Bharat Rakshak

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I think it was Nixon who once said that being an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but being a friend can be fatal. Modi may have overplayed his hand with the “Ab ki baar, Trump sarkar” bonhomie, failing to recognize that U.S. foreign policy is driven by cold, calculated realpolitik. The U.S...

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So, will we recover our FGFA investment?

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Funding is one thing, but expressing support to a program is another. We didn't even support it...Wish MOD came out and said, we will make it happen, no matter what in 2014

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Yes, I interpreted it the same way based on current guidance. But "it was simply about committing the act and not reporting it." is similar argument as if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it...That was never gonna fly...

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But if you were cited, you would know...Its not asking if you ever broke the speed limit...

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They have changed the wording AFAIK. The criteria now seems to be "if we had known about this, we would have rejected the citizenship application"

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He is a US citizen now. His citizenship has to be revoked before he can be deported. There are provisions to do so under certain circumstances, like lying on his citizenship paperwork etc and has been done in the past. But that was for a person who was a nazi jailer iirc

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If your AAR is within the range of enemy missiles, then something has gone terribly wrong and it would be a mission abort.

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Manish_P wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 06:49 Sssh Admiral sir, let's not promote this flexibility. Bean counters will use this to delay the tanker aquisition even more..

They don't need any new excuse. They have started wet ~~nursing~~ leasing...

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Russia had suspended their participation in New START treaty. They were out on the tarmac as they did not expect a sneak attack this far. Even a few ack-ack guns would have helped in this case. They have enough Tunguska around...

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bala wrote: ↑05 Jun 2025 09:37 youtube.com/watch?v=ypuvNIvrivk
copy into browser and watch

Why not use the YouTube tag?

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I think the US has understood for some time now that India has a very clear position that there will be no talks with a gun pointed at our head... The problem is that we will not deal with people who are pointing a gun at our heads. I mean frankly, if your neighbour unleashes his rot while as to bi...

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Basic question, can an Indian company license Kaveri IP? Is there a process for this? I have seen DRDO license other technologies out, but whats the framework?

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One can only do this if we have the source codes. Another win for LCA, esp after hearing about MKI's struggles with Brahmos integration...

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The UK's SAS or the US's Rangers, among others, special forces, carried out this attack. There were no such persons available in Ukraine even 18 months ago. The required intel must have come from the US. Otherwise, the extent of specific targeting is not possible without real-time and actionable in...

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Anujan wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 00:19 The interview has a lot more nuggets like that
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This interviewer is awesome. He basically asked if Dr(?) Pillai if his technique was to brown nose his boss (AJK) by asking questions without missing a beat and without angering his obviously well regarded guest....

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SSridhar wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 09:33 Thank you Anujan ji, for the transcript. Great work.

Yes, and might I add, great to see local language media step in with such quality programs. As we know, the penetration is much much higher than english media and will help.

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Pravula ji, this is where we are making a mistake and are underestimating Pakis and their handlers. They are targeting the lower common denominator on both sides of the border and across the globe. Across the globe doesn't matter. As I said, no true Indian will complain, a pseudo-Indian will never ...

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fanne wrote: ↑31 May 2025 18:33 yt rumour has it that PV-5 and one more lca PV will be used to qualify it.

Qualify what? manned or unmanned? AFAIK, the urgency seems to be with UCAVs of all types, not manned. Which is good news if the main issue is still with the AB section

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I had posted this before all this drama @ https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=2650187#p2650187 Quoting myself here, so please under the stand. No true Indian gives a flying frack about how many IAF or PAF birds went down. We care about how many missions were a success within their pred...

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Is there an analysis done on the Bhatinda crash images by an SDRE? I have seen shiv's analysis on Akhnoor, Pampore crashes and they definitely seem to be PAF JF-17 and Mirage-V. No true Indian gives a flying frack about how many IAF or PAF birds went down. We care about how many missions were a suc...

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Thats the plan

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Maybe NoKo can be made to turn against Emperor Eleven. NoKo already aligned with Rus bypassing Eleven. Rus gave Kim an IL-78 transport aircraft and Aurus senat bullet proof limousine state car. NoKo sent some soldiers to fight against Ukr. Just imagine if DJT and Kim make a deal with US. NoKo is th...

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Mk2, TEDBF and ORFA need to be streamlined into one program, with dual engine K-series

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Su-57 will not satisfy IAF's requirements. We might restart FGFA, but thats about it...

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Most of Apple's iPhone revenue comes from non-hardware streams (iCloud, Music, App store commissions etc) They may be fine with making iPhones a loss-leader

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This is for all the different types of ground testing. The missing piece in the puzzle is the hight altitude test bed. As mentioned above, it was never about funding but national will. Agreed, I meant all testing ground and in the air too. For high altitude testing we can retrofit a UCAV (two engin...

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RCase wrote: ↑27 May 2025 11:01 Bahawalpur Destruction Tour.

There is no trace of cement or even mud on most of those bricks

Most of them have a clean brand mark!!

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I have not directly interacted with Tom Cooper, but he was held in decent esteem by Harry (RIP) and was very active in old AFM forum. Not everything he says is 100%, but he has been known to use first principles, which is a rarity in most news experts-guests

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It has been that case since IAF ordered their copies. If you want a new weapon integrated, you will need to pay them to do it. Thats what the whole India Specific Enhancements were about (including IRST, which was a below the belt blow)

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The US govt terminates Harvard's visa program (i.e., no students from abroad). Existing international students must transfer or leave the US. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harvard-student-visa-trump-noem-dhs Federal judge granted a restraining order staying Trump from acting. That was expected. ...

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They take "failing upwards" to a whole new level

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Sure, they can they send us a F-35 to dissect in advance?

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Op Sindoor exposed pattern of failures, underperformance by Chinese weapon systems: Report https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/op-sindoor-exposed-pattern-of-failures-underperformance-by-chinese-weapons-systems-report/articleshow/121251371.cms Discusses each Chinese weapon system used, and how...

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Radio signals are directional. If you know the frequency, these are easy to track with even diy kits. For example WiFi scanners for hidden cameras use the same algorithms

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IIRC he was banned.

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PL-15 is claimed to have three guidance modes. 1. Own active radar seeker. 2. Passive radar seeker, using the radar of the launching platform. 3. Two-way data link guidance from AEW&C platform. The counter to all these is jamming the missile itself. And youknowwhat? Rafales can do just that! It...

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^^^ Thats a baseline feature for most modern AAMs with Radar guidance. Passive guidance combined with buddy targeting till its seeker goes active.

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We did not throw any decent US systems against this ADS. What can china game/gain wrt Taiwan?

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1. Sargodha and Mianwali have upwards of 50 each, which will be much more than the number of aircraft actually deployed at the airbase. 2. The HAS are widely separated and each needs to be attacked with a separate standoff PGM. Add in the complexity of knowing which particular HAS is occupied and w...

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