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I am conflicted about this tender. Because, at one level I know that the Indian army has a tendency to make a dog's breakfast of any procurement. On the other hand, I can also give the Indian army a benefit of doubt. That with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict of 2020. The Indian army saw the effects of...

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Wow, as is your style, you are absolutely selective in considering the point being made. And then introduce something to counter the point that is totally irrelevant to the larger point being made. Such as Seawolf and that it could not be be detected using what was state of the art 30 years ago. Whe...

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Shaurya, You post is about two seperate areas of operations. With seperate constraints and freedoms for any submarine. A submarine is an asset operating in 3 dimensions. In order for it to be effective. It needs to be stealthy. People tend to think that sound propagation from the machinery and prope...

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Rakesh, Like you quoted about the opinions and reality and posts. Your entire 1000 word contention is just that. Your opinion intruding into the reality of what's was technically possible for India in 2010s. But I must thank you for inadvertently agreeing with me. By writing what you have written in...

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All that you have listed. Because from what I understand. Our systems are not 100% compatible with anyone else.

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OT for the thread. But it's in line with few of the preceding posts. I wonder, if the plan is to adapt the 1500 HP diesel engine being developed for the FMBT for underwater applications. By connecting it with an alternator. It's nearly identical to power output of the MTU plant we could install in t...

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Karan, thanks for pointing that out. However, your post brings another question to my mind. Don't know if you or anyone will be able to answer it. UNICORN mast system is designed to be integrated with Japanese ships. Those ships has systems and sensors designed by the Japanese to operate coherently ...

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Rakesh, your biggest problem is that you try to confuse the issue. By introducing points that are valid for other nations. Instead of trying to develop an understanding of the position of Indian technical base and what is possible within that base. Your entire thrust is based on an argument that 83 ...

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I am happy to see that India is classified as compute north.

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What is field proven anyway, can someone please explain?

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Gentlemen, it's the % of enrichment of the reactor fuel that defines the fueling cycles of a submarine and not the absolute power output of the submarine. An 83 mw reactor with highly enriched fuel ( 20 to 30% ) will be sufficient for the full life of the submarine. Whereas a 190 MW reactor with 5 t...

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Prem Kumar wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024 10:58
Snip. .

But we could have started with the 83 MW reactor & the Arihant design and created a working SSN. Then iteratively build up from there

Snip ....

When I suggested that in a thread some years ago. I was called Rajni Kant.

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There are reports of Tata unveiling the a light weight advanced towed howitzers.

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This argument that equipment should be proven in the field is the most disingenuous argument I have ever come accross. Every serious army accepts equipment after conducting tests of the equipment in designated tests. Feedback if any from the testing is incorporated in the equipment for the productio...

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If western powers were following the logic presented by the people supporting Indian army. Then they would not have dominated to world for last several hundred years.

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We also need to understand that the British Grand strategy was a function of its national interest as a global colonial power. With global trading interests. Those interests directly contributed to the shape of the Royal Navy. You cannot remove that from the big picture when looking at its interacti...

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Ramana, that's a great what if, of the whole affair. But only when seen in extreme isolation. That's why I have disagreed with the assesment with that, a high seas fleet wining the battle of Jutland would alter the course of the war. The Royal Navy strategy was not under pinned by the close blockade...

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http://www.hisutton.com/BS-64_Podmoskovye.html Looks compelling at the first glance. But a careful look at the boat from bow to the Sail doesn't look like a delta. Second in none of the underway pictures the aft planes are out of the water. That's just wrong for a submarine. Those things are almost...

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Nope, it's a photoshopped Borei-class submarine.

Borei-class submarine

They have added hydroplanes to the Sail in the photo shopped image.

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Rakesh wrote: ↑27 Aug 2024 04:48 So we have moved from SSGN to long range, land based cruise missiles

You have to admit that in terms of returns on investment. It's a tempting idea.

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Just imagine how many brahmos missiles can be procured by foregoing the 3rd aircraft carrier and its air group, and the P 18 destroyers, the SSNs and SSKs. We are easily looking at saving of over 3 lakh crores. Once we have foregone those programs. I am salivating at the absolute numbers of brahmos ...

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The problem with being fixated with a specific weapon system is that the full gamut of capacity is getting ignored. At the expense national interest , and the capacity presented by a balanced force structure capable of keeping our sea lanes open anywhere in the world. The German Kaiser had an idea o...

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The ability to keep the flow of energy supplies and industrial raw materials is of vital importance for the future of Indian economic growth. We can dismiss it as crawling before walking. But if India cannot keep it's energy supplies flowing, even if we succeed in defending our current borders. If P...

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This post is OT but then again several of the posts preceding this post are similarly OT. Procurements are a function of national strategy. You can't say the India should prioritise X over Y. Unless you have a complete understanding of what national strategy has to be met. In the absence of an overr...

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The military was irrelevant to the outcome in Bangladesh. Even if the military was supporting Sheikh Hasina. Given the situation in Bangladesh, she would still have to leave. More than military, it was the loss of a political narrative that cost her. The expected counter mobilization from her suppor...

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The battle of Jutland and the battle of Midway are nearly identical in the ultimate scheme of things. That they are irrelevant to the outcome of the larger war being fought. Therefore, I disagree with the assessment quoted below that the Germans had to win this battle in order to win the war. Jutlan...

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Koerber Institue, Germnay Policy Game report on European security order for 2030 https://koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/files/25630/weimar_task_force_on_the_european_security_order_2030.pdf It interesting that they are seeing an end to the war in Ukraine. But they are unable to conceive a place fo...

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A number of World Leaders went to Ukraine. Russia didn't stop offensive. PM Modi just reached Ukraine. Both Russia & Ukraine have decided on CEASEFIRE during PM's trip. No Warning Air Sirens in Ukraine in last 36 hrs This's power of Bharat under PM Modi 3.0! <short video clip .. motorcade in Uk...

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Russia appears to be using wired, unjammable fiber-optic drones that could fix a big problem its operators have faced in this war Published on 22nd August 2022. This covers some of the themes I had covered in my previous post on the thread. Reports have emerged from the battlefield off the fiber op...

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Do the Ukrainians genuinely have leverage with Kursk? Even if the Ukrainians say that we have this land we will negotiate it for Donbass. Are the Russians going to be open for that? The Russians are working as per their plan. That is to take Donbass and potentially 4 additional oblasts plus Odessa. ...

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^^^ I have been reading about the interest of the Indian Navy in the UNICORN mast for last several years. Even posted on the forum. My only problem with this system procurement is the timeline of Naval construction for the Indian Navy. By the time the first of these systems are in service with the I...

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Nothing is known about the S5 for certain. Except for her supposed powerplant. She is expected to be powered by a 190 MW nuclear reactor. The design of which was supposedly completed in 2016.

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The deal has not yet been signed. It's under process. MDL and HDW are the shortlisted vendors.

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Interesting, provided they get the intellectual property needed to seed programs in India. It is a great initiative.

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https://idrw.org/deal-for-additional-97-tejas-mk1a-might-be-put-on-hold-sources/ Published on 19th August 2024. It says that if GE is unable to ramp up production of the 404 by 2025-26. Then the order for additional 97 aircraft will be delayed. From the POV of other sub assembly of the aircraft. Th...

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^^^

Maybe we are looking at a bribe of 200 %for the contract.

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A fool and his money are soon parted.

This is a textbook example of the phenomenon.

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The Indian armed forces are known for wasting time of indigenous efforts to develop systems. I cannot say anything about the sought range of the system the way it's sought to be executed. But having studied the development of SAAW and its comparable systems. A range of 180 kms is not possible with a...

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Let's hope that these Ukrainian fortifications are more effective than the fortifications build by Ukrainians in the Donbass over the last 1 year.

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