) to conserve funds for MRFA, as Rakesh repeatedly has stated. While never failing to gripe about how they are short on squadrons MoD returned 12,500 Crores to the MoF in Feb 2025. Though it might have not all come from the IAF, th...

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Good news! DRDO has tested an integrated air defense system: QRSAM, V-SHORADS & DEW - to simultaneously shoot down different kinds of threats

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https://x.com/VarlinPanwar/status/1959534507234582616 Dropping it here, for want of a better thread. This is a first person account of a retired IAF Squadron Leader about HAL Helicopter work-ethic (if one can call it that) I am surprised that, with this level of effort, they manage to manufacture T...

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The same ex-IAF Chief wouldn't say Lets cancel MRFA & double the Tejas-Mk2 order - that would be blasphemy! Its a fantastic decision to order 97 more Tejas-Mk1a - God bless Parikkar, Rajnath, the MoD babus & the IAF top brass who made this happen! By the time Tejas-Mk2 is ready for mass-prod...

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Nice infographic by DefProdnIndia - but where are the bloody orders of Helina/Dhruvastra? I wouldn't be surprised if Prachands are inducted without ATGMs

Prem Kumar

Agni-5 bunker-buster is DDM'itis Our SFC is so conservative that we didn't envision of a conventional rocket force (under the IA/IAF command) until recently. Pralay orders are not coming nearly fast enough. I am sure some babus & think-tanks are spending reams of paper arguing pros & cons Ag...

Prem Kumar

Reframe this crisis as an opportunity Thank Trump for showing US duplicity. Hope Modi can galvanize Indians into working as "one unit" towards a goal of total Atmanirbharta. Indians work hard but usually for themselves, not towards a collective purpose If we are united in our struggle, it ...

Prem Kumar

IDRW's modus operandi: 1) Trawl through Twitter for any defense related news from handles - does not matter if handles are posting hearsay for engagement farming 2) Run the tweet via ChatGPT to produce a farticle 3) Ask ChatGPT to produce an image that goes with it, with IDRW watermark 4) Publish fa...

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milindc wrote: ↑15 Aug 2025 22:56 Pakistan has given medals for 155 vermin posthumously.

Thanks to our 155 mm

Prem Kumar

I'd agree with Avinandan. We have done significant progress over the last decade, but prior to that, the IAF had a jock-mentality and SAMs were treated as 2nd class citizens. Air-defense meant scrambling Mig-21s Akash was inducted after laborious trials. Barak-8 got in via bribes. S-400 happened due...

Prem Kumar

Instead of the anemic loadouts, for once, we seem to be thinking big P-18 will be a beast when it arrives! The only part I dont like is the slant launchers for hypersonic missiles. Will impact stealth. Hopefully by the time she is commissioned, our VLS will be able to accommodate the hypersonics too...

Prem Kumar

Hope we don't give in to US pressure. We have, in the past, delayed Agni tests because of Xyz talks or someone visiting

We need Dilbu here for anti-jinxing

Prem Kumar

The orders weren't mega but should be sufficient for a short, sharp round 2 with Pak. Numbers in open domain suggest 100 units for IAF Flankers. The more interesting thing is 87 RPAs for tri services plus the 31 MQ-9Bs. This is a massive update from the "UAVs are useless in contested airspace&...

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