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Looks like there is more than just IAF technical birds snooping around LoC/IB currently. There was a Gulfstream that was doing a beeline to Islamabad from Lahore.

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Found it interesting that M2K were used for the strike, rather than our dedicated DPSA Jaguar. I feel it is to signal the choice of the new procurement. With the opposition trying hard to make the Rafale pseudo-scam stick on the govt, this shows off what the Mirage can do even now and leaves ones i...

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ks_sachin wrote:
Prasad wrote:Should've said hi

Ah thought u are based in Blore.
Will be there in April if any BRFites are in town.

There are quite a few of us here, ks_sachinji.. And I for one would definately like to say hi to any birader coming to visit..

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As per the aforementioned diagram, an armored brigade invariably consists of at least 1 Mech Inf battalion. The number can go up 2 in some conditions. But invariably there will be an element of Mech Inf in all higher Armoured formations.

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https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1097886462417293312 ---> Here's the ALH with tail boom folded for compact stowage on board ships at Aero India 2019. This is an airworthy ALH owned by HAL and the tail boom is a mock up. HAL has undertaken this project based on an Indian Navy request. This is am...

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Based on what i recall from an old OrBat diagram of an Armoured Regiment/cavalry regiment, the recce squadrons are either BRDM or the tanks themselves. BMP's are strictly with Mech Inf regiment.

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I am guessing here it means using the parallel taxiway as a runway for take off in case of emergencies..

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Indranil wrote:Come on surya ji! What has the good Admiral taught us? Sabr ka fal mitha(i) hota hai.

But the good admiral has still not given his quota of Mitha(I) yet!!

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I know it's a nitpick, but is INC so averse of Rafale that they refuse to use its photo as well in an infographic designed to discredit its purchase??
The aircraft used in the above tweet is a SHornet!!

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Say it like Vijainder Thakur.... From my heart, to their fingers!! All my thoughts on this new EoI request. Especially considering how close we are wrt to LUH. DefMin should instead be asking the navy to place an interim order for LUH and whip RWRDC to come up with a navy optimised gearbox for both...

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https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1095698328879153152 Just arrived! At AFS Yelahanka An Airbus A-400 M, a turboprop military transport aircraft https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzSzaL4UwAIUx93.jpg Has India expressed interest/requirement in such aircraft? This is the support bird for the French deleg...

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JayS wrote:Can someone find a proper side vide pic of LCA Mk1..? Real Aircraft, not schematic, and good quality image. I am unable to find one with perfect side view. Slightly angled views are available. If someone knows such image, it would be great help.

Would this work??
https://flic.kr/p/TyWmdS

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Jingo bahut khush hua!!
My only pet peeve is that they could have provisioned some space to handle bigger more powerfulengines at a later date, as seen in the case of Jags. Having this facility would give us more options to go with, if and when we plan for an engine upgrade.

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I don’t believe so. We are quite capable of ruining ourselves! We don’t need a foreign hand

The best line in the whole interview for me!!

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I am sure those costs don't come under CapEx budget, since they are routine operational requirements. A specialist tool for maintenance may be a CapEx procedure but the budgeting for it would be under OpEx only. So the total CapEx would remain at 35407cr or approx 4.9 billion USD.

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JUST IN: IAF Jaguar from Gorakhpur’s 27 Squadron (‘Flaming Arrows’) crashes, pilot safe.

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Saw the movie with the whole family on Republic day!! Surprisijg bit was that Mum, who hates war and action flicks, wanted to watch it. Both SHQ and mum were in tears when the little girl shouted out the war cry! Another surprise was that both of them espoused interest to understand why the bodies o...

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JayS wrote:Found this beautiful picture on one presentation. Easy one, but for the fun of it, can you guess which one it is..?

Eurofighter Typhoon

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GD Saab, There are plenty of such undercover ops undertaken by SF for COIN in Kashmir. There are a lot of stories published on the net in various blogs to that effect. I have had First hand interaction with a senior IB official who had done UC ops against Naxals during the late 1990's. So it's not t...

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indian navys two day long largest ever coastal defence exercise "sea vigil" to begin 22-january "Indian Navy will coordinate the largest Coastal Defense Exercise off the Indian coast on 22-23 Jan 19, *Exercise Sea Vigil*. First of its kind, the exercise will be undertaken along the e...

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His profile summary doesn't seem to indicate the kind of finesse seen profiles of AF personal. And if he is one, the tone and the tenor of the comments are very off for such a senior person.

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Is it just me or does it seem like the "AP " is a bus with the body re-worked??

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- regarding the updates on canopy is sad and shouldn't it be 400g rather than 40g? The testing videos on youtube seems a chicken sized bird is tested. 40g seems too less. Gaurav, That is an interesting bar graph!!! Thanks for sharing the same. On the G ratings mentioned above,I think it's more of a...

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With Rafale, IAF will rule the skies above North Punjab /Sargodha which has the densest concentration of PAF airbases. Same for Siliguri corridor. The later is non negotiable. Rafale/Meteor is needed to fill in critical requirement which no amount of quantity of SUs can fill in. Disagree with this ...

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Indranil wrote:ADA folks are confident that they can affect the changes and get them certified by June.

The silver lining on this matter, for me.

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shaun wrote:Is it Mistral , they have fired ??

Yeah it's the Mistral.

Has HeliNa been integrated as well??
The article mentions that all weapons integration is complete?

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HTT-40 armed version with guns and a couple of IR guided missiles might work in the helihunter role. IMO, that's the best solution for anti helicopter option. If we can update the engine to its rated power and increase the payload of the aircraft, along with Airborne Nag, it would be a potent weapo...

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Also we'll be getting 4 of those platforms and since we are not invading/landing troops in any country soon we may as well project force using 1-2 of those. This is what I do not understand in the requirement for 4 LHD’s. They are expeditionary by nature and we have no expeditionary ambitions for t...

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Even if a prototype is required, they can convert one or two of the LSP’s to this role in a short time. Ideally this should have already happened but the focus on FOC certification may have prevented it.

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Rakesh wrote:Pop Quiz - What is the type of helicopter operated by the IAF and has a unit name of Featherweights?

Too easy, its Mil Mi26..

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Forgive this, bechara mango abdul!! I was born just short of the metamorphosis of India. I have always taken AM ans FM radio, STD and the like for granted since they were present from my childhood. In fact I have some of my fondest memory waiting in queue at the STD booth to call back both sets of G...

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A genuine question, what is Analog FBW? How can FBW be Analog? FBW is by default involves a computer. There is nothing Analog about it. Same like we had those big Philips Analog Radio back in days that need license to operate and now small Digital ones Sorry about OT, we required license for radio ...

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Looks like NASA colours to me!

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I recall reading an article stating that once the production of the FOC fighters were completed the IOC fighters would be upgraded to their standards. Let me see if I can find a link for that article.

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Looks like flash protection suits to me too. May be a training excercise to understand the innards of the Ka31?

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I think the solution has been ensuring a proper and timely logistics chain currently to ensure spare parts are available on the shelf for replacement always. I do not think they have gone and rectified the Root cause.

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The lows of Congress!! Calling a serving chief liar. https://twitter.com/VishnuNDTV/status/1075716185218400256?s=08 There is complete outrage at Air Headquarters over this remark. Senior IAF officers say they don't have the mandate to respond to the political allegation made by Mr Moily that the Air...

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Indranilji,
I recall you mentioning that ALH's performance is limited not by structural or engine limits but by the limits of the MGB in translating all that engine power to lift. Does LUH suffer from the same issue?

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There was some talk about overhaul of the 76's and 78's last year. Let me see if I can find the link for it. Ideally we should be overhauling these airframes and engines, or replace the engine, and enable the fleet to be converted to the 78MP standard allowing them to switch between cargo and tanker...

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Gagan wrote:Or an electro-optical sensor

A la Kiowa warrior, desi version?? Interesting indeed!!

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